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Armory at Hamburg.
252
Armory at Reading
205
Army Supplies from County in
Revolution
116
Assemblymen from County ... 75. Assessment of County, First. 8
Assessment of Reading, 1898, 1908
.235
Assessors of Reading
.219
Associate Judges
92
Associations at Reading
204
Associators in Revolution
112
Attorneys at Law
93
Auditors of County
78
Auditors of Reading
218
Baer Family Reunion
313
Bands at Reading
.211
Bank at Birdsboro
277
Bank at Fleetwood
261
Bank at Leesport
305
Bank at Mohnton
.287
Bank at Topton
263
Banking in Berks County
.. 151
Bankruptcy, Registers in, from
County
74
Banks at Boroughs, Statement
of .239
Banks at Bovertown
256
Banks at Hamburg
.250
Banks at Kutztown
.243
Banks at Reading
209
Baptist Denomination in County 46 Battles. Summary of, in Civil War .127 Bechtelev'le. Borough of .... 264-266 Belt Line in Schuylkill Section 310
Belt Line of P. & R. R. ... 39
Bench and Par of County
91
Berks and Dauphin Turnpike ..
32
Berks County Law Library ..
.. 210
Berks County Medical Society
Berkshire Country Club
96, 210
.307 Een. First Taxables of 9
Bern Township 306 Berville. Porouch of ..... . 271-274 Clerks of Orphans' Court ..... 81 Bernville Band in Civil War .. 131 Clerks of Quarter Sessions 81 Bernville. Cleveland Parade at 72 Clerks of Select Council of Reading ... 221 Bertolet Family Reunion 313 Bethany Orphans' Home .... 106, 307 Cleveland Festivals in County . 72 Bethel. First Taxables of 10 Clymer Mass-Meetings in 1866 .. 70 Colebrookdale, First Taxables Pethel Townshin 306 Beulah Anchorage 214 of 10
Birdsbarn. Par oh of
.. .
274-278
Birdsborn Band in Civil War .132
Black Spot on Mount Penn
2
Blue Mountain
1
Agriculture of County
.25
Blue Rocks
.264,
304
Albany, First Taxables of
8
Albany Township
303
Board of Health of Reading .. 227
Board of Public Works of Read-
ing
219
Board of Trade of Reading ... 209
Boroughs of County
238
Boundaries of County
7
Commissioners of County
Boyer Family Reunion
.314
77
Commissioners of Public Works
Boyertown, Borough of
252-257
of Reading
.219
Boyertown Opera House Fire
257-259
Brecknock, First Taxables of . 10
Brecknock Township
.308
Bridges in County ..
29-31
Bridges and Ferries at Reading 195
Brooke Furnace in Manatawny
Section
.302
Brooke Iron Works at Birds-
boro
.276
Brunswick, First Taxables of . 10 Building Inspectors of Reading 219 Buildings at Reading 236
Bureau of Employment at Read-
ing
212
Burgesses of Reading
217
Caernarvon. First Taxables of
10
Caernarvon Township
308
Canals in County
34
pany
44
Canals, Lottery Privileges for
35
Captains of County in Revolu-
tion
116
Carsonia Park
302
Cemeteries at Reading
196
Census of County
146
Census of Reading 234
Census Table of County, 1800-
1900
147
Centre Township
306
Centre Turnpike
32
Centreport, Borough of
278-279
Chapel Rock
303
Charitable Associations at Read-
ing
212
Charity Schools of County
54
Charming Forge
307
Chiefs of Police of Reading
.. 218
Churches in Townships
49
County Surveyors
Churches of Boroughs
239
Churches of County, First
45
Churches of Reading
200
Crystal Cave
.821
City Hall at Reading
.196
Civil War of 1861-65
123
Clavs of County
4
Clerks of Common Council of
Reading
226
Daily Newspapers
60
Declaration of
Independence
Read in County
113
Decline of Stages in County .. 34
Deisher Indian -Relics at Kutz-
town
.247
Delaware Tribes of Indians .. 20
Delegates
to
Constitutional
Conventions from County .. 74
Delegates to Provincial Con-
ference from County .......
