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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
6
A wide array of short items appears including sales on milk and eggs, farm produce, and household goods. Notices mention a town hall meeting for the Woman's Club, spring shopping at Schley's, and upcoming events with prices and locations in Shepherdstown and nearby towns.
Middleway district Eyes more road mileage. A view report backs a 0.75 mile road through the Ric Neill and Harry Hayslett farms with fencing by the county and land compensation to Mrs. Henderson. The Hayslett heirs receive no payment. Cost estimated at 250 dollars. The court also considers opening a road east of the Hopkins land to connect to the Harper Ferry pike and the Charles Town Horse Show grounds. A free ferry at Manning’s Ferry is to be maintained for at least a year with contracts filed for the landing and operator Frank Beil. H Garrant Heflebower becomes overseer of the poor in Kabletown district. No action on William Dillon’s jail release. Circuit Court retains authority.
Mrs E J Lowe of Shepherdstown and Miss Ola Mac Lowe of Round Hill Virginia wed at Hamilton Methodist parsonage on April 6 Rev R P Rixey officiated A reception followed and the couple will reside in Shepherdstown Albert Hallar Chapman and Carrie Boyd Hoffman of Darkville Berkeley county wed in Harrisburg Pennsylvania George Edward Custer of Winchester and Grace McClure Kohlhausen of Berkeley county married last Monday at the Shepherdstown Lutheran parsonage conducted by Rev J D Worman
On Easter Monday April 17 at Harper s Ferry High School building the Woman s Club will host a benefit supper to fund Memorial Park honoring Harper s Ferry soldier boys. Supper ready at 5 includes chicken salad cake candy and ice cream for 35 cents. Proceeds support the park project. Yours for service.
You can't grow big crops of corn without proper fertilization. Fertilizer prices are low while farm crop prices rise. Use Wacco Regular Corn Mixture fertilizers to increase yields. Washington, Alexander & Cooke Co., Charles Town WV. Our agents Hodges Lemen Company Reed & Myers Lyne & Littlejohn.
Patrons demand a senior high in their district to avoid sending elementary and junior graduates to Charles Town or Harper’s Ferry for higher studies. The plan, with use of the old Shepherd College building, would require funding for site and building, plus ongoing tuition costs if students study elsewhere.
Walter L Main's Big Three Ring Circus and Downie's Trained Wild Animal Shows tour Martinsburg on Wednesday April 26 with war tax included admission at 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for children Four foreign acts join the program Powers Hippodrome Elephants Captain Wilson Riding Lion Fred's Trained Seals and Sea Lions plus Downie's Wild Animals in Steel Arena Special potato manure ad and political notice for P E Nimon of Paw Paw West Virginia Woman's Club Easter orders included
Bargain store ad lists vast inventory of household goods and clothing including handkerchiefs, lace, spools, pins, safety pins, Vaseline, soaps, textiles, sheets, pillow cases, curtains, rugs, shirts, pants, dresses, shoes, corsets, and accessories. Prices appear mid 20th century style with items like Pepperell sheets 72 by 90 and 8 by 10 rugs. Tone aims at value and variety.
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