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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
6
Fragmentary text mentions therapy lasting years, headaches, and a benefits claim. Ambiguous names and numbers render a precise summary difficult, but the piece seems to discuss a medical treatment, duration, and ongoing effects.
Local shop in Shepherdstown, West Virginia advertises hardware goods including tin sheetiron, Putty, oil, leather, glass, rims, spares, and related items for sale to residents and contractors. The listing highlights a general hardware retailer with a focus on building and repair supplies.
A list of hardware goods appears, including shoes, kettles, skillets, doors, windows, fence wire, saws, lawn mowers and various tools. The OCR shows many garbled words but indicates a catalog of hardware department merchandise and garden items.
The store advertises paints and oils including linseed and turpentine, varnishes, cement, plasters, oils for harness and cattle, plus cleaners and soaps. It promotes milk cream separators, wall paper, discounts on haying tools, pumps, and galvanized buckets, with a large stock of cooking and heating goods.
Fragmented WWII era testimony describes naval service and battle scenes. Private Charles Walker and fellow Marines endure shellfire and injury as they press forward under fire, prayers rising amid chaos and the brutal noise of battle. The excerpt centers on grit, sacrifice, and devotion amid destruction.
A wartime reminiscence recalls a tense frontline moment near a French town. The narrator notes sporadic gunfire and moments of hesitation before a risky shot, revealing the shared human cost and shifting loyalties among soldiers. Conflicted witness statements hint at personal doubt and sympathy amid combat.
The article notes Canady has 67414 autos rising to 189 20 in WNT with a 4 000 000 population yielding about one car per 32 residents, down from one per 41 four years ago. It cites occupations of car owners nationwide, showing about 90 percent owned by white-collar workers and that nearly half of U ke ears belong to machinists.
Fragmentary report describes a German raider two years past off Lord Howe Island near the South Pacific coast. It notes a French government hold and salvage of engines, with quantities of hawser, tanks, and other gear aboard, and mentions the ship Mary and possible crew accounts in stilted 19th century diction.
A springtime sketch details the golden wing or yellow hammer woodpecker, its high pitched drumming, ground forays, and bright red neck patch. The piece notes the bird’s cheerful, noisy nature, its name origins, and its role in early seasonal life while segueing into a reflection on the sense of smell and food safety.
An a three year old Shepherdstown interview recounts medical relief from Dow s Kidney Pills with long testimony by Mr Benj Hebb and Mrs Hebb noting sustained cure with Hill s Pharmacy supplied pills. A New York ledger details Captain Joseph Ribelamar s funeral costs and related estate accounting including a Nutrial plot and flower/clergy expenses. An endurance warning cites armour, and an advertisement notes Children Cry For a Watches CASORIA 31.50 rate for the Register a year.
The Circuit Court of Jefferson County orders Edna A. Stuart Frederick L. Stuart John L. Stuart and Beulah Glenn Stuart infants Fannie K Stuart widow and others to appear within one month to protect interests as non residents. The suit seeks to sell a parcel in Bolivar held by William F Stuart conveyed by S T Jones and wife. Paul Clevenger offered 52000 for the property. Publication to occur weekly for four weeks in Shepherdstown Register and posted at courthouse front door at least twenty days before judgment. W Conard Clerk. John T Porterfield P.
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