Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - September 24, 1904 A PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN OF RED HILL IS CALLED HOME The grim reaper death on Saturday evening at 9.45 o'clock visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry KERN, of Red Hill and claimed their only child. Lotta E. KERN (picture) was born at Red Hill, May 4, 1880, and at the age of two years her parents moved to Philadelphia, remaining there until about three years ago, when they moved to Pennsburg. Here Miss KERN conducted the millinery business; after conducting the business successfully at Pennsburg for about two years she and her parents moved to Red Hill. During her stay in the country she had been in failing health. She was a member of the St. Mark's Lutheran church choir, of Pennsburg, a teacher in the infant department of the Sunday-school, a member of the P.O. of A. Lodge, No, 28, of Pennsburg, and its Secretary up to the time of her illness. Miss KERN had made many friends during her short stay in these boroughs and a large host of citizens deeply sympathize with the bereaved parents. THIEVES TRY TO BURN BUILDING After ransacking the home of Mrs. John C. KERST, at Douglassville, Berks county, on Monday night thieves made an ineffectual attempt to burn down the building. After going into all the rooms in search of plunder and not finding much, the thieves scattered coal all through the house, then dashed a burning lamp to the floor and fled. Fortunately, the flames did not spread, but went out after burning a hole in the carpet. TEN DOLLAR CHECK THREE FEET LONG A check three feet long and nineteen inches wide was received at the West Branch National Bank, at Williamsport. It was for only $10, and was from J.W. MANCHESTER, of Bristol, R.I., in favor of his daughter, Annie, who is visiting friends, at that place. The check, while valid and regularly accepted and paid by the bank, was a practical joke played on Miss MANCHESTER by her father. She had written to him asking that he send her "a big check." WANTS $5000 FOR HER HEART Miss Kate H. TROXELL, of Mt. Penn, a suburb of Reading, on Tuesday brought suit in court at Reading for breach of promise of marriage against Harry H. HEINES, of Reading. She claims $5000 damages, saying she had been engaged to HEINES since August, 1903, and was always since then been ready and willing to marry him, although she says he refuses. The defendant entered bail in the sum of $500. BANDS WELCOME PASTOR HOME After a season's sojourn in Ireland, his native land, Rev. Philip MCENROE, pastor of the Church of the Holy Infancy, of South Bethlehem, returned very late on Sunday night, and, despite this fact, nearly the whole town with bands of music, turned out to give him a rousing welcome home. ENDED HIS WORRIES WITH GAS Worried over business cares, Lewis C. GANGAWARE, of Allentown, a cigar manufacturer plugged up the holes in his small establishment and then turned on the gas full force. His body was found on Monday morning. He was 45 years old. RAISED A LARGE CROP OF ONIONS F.M. KELLER Esq., of East Greenville, has had remarkable success in raising onions this year. He raised sixteen and one half bushels of onion sets from a space of ground 1224 feet square. This would be about 600 bushels to an acre. FAKE DAMAGE CLAIM LAID TO SNAKE MAN Floyd C. LEWIS, an attache of a snake show at the Allentown Fair, was arrested on Monday on a charge of having defrauded the Rhode Island Traction Company, of Providence, R.I., by feigning to have been injured in a wreck and claiming $1000 damages. He was taken back to Providence, where Harry MCKAY and Herbert J. BACH, the alleged conspirators and wreckers of the car, are under arrest. RETURNED FROM THE WORLD'S FAIR Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah ZIEGLER, of Pennsburg, on Sunday returned from a two weeks trip to St. Louis and the World's Fair. Both were highly pleased with the trip. Mr. ZIEGLER thinks the Pennsylvania exhibit is not near up to that of other states. While on the exposition grounds they met Rev. G.W. LUTZ, of Pennsburg, and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. ESSER, of Kutztown. SHOT A LARGE CRANE AT MACUNGIE R.A. NEITZ, proprietor of the Continental Hotel at Macungie, on Friday morning shot a splendid specimen of the fresh water or fish crane on the banks of the Swabia creek at that place. The bird measures 5 feet 10 inches from tip to tip of wings, and stood 4 feet 8 inches in height. FELL FROM A SCAFFOLD By the fall of a scaffold at the new office building of the McClintic-Marshall Construction Company, Pottstown, William OISTER was severely bruised and four other bricklayers saved themselves a 30-foot plunge by clinging to the wall. MAD DOG BITES SIX PERSONS After having bitten six persons, a mad dog belonging to Mr. VANMETER, a Chester Valley farmer, was killed. The victims of the rabid beast are the owner, his wife and three members of his family, and a visitor from Atlantic City. WANTS BIG DAMAGES FROM DENTIST Edward W. FOSTER, a salesman of Philadelphia, has sued Dr. S.W. RIDGEWAY, of Coatesville, a former Spring City dentist, for $1,000 for defamation of character.