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Newspaper
Reading Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1869
Page
3
Local notes report new front planned for the Reading Fire Insurance Company building on Fifth Street near Court, featuring pressed brick and stone trim. The project, by Howe & Allen, promises a handsome facade and improved business access downtown.
Joseph Ritter fled his home with his child after allegations of neglect and was pursued by an Alderman with a warrant. Ritter bailed at $500 to answer in court. In a separate incident Martin Arshonbtuh and Ephraim Phillips fought with Martin rescuing his wife. warrants issued for both Martin and his wife, Ephraim held at $200 to answer at next sessions.
Douglassville, in Amity township Berks county, sits along the Schuylkill and Perkiomen near the Reading Railroad. The village, once Morlatton, hosts historic graveyards at St. Gabriel’s Church with early residents including the Shunk family. Governor Francis R. Shunk’s forebears lie nearby, while the town remains a retirement friendly, scenic river valley with few industrial works.
A veteran speaker urges a young man to bow and show reverence to age. He recalls how life’s vicissitudes age the merry face, alter ambitions, and test courage as time nears the end of a dreamlike youth.
Suddenly on the morning of the 7th inst Joan Mellert aged 78 years 1 month 17 days. Relatives and friends invited to attend his funeral from his Inté resi dence 616 Chestnut street on Thursday afternoon at 7 o clock to proceed to the Charles Evans Cemetery.
The item shows trading notes and bond listings including Now U. 8. and 1807 bonds with dates in 1919 and earlier. It references Gold prices in New York up to noon and quotation updates from Bushong & Bros in Reading.
A lively afternoon market along the housekeepers area showed strong attendance and varied pricing. Farmers and hucksters offered beef, poultry, vegetables, and fruit with prices ranging widely from low to high, while lumber and manufacturing activity remained robust in the city.
The partnership of Hanson Nolan formerly trading as Plumbers and Gas Fitters has been dissolved. A correspondent asks whether F should send fisballs by oxpress and if marking is required under an Oxpress contract.
A mix of notices covers a ward Common Council nomination, highway plans with a bridge over the canal at Spruce Street, and praise for the Merchants Restaurant in Schinacker House. It notes spring farming, extended railroad work, a large sand deposit at Douglassville, and Sunday train data.
In Harrisburg on February 9 the Pennsylvania Senate passed acts extending bank charters and authorizing settlement of a coal company bonus, while a housekeeping act on Reading Savings Bank and a name change for the Patriotic Order of Juniors were advanced. The House read several measures including township officer elections in Pike and a Reading municipal charter supplement, with many bills referred or adjourned without final action.
Burglars strike in multiple locations as gunfire erupts during a chase. John Montgomery captured after a break in at a Throop and Myrtle avenue dwelling. Benedict Bros jewelry store on Broadway reports $2200 in goods stolen. Oriental Bank on Bowery and Grand Street targeted in an early morning attempted robbery thwarted by janitor.
Reports from Marius Nova indicate gales caused ship disasters in the American trade. The Pericles from New York January 8 bound for Glassgow has reached Liverpool disabled. The Persian from Sargoneh January 14 bound for Bremen with cotton is ashore in Nordency, crew safe, ship likely not total loss.
The Cuba Cable from Havana reports the government is forming several new battalions of volunteers for garrison duty and some folded service. La Cabana fortress is now garrisoned by volunteers replacing regular troops sent to Dienfuegos.
An 19th century advertising fragment promotes remedies for skin ailments and syphilis via herbal tonics. It touts “Samaritans GIETI Tun Most Osntary Ruwayby” products, claims cures in days, and lists sales through Harvey, Birch in Reading, Pa, and local druggists.
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