74
Colebrookdale Railroad
39
Colebrookdale Township
.298
Colonels of Associated Battal-
ions, 1775
.. 113
Colonels of County in Revolu-
tion
116
Colonial Forts in County
...
Colored Population of County ... 234
108
Commissioners of United States
from County
74
Common Councilmen of Read-
ing
221-226
Common School System Accept-
ed by Districts
55
Common
School
System
in
Common
Schools,
Tabular
County
55
Statement of County
56
Companies from County in Civil
War
128
Companies from County in Rev-
olution
.113-115
Conditions of Territory at time
of First Settlement in County
4
Congressmen of County
73
Consolidated Telephone
Com-
Constables of Reading
. ..
.229-30
Constitutional Amendments,
Vote for in County
69
Constitutional Conventions, Del-
egates from County
74
Continental Paper Money
117
Controllers of County
79
Controllers of Reading
£18
Copper Ore in County
4
Coroners of County
80
Country Homes in
Schuylkill
Section
.311
County Bridges, Statement of 31
County Buildings
87
County Charitable Institutions 106
County Commissioners
77
County Officers
77
County, Petitions for
6
82
Court-Houses of County
87-88
- Croll Family Reunion
.314
City Clerks of Reading
227
Cumru, First Taxables of
11
Cumru Township
308
Customs, Language, Manners in
County
61-65
Colebrookdale Iron Works.
..... 302
Colebrookdale Mines
.302
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HISTORICAL INDEX
DeLong Family Reunion .314 Dental Practitioners in Coun-
ty . . .103-04 Dentistry in County 103 ty 311
Department Stores at Reading 184
Detectives, Special of County. .
82
Deysher Stock Farm
311
Section
300
Dierolf Family Reunion
.315
Dietrich Family Reunion' .. .. 315 Section 304
District Attorneys of County .. 82 District Township .. 299
District Township Taxables ... 301
Districts of County at Erection 7
Districts of County in 1776 ... 113
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart De- partment Store .. .. 185 Douglass, First Taxables of .. 301 Douglass Township .298 Drafted Militia of County in Civil War .. 136 Drafts of Berks County in Civ- il War .126
Dries Family Reunion
.315
Drum Corps at Reading
.212
Dunkard
Denomination
in
County
47
Durell's Battery in Civil War .. 135
Earl Township
299
Earl Mountain
2
Early Furnaces and Forges
27
Early Roads to Reading
32
Early Settlements of County
5
East Penn Railroad
.38
Eastern State Penitentiary
.106
Education at Reading
202
Education,
Early Encourage-
ment of 54
Education, First Teachers
54
Education in County
45
Election Districts of County
65
Election of 1876 in County
.. - 69
Electric Light at Reading ...
.199
Electric Plant in
Schuylkill
Section
.310
Electric Railways in County .. 40 Elevations at Reading above Sea Level .200
Elevations of Places in County 4
Embargo of 1807
.121
Engineers of Reading
227
English, Early Immigrants in
County
18
English War of 1812-15
121
Enrollment of County for Mili- tary Service in 1908 144
Erection of County
1, 6
Evangelical Denomination
in
County
48
Exeter, First Taxables of
11
Exeter Township
298
Fair Ground in Manatawny Sec- tion .303 Family Reunions .311-322 Farmers' Union 26 Ferries and Bridges at Reading 195 Fertilizer Works in Schuylkill Section .310
Festivals, Political, at Reading. 71
Festivals, Political, in County .... 71 Filtration Reading Water
Supply
.194
Financial Associations at Read-
ing
.209
Fire Companies at Reading
.205
First Officers from County
Hereford Township
298
in Revolution
112
First Assessment of County ..
First Churches of County
45.
County
.... 210
Home for
Friendless Children
.106, 214
First Settlements of County 5 Homoeopathic Hospital ... £13 First Settlers of Manatawny Homoeopathic Medical and Sur- gical Hospital of Reading ... 102 Homoeopathic Practitioners As- . First Settlers of Ontelaunee sociation of Reading .... 102, 210 First Settlers of Schuylkill Sec- tion .309 Homoeopathic Practitioners of County ... 102
First Settlers of Tulpehocken
Section
.306
First Taxables of County
.8-16
union
.316
Fishing
and
Navigation
in
County
28
Fleetwood, Borough of
.259-261
Flying Hills in County
1
Foreign Consuls from County .. 74
Foreign Ministers from Coun-
ty
74
Forest, district in County
1
Forts, Colonial, in County 108-109
French and Indian War
107
French, Early Immigrants in
County
18
Freshets of Schuylkill River in
County
29
Friendless Children, Home for ... 213
Friends Society in County.
46
Furnaces and Forges in County
27
Furry Family Reunion
.316
Ganawese Indians.
21
Garbage Plant of Reading
.310
Gas Light at Reading
199
Geology of County 4
Germania Band
212
German Immigrants of County
17
Germans to Rescue in Revolu-
tion
112
Gery Family Reunion
316
Gibraltar Iron Works
.310
Ginseng, Cultivation of
244
Glen Mills Reformatory
.106
Globe Rendering Co.
.311
Government of County
65
Government of Reading
216
Governor, Vote for in County. 68 Greenwich, First Taxables of .. 11
Greenwich Township
.303
Grim Family Reunion
316
Grosch's Sunset House
307
Hafer Family Reunion .317
Hahnemann Medical Society of
Reading
102
Halls at Reading
.200
Hamburg, Borough of
.247-252
Revolution
117
Hamburg Bridge 30
Harrison Festival of 1840
at
Jefferson Township
306
Reading
71
Hartman-Fisher
Family
Re-
union
Hassler's Highland House ..
.307
Health Commissioners of Read-
ing
.227
Hebrews in County
19
Heffner Family Reunion
317
Heidelberg, First Taxables of .. 11
Heidelberg Township
.306
Heinly Family Reunion
317
Hereford, First Taxables of
12
Hiester Festival of 1820 at Read-
ing
71
8
Historical Society of
Berks
Homoeopathy in County ... 101-103 Hospital at Reading in Civil War ... 126
House of Good Shepherd .. 106, 214
House Tax of 1799
.120
Huguenots, Early Immigrants
of County
17
Humane Society of Berks Coun-
ty
214
Huntingdon Reformatory
.106
Ice Plants in Schuylkill Section 310 Incumbents of Positions in Revolu- tion .117
Indian Atrocities
.110, 304
Indians, Murdered and Captured
by
110
Indian Names of County
22
Indian Relics in County
23
Indians, Enumeration of
22
Indians, First
Occupants
of
County
20
Indians, Manners and Customs
of
21
Indians, Origin of.
20
Indians, Release of Territory
23
Indians, Retreat of
22
Indians, Tribes of
20
Industrial Associations at
Reading
.209
Industrial Statistics of County 27 Industries at Reading in 1900 .. 237 Industries at Reading, State- ment of 170
Industries of Boroughs
238
Industry of County
25
Inspector of Meat and Milk at
Reading
234
Internal Improvements of
County
28
Internal Improvements of Read-
ing
193
Irish Mountain
2
Irish Settlers in County
19
Iron Industries of County
27
Iron Industries of County
in
Revolution
.116
Iron Masters of
County
in
Iron Ore of County
4
Judges from 1752 to 1790
91
Judges from 1790 to 1909
92
Jury Commissioners
85
Justices of the Peace of Read-
ing
228
Keystone State Normal School 245
Kistler Family Reunion
318
Kittatinny Mountain
1
Kline, Eppihimer & Co. Depart-
ment Store ..
184
Kline Family Reunion
.318
Krick Family Reunion
318
Kutztown, Borough of
240-245
Kutztown Branch Railroad
. .
