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    1. [PAMONTGO-L] News from Pennsburg - May 16, 1903
    2. Ref: Town and Country Newspaper Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA Saturday - May 16, 1903 FROM OUR CORPS OF ABLE CORRESPONDENTS TELFORD Cornelius GERHART will go to housekeeping at Perkasie. Chas. SHADE and family spent Sunday at Norristown visiting friends. Isaiah DELP, hostler at County Line Hotel accepted a position as bar clerk at Central Hotel, Souderton. Oliver WOLF is hauling stones for the erection of a new house. Frank KRATZ, merchant, sold his store to Thomas NASE, of West Point and took in exchange a farm of 98 acres situated near Almont. John KUHN, Jr., son of our landlord was taken sick very suddenly with fever but is convalescing. Mrs. Howard MEYERS, of Philadelphia, is spending a week with her mother Mrs. C.G. BARNDT, on Main Street. J.A. BERGEY our popular poultry dealer is away on a trip to New York. Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard GERHART spent Sunday visiting friends in Philadelphia. Miss Addie HANGEY is confined to her room with inflamatory rheumatism. West Telford borough was represented at the republican county convention by Harry H. WAMPOLE and Vincent GODSHALL, and Franconia east was represented by J.D. SOUDER and Mr. RELLER. James WAMPOLE, residing north of this place died at the residence of his father-in-law, Mr. SCHILLING, of Brights' disease on Saturday evening. He leaves a wife but no children. Interment was made at the Lutheran cemetary, Perkasie. SPINNERSTOWN Dr. and Mrs. M.F. ACKER, of Tylersport, spent Sunday with Richard NEISE and family. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin SCHANTZ spent Sunday at Treichlersville. Rev. and Mrs. ROUSH spent Wednesday with Rev. and Mrs. T.H. LEINBACH. Rev. T.H. LEINBACH addressed the Ladies' aid society of the Reformed church of Perkasie on Wednesday evening. NEW HANOVER Oswin GEISLER and family and Mrs. GEISLER, Miss Agnes WEAND and George RUSSEL and family, all of Pottstown, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry WEAND. John YERGER and wife were the Sunday guests of his mother. Aaron MUTTER and wife and Isaac STOUDT, of Reading were the Sunday guests of John and Solomon STOUDT. Mrs. Jacob REIFSNYDER and D.C. HUNSBERGER and family and Wm. I. HUNSBERGER and family were the Sunday guests of David HUNSBERGER and wife. John ACKERMAN and wife, of Royersford and Miss Annie KEPLER, of this place were the Sunday guests of Elam ACKERMAN and family. C.M. RHOADS and Miss Alma REED were married on Saturday. They were serenaded by the Liberty band of Frederick and also by the Ringgold band of Swamp Creek. W.H. LEIDY has a sick horse. Harry MENSCH rides a fine bicycle. Rhein SMITH and family attended the funeral of his father on Saturday. Ella NESTER was in the city on Sunday a week. Mrs. Joseph PALSGROVE was in the city last week and laid in her spring stock. W.H. LEIDY sells the best linseed oil at 50 cents per gallon. W.H. LEIDY will unload two carloads of phosphate this week. OLD ZIONSVILLE Misses Flora and Lizzie GERY of Allentown and Ella WEIDNER, of Emaus, were in town over Sunday. Rev. A.B. BARTHOLOMEW of Philadelphia, secretary of the board of foreign missions of the Reformed church, preached to the Reformed congregation on Sunday. Henry GEHMAN, a student at the Shippensburg State Normal School has returned home and is laid up with pleurisy. Mrs. Mary URFFER, of Philadelphia, is visiting her son Prof. O.H. URFFER. FRUITVILLE Mrs. P. SIMON and Miss Ella SIMON, of Niantic, were the guests of C. STAHL and family on Sunday. C. STAHL was in Allentown on Tuesday. Miss Mary ADAM made a business trip to Allentown on Saturday. A.B. FRANK and Frank ADAM made a business trip to Pottstown on Tuesday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Manoah BUTTERWECK on Sunday. Twins - a boy and a girl were born to Mr. and Mrs. George STAHL on Monday. A.S. SCHULTZ bought a horse from J.?. SEASHOLTZ. Mr. and Mrs. D. KEHS, of Treichlersville, and William MILLER and family were the guests of J. SCHWOYER and family on Sunday. ARGUS William HUGLER is on the sick list. Mrs. KRIEBEL and Mrs. ROSENBERGER, of Lansdale, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank GERHART, of Philadelphia, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank BARNDT, of Sumneytown, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. CRESSMAN. C.W. GERHART and son Ross, of Ambler and Mrs. C.N. SHELLEY, of Sellersville, were the guests of L. GERHART on Sunday. William and Robert DANNEHOWER made a business trip to Trumbauersville this week. H.H. ROBINSON and Peter HENRY, of Souderton was seen in town one day this week. Charles MACKNET was buried on Thursday. The funeral was largely attended. The Sunday school was there, in a body and the German Bible class, of which he was the teacher presented a beautiful floral tribute. Rev. J.H. WAIDELICH officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Frank BARNDT, of Trumbauersville, were the Sunday guests of George FRANK. Elmer HARNER, of near Tylersport, moved to this place on Monday in the house formerly occupied by Mrs. HEIMBACH. Mr. and Mrs. Frank BARNDT, of near Souderton, were the guests of his brother Harvey BARNDT on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter GUSSMAN spent Saturday and Sunday in Quakertown. Dr. and Mrs. WICKERT, of Milford Square were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin BOOZ. GRATERSFORD William KEELER and Ada HALLMAN, of Norristown, spent Sunday with the family of A.Z. SCHWENK. Henry RUTH and family, of Lansdale, and Jacob K. BERGEY, of Lower Salford, spent Sunday with the family of Elias T. GRATER. May Ruth STANLEY, of Pleasantville, O., has arrived in town and is visiting Miss Martha GRATER. Mr. and Mrs. John S. KLINE and daughters Sarah and Stella, Mrs. Samuel GRUBB and daughter, all spent Sunday in Philadelphia. Mrs. John FREDERICK and Barbara COPENHAFER, of Souderton, spent Sunday at home with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob COPENHAFER. Jonas SCHAEFFER, the green grocery man of Ironbridge had a driving accident on the grade going from C.A. WISMER's to A.C. COLE on Wednesday. He escaped with a demolished wagon and a few severe cuts in the face. H.B. HEBERIE then took him and his team home. Miss Sue E. CONNER arrived from Reading on Wednesday. She expects to spend her vacation with her father, Rev. Jacob CONNER. Platerers BOWMAN and BUCHER of Schwenksville, are working on Geo. ROSENBERGER's house. He expects to have it ready by the time the boarding season begins. FINLAND J. TRUMBAUER & Son paid their patrons at Finland, Limeport and Trumbauersville creameries 34 cents per pound for butter fat for April month. Our landlord SCHULER started work at his new barroom on Monday. John ASHTON of this place moved to Ambler yesterday. C.D. KRAUSS, photographer, took a photograph of the H. SOMER's cigar factory at this place. They have now employed about forty hands. John DANNEHOWER and family, of Sumneytown, visited Jos. HARING and family over Sunday. Jos. HARING drives a new horse. Frank HARING received a new wagon of YOST Bros., Green Lane on Friday. Robert THOMAS who was on the sick list is about again.

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