Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - August 13, 1904 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS HOSENSACK Mr. and Mrs. Samuel KRIEBEL, Mr. and Mrs. John TRUMP and son, of Allentown, and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin DORNEY, of this place, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel TRUMP. Mrs. Harvey SMITH and children, returned to their home at Allentown, on Saturday, after spending a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John KOFFLER. Mr. and Mrs. Frank STAHL and children, Mr. and Mrs. GETTY and three children, Miss Mary STAHL, all of Philadelphia, are boarders in our vicinity. They are boarding in the house of Mrs. Susan STAHL. Abraham RENNINGER visited his daughter, Mrs. Harvey DAVIS, at Allentown, on Saturday. Erwin DONEY is working at the culvert at Zionsville, doing carpenter work for Nolan & Co., of Norristown. Miss Mary SCHOENLY left the employ of Mr. KLEINSMITH, on Thursday and is now at home with her father, H. SCHOENLY. The personal property of Isaac ROEDER has changed hands, John ROEDER, of Hosensack is the owner now. Some of our friends attended the funeral of Mrs. Joe SCHANTZ, of Spinnerstown, at the Mennonite Church, at Zionsville, on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse MILLER, of Corning, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin RAUDENBUSH on Sunday. Miss Laura SCHOENLY, of Philadelphia, is staying with Mr. and Mrs. John M. ROEDER for a short time. Prof. O.S. KRIEBEL, principal of the Perkiomen Seminary, passed through this village on Monday and Profs. JACOBY and MESCHTER passed on Tuesday. VERA CRUZ A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin WAGNER on Tuesday. Mrs. Charles ORTT attended the BAER reunion at Kutztown, on Saturday. Mrs. John SCHULER, Mrs. Horace SCHANTZ and Miss Edna SCHULER, took in the sights at Dorney's Park's Park on Saturday. James MOYER, of between Vera Cruz and Shimersville, was not feeling well for a week. On Friday he fell down unconscious in the field and is now sick with typhoid fever. Mrs. Frank STROHM had a stroke on Sunday and fell from the chair where she was sitting. She is now sick in bed. Mrs. Horace SCHANTZ, Mrs. Thos. DIEHL, Mrs. Ambrose BENDER, Mrs. John MILL, Mrs. Howard MILLER and Miss Maggie SCHULER, all of Vera Cruz, attended the funeral of Mrs. Edwin SCHOENLY, at Zionsville, on Monday. Edwin REINHARD, clerk at Young's hardware store, Allentown, has his vacation this week and spent some of his time at Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Horace REINHARD and son, Earl, of Allentown, were under the parental roof on Saturday and Sunday. A package was lost between Vera Cruz and Lewis SCHULER's farm, near Dillinger station, on the last day of July. The owner would be very grateful if the finder would bring or send the same to the Vera Cruz store. ARGUS Mr. and Mrs. Edwin FREED and children, Mr. and Mrs. Warren FRANK and children, all of Quakertown; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar FRANK, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Leidy CRESSMAN and Raymond and Walter BENNER, of Telford; Eugene MACNET, Wilson ACKER, of Tylersport; James and Frank SNYDER, of this place; Mr. and Mrs. William RENNER, of Perkasie; Charles SEIDEL, of Maiden Creek, and Mr. FISHER, of Hilltown, spent Sunday with James SNYDER. Josiah HARTZELL lost a valuable cow last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob HILGER, of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. RITTENHOUSE, of Franconia Square, Reuben FRANK and wife, and Lefenus FRANK, of Milford Square, spent Sunday with Fred. SEGRIST. CLAYTON Clayton CREAMERY paid for butter fat during the month of July, 26 1/2 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose ACKERMAN and children attended the picnic at Niantic, on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W.A. CLEMMER visited Mr. and Mrs. Andrew KRIEBEL on Sunday. Mrs. W. CLEMMER and daughter, Sallie, attended the funeral of Martin MOYER, of Huff's church. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. D.F. CLEMMER. GERYVILLE Howard MOYER and family, of Allentown, Dr. W.H. STETLER and family, of Spinnerstown, and Mrs. Wm. SHELLY, of Allentown, were the Sunday guests of U.G. LOUX. MILFORD SQUARE Elias HELLER and Henry HALLMAN visited friends, at Philadelphia, last Sunday. PALM J.W. BUTZ, wife and son spent Saturday at Carsonia Park, Reading. Alvin GEHRIS, while loading grain for Charles CORNER, was bitten in the hand by a snake. The member was badly swollen in a very short time and caused severe pain. Miss Ida GERHARD, of Pennsburg, was the guest of H.Z. HEIST and family, on Sunday. Mr. LEESER, our landlord, has his hotel crowded with boarders. David TREICHLER, of Hereford, has daily new arrivals of city boarders. Mr. GOTSHALL and wife, of Sunbury, were the guests of his aunt, Mrs. Lena HIESTAND for several days this week. Miss Lena BOWER, of Boyertown; Mrs. Stanley GARDNER, of East Greenville, Miss Ella STAUFFER, of Bechtelsville, and Miss Annie FREED, of Pennsburg, who left for Northfield, Mass., on July 28th, to attend the summer conference of C.E., returned home on Wednesday. Miss Edna STELTZ, of Philadelphia, paid a visit to Mrs. Allen STAUFFER. Mrs. Hannah SHIMER, of Allentown, was a visitor with H.Z. HEIST and family for several days this week. H. SCHULTZ and Henry SELL, each unloaded a car of stock on Monday. Thomas SCHELL, of Polo, Ill., a brother to H.T. SCHELL, of Corning, died last Friday and was buried on Monday at the above named place. Wayne MESCHTER, of Philadelphia, is spending his vacation with his mother, Mrs. Matilda MESCHTER. Fred. CONRAD who was clerking in a store at Sassamansville, has returned home to stay. Oswin MESCHTER who was employed as hired man on a farm near Norristown, has returned home and is looking for work. Mrs. Anna MILLER and daughter, Eva, and her sister Mrs. SCHNABEL paid a visit to Nathan LEESER and family on Saturday and Sunday. Charles CORNER and family and Mrs. Henry WIEGNER and daughter, Mabel, spent Sunday at Hosensack. Albert KRAUSE and wife, of Allentown, and Mrs. SIMONS, of New York, who spent a week with the former's parents, returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Amandus ECK had their baby boy baptized at the Catholic church at Bally, on Sunday. It was named Paul. John MOYER spent Saturday with his uncle, near Macungie. James BUTZ, wife and son, were the guests of John HALLMAN, near Geryville, on Sunday. FRUITVILLE George STAHL and family, A.S. SCHULTZ and Misses Ida STAHL and Sallie SCHULTZ visited Alfred HOFFMAN and family at Steinsburg on Sunday. Harry NICE and family and Mr. and Mrs. MUMBAUER, of Kumry, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry DIEHL on Sunday. Mrs. Samuel GOLDSTEIN died last week and was buried at Philadelphia. Isaac STAHL and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Alfred WENTLING, of East Greenville, on Sunday. Leon MELCHIOR and family moved into Oliver STENGEL's house, near the West Branch Paper Mill. Nathan ADAM sold his 24-acre farm to Elias NOSS, of Philadelphia. Mr. NOSS took possession of the farm already. Miss Mamie ADAM, of Philadelphia, is at home with her parents for several weeks. Christian STAHL made a business trip to Allentown on Wednesday. A bolt of lightning struck the house of Frank FREY on Friday evening. The house was but slightly damaged. SKIPPACK Keuben DRESHER, of Norristown, visited his brother Jacob DRESHER on Tuesday. Oswin WAMPOLE, hired with Samuel M. MOYER, was unable to work a few days this week on account of sickness. Mrs. James WILLEVEN and daughter Anna, returned again to her parents' home on Tuesday. Mrs. Samuel P. FOX has heart trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel CASSEL, of Canada, are visiting relatives and friends in this neighborhood at the present time. Jacob BECK has moved the stable on his lot along the Skippack road. He will move on his lot next Spring. Civil engineer J.H. DAGER last Monday surveyed for the pole line between Collegeville and Skippack. This will be for stretching the wire from the Collegeville power house to furnish the Souderton, Skippack and Fairview trolley with electricity. HUFFS CHURCH Rev. J.W. EARLIE will have harvest home service on Sunday forenoon, August 14. Rev. O.R. FRANTZ will have harvest home service on Sunday, August 21, at 9.30 a.m. C.D. GERY moved to Reading with his family. LEIDY's livery team and M.D. ANTHONY did the hauling. Thomas DELONG vacated Longswamp hotel and took possession of Huff's Church hotel. TYLERSPORT Mr. and Mrs. Charles BISSEY, of Easton, spent Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gideon BARNDT. POWDER VALLEY Baby boys arrived in the families of Henry BARTHOLOMEW and Thomas STAHL. W.S. MILLER bought 7 head of cattle at the public sale of H.T. SCHELL, at Hereford.