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    1. [PAMONTGO-L] News from Pennsburg - June 27, 1903
    2. Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - June 27, 1903 BRIDGE BROKE DOWN A carload of cattle was driven over the wooden bridge spanning the Macoby creek, east of this borough last Friday, by D.K. GRABER. In passing the bridge broke down. Supervisor KURZ is engaged in building a new bridge to replace the broken one. QUAKERTOWN BUILDING COLLAPSES The feed house and coal shed of Benjamin ACHEY, of Quakertown, collapsed on Tuesday. The loss is fully $3000. RESIGNS CLERICAL POSITION Watson YOUNG, one of the genial clerks in Moll's store, East Greenville, has resigned his position. CLOTHING FACTORY CHANGES HANDS During the past week a notable sale was completed when Oliver STENGEL sold his clothing manufacturing business at Bally to F.S. JANSON, of the same place. Mr. STENGEL has been in the clothing manufacturing business for twenty years, and now contemplates deviating from this business to enter upon the wholesale business. After Mr. JANSON has removed the contents of STENGEL's factory to his own building, which will be in course of a few weeks, Mr. STENGEL will make preparations for cloth cutting for his wholesale trade. JUNE HOME WEDDINGS The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. ESCHBACH, Main street, Pennsburg, on Saturday at 12 o'clock, noon, was the scene of a quiet though very handsome wedding, the contracting parties being Miss Charlotte ESHBACH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. ESHBACH and Earnest LEITENBERGER, of Philadelphia. The officiating clergyman was Rev. Calvin M. DELONG. The bride was attended by her brother, the Hon. Horace W. ESHBACH, the bridegroom was attended by his brother, M.E. LEITENBERGER, of Philadelphia. The bridal procession was led by Robert Wallace REED and William F. REED, of Norristown, nephews of the bride. The wedding presents were handsome and numerous. After the wedding ceremony the assembled guests partook of a bountiful repast after which the happy couple left for an extended wedding tour. Among those present were the following: Mr. and Mrs. R.W. ESHBACH, of Pennsburg; Mr. and Mrs. J. LEITENBERGER, of Philadelphia; Hon. and Mrs. Horace ESHBACH, of Pennsburg; Mrs. D.N. REED, of Norristown; Mrs. M.S. BEAN, of Delphi; Mrs. Page HARBERSON, of Philadelphia; Mrs. D.G. HERSH, of Pennsburg; Mrs. E. SHELLY, Mr. and Mrs. F. LEITENBERGER, Mr. and Mrs. L. LEITENBERGER, Miss Myra HARBERSON, of Philadelphia; Miss Ruth ESHBACH, of Pennsburg; Mr. W. Edgar BENNET, of Harrisburg; Miss Catharine LEITENBERGER, Mr. William HARBESON, Miss Eva LEITENBERGER, Mr. J. LEITENBERGER, Miss Elizabeth HULLER, of Philadelphia; Miss Charlotte HERSH, of Pennsburg; Master Guy REED, of Norristown; Misses Ione and Eunice ESHBACH, and Masters Horace H. and Ovid Wallace ESHBACH and Russel HERSH, of Pennsburg. Mr. and Mrs. LEITENBERGER on their return from their honeymoon will reside on North Eighteenth street, Philadelphia. A pretty wedding was solemnized on Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. REITER, of Rich Hill, Pa., when their daughter, Emma Linda REITER, became the wife of Dr. Eugene Funk MESCHTER, of Trumbauersville, Pa. The home of the bride's family was decorated with daises, ferns and roses, a riot of June blossoms. The ceremony was performed at 5 o'clock p.m. by Rev. D.H. REITER, of Quakertown, the bride and groom having taken their position under a bower of blossoms. The ring ceremony being employed. The brides maids were Miss Florence MESCHTER, sister of the groom and Miss Fannye J. MAXWELL, of Philadelphia. The best man was Albert F. MESCHTER, brother of the groom and the usher was Dr. F.O. WAAGE. After the ceremony the assembled guests partook of a sumptious dinner furnished by a Philadelphia caterer. The bridal part left on a honey moon trip to New York and other places of interest. After their return during the latter part of next week they will at once occupy their handsome new and elaborately furnished home at Trumbauersville. The bride and groom were the recipients of many handsome, valuable, and useful presents, amongst them, a silver ice pitcher, appropriately inscribed, from the class of '95 of the Perkiomen Seminary, of which class the groom was a member. Among the guests present were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Frank REITER, Mr. and Mrs. D.Y. MESCHTER, Albert F. MESCHTER, Miss Florence MESCHTER, Rev. and Mrs. D.H. REITER, Rev. and Mrs. Oscar S. KRIEBEL, Rev. and Mrs. E.E.S. JOHNSON, Dr. W.H. and Mrs. STETLER, Mr. and Mrs. James ROBINSON, Dr. F.O. WAAGE, John MITCHELL, Misses Margret MITCHELL, Faunye MAXWELL, Alice S. SHULTZ, Lizzie SLOTTER, Bella SCHULTZ, Mamie AHLUM, Hattie FELLMAN, Henrietta OMMERON, Jennie STRAWN, Ella DAWSON, Mabel MAXWELL, Bessie MAXWELL, Lena ALLEN, Ida MESCHTER, Edna KRIEBEL, Prof. M.H. KRATZ, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. BITTING, J.B. SYLVESTER, Mrs. Alfred VENDEGRIFT, Harry S. JOHNSON, Mrs. Albert PAXON, Mr. and Mrs. O.S. KRIEBLE, Mr. and Mrs. Milton JOHNSON, Mrs. C.T. LEHMAN, Mrs. M.A. SHEETZ, Mrs. Lizzie SHORTZ, Mr. and Mrs. John MAXWELL, Mrs. W.H. STETLER, Mrs. Flora FREDERICK, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. GOTWALS, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. STRAWN, Mr. and Mrs. John V. OMMERON, Mr. and Mrs. Frank BALL, Mr. and Mrs. John..........

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