39
316
First Families of Berks Coun-
Fisher-Hartman
Family
Re-
Hospitals at Reading
.106
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Kutztown, Cleveland Parade at 72 Kutztown Fair Ground ....... 305 Kutztown, Hiester Festival at 71
Ladies' Aid Society in Civil War .126
Lancaster Bridge 30 Land and Live Stock of Coun- ty in 1908 152
Language, Manners and Cus- toms of County 61-65 Latitude and Longitude of County 4 Lauer Monument 784
Lebanon Valley Railroad 28
Leesport Bank 305
Legal Association of Berks
County
Lehigh Telegraph Co. in Coun-
ty
43
Lenhartsville, Borough of ... 263-264 Levengood Family Reunion ... 318 Lexington, Battle of, Awakens County 112
Liberty-Poles of 1799 120
Libraries at Reading
210
License Commissioners 86
Light and Power at Reading
.199
Liquor Licenses of Boroughs .239 Liquor Licenses of Reading .. 236 Liquor Licenses of Townships 298 Literary Associations at Read- ing .210
Live Stock and Land of Coun- ty in 1908 152
Livingood Family Reunion .318
Location of Reading 200
Longitude and Latitude of
County
4
Longswamp, First Taxables of 12 Longswamp Township .303 Lord & Gage Department Store. . 185 Lottery Privileges for Union Canal 35
Lottery Privilege for Church at Womelsdorf 271
Lotz Receipt Book in Revolu- tion 116
Lower Alsace Township .299 Lower Heidelberg Township .. 306
Ludwig Family Reunion
.319
Lutheran
Denomination
in
County 45
Lutheran Ministers of County
46
Lutheran
and Reformed
Churches of County 48
Lutz Family Reunion .319
Maiden-creek, First Taxables of 12
Maiden-creek Road
32
Newspapers at Womelsdorf
60
Maiden-creek Township
303
Newspapers, Daily
60
Manatawny Section of Town- ships 298 Manners, Customs, Language
of County .. .61-65 Manor of Penn's Mount 2 Marion Township 306 Market Commissioners of Read- ing 227 Market-Houses at Reading .... 193 Mass-Meetings at Reading ... 70 Maxatawny, First Taxables of 13 Maxatawny Township .303 Mayors of Reading 217-218 Meat and Milk Inspector, Read- ing 234
Medical Associations at Read-
Medical Faculty of Berks Coun- ty 96
Medical Profession of County .96 Medical Society of Berks Coun- ty .96, 98
Membership of
Religious De-
ships . . Ontelaunee Township .303 .303 nominations 49 Memorial for National Foundry .. 28 Mercantile Appraisers 85
Mercantile Licenses of Bo-
roughs .239
Mercantile Licenses of County 298 Mercantile Licenses of Reading 298 Mercantile Licenses of Town-
ships
298
Military Associations of Read-
Militia Encampment at Read-
ing in 1842
.142
Militia Systems of County . 140-144
Milk and Meat Inspector, Read-
ing
.234
Minerals of County
4
Mohnton, Borough of 285-288
Money at Interest, by Districts 149
Monocacy Hill
2
Montello
Brick
Works
in
Schuylkill Section
.310
Monthly Newspapers of County. 60
Moravian
Denomination
in
County
47
Mould, J. & Co. Department
Store
184
Mount Neversink.
2
Mount Penn
2
Mount Penn, Borough of
.266-268
Mountain Railroads at
Read-
Mountains of County
1
Muhlenberg Township 299
Murdered and Captured by In-
dians
109-10
Musical Associations at Read-
ing
210-211
National Representatives from County. 73
Nationalities in County 16
Navigation of River Encouraged 29
Navigation of Schuylkill River 28
Negroes in County 19
Neversink Mountain 2
Newspapers at Birdsboro 60
Newspapers at Boroughs
60
Newspapers at Boyertown
60
Newspapers at Hamburg
60
Newspapers at Kutztown
60
Newspapers at Reading ... 59, 204
Newspapers of County
59
North Heidelberg Township .. 306
Northumberland County, Erec-
tion of
24
Occupations at Reading, 1909. 185
Officers of County
77
Offices by Special Legislation
72
Officials of County 65
Officials of County in Revolu- tion .117
Officials of Reading
216
Officials of State, from County
75
Oil Inspectors
86
Oil Pipe Lines in County 44
Old Swede Building
16
Oley, First Taxables of
13
ing
210
Oley Hills
2
Oley Road
32
Oley Township 298 Oley Turnpike 32
Ontelaunee Section of Town-
Orphans' Asylum, St. Cathar- ine's Female .106, 214 Orphans' Court Clerks of Coun- ty 81
Orphans' Court Judges 92 Orphans' Home at Topton .. 106, 263 Orphans' Home at Womelsdorf 106, 307
Orwigsburg, Hiester Festival
ing
139, 204
at
71
Osteopathy in County
103
Packets on Canals 36
Paper Mills in Tulpehocken
Section
.307
Paper Money in Civil War
...
