August 1866 Shepherdstown notices and events
Public sale of the Kearneysville property set for Tuesday August 7. The 2nd Quarterly Meeting of Shepherdstown Circuit E M Church moved to Reinhart's School House on August 25 with a Bush meeting at Liberty Grove on August 18. GA Tournament at Major Reinhart's Old Place August 11. Joseph McMurran to deliver the day’s oration to the Knights. Picnic at Morgan's Spring September Sith instant. Revival at Elk Branch Presbyterian Church under Mr Billings with assistants Bedinger Lupton Bell. Call extended for pastors. Conservative Union delegates elected in Charlestown for Piedmont District Convention August 1. Delegates named S V Yantis John J Yellow Charles H McCurdy John W Kennedy.
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Shepherdstown
E. M. Church
Reinhart’s
Liberty Grove
Hove
Major Reinhart
Joseph McMurran
Cerestation
Lutheran Sabbath School
Morgan's Spring
Elk Branch
Live
Billings
Messrs, Bedinger
Lupton
Bell
Jefferson County
Charlestown
Piedmont
G. Leisenring
J. Maines
S. V. Yantis
John J. Yellow
Charles H. McCurdy
John W. Kennedy
Jhue
Kindale Springs
Potomac River
Samuel Licklider
Berkeley County Affairs and Local Events Summary
Joe Plutiman declares as Independent Union candidate for sheriff in Berkeley County with October election. A Methodist Camp Meeting to be held near Martinsburg first week September. Affidavits by 10–12 locals refute Argus accusation of drunkenness at Turner Hall dedication. Extra Flour at Martinsburg $12.50 per barrel, Wheat 2.25, Corn 75c per bushel. Arden tournament winner Knight George D. Pitzer and selections for Maid of Honor names. Ratwroap: Richmond Examiner notes progress of railroad link with Petersburg and potential tunneling of Gamble's Hill. Clove Hill project completed with 100,000 cubic feet excavated in 70 days. Charlestown youths form Stonewall Baseball Club. Advertisement: American Frost Drying Mouse.
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Joe Plutiman
Berkeley County
Sheriffanty
Methodist Episcopal Church
Martinsburg
J.T. Hoke
Berkeley Union
Turner Hall
Hoke
Argus
New Era
Arden
Quaker Grove
George D. Pitzer
Misa Elia Rose Turner
Jefferson
Mountains
Hepsidam
D. F. Horner
Mary Laurbier
Berkeley
Chas. Prather
Josie P. Custer
Forest
Stephen Cunningham
Lizzie Reatch
Luther M. Shaffer, Esq
Richmond
Petersburg
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Messrs
Gallaher
Mason
Gamble’s Hill
Mesers
Clove Hill
Chesterfield County
Knights Coronation at Tournaments and News Bits
The article describes a local tournament scene with Knights of Shady Grove, Wild Irishman, and First Virginia competing in a riding event under marshal and judge supervision. It notes coronation ceremonies for Miss Nannie Reed, Miss Jimina Roberts, Miss Eliza Cushwa, and Miss Christiana Bane, followed by a social picnic and dancing. It also reports diverse news items including a cholera death sequence, divorce suits, a college degree awarded to General Lee's era, and other regional notices.
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H. Roberts
John W. Marshall
Jas. R. Orndorff
Shady Grove
C. Baker Roberts
Henry Osborn
Blackford Osborn
Hotspur
Jas. A. Lemon
Virginia
J. Will Roberts
Traveller's Rest
Geo. D. Roberts
Avory Grove
C.trunp
Smithfield
S. J. Swimley
G. C. Hammill
UN- Kaowe
Honer
H. Morrow
Nannie Reed
Martinsburg
Knight Ward Irishman
Jimina Roberts
Jefferson
Mulberry Street
N. Y
the Express
Board of Shealth
Atlantic cable sparks new era in commerce and press
The Atlantic Telegraph reports begin a new era affecting mercantile and political relations. The Queen and US President exchange telegraph congratulatory messages as Peace announcements echo from 1858 and 1866. Meem estate and Meem family history loom amid Virginia merchant power and Sharpburg festival notes. Monsieur Steenbergen’s rise and fall serve as a moral vignette. Missionary lodge pageantry concludes with extemporaneous sermons by Ockerman Woolston and Richardson.
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Atlantic Telegraph
Europe
Baltimore Sun
Great Britain
United States
Atlantic
England
China
Austria
Prussia
Ealm
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Tennessee
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Bele Steenbergen
Livngorm
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Join G. Meem
Lynchburg
Harrisonburg Register
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Redemption Lodge
Keedysville
Freeborn Lodge
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Coet
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Chas. K. Gee
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Roy
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Hair
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Shepherdstown Seminary
AEE
Higharade
A. M
Pees
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Roposals
Isaac Ponke
Eeq
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Spjy
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Cherlestown
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Ohio
Jasper Billings
bLyvery
Howe
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Shaffer
Shepherd‘town
Emmert, Miller & CO
W. Va
Sale
Virginia and
Maryland
David Bullmyer
Dee’ Anguet
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