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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1906
Page
4
A chaotic OCR page lists many shop items and promos for Pendleton's including lace, flour, egg dyes, seeds, pickles, shoes, and medicines. Mentions Reinhart's Pharmacy, Hodges, Ives exchange, and local vendors. Also notes church events and a funeral administrator in Towne.
100 acre farm along the Shep herd turnpike two miles north of Shepherdstown offered by H. L Snyder & Co. Stock and goods bargains at J. B. Marshall's Shenandoah Junction. Various local notices include church repairs, meetings, and community updates on residents, weather, and a piano of arrivals and appointments. A sad note on Uncle Miles Norris’s death in Harrisburg after leaving Shepherdstown.
Mr James McMurran thanks all who showed interest in his sister Miss Lula McMurran during her death and funeral. The notice advertises New Photograph Gallery beauty services and medical remedies including Orion Lax and Rodol Dyspepsia Cure at Deinhart's Pharmacy for stomach and liver trouble and indigestion.
The old council adjourned and the new council was sworn in by Captain Moler. J D Billmyer was named treasurer at a 1500 bond, Geo M Belizhoover corp sec at 25 a year, E W Athey assessor at 25 a year, and Robert Shipley town sergeant. Committees include Electric Light, Finance, Petitions and Remonstrances, Streets and Alleys, Cisterns and Town Run, and Board of Health with named members. Council scheduled meetings for the second Monday of each month, next on April 9 at 7.00. Deaths listed: John D Hedges 68 in Martinsburg. Clinton Roberts 6l at Renner's Mill. Daniel Healey 75 in Martinsburg. Miss Roberta Willis and Miss Sallie Virginia McAneny, both noted. Arbor Day set for April 18 with guidance from State Superintendent Miller and recommended school plant improvements and bird care.
County assessors started work Monday to list all taxable property under oath by April first. The new law demands a more detailed return and in many cases requires blanks filled by taxpayers to ease the process. Capitation tax must be paid by a fixed date or the assessors will pursue collection with added audit costs. The instruction notes money, stocks, notes, bonds, and other debts are taxable whether or not domestic or abroad, with heavy penalties for noncompliance.
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