.127
Paper Money in Revolution
117
Park Commissioners of Read- ing £19
Pastors Long in Service
48
Pathological
Society at Read-
ing
98
Patients of County at State
Hospital
106
Patriotic Associations at Read-
ing
.. 210
Pay Schools of County
59,203
Peace Declared in Revolution
.119
Penn Common at Reading
.195
Penn Street Bridge. 30
Penn Township
.306
Penn's Mount, Manor of.
2
Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley R. R. 39
Pennsylvania Telephone Co. in
County .
43
Perkiomen Turnpike
32
Perry Township
.303
Petitions for Erection of Coun- ty 6
Philadelphia
& Reading
Rail-
road
37
Physical Geography of County
1
Pike Township
.299
Pine-Grove. First Taxables of .
Pinnacle
1
Pipe Lines in County
44
Plumbing Inspectors of Read-
ing
Polish Convent in
Schuylkill
.227
Section
311
Political Festivals in County ... 71 Political Parties of County 68
Political Sentiment of Coun- ty 68
Poor Directors of County ... 82-83 Poor-House of County 90, 310
Poplar Neck
2
Poplar Neck Bridge
30
Population of County in 1776 . .113 Population of County, 1800-1900 .147 Post-Office at Reading .195
Post-Offices of County ... 40, 41, 43 Post-Offices, Discontinued, in County 42
Postage Stamps 40
Premium for Scalps
109
President Judges
92
President, Vote for in County . 69
13
ing
198
Penn's Mount
2
. 210
Mexican War, 1846-48
122
Orr Stock Farm
311
Presidential Election of 1876 . 69 Presidential Vote by Districts in 1908 .150 Presidents of Common Coun- cil of Reading 226 Presidents of Reading School Board 233 Presidents of Select Council of Reading .. 221
Preston's Sunnyside .307 Prison Inspectors of County 83-85
Prison Wardens of County
85
Prisons of County
89
Private Bridges in County
30
Private Market-Houses at Read- ing 193
Private Schools at Reading .. 203
Professional Associations at Reading 210
Prohibition and License, Vote for in County 69
Prominent Representative Men of County 66
Property Valuation of County by Districts in 1885 and 1908 148
Protective Associations at Read- ing 205
Protestant Episcopal Denomina- tion in County 48
Prothonotaries of County
80
Public Charities in County 105
Public Library at Reading 210, 228 Public Library, Trustees of ... 228
Public Parks at Reading .195
Public Works, Board of .219 Purchase of Territory in Coun- ty 23
Quarter Sessions' Clerks of
County 81
Railroad Bridges in County 31
Railroads in County
36
Railways, Electric, in County . 40
Railways in County
36
Reading Artillerists in Mexican War .. 123
Reading Artillerists in N. G. P. 143 Reading, Associations at .. 214-215 E
Borough Erected in 1783 .156
Borough, 1783-1847 156-159 Buildings at 236 Canals .197
Cemeteries 196
Census of ... 147, 234, 235 Charitable Associa- tions at .212 Church Choral Socie- ty .$11
"
Churches at 200-201
City. 1847-1909 .. 159-164 Cleveland Parade at .. 72 Clymer Mass-Meetings in 1866 70
...
County-Seat .154
Development by Dec- ades .159-164 Distinguished Visitors of .158 District Established in 1760 .155 Early Employments before 1783 167
=
Early Traffic of
.167
Educational Affairs of
Town
155
Education at
.. 202
HISTORICAL INDEX
Electric Light and
Power at .... 199 Statement of Indus-
Elevation Above Sea
Level .200
Employments, Fac-
tories, etc., at in
1840 .168
" Ferries and Bridges .. 195 Financial Associations at .209
Fire Company Build- ings 195, 205
First Patentees of
Lots .153
First Store at ...... .. 155
First Patents of Land 153 First Taxables of ... 13
Gas Light at ... .. 199 Government and Offi- cials of 216-234
Grant of Land to
Penn
. 153
",
Ground Rent on Lots .. 154
Halls at
.200
History of
153-238
Hospital
212
Hospital in Civil War 126 Industrial Affairs of
Borough .157
Industrial Develop- ment . . 168-169 Industries at .170-193, 237 Internal Improvement of .193-200
Lauer Monument .... 784 Library, Trustees of 228 Liquor Licenses, 1909 .. 236 Literary Associations
at 210
= Location of 200
Mass-Meetings at .... 70
Medical
Association
210
Religious
Denominations
De-
scribed
45
Mountain Railroads .... 198 Musical Associations County 49 at .210 Representative Men of Coun- ty 66
Return of Soldiers in
Revolu-
tion
120
Revolution, Cause of
110
Richmond, First Taxables of .. 14 Richmond Township .303 Ringgold Band in Civil War .. 134 Ringgold Band of Reading ... 211 Ringgold Light Artillery in Civ- il War .129
Ritner Young Men's
Conven-
tion at Reading
70
Ritter Family Reunion
.319
Roads and Turnpikes of Coun- ty 31
Roads to Reading
32
Robeson. First Taxables of 14
Robeson Township 308
Robesonia Furnace
.307
Rockland Township
.299
Rockland Township Taxables .301
Rohrbach Family Reunion
... 320
Roman Catholic Denomination
in County
47
Round-head
1
Rural Free Delivery in County
42
Ruscombmanor. First Taxables
of
14
State Conventions at 69
tries at
.170-193
Statistics
. 234-238
Steam Heat at
200
Steam Railroads
.197
Store House at, in
Revolution
116
Streets
194
Street Railways at
.197
Subway
194
Sunday Schools of
. .
52
Telegraph at 198
=
Town, 1748-1783
153-156
"
Town Laid Out
. .. 153
Turnpikes from
196
Vote in 1908
235
Washington at, in
1794 .120
Water Supplies of.
.193, 302
Whig Mass-Meeting of
1844 at
70
Reading & Columbia Railroad. . .
38
Recommendations
for
Com-
panies in Revolution
113
Recorders of County
81
Reductions of County
24
Reedy Family Reunion
319
Reformed Denomination in County 46
Reformed Ministers of County
46
Registered Voters by Districts
in 1908
.149
Registers in Bankruptcy from
County
74
Registers of County
81
Rehrersburg, Cleveland Parade at 72
Relative Elevations of County 4 Religion of County 45 Religions Associations at Read- ing .214
"
Meeting at, in Revolu-
tion
111
Religious
Denominations
in
Officials 216-234
Oldest Buildings
.155
= = Panic of 1837 157 Patriotic Associations at .210
Political Festivals at . 71 Post-Office Establish- ed at . . . 40, 156, 195 Private Schools at ... 203 Public Buildings ... 87, 155
Public Parks
195
=
Public Roads.
31, 194
Religion at .200
Religious Associations at 214
Riot at, in 1877 164
Ritner Young Men's Convention at 70 School Buildings at .. 203 Schuylkill Seminary at 203 Sesqui-Centennial of
1898
166
=
Sewers
194
Stage-Coaches at
197
=
" First Lots Sold .153 Telephone at 199
xiii
Nationality of Inhabi- tants 155 Newspapers .. 59, 157, 204
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Ruscombmanor Township : 298
Saul Family Reunion .320
Scalps, Premium for 109
Schaeffer Family Reunion .. 320
Schneider Family Reunion .321
School Affairs of Boroughs .. 240
School Controllers of Reading 230-233 Schools at Reading 202 tion .311
Schuylkill Canal in County .. 35
Schuylkill County, Erection of. 24
Schuylkill Gap 1 Stoudt's Hill 1
Schuylkill & Lehigh Railroad . 39
Schuylkill River
3, 28
Schuylkill Road 32
Schuylkill Section of Town-
ships .308 Schuylkill Seminary at Reading 203 Schwartzwald 2
Scull's Hill 1
Seaman Family Reunion ..... 321 Secret Societies at Reading ... 206
Secretaries of Reading School Board 233
Sections of Berks County 296
Select Councilmen of Reading
220-221
Senators of County 75
Sewers at Reading 194
Sheriffs of County 79
Shillington, Borough of ... 293-295 Signal Service of P. & R. R. Co. 39 Society for Prevention of Cruel- ty to Animals .214
Solicitors of Reading 227 South Mountain 1
Spanish War of 1898. .139
Special Detectives of County 82
Special Legislation, Offices by. 72 Spring Township 308
Stage-Coaches at Reading .. .. 197 Stages and Stage Lines in Coun- ty 33
Stages. Decline of, in County . 34
State Appropriations to Coun- ty, 1904 and 1908 150
State Charitable Institutions in County .105
State Conventions at Reading .. 69 State Highways in County 33 State Hospital at Harrisburg .. 106 State-House of County 89 State National Guard. 143
State Officials from County 75
State Police in County . .144 State Police Barracks .. ... 144, 311 State Representatives from
Reading .216 State Representatives of Coun- ty 74 State Roads in County .... 302, 311 Statistics of Reading, Compara- tive Table .234 Statistics of Secret Societies 207, 240 Statistics of the Townships 147-150, 298
St. Catharine's Female Orphans' Asylum 106, 214
Steam Heat at Reading 200
Stewards at Poor-House 83
St. Joseph's Hospital. 213
St. Michael's Seminary .303
St. Paul's Orphans' Asylum for Boys .106, 214 Stock Farms in Schuylkill Sec-
Store House at Reading in Rev- olution 116
Strauss Family Reunion 321
Streams of County 3
Street Railways at Reading .197 Streets of Reading . 194
Suburban Towns of Manatawny Section .303
Suburban Towns of Schuylkill Section .309 Subway at Spring Street, Read-
Sunday Mails, Opposition to .. 53 Sunday Schools of Berks Coun-
ty 51
Sunday Schools of County, Sum- mary of 53
Superintendents
of
County
Schools
87
Superintendents of Reading
Schools
.234
Superintendent of Water Board 219
Surgeons from County in Civil
War
.129
Surveyors of County 82
Swede Building, Old 16
Swedes, First Settlement by 16
Taxables of Districts 148
Taxes from County to State. . 150, 151 Teachers' Institutes in County . 58 Telegraph at Reading 108
Telegraph in County 43
Telephone at Reading .199
Telephone Exchange in Mana- tawny Section .303
Telephone in County 43
Temple Furnace .. .302
Textile Machine Works at Wy- omissing 283
Tilden Festival of 1876 in Coun- ty 72
Tilden Township .306
Topton, Borough of .261-263
Topton Orphans' Home .... 263, 305 Towns of Manatawny Section .300 Whiskey Insurrection in 1794 .120 White Spot on Mount Penn . .. 2 Towns of Ontelaunee Section .... 304 Whitner, C. K. & Co., Depart- Wilmington & Northern Rail- ment Store of 184 Towns of Schuylkill Section .. 309 Widows' Home 107, 213 Towns of Tulpehocken Section 366 Townships of Berks County 296-311 Trap Rock in Schuylkill Section 310 Treasurers of County 79 road 38
Treasurers of Reading
.218
Treasurers of Reading School
Board 234 Trexler Family Reunion .321 Trust Companies at Reading .. 209 Tulpehocken, First Taxables of 15
Tulpehocken Road 31
Tulpehocken Section of Town- ships .306
Tulpehocken Township 306
Turnpikes at Reading 196 Turnpikes in County. 31
Union Canal 34
Union, First Taxables of 16
· Union Township .308
United Evangelical Denomina- tion in County 48
United States Commissioners from County 74
Upper Bern Township .. 306 Upper Tulpehocken Township 306 Valleys 2
Valuation of Property in Dis-
tricts
148
Veterinary Practitioners
104
Volunteer Militia in Civil War
.136, 137, 138
Vote for Constitutional Amend- ments 69
Vote for Governor 68
Vote for President 69
Vote for Prohibition and
Li-
cense
69
Voters of Districts, Registered, 1908 149
Walter Sanitarium
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