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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1868
Page
3
The column notes numerous stray observations around Reading including reports of haunted houses, street conditions on Penn Street, and a growing stray of rumors and local gossip. It covers the railroad extension, market activity, life insurance interest, mosquito lore, and a mix of small-town anecdotes from residents and merchants.
A jumble of notices reports church re openings with Rev. B Peters and Rev. George Rear speeches, a Sunday celebration planned for September 12 near a District township hotel, and various local happenings. McGowan and Miltimore advertise cages and bird goods. A doctor in St Clair reports bladder stone removals in several patients.
Police detained Thomas Boone after an incident on Eighth and Ninth streets in Muhlenberg. He faced an $8.25 fine, $200 bail, and remained in custody pending matters, while another man was arrested during the night for an unfinished house disturbance in town. A repair shop ad at 612 Penn Street mentions Gowan & Miltimore offering builders’ supplies.
Late friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral next Tuesday afternoon at 1 oclock from his residence No 20 Pennstreet. Services at the house.
A rough quarrel at the Black Bear tavern in Exeter township ended with a fight using a cane a saw and a hatchet. A 20 by 80 feet flag was raised at Sixth and Penn with a cord stretched to the Keystone Hotel.
New Lopoe at Lerfront Sadoc Lodge No 101 of the Knights of Pythias was instituted by D D G C Richard H Jones on Thursday evening September 8 1868 at Leesport Berks County Pa Officers installed included V P Jacob B Graoff W C Dr P Snyder V C J J Mohr R Chas Mohr F A Dundore B Lew M Kaufman G Frank D Faber I 8 F Boyer 0 S J Danbert
The article lauds Mr. Stewart and Theatre Comique as a premier entertaining venue in the city. It highlights an energetic troupe of twelve star players from Philadelphia and Cincinnati, featuring lively farce and comic songs, while noting strict decency and family appeal amid competing amusements.
Hamburg Sept 5 1868 Nearly all summer boarders have left town leaving streets less gay. Philadelphia visitors are praised for their pleasant conduct and healthful influence. A Sabbath School picnic is planned at Seaman's woods with about 700 children marching from State and White Oak streets led by the Hamburg Cornet Band. Ed F Smith returning from western tour reports splendid corn crops, the heaviest west of the Mississippi. Grasshoppers disrupt a rail train delaying wheels.
Proceedings recount a contested note of 60 with a $100 credit, a $150 disputed debt of a partner, and questions of intoxication and capability of Henry Klohs to incur liability. Witnesses cited sobriety, juries awarding $438.98 then $400 despite errors, with a new trial granted. Court adjourned to Monday.
William Hoyer, about 16, lived with his mother at 330 Kirat Hockley Lane. He disappeared Thursday morning on an errand. His body was found between 8 and 9 am Friday near Foos and Bingaton's saw mill, with blood. cause linked to a fall and possible injury from a sharp edge on a stone.
Burglars entered the Reading Railroad Company ticket office at Shoemakersville last night and blew the iron safe open. The explosion shattered the safe door and window panes while residents mistook it for gunfire. About $26 in greenbacks was stolen from the safe. $10 in silver coins still missing in small steel-pen boxes. Similar safe blows occurred in Harrisburg on Thursday night, suspected to be by the same gang.
Middle aged man Kilyan Dankle checked into the Keystone House in Reading. He visited the market throng and wore a silver lever watch on a guard around his neck. After leaving the market he found the timepiece missing, suggesting it was stolen in the crowd.
The late rains swelled the stream and moistened parched land, cooling and purifying the atmosphere and benefiting vegetation. Citizens express gratitude for the blessing and call for thanks.
An antique advertisement page promotes Da Rogsett's Magnetic Oil for rheumatism neuralgia sprains and stiff joints at 50 cents and 100 dollars per bottle. It also touts Ruggsells Vegetable Ambrosia for restoring gray hair and removing scalp humors, and Janne's pure drugs with reasonable gules at No 1 North Pink Street Reading.
Fragmented OCR reports a schooner loaded with lime overturned when a steamer grounded. Another note mentions a new Austrian minister welcomed in Washington. Also reported: a deadly glycerin blast at Hoosac tunnel and an attack by Cheyenne Indians near the Platte with captive trains.
A large Democratic gathering in Barn on Sept. 4 began with Raward Sewell presiding. M N Larrabee Esq and Hon. Cox spoke forcefully against the Radical party and its policy, while Cox toured the coast condemning naval shipbuilding by Radicals.
A report states two men forced entry into a house near Greenville, assaulted a resident, and were subsequently captured and lynched. Details remain sparse but authorities note a money market section in related coverage.
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