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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
4
Fragmented OCR notes describe auctions, property, and town events in Shepherdstown Cumberland and nearby towns. Mentions include Charley Town auctions at 4 big lots near West Virginia line, a store from Martinsburg, and plans for buildings and coal deliveries. Occasional references to weather, storms, and local incidents appear amid scattered names and places.
Wheat advances this week with prime grain at 67 cents and corn at 50 cents a bushel. Invitations issued for the August 22 wedding of Elba Hoffman to John Muldoon at the Lutheran church, with health updates on Mrs. Billmyer and property transfers including a west end dwelling sold for 700 dollars.
A long list of summer visits and health notes from Martinsburg World extended community coverage. Dr. C T V 8 Butler takes a vacation after a heart episode while relatives and friends travel to Shannon Dale Springs and Shepherdstown. Martha Esther Babb and John Leslie Moore wed at Falls West Virginia with plans to visit Keyser Mountain Lake Park Pan American Exposition Toronto and Cleveland before settling in Horton West Virginia.
A soaking rain from Tuesday morning to evening benefits farmers across the area. The corn crop looks large, with weather and high prices shaping optimism as dealers offer 45 cents a bushel for November delivery amid favorable conditions.
Sunday deaths shock Shepherdstown area with Charles E. Lamar 44, auctioneer and longtime resident, dying after sudden illness near Moser s Cross Roads. Other obituaries include John A. Rickard 79 of Williamsport. Wm E Moller 30 near Martinsburg. Edward Glass 20 from appendicitis. Margaret A Morgan 85 of Berryville. Boyd Pendleton of Long Island New York. and Sarah D Stafford 70 of Parkersburg. Jefferson County Court convened to settle Eugene Baker’s estate amid forgeries by former secretary Rockenbaugh. Temperance picnic at Shenandoah Junction drew large crowds with leaders H L Shipman, Rev George Hazel, H T Miley, Rev L R Milbourne, J M Heidwell, and Master Cunningham speaking. music by Middleway choir.
A fire at about one this morning in Boonsboro burned part of the Funk Long fruit package factory, recently added 40 by 200 feet. The town’s electric light plant, supplying power to the factory and town, is said to have been destroyed.
The Epworth League Conference of Winchester District of the M E Church South met in the Southern Methodist Church at Shepherdstown. President Gibson E. Roy presided, with Miss May Hoffman giving welcome. Rev J H Wells preached at 11, with communion, and Rev W F Locke Rev D L Reed and L A Adie led afternoon talks on Christian service. Rev Dr S K Cox spoke last night on The New Orleans Missionary Conference. The gathering opened again at 9 this morning with further talks, music by local and visiting performers, and about sixty delegates expected to be hosted by local families. The convention is to adjourn tonight.
Confederate Revolon s by the Henry Kyd Douglas Camp United Sons of Confederate Veterans at Morgan s Grove, the day began gloomy but turned to a pleasant picnic. Veterans and visitors from Berkeley, Maryland and Virginia joined in a program led by Capt. W. H. Kearfort. Mr. Wan H. Wilson of Charles Town gave the main address. J. T. Griffith from Berryville spoke, with songs and prayers. The day ended favorably with a congenial gathering and a well hosted event.
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