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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1868
Page
3
A fragmented obituary of items notes a through ticket to Elmirast Reading Depot, the Canary islands bird origin, and a mix of local notices. It mentions police activity with one drunk arrest and several house constructions in progress and a Reading Railroad theft capture involving multiple individuals.
Fragments describe carriage right of way on highways, police inquiries into a credit dispute, and a medical philosophy excerpt on willpower. The report mentions Mrs Burk and Thomas Monroe accused of false credit, later settled by Seyfert McManus Co. and discharge of the prisoners.
The case of Dawson Coleman vs. Administrators of David Tovan and Jacob Potterger recounts a July 1866 cattle theft from Coleman's Elizabeth farm. Witnesses valued the cattle between 1,688.70 and 1,956.00, with the plaintiffs seeking nearly 2,226.43. a verdict awarded 2,020.58 to the plaintiffs as the defense disputed valuation and liability. The proceedings continue with further trials listed, including George N. Tatham et al. vs. Jonathan Gregory in the same court channel.
A jumble of notes from Reading including social events weather and local developments. Mentions moonlit buggies deer at the Express office and meetings at Library Hall with a focus on church activities lodges and a new water tank. Also reports on stock and rail prices and a busy week in financial markets with gold purchases and customs receipts.
Fragmentary text from a historical page offers limited readable items including scattered names and places with no clear event or outcome to summarize. The content is too garbled to identify a coherent story, date, or involved organizations for a reliable headline.
The Rev H Bervea of Antonsburg Centre county Pa will preach at Amityville Reformed Church on Sunday morning next December 6. Mr Reiter, a native of Amity township Berks county, is mentioned in connection with the notice.
Statement of moneys received and paid out at the Mayor's office for November 1868 includes fines, permits, and police expenses. It notes 92 permits issued for a mix of dwellings and shops, 242 individuals put in the lockup, and breakdowns of offenses and nationalities. City officers listed include Morrin, Shearer, and Wm Heidenreich. signed by Mayor Wm. H. Geonanp on December 1, 1868.
A meeting at Library Hall on Monday evening November 30 1868 formed a Young Men's Reading Room Association. Chairman Nicolle and Secretary Richards announced resolutions to create a reading room for youths and others, to secure a suitable site and secure rooms for the project with community support.
A town meeting supported forming a free reading room and social resort for young men. Speakers including Rev. Fernley and Rev. Richards urged libraries, magazines, and wholesome amusements, with committees formed to pursue funding and a constitution.
Borolal Daily Ridin reports James Finley, the Would-by assassin of J Claude White, died in Schuylkill county prison from wounds received in the encounter. Rumor says he confessed before death, though the palace of it is a vague matter on Thanksgiving night. Edward Parcell attacked at Delaware Mines drinking house after refusing to drink with him. one shot struck him in the left breast and he worsens, while Parcell lays jailed at Pottsville.
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