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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
2
Editor HL Snyder publishes the Shepherdstown Ledger with a reflective aphorism by Bulzac on living in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, offering patience in neglect and calm amid praise for readers in Shepherdstown West Virginia.
The Register relays a Liberty Loan message from former Governor MacCorkle noting only 13 percent of West Virginia residents subscribed to the Fourth Loan, urging broader public support. It reports allies’ terms to Germany, calls for discipline in lumber price hikes, and highlights early Victory Loan success with WV’s $23.6 million quota and staged payments through November.
A joint Potomac River Bridge Committee of West Virginia and Maryland will study purchasing four bridges at Hancock Williamsport Shepherdstown and Harper's Ferry. The panel includes Senators Edgar Stewart Milton Burr George Harman and House members from both states. They will confer with owners, set purchase terms and may pursue condemnation if needed. Meetings planned in Hagerstown May 20 with Washington as a meeting site.
Washington county authorities buy nine mile turnpike from Boonsboro to Shepherdstown for 15000. Toll gates removed May 1. Maryland State Road Commission to assume control and push concrete paving of entire length with bids expected after plans prepared. Active work hoped within ninety days, linking with Jefferson County road plans.
A note from Mrs. J. Y. Willis and family thanks friends for support during illness and death. The item lists Rosewood hair tonic as a top product and mentions Owens Drug Store and H. M. Shell's barber shop selling bottles with a money back offer if not satisfactory.
in St Denis de Piles March 1919 the 18 Sharpsburg News reports life with the Gloom Dispell ers show and a long tour possibly four weeks. soldiers describe new clothes and delays awaiting final peace as they move toward Bordeaux then home. local items note Mansfield Avenue resurfacing, new jitney buses, and residents visiting relatives with updates on health and Easter gatherings.
A crowded mix of 19th century medical ads and legal notices describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy influencing catarrh through the blood, plus a Virginia debt settlement of 1,072,000 dollars and sales of stores in Hagerstown. The text mentions J C Hoffman's Sons selling a depayment store for 150,000 dollars and Keen Kutter tools. Lead arsenate offered for spraying by A S Dandridge & Co.
Isaac Wilson a long time helpful Shepherdstown laborer get caught in a liquor case. Deputy U S Marshal E W Athey arrested him after a train plan failed and seven quarts of whiskey were found in his suitcase. He pled guilty before U S Commissioner Downs and awaits Wheeling court action. Town voices lament the loss of a reliable odd job man and the waste of mint season.
The West Virginia Sunday School Association holds its annual convention in Huntington May 7 8 and 9 with an appealing program and Harvard plan hospitality. Delegates from Jefferson County may obtain credentials via W P Licklider Shepherdstown. Easter services were well attended with Lutherans presenting an evening program at Shepherdstown and other parish notices issued for Livilla Trinity Episcopal Christ Reformed and Evangelical denominations with varied service times and convocations.
The Aayocare says the proposed Northern Virginia Power Company line from its Shenandoah plant through Charles Town to Martinsburg has been surveyed. The plan aims for a straighter route to save wire and conserve current, running via Tyler Orchard Company lands and several property owners before joining the railroad at Shenandoah Junction and connecting south of Martinsburg near the Kelly Island Stone Company quarries. Gasoline engine and tractor oils and greases sold by the Licklider Corporation.
The text extols Snowflake flour for supreme quality and value, claiming it outperforms competitors in price and satisfaction. It describes the flour as made from premium winter and spring wheat blends and asserts it yields superior bruih in summer and beyond rivals.
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