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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
3
Notes from the Shepherdstown Register list advertising items at Malers including sliced hash and fresh fish, Easter sale notices, hay for sale, Frankfort and Jefferson County mentions, and various goods from local merchants. Mentions of Fire protection efforts, local personalities, and Civil War era figures appear amid scattered shop notices and community updates.
Buckles farm of 134 acres at Engle Station sold by E. E. Allen to T. E. Baum gardner of Halltown and Frank Schilling of Bolivar. Owens Drug Store receives VICTROLAC VARNISH STAINS and Harrison's paints from E. J. DuPont Co. Kiting to advertise milling and feed in paper. Matthew Page Andrews releases The American's Creed and its Meaning. John D. Lowe injured by wagon wheel near Billmyer’s Mill. expected weeks of recovery. Small real estate parcels sold at auction in Shepherdstown. Fire destroys a large brick building on Prospect Street, Hagerstown, with substantial loss. Ernest Rickard Crowe and Ella May Crowe wed at Christ's Reformed Church parsonage. Peter Robinson assaulted at Brairton quarters. injuries include broken teeth. Loudoun Orchard sale to C. J. Tyson for 130000. vast orchard with 10000 apple trees and 30000 peach trees. Martinsburg hosts meeting on location of new experimental grading oval packing house. potential site favored in Berkeley and surrounding counties. Luther Artington held for grand jury after shooting Jerry Ferguson. Ferguson’s leg amputated. Artington protests accident.
Miss Helen Pendleton returns to Shepherdstown for the summer after social settlement work in Newark New Jersey. Residents welcome her back and hopeful for permanent residence. Various locals travel to hospitals, conventions, and gatherings in Washington Baltimore and New York. Mrs. John P. Thompson undergoes gall bladder surgery in Martinsburg with a favorable outlook. Mrs. Getzendanner and family sail to Oakland California. Daughters of the American Revolution delegates from Pack Horse Ford attend the national convention in Washington. Local residents visit relatives in McKeesport Hagerstown and Chambersburg. A Boston party tours Wild Goose Farm near Shepherdstown and is impressed by the site. Jefferson County prepares for Victory Liberty Loan with a 275000 allotment to Shepherdstown and bank directors plan promotions. Bonds offer safe returns with favorable terms and patriotic support.
The Charles Town area reports multiple deaths, noting A. D. Barr at 73, plus obituaries for Henderson, Hoffman, Willis, Janney, Allbright, Minghini, Williams, Magruder, Griffith, Roeder, and other residents. Mourning families include Barr, Kelly, Willis, Janney, and Tabler. Funeral services and burial details appear in Martinsburg and local cemeteries.
Dufhelds C A Kibler rebuilt after last Wednesday night fire in the brick building once owned by Mrs Wysong. Fixtures saved, new stock arriving daily, insurance adjusted soon with adjusters due Tuesday. Agencies Washington Alexander Cooke Moore Realty say no basis for nonpayment rumors. Loss estimated at 15000 on Kibler stock. building loss total. Household goods for A S Link and Mrs Barnhart mostly intact. Barnhart items somewhat damaged. Engagement announced: Edith Wireman to Alfred Gilbert Masters of Detroit and Toronto. wedding likely after his return from overseas service.
A Delaware youth from Milford, Lieutenant Paris Carlisle of the 419th Regiment, is killed in France by a German shell near Nantillois. Captain Jenkins, his commanding officer, killed 51 enemies in retaliation, shouting Paris’s name. Carlisle’s grave in France marks the resting place of a popular and cheerful officer. his sister Elizabeth Carlisle is linked to Shepherdstown connections.
Private William L. Miller returns home to Shepherdstown after ten months in active service with the American Army. He saw heavy fighting in the Argonne and survived gas exposure and shellfire, with hospital care following. Corporal Ira T. Lowe also arrives after nine months in the tank corps in France, and Captain H. Baylor Reinhart plans to return soon before resigning. Other area servicemen, including Andrew Stubbs, Homer Hamrick, George Springer, Jamies W. Lucas, and Charles C. Triplett, are listed as back or en route, with Triplett awaiting shell shock treatment at Walter Reed. Mrs. Margaret Potts Williams reports Captain Howard Williams has sailed from France and may return home next week.
The Shepherdstown Light and Water Company tested the water supply with the steam fire engine at King and New streets. For an hour the pump operated at full capacity, the river electric pump kept pace, and gauges showed the tank nearly full. The test proves ample water for fire and other needs, and highlights the reliability of local equipment.
Washington County may purchase the Boonsboro to Sharpsburg turnpike to connect with Shepherdstown and link Maryland and Virginia road systems. After low offers and a deadlock, officials approved a 15000 purchase with tolls removed and free travel starting May 1 1919, funded by the 1919 levy, and Federal aid of $1250949 will be used to raise road quality.
The Kearneysville Greamery Canty pany in Mus county enters new ownership with E. Stanley Haller acquiring 23 percent and buying out associates J. H. Randolph Geo. W Strong A. G. Line C. Z. Hiteshew W Swink J. T. Swager. Haller will expand operations in Jefferson county, maintaining management while boosting milk cream butter and cheese production and aligning with local dairy interests. The enterprise aims to grow into a major regional creamery serving Jefferson county and beyond.
A playful recounting of a flirtatious girl and her scheme to charm two suitors. The narrator toys with questions of love and loyalty as the scene pokes fun at romantic indecision and social expectations.
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