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BIBLE PRINTED IN 1638 NOW OWNED BY KENNEL FAMILY NEAR TRENTONSent To U. S. As Bequest OfGrandfather After ManyYears In Germany; State Of The Book ExcellentIpedal T» Tfcc.Trenton, BcpU 18.Your correspondent hud tlie pleasure this week of seeing a. Bible nearly three hundred yeara old. It is * German Bible and was printed in 1638. Earliest records shew that in 2675 it became a possession of the Kennel family. This is the first record of the Bible that is known by the family. In 1807 it was sold in Germany for 40 marks. It was willed by the late Peter Kennel to his grandson Peter Kennel, the third, now residing near Trenton on the farm long known as The PiucB. In spite of the old age the Bible is in. an excellent state of preservation. «.Iliih 1.\ aV Vnn Jkhtl Tlf»VjCareon of Skademoor called on Maxine Harbaum Wednesday evening.Mr, and Mrs. Willard Sehenck and daughter, Betty, were guests of Mies Nina Weith, of Dayton on Sunday.Local members of the 4-H Van club joined others in a wiener bake at Lester Kennel’« home near Monroe Friday night.Many Lutheran* attended thoLutheran rally at the .fairgroundslwt Sunday.Southern VliftocaChester Bowlus and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bowlu* are enjoying their vacation visiting the former's brother, Stanley Bo wins and family in Broukhaven, Mississippi, and they are ateo visiting numerou* interesting places in toe Southland, including the Great Bmokey mountains.Mr. and Mrs. Chester Bowltis, Jr., returned home Thursday evening from a visit to the Great Smokiesand iM r- « the JC Mr Jenif aati, Beck.MiHillsguestMidleioLOCIV. ing « the I held buair and, gram class
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Hamilton Daily News Journal
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Fri, Sep 18, 1936
Page 16
Full Page
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