Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - October 22, 1904 DOCTOR LEAPS TO DEATH FROM FOURTH STORY Freeing himself from the grip of a woman nurse, Dr. George PURVIANCE, Assistant Surgeon General of the United States Marine Hospital Service, plunged from a fourth floor window of the Ortheopaedic Hospital, Seventeenth and Summer streets, Philadelphia, on Thursday, and killed himself. Dr. PURVIANCE had been a patient in the hospital since August 28, suffering from nervous trouble. His condition, it was thought, had improved. He was in his room on the fourth floor on Thursday when he ran suddenly toward the window. His action attracted a woman nurse, who clutched his arms and tried to hold the physician until help arrived. Dr. PURVIANCE released himself from the woman's hold and rushed to the balcony. Screams of the nurse attracted attention from persons in the neighborhood, who were powerless, as Dr. PURVIANCE jumped to the pavement. He was breathing when taken into the hospital, but died within a few minutes. His spine was injured, his arms were fractured, and he sustained other injuries. Dr. PURVIANCE was 63 years old and served as adjutant in the 134th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. AGED NORRISTOWN RESIDENT FATALLY INJURED William K. GRESH, senior member of the cigar manufacturing firm of W.K. GRESH and Sons, of Norristown, was on Tuesday struck and knocked down by a wagon on Marshall Street in that town. His death ensued fifteen minutes after the accident, as a result from the shock. He was 70 years of age and was a highly respected citizen. The factories of W.K. GRESH and Sons, employing many hundred hands will be closed until after the funeral. A VALUABLE DOG WAS THIS ONE With a ferocious bulldog asleep in the house, the residence of Joseph LOVELL, near Pottstown, was entered early Monday morning by a burglar, who secured two gold watches, several suits of clothing and $25 in money. The watches were taken out of the room where the dog was sleeping. The animal did not make any noise during the night, and LOVELL was not aware of the robbery until he arose the next morning. LARGE CATECHETICAL CLASS WHICH WILL BE CONFIRMED TODAY Rev. C.M. DELONG, of East Greenville, pastor of New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, in Upper Hanover Township, will this afternoon confirm a catechetical class of forty-five members. This is the exact number that was confirmed last year. The class is composed of the following: Sallie A. RAHN, Ella M. RAHN, Minnie M. KLEBE, Mabel L. HILLEGASS, Lillian Y. DERR, Agnes R. YOUNG, Elsie M. SCHLICHER, Ella M. ALTHOUSE, Blanche R. SCHANTZ, Florence S. SHELLY, Minnie L. GREULICH, Leah E. MOLL, Eva M. HOFFMAN, Florence L. REPPERT, Clara B. ALTHOUSE, Elizabeth C. ROEDER, Irene J. WELDER, Ellen J. FITZGERALD, Carrie A. HILLEGASS, Carrie E. TREICHLER, Mamie B. THOMS, Mary E. WELKER, Clara M. WELKER, Eva M. KLINE, Ellen HACKER, Mary Z. FOLK, Katie SMITH, Lena FOLK, Minnie M. GREISAMER, Mrs. Daniel HEYDT, Mrs. Harvey BAUS, Mrs. Sarah THOMS, Alfred J. EPPLER, Elmer M. ROTHENBERGER, George S. HILLEGASS, Lloyd H. CHRISTMAN, Charles F. HEYDT, Charles LEIDY, Raymond W. KULP, John A. MACK, John DELONG, James E. HEYDT, Newton E. TREICHLER, John E. KLINE, Harvey M. CLEWELL. HAS MARVELOUS MEMORY AT 95 The oldest resident of Norristown and probably of Montgomery county is Robert IREDELL, who completed his ninety-fifth year. For thirty years he published the Herald, but has been out of the editorial chair for a long time, and was once postmaster at Norristown. He is a remarkable political statistician, being able to give the figures of elections for over half a century. He is a Republican and once traveled home from Cincinnati to vote, saying that he remembered when the country had gone Democratic by one vote. DOUBLE WEDDING AT YERKES STATION A double wedding took place at Yerkes station, on the Perkiomen railroad, Wednesday afternoon, when Messrs. J.C. LANDES and M.C. LANDES, brothers married, respectively, Miss Katherine RODENBUSH, of Yerkes, and Miss Sara SMITH of Gratersford. After a reception at the LANDES residence the happy couples left on a wedding trip. On their return they will reside at Yerkes, where the brothers are engaged in operating the LANDES Mill Works. A WITNESS IN THE PHILADELPHIA COURTS John L. DIMMIG, of East Greenville, on Thursday attended the Philadelphia courts as a witness in a case for damages against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. Several years ago he was a passenger on a train when a slight wreck occurred below the Perkiomen Junction, in which a Philadelphian claimed he received injuries and for which he brought suit. HUSKING BEE NEAR EAST GREENVILLE A corn husking bee was held on the Clinton SCHOENLY farm, near East Greenville, on Wednesday evening. A large number took part and much corn was husked. NEW HANOVER PROPERTY SOLD The property in New Hanover township, of the late J. Witales RENNINGER was last week sold to J. Orlando STELTZ, of the same place, for $4390.