BRIEFS from a 1902 local fair and community notices
Readable fragments describe Grove fair set for September 2 and nearby community events in Morgan’s Grove and Shepherdstown. Notices mention Pendleton Confederate picnic, towels, a White’s car sale, church rallies, a railroad model, and festival preparations. Names include Mr and Mrs Chas B of Nill West Va and Miss Pittsburg charity appeals, with dates in August and August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organ’ Grove Fair
Ors
New Gende
Pendleton
Morgan
Sue of Crazh
White
Chas. B Vaue
Nill
W. Va
Sig Jawak
New Gingham
New Fe
Pen- Veron
Local notices and community happenings in Shepherdstown area
Community notes report date changes for the Sons of Confederate Veterans picnic to August 19. Residents celebrate Mr. Hoffman’s recovery from heat illness. Catholic church festival planned in Reinhart’s storeroom August 21 to 23. Tow porch installed at the lock house near Shepherdstown by canal company. Winchester Telephone Company absorbed by United Telegraph Company, local manager Hoover named. Inwood fair August 19 to 28 invited, Alumni Association meeting August 23 at Shepherd College. Ringgold Reinhart Company formed in Cumberland with $100,000 capital. Miss Lutie Allstadt joins Bluefield schools as teacher after graduating at Shepherd College. Douglas Guards announce Luray Caverns excursion August 20 from Shepherdstown. Presbyterian church lawn festival at Billmyer’s Mill with supper. Dr and Mrs Border host gathering at Mendenall Hall for guests Neidig, Matthews, Wolfe. Marriages of Rev. Rivhanna’s son and Rev. Smith’s daughter in Bloom, Va. Walter L. Herr buys Berkshire hogs, aiming for more stock. future Durham cattle planned. Parkersburg camp life noted. Shepherdstown soldiers and officers cited. Sheriff Billmyer recalls a mysterious $20 tax payment postmarked Philadelphia. J. Walter Barnes becomes manager of Consolidated Telephone in several counties. plans to move to Fairmont by October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringgold-Reinhart Company
Cumberland
Rowland OC. Ringgold
Edward L. Reinhart
BR. Loeien Reinhart
Lionel G. Skillman
F. Brooke Whiting
Lutie Allstadt
Harper's Ferry
Shepherd College
Bluefield
Miss Allstadt
Douglas Guards
Hageretown
Luray Caverns
Shepherdstown
Caverns
Luray
Presbyterian Ehireh
Thos. F. Jones
Billmyer's Mill
D. W. Border
Mendenall Hall
Kearneysville
Neidig
Frederick
Matthews and Wolfe
Pennsylvania
Shepherds Town
James H. Richards
Ardware
Alice K. Smith
Frederick County
St. John's Lutheran Church
Bloom
Asa Rivhanna
Lovetteville
W.J. Smith
Shepherdstown Visitors and Local Calls Scatter Across Week
Residents report a week full of guests from Pittsburgh to Baltimore and Washington. Notable visits include Mr. Harry Somers and family from Pittsburg, Mrs. J. Walter Barnes’s visitors from Winchester, and Prof. E. F. Goodwin at a Grant county institute. Local residents and travelers from Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania fill Wingard Cottage, Sudley Place, and surrounding homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea
Rutherford, N. J
McLain
Sudley Place
Keller
Baltimore
Sudley
Amy Simonds
Washington
Mrs. Davis
Wingard
Bertha Gibbs
Bath
N. C
Effie LaBoyteaux
Charles Town
Kearneysville
de. C
E. F. Goodwin
Grant County
Katie Arthur
Waynesboro
J. L. Welshansie
Among the Churches Sixth annual M E conference at Bethesda
The Shepherdstown circuit M E Church South holds its sixth annual conference at Bethesda church on Moser's Cross Roads Thursday August 21 with two sessions at 430 am and 2 pm. Ministers and laymen plan practical discussions music and readings. Public invited. Epworth League tally at Avilla Methodist Sunday evening at 700. Presbyterians plan services Sunday in Shepherdstown at 1080 am and Kearneysville at 800 pm if Providence allows.
