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Crest :- The staff of Mercury is used for a crest because it is the symbol of constant activity and indicates the continuous growth of the city as well as the increasing nature of its vast and widespreading business. The staff issues from a mural crown, the crown representing a city, and shows the station which Reading occupies in the Commonwealth and Union.
Motto :- The motto, which means "Labor profits with the help of God," is intended to show that, after all, the entire wel- fare of Reading ever rests with God, and depends upon the manner in which its citizens trust in Him.
City Flag :- For a standard, or flag, the Coat of Arms, given as above, is placed in the centre of a field divided into equal parts by three stripes, red, white and blue, the colors of the Union, to show that the city of Reading has grown from its past history into a part of the United States of America, in the formation, upbuilding and preservation of which its citizens have taken a part so prominent and honorable at all times and under every circumstance.
Reading Artillerists in Camp .- The Executive Committee had also named a Committee on Military, for which Samuel Willits, captain of the Reading Artillerists, was selected and ap- pointed as chairman, and he was making arrangements for a grand military demonstration in connection with the Civic Parade, when the United States made a declaration of war against Spain, and he tendered the services of his company to the national government, which were accepted. The further work of the Committee was therefore discontinued and that part of the parade reluctantly abandoned.
However, when the day came, Sunday, June 5th, for open- ing the Sesqui-Centennial, though far from home and rendez- voused in camp at Chickamauga, Ga., preparing for engaging in the Spanish war in Cuba, the members of the company as- sembled in their mess tent to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Reading in due form, while their families and friends were assembled in churches at home, and the colonel, major, adju- tant and chaplain of their regiment (Fourth) honored the meet-
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ing with their presence. The ceremonies began by singing the hymn "America," with prayer by the chaplain; then "Star Spangled Banner" was sung and the colonel (D. Brainard Case) addressed the company with appropriate remarks, highly eulogistic of the history of Reading, particularly the patriotic spirit of its people in every emergency. Additional remarks were made by the adjutant, chaplain and Captain Willits, after which the meeting was concluded with prayer and singing the doxology.
On June 9th, the Executive Committee sent the following telegram to Capt. Willits at Chickamauga :-
"In the glory of the jubilee week, the Executive Committee in behalf of the city send you and your gallant company heartfelt greetings, as well as to all Berks county soldiers who represent the patriotism and devotion of our city in its Sesqui-Centennial. We regret your absence, but in fighting humanity's battles we know that you will not return until the foe is vanquished."
GREETINGS FROM READING, ENGLAND.
In August, 1897, the Deputy Mayor of Reading, England, forwarded to Hon, Jacob Weidel, Mayor of Reading, Pa., an illustrated newspaper and other printed matter, showing the celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. In November following, Mayor Weidel addressed a letter to him informing him of the proposed celebration of the Sesqui-Centennial of Reading, Pa., and extended an invitation to the Mayor to be present on that occasion, and, with the letter, sent by mail a number of publi- cations on local history, which comprised the following, all hav- ing been compiled by the compiler of this Sesqui-Centennial History of Reading :- "Political Hand Book of Berks County," (1883); "School History of Berks County," (1889); "Berks County in the Revolution," (1894); Centennial History of Lodge No. 62, F. & A. M.," (1894); "Life and Times of Conrad Weiser," (1893); and "Historical Sketch of Reading Artillerists," (1896).
During the Jubilee Week, on June 8, 1898, Mayor Weidel received the following cablegram from the Hon. W. Berkeley Monck, Mayor of Reading, England :-
"The Mayor of Reading, England, on behalf of the inhabitants, sends greetings and kindest wishes for present and future success and pros- perity to Reading, Penna."
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Mayor Weidel sent the following in return :-
"Mayor of Reading, Pa., in behalf of its citizens, returns hearty thanks to the Mayor of Reading, England, for his official greeting on the occasion of the Sesqui-Centennial of the city, and sincerely recipro- cates the kindly sentiments communicated therein."
On June 20, 1898, Mayor Weidel received the following letter from the Deputy Mayor of Reading, England, which was dated June 13, 1898 :-
"I have just returned from the continent after visiting Milan, Turin, Nice and Paris. when I find your very kind invitation to visit your city and join with you in commemorating your Sesqui-Centennial celebration. ยท I am sorry to say distance has precluded my accepting same, or I should have visited you, but my thanks are none the less.
I arranged with our present mayor to send you a cablegram of con- gratulation, which has been duly replied to and came before a council meeting of our town last Saturday.
I also thank you for the parcel of books sent, and particularly the one referring to Free Masonry, which I shall bring before our lodge shortly.
I send you a paper giving account of the visit to Reading last Satur- day on the occasion of opening a new college by his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales."
The cablegram from the Mayor of Reading, England, was forwarded through the efforts of John Bossard, traveling corre- spondent of The Greater Reading, an illustrated monthly publi- cation at Reading, Pa., W. S. Hamaker, proprietor, he having succeeded in this behalf by meeting A. J. Mackinder, Esq., M. A., of that place, superintendent of the University Exten- sion College, (who had lectured at Reading, Pa., in 1892, and been pleasantly entertained while here,) and requesting him to do so. Mr. Bossard forwarded a long letter from Reading, England, descriptive of public institutions there, together with photographs of those mentioned and also a portrait of the pres- ent Mayor, Hon. J. Berkeley Monck, J. P. This correspon- dence with the embellishments was printed in full in the June issue of The Greater Reading and was highly appreciated by its subscribers here and elsewhere.
The Reading Eagle, of Reading, Pa., by its city editor, Albert N. Burkholder, wrote to the Mayor of Reading, Eng., giving him valuable information of our city, to which he made a suitable reply, extending a cordial greeting and expressing a hope that Reading in the New World would continue to prosper and increase in importance.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The following Report of the Finance Committee was pre- sented to the Executive Committee at their final meeting on July 8, 1898, and adopted:
Amount of subscriptions $10,394. 10
Subscriptions paid $9,951.10
Receipts from other sources . 461.56
Total receipts .
10,412.66
Total expenses of all Committees
8,993.82
Surplus
$1,418.84
The expenditures of the several Committees were as follows:
Accommodations $ 20.00
Insignia $295.56
Bicycle Parade
156.79
Invitation IO8.88
Carriages
364.00
Medical
32.46
Cavalcade and Corso
273.76
Military
City Officials
Music
1429.70
Civic Demonstration .
Official Program
Colors
406.30
Patriotic Demonstration 43.20
Courtesy
Pioneers
Decorations
201.50
Printing
84.82
Design of Envelopes
Program of Jubilee Week
Electrical Display .
Publicity 167.31
Executive
876.62
Railroads and Transport'n 205.35
Finance .
299. II
Reception 73.96
Firemen's Parade
Regatta
154.65
Fireworks
975.00
Rooms
428.14
Former Residents
School Parade
562.95
History of Reading
900.co
Signal Corps
208.33
Illumination
549.26
Water
58.77
Industrial Parade
Woman's
117.40
The item of the Executive Committee includes bills of City Officials, Civic Demonstration, Courtesy, Firemen's Parade and Industrial Parade.
The expense of the Electrical Display was $1902.50, but it was con- tracted by City Councils. The Committee having a surplus of funds, reserved $100 for a contingent fund, and applied $1318.84 toward the payment of that expense, deeming this disposition the best that could be made.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
George F. Baer, for himself, Reading Iron Company and Reading Paper Mills, $500.00; P. Barbey & Son, $250.00; Lauer Brewing Co., Limited, $250.00; Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, $200.00; National Union Bank, $150.00; Farmers' National Bank, $150.00; 30 Young Ladies, Girls' High School, $7.10; Perkiomen Avenue Schools, per Miss Hughes, $8.00.
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EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $100:
Penn National Bank, Pennsylvania Trust Company, The Con- sumers' Gas Co., John D. Mishler, C. K. Whitner & Co., William H. Luden, E. M. Morgan, Merritt Brothers, Dibert Brothers, Leinbach & Bro., J. Mould & Co., Jesse G. Hawley, A. J. Brumbach, John R. Miller & Co., J. C. Illig & Bro., Reading Brewing Co., J. G. Leinbach & Co., The Reading Stove Works, Sellers, Medlar & Bachman, Kline, Eppihimer & Co, M. H. Schnader, Mt. Penn Stove Works, Gately & Britton, Penn Hardware Co., Reading Hardware Co., J. G. Mohn & Bros., J. H. Sternbergh & Son, Montello Clay & Brick Co .- H. L. Boas, Sec'y, Penna. Telephone Co .- I. J. Lerch, Gen'l Supt., Eckert & Bro., Rick Brothers, Keystone Wagon Co., Louis Kraemer & Co .; and W. N. Coleman & Son, $75.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $50:
C. W. Hendel, John B. Raser, Yocum Bros., Louis Heilbron, Hipple Bros., The A. Wilhelm Co., Glase & Lichtenthaler, Geo. L. Kestner & Co., Schrader & Kline, Jacob A. Leippe's Sons, L. H. Focht, Isaac Hiester, G. W. Alexander & Co., Orr & Sembower, Winter & Goetz, W. B. Krick, Acme Manufacturing Co., C. S. Birch, The Reading Her- ald-Wm. McCormick, Propr., Jacob Truby ( Hotel Penn), Curtis, Jones & Co., John M. Archer, Reading Ribbon Badge Co .- Julius Weber, Sr., Morton L. Montgomery, W. P. Deppen, Cyrus G. Derr, R. L. Jones, R. N. Carson; and D. C. Keller. $30.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $25:
Cohn & Goldman, John J. Kutz, Thos. P. Moore, Chas G. Willson, Milford N. Ritter, Jacob Barbey, Hoff & Bro., Matt. Moyer, John F. Boyer, Ermentrout & Deisher, Price & Spatz, W. C. Yoder, Myers & Heim, Common Sense Shoe Store, J. K. Righter, J. Geo. Hintz, Read- ing Electrical Construction Co. Ltd., Reading Knitting Mills, John F. Rote, O. B. Wetherhold & Co, Mengel & Mengel, B. & J. Saylor, Schlechter's Jewelry Store, Geo. W. Beard, C. W. Edwards, John H. Printz, John G. McGowan, J. S. Shade & Sons, John L. Bowman, Roehrich & Raab, F. S. Wertz & Co., C. H. Lichty, G. S. Herbein, E. S. Fox & Co., William Nolan, Aug. S. Flicker, A. C. Paine, Chas. M. Heilman & Co., Stevens & Stevens, Packer Cycle Co., John C. Stocker, Christ Ganster, Horace A. Yundt, Kurtz & Mayers, Carpenter Steel Co., I. Rambo & Son., Wm. D. Smith, Union Transfer Co., James N. Ermen- trout, John R. Bechtel, Levi Quier, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Walter G. Roland, Farmers' Market House Co .- A. N. Kissinger, Gen'l Mgr., A. Thalheimer & Son, Reading Braid & Paper Box Co., National Brass & Iron Works, James K. Getz, Chas. M. Evans, P. F. Eisenbrown, Sons & Co., J. H. Cheetham, Reading Glass Works, Wm. R. McIlvain, Livingstone & Kern, F. Keffer & Co., Chas. Breneiser & Sons, Hercules Paper Bag Co, Harry Christensen, Geo. M. Ammon, M. K. Graeff, Bright & Lerch, Ltd., Reading Car Wheel Co , Bard, Reber & Co., G. H. Delp & Co., G. A. Endlich, Stichter Hardware Co. Ltd., Reading Times Publishing Co., Chas. Hathaway & Co., (26 Pine St., New York
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City), S. Rossin & Sons, (173 Water St., New York City), T. WV. Pig- gott (Neversink Mountain Hotel), John G. Niethammer; and E. Mackey, $20.00, Jacobs & Keiser, $20.00, Geo. W. Romig, $20.00.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $15:
W. Storm Miller, Frank P. Esterly, Jacob S. Kline, John E. Bubp, A. M. High & Son, Jas. P. Esterly & Bro., C. H. Ruhl, W. H. Hinnershitz, Geo. D. Stitzel, Muhlenberg Brewing Co., by their attorney, J. H. Roth- ermel, Reading Installment Co., J. L. & M. F. Greene, Jacob H. Stein. EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $10:
G. W. Ammon & Co., William H. Moyer, Albert J. Fisher, Jas. S. Brusstar & Co., S. M. Helms, Thos. D. Bausher, Grand Union Tea Co., Knorr & Ruth, B. F. Owen & Co., Calvin S. Nyce, John B. Shultz & Co., George Kemp, Jacob Walter, Daniel Y. Klapp, Koch & Wolf, Henry Schofer, H. C. Heller, Sam Hantsch, J. L. Repplier, Philip Bissinger, Dan. F. Ancona, Edward Scull & Co., Nathaniel Ferguson, B. Y. Landis, Schmucker Bros., Hugh O'Donnell, E. B. Strohecker, Wm. F. Shana- man, H. L. O'Brien, H. W. Crooks, Howard F. Boyer, Heffner, Gilbert & Croll, F. S. & S. B. Jacobs, Wm. S. Mohr, Gittelman & Harbach, W. B. Angstadt, The Great A. & P. Tea Co., H. D. Breneiser estate, Charles C. Goodman, R. H. Jones, F. W. Woolworth & Co., John D. Strunk, H. C. Geissler & Sons, Francis F. Seidel, Close & Deem, W. K. Leitheiser & Sons, Chas. Rentschler, Jr., Chas. H. Schaeffer, W. W. Light, Chas. A. Sheidy, Charles Maerz, J. H. Fett & Son, Geo. F. Lance, Reading Bottling Works, F. B. Hay, Excelsior Bottling Co., Fred. H. Witman & Co., Herman J. Crossant, Reading Scale & Machine Co., H. A. Hoff, F. X. Blessing, Frank S. Livingood, Frederick Stephan, Brooke Harrison, F. P. Heller, Henry Connard, W. G. Hollis, David Benson, John B. Brobst, W. F. Remppis, Geo. M. Jones, Benj. F. Dettra, Dr. D. G. Long, Rothermel & Mauger, Aaron Yocum, E. D. Smith, F. W. Hanold, D. S. Esterly, Wm. Behm, Thos. M. Leinbach, Frederick A. Barrows, Lambert A. Rehr, Ezra S. Wenrich, John F. Reifsnyder, H. L. Johnson & Son, J. H. Craig, John H. Obold & Co., Leymaster & Bricker, Swift & Co., Reading Cold Storage. Co., Cash (through M. H. Schnader), Keystone Ribbon Badge Co., J. A. Esterly, Charles Potteiger, Harry Jones.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $5:
Fredk. Weilandt, J. O. Koller, Henry S. Yocum, M. C. Sigmund Mahlon Shaaber, Chas. S. Prizer, Chas. A. Weida, Fred. S. Pfaeflein, Thos. Fair, John S. Fritz, Jacob C. Luden, H. Luther Frees, Wm. S Miller, Brobst House, Jas. M. Morgan, Jacob Etzel, Davies, Printz & Co., Geo. R. Maltzberger, Hiram L. Henninger, W. M. Hiester, Wm. R. Eyrich, George A. Ravel, Heim & Hafer, Wilson M. Dumn, Patton & Billman, Chas. A. Brown, John R. Kaucher, Greater Reading Cigar Co., Chas. H. Raudenbush, E E. Kahler, Harner & Pengelly, H. G. Landis & Sons, Fred. W. Lauer, W. H. Kennedy, Dr. J. B. Sterley, Louis Richards, Geo B. Nein, Clarence T. Stubbs, A. L. Smith, I. S. Fry, H. B. Hintz, W. R.Loser, E. A. Berg, Jeff. M. Keller, B. Frank Ruth, S.
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R. Bushby, Alex. Schlottman, Tragle Cordage Co., A. S. Esterly's Sons & Co., Stetson & Co, Oppenheim & Gehring, Jas A. Schofer, A. C. Weile, Geo. H. Felix, R. Buehrer, Wm. O. Flatt & Bro., Thos. K. Dalzell, J. Ed. Wanner, John H. Maltzberger.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $3:
E. E. Hafer, N. K. Bortz, A. W. Glase, S. E. Tinkler, Jr., J. Howard Cutler, Ebb N. Zell, Wm. Lender.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $2:
Hendricks & Adams, John C. Seltzer, Chas. N. Frame, C. V. Kratzer, Reinhard Rieger, N G. Hollis, Howard L. Drexel, John McHenry, Chester B. Jennings, J. M. Bertolet, Jacob W. Fichthorn. M. J. Snook, C. A. Muntz, Willoughby S. Wilde, A. N. Boyer, Geo. M. Krick, F. W. Eben & Bro.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, $I :
W. S. Essig, C. H. Shick, Kirby Loewen, M. J. Blondheim, Chas. Brusch, M. J. Terry, D. E. Houck, Irvin J. Brandt, R. N. Kingkinger, Wellington Van Reed, Frank Kissinger, R. L. McCall, C. H. Williams, Geo. J. Oaks, John A. Stokes, Frank Diehl, Geo. W. Kissinger, Moyer Merzberger, D. P. Schaeffer & Co., Harry F. Hahn, Benj. F. Hunsicker, A. I .. Rhoads & Co.
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, 50 cts:
D. Amole, J. A. Kline, Jacob A. Wummer, J. N. Ernst; and patrons of Loewen's Barber Shop, $1.75, and Cash 25 cents.
FINANCIAL RECAPITULATION.
Summary of foregoing subscriptions:
Special subscriptions, amounting to $1515.10; 33 of $100; I of $75; 28 of $50; I of $30; 82 of $25; 3 of $20; 13 of $15; 94 of $10; 65 of $5; 81 of $3 and less.
Receipts from following sources:
Official Program (21,000 copies distributed free), $III,85; Hintz's sale of booklets, $21.84; Chorus rehearsal, Auditorium, $25.15; Hintz's sale of special invitations, $40.57; Official Envelope Committee $89.52; Woman's Committee, (balance) $14.23; Peter Ogden Association, (balance), $4.50; Sundry sources, $1.55.
PART IV .- BOARD OF TRADE AND READING OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF TRADE-1898.
The aims of the Board of Trade of Reading are to promote and foster the trade, commerce, and manufacturing interests of Reading; to acquire and disseminate valuable commercial and statistical information; and in general to protect and advance the business affairs of this community.
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BOARD OF TRADE.
The Board was organized April 21, 1881, and incorporated February 11, 1889. Its quarters are at No. 25 North Sixth street, where reading, reception and assembly rooms provide convenient and pleasant quarters for the transaction of business by the members, and superior facilities for social and business intercourse.
The presidents of the organization in their consecutive order since its inception have been the following, all active and promi- nent business men who exerted a wide influence in behalf of local prosperity :- J. H. Sternbergh, 1881-1884; Isaac Mc Hose, 1884-1890; Peter D. Wanner, 1890-1891; S. E. Ancona, 1891-1892; Jerome L. Boyer, 1892-1894; Thomas P. Merritt, 1894-1898.
The officers, standing committees, and members for the year 1898-99 are as follows:
OFFICERS.
President, Samuel D. Dibert.
Ist Vice Pres., J. George Hintz. 2nd Vice Pres., Daniel F. Dietrich.
Treasurer, Fredric P. Heller. Secretary, Eugene P. Stofer.
DIRECTORS.
James P. Sellers, Thomas P. Merritt, Jeremiah G. Mohn, Louis Heil- bron, J. K. Righter, S. E. Ancona, Charles E. Leippe, John R. Mast.
STANDING COMMITTEES. -
Finance :- J. K. Righter, W. W. Light, John G. McGowan, J. L. Greene, James F. Mohn.
Manufactures :- Charles E. Leippe, W. Herbert Ermentrout, Albert Thalheimer, Howard L. Boas, Jenkin Hill, Jonathan G. Leinbach, John R. Miller.
Legislation :- S. E. Ancona, Harry S. High, Milton H. Schnader, Chas. W. Hendel, Francis S. Jacobs.
Statistics :- J. Geo. Hintz, Morton L. Montgomery, W. S. S. Coleman, I. Rambo, Jr., Walter G. Roland.
Municipal :- James P. Sellers, W. Morris Deisher, C. K. Whitner, A. K. Kline, Henry B. Hintz.
Arbitration :- Daniel F. Dietrich, Ferdinand Goetz, Chas. S. Prizer, Harry C. Weber, Dr. Otto Noack.
Railroads and Transportation: - Louis Heilbron, Geo. M. Britton, A. C. Weile, C. J. Wickersham, Jas. M. Hutchison.
Membership :- C. H. Armour, S. S. Schweriner, Chas. G. Willson, C. W. Kissinger, J. Harry Leippe.
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Rooms :- John R. Mast, H. J. Fueller, Richard H. Bortle, S. M. Helms, John D. Strunk.
Reception :- Hon. Thos. P. Merritt, Hon. H. Willis Bland, Mayor Jacob Weidel, John D. Mishler, Jeremiah G. Mohn, J. H. Sternbergh, Isaac McHose, P. D. Wanner, S. E. Ancona, Jerome L. Boyer, A. J. Brumbach, John R. Bechtel, Josiah Dives, D. S. Esterly, Jesse G. Haw- ley, Milford N. Ritter, Jas. W. Yocum, H. W. Crooks, Louis F. Kraemer, Jr., James A. Klees, W. H. Luden, W. D. Smith, I. J. Lerch, Jacob Truby, Louis Adler, Matthan Harbster, C. Raymond Heizmann, W. F. Remppis, M. Brayton McKnight, John O. Glase, Dr. H. L. Johnson.
Members :- Adler Bros., Howard E. Ahrens, S. E. Ancona, Daniel F. Ancona, W. B. Angstadt, Charles H. Armour, Arms & Lerch, E. C. Baker, P. Barbey & Son, Frederick A. Barrows, T. D. Bausher, John R. Bechtel, E. C. Behrens, Dr John M. Bertolet, Philip Bissinger, Hon. H. Willis Bland, Howard L. Boas, Richard H. Bortle, John L. Bowman, Howard F. Boyer, Jerome L. Boyer, Charles Breneiser & Sons, John B. Brobst. George Brooke, Albert Broden, A. J. Brumbach, David Campbell, E. Chamberlain, City Laundry Co., Cohn & Gold- man, W. N. Coleman & Son, H. S. Comstock, H. W. Crooks, Crouse & Co., Curtis, Jones & Co., S. S. Davies, C. M. Deem, David E. De- Hart, DeLong Bros., W. P. Deppen, Cyrus G. Derr, S. D. Dibert, Hayes Dickinson, D. F. Dietrich & Sons, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Tyrus B. Dubbs, Eckert & Bro., P. F. Eisenbrown & Son, George Eltz, W. Herbert Ermentrout, Ermentrout & Deysher, D. S. Esterly, C. M. Evans, Nat Ferguson, First National Bank, C. T. Fox, E. S. Fox & Co., Eli W. Fox & Co., A. S. Flicker, H. J. Fueller. Gasser & Johnson, Gately & Britton, E. R. Gerber (Telegram), James K. Getz, Glase & Lichten- thaler, J. L. & M. F. Greene, H. B. Hagy, Harner & Pengelly, G. How- ard Hart, C. R. Harrington, J. G. Hawley (Eagle, ) L. Heilbron, C. F. Heller, Fred H. Huy, F. P. Heller, S. M. Helms, Charles W. Hendel, Henninger, Schick & Hertwig, Isaac Hiester, W. M. Hiester, A. M. High & Son, Henry B. Hintz, J. Geo. Hintz. S. S. Hoff, Harry S. Hoff- man, Robert H. Holmes, Hoskin & Giles, F. J. Hunt, James Hutchi- son, Illig & Bro., Industrial Cigar Co., Jackson & Hill, F. S. & S. B. Jacobs, Dr H. L. Johnson, Richmond L. Jones, J. H. Keppelman, George L. Kestner & Co., Keystone National Bank, Keystone Wagon Co., R. B. Kinsey, A. N. Kissinger & Son, Kline, Eppihimer & Co., Louis Kraemer & Co., Joseph P. Kremp, George M. Krick, N. T. Kunkle, Kurtz & Mayers, B. Y. Landis, Dr. Henry Landis, Frank P. Lauer, J. G. Leinbach & Co .. Leinbach & Bro., Jacob A. Leippe's Sons, I. J. Lerch, W. W. Light, Livingstone & Kern, Joseph Loeb, Hon. Edward M. Luden, William H. Luden, Charles L. Lyon, John R. Mast & Co., William McCormick (Herald), John G. McGowan, McHose & Co., Merritt Bros , George M. Miller, George IV. Miller, John R. Miller & Co., John D. Mishler, James F. Mohn, J. G. Mohn & Bro., William S. Mohr, Charles F. Molly, Montello Clay &
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OFFICIALS OF READING.
Brick Works, Morton L. Montgomery, David Moser, J. Mould & Co., Matt Moyer & Son, Mt. Penn Stove Works, Muhlenberg Bros., Mutual Fire Insurance Co., National Union Bank, Dr. Otto Noack, John H. Obold & Co., Orr, Painter & Co., Henry M. Otto, B. F. Owen, Patton & Billman, George D. Packer, Penn Hardware Co., Penn National Bank, Charles W. Pennock, Price & Spatz, Isaiah Rambo, Jr., John B. Raser, John W. Rauch, Fred. Row, Reading Foun- dry Co., Reading Hardware Co., Reading Scale & Machine Co., Reading Times Publishing Co., James T. Reber, W. F. Remppis, Rick Bros., John A. Rigg, J. K Righter, Milford N. Ritter (Adler,) Walter G. Roland, George W. Romig, Wm. Rosenthal (Post,) Rourke & Heinly, Herman F. L. Rummel, A. H Satterthwaite, B. & J. Saylor, S. S. Schweriner, Schuylkill Valley Bank, Schrader & Kline, Dr. F. R. Schmucker, Leo Schaetzle, Schnader, Nagle & Co., G. A Schlechter, W. Y. Schmucker, Sellers, Medlar & Bachman, Second National Bank, C. H. Sembower, F. Shunk Planing Mill Co., A. P. H. Saul, Wm. F. Shanaman, C. A. Sheidy, W. D. Smith, A. F. Smith, M. J. Snook, J. E. Spears, J. C. Stocker, J. H. Sternbergh, Stichter Hardware Co., D. WV. Stehman, E. P. Stofer, John D. Strunk, Albert Thalheimer, Fred. Treuleben, Jacob Truby, Wellington VanReed, Dr. Robert Walter, Jacob Walter, S. Weida, Hon. Jacob Weidel, Harry C. Weber, G. C. Weile, C. K. Whitner & Co., Winter & Goetz, Charles W. Wilhelm, Daniel H. Wingerd, Charles G. Willson, C. J. Wickersham, J. Ed. Wanner, Aaron Yocom, James W. Yocum, W. H. Yoder.
OFFICIALS OF READING-1898.
ELECTED OFFICIALS. [*Democrat-tRepublican.] Mayor .- Jacob Weidel .*
Controller .- Adam H. Leader.t
Treasurer .- Dr. John Y. Hoffman,* elected by Councils to fill unex- pired term of Henry G. Young, resigned.
City Assessors .- Daniel Beidler,t Aaron H. Donklet and Abraham F. Reeser. t
MEMBERS OF COUNCILS.
Select Council :- Ist Ward, Matthew Rhoda ;* 2nd Ward, William R. Madden;t 3rd Ward, Jacob B. Stout ;* 4th Ward, H. L. Johnson;} 5th Ward, William H. Bitting ;; 6th Ward, William W. Wunder;t 7th Ward, Howard L. Boas ;; 8th Ward, John H. Close;# 9th Ward, George W. Romig ;* 10th Ward, John A. Rauen ;* IIth Ward, H. J. Wentzel ;* 12th Ward, Amos H. Beard ;* 13th Ward, I'm. Abbott Witman ;* 14th Ward, Isaac W. Hull ;* 15th Ward, P Monroe Krick ;* 16th Ward, Geo. B. Clouser. Clerk, Edwin L. Lindemuth .*
Common Council :- Ist Ward, William Templin;t 2nd Ward, Rufus W. Wolfskill;t 3rd Ward, James P. Morgan ;* 4th Ward, John M. Archer;t 5th Ward, Edward C. Eben;t 6th Ward, Robert B. Harris;t
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HISTORY OF READING.
7th Ward, Robert D. Millholland ;; 8th Ward, K. Harry Cleaver ;* 9th Ward, Joseph Witman ;* roth Ward, Richard L. Lawrence ;* 11th Ward, Samuel E. Cummings ;* 12th Ward, James P. Yorgy ;* 13th Ward, J. Ashton Parker ;* 14th Ward, John H. Mast ;* 15th Ward, Geo. W. Shaffer ;* 16th Ward, John H. Bach .* Clerk, Howard N. Goodman .*
APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
Department of Police :- Chief of Police, Jacob Etzel, appointed to fill unexpired term of John F. Albrecht, resigned. Sergeants :- Charles L. Kenderdine, Robert C. Weidel, Wm. H. Seiders and F. Hintz.
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