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Shepherdstown
M. E. Church South
Bethesda
Moser's Cross Roads
Epworth League
Avilla
Presbyterian Church
Providence
Kearneysville
Morgan's Grove Fair adds excitement and big exhibits
Secretary E T Licklider reports Morgan's Grove Fair shaping up as one of the best yet with many applicants for space, expected amusements including Leigh's wild west show, and strong exhibitor interest. Also, Miss Abbie Dorne Harley of Martinsburg and Mr George Gregg Dixon of Piedmont were wed last Thursday, as did Mr Charles H White and Miss Annetta Thomas of Martinsburg at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Licklider
Leigh
Abbie Dorne Harley
Martinsburg
George Gregg Dixon
Piedmont
W. Va
Porches to be removed at Shepherdstown council meeting
The town council in Shepherdstown ordered porches to be torn down within thirty days after a controversial session on the 11th. A prepared resolution declared porch owners guilty of violating law, with little hearing or time for argument, while tax and street-cleaning measures were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Butler
Bragonier
Magruder
Leeland
Lutheran Parsonage
King and Newstreets
Convcil
Bear Tale and Pen-Mar Wedding Story Update
A busy section note reports a roaming black bear sighting near Engle and Bolivar Heights, plus a romantic Pen-Mar wedding for Dallas R. Clopper and Apnea Beawell. Also covered are a mill street oil storage fire, local obituaries, and a Confederate Veterans picnic reminder for next Tuesday with attendance urged. Senator James McMillan of Michigan died from heart trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McMillan
Michigan
What's the Matter with the Bass in the Potomac River
The Potomac bass season shows far fewer catches while several anglers report scarce fish across forks of the Shenandoah and streams near Williamsport and Kanxville. Some blame carp voracity or floods driving bass below Great Falls, though young bass are now more visible. Above Great Falls sport seems fair for some, with others hopeful for restocking by Fish Commissioner Bowers to improve fishing, and the river remains aesthetically appealing for outings. In other news, a disturbance at a colored church social ends with fines and jail for two men, and notices report the deaths of Rev J C Wheat and Edward Roberts, owner of Luray Caverns.
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Potomac River
Great Falls
Potomac
Shenandoah
Lin South Branch
Hunter
Washington
Great Falla
Kanxville
Yarna
Williamsport
Ti Ie
Bowers
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American League
Gilgen
Coir
Dozer
Wead
Stibe
Shepherd College School
Detler
Martinsburg of
Morgan's Grove Fair
MB. Baker's
Loklnter
Sanere
Prcnic
Wry Grove Nest
Besin
Pontioning UN
Wee
Taion
Bakertos
Ties
Auguste
Tally
Vlee
Millville
Lawn
Oteue
Paidenp Stock Vyeses Grave Association Cay
He Belive
Call
Carliels
Vicweiedarn
Wid Society of the Pres Corel
Wsiwi
Shenandoah Viday
Desler
Morgan's
Stontier
Svar Skarpsburg
Leetown
Pittsburger
Eye
eHe Low
Atc
Old River Road
Space
Prince
John
Iesag Stipp
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Thomas Hoffman
Ladies of the Catholic Church
E. H. Reinhart
Gibson
Canal Company
James
Winchester Telephone Company
United Etepacat and Telegraph Company of
L. Hoover
Winchester
Linge
C. W. Boyer
Inwood
Jefferson County Folice
Walter L. Herr
Sandy Idee
P. Familton
Cochraneville
Herr
Durham
Dr. Sisler
Parkersburg
Jude Bast
Billmyer
Philadelphia
Jefferson County
J. Walter Barnes
Consolidated Telephone Company
Marion
Harrison
Taylor
Barbour
Randolph
Fairmont
Barnes
The
Harry Somers
Pittsburg
Ellen Welthans
Somers
P.T. Barnes
Charles Robinson
William Wilt
Kabletown
Wilt
J. W. McCleary
Rachel Snyder
Standish McCleary
Agatha James
Register Office
Rosa Hartzell
Front Royal
Ross Hodges
Hagerstown
Miss Curran
Mary Welch
J. W. Gardner
Town
Mize
Maggie Miller
Lambert's Point
Walter Newcomer
J. P. Brown
Upperville, Va
L. P. Wilt
Kearneyeville
R. M. Williams
Charles Strider
Berkeley County
E. J. Isanogle
James M. Myers
Lamon Manning
Virginia
Horace McM. Banke
Burnside Bridge
Washington County
Mix Louise Tennant
Carrie Phillips
Norfolk, Va
Nancie Williama
J.D. Billayer
John McCleary
H. Max
Poffinberger
L. W. Pofinberger
Reoisten
Reoistes
Patlinberger
Beltzhoever
Inors- Ter
Engle'x
Bolivar Heights
Aimmer
William Rockenbaugh
Pen-Mar
Bev
C. H. Rockey
Dallas R. Clopper
Apnea Beawell
Rockey
Mary Troxell
Charles Hill
Maryland
Clopper
Robert G. Miller
Mill Street
Red Oil Company of
Mise Lucie Freaner Polack
A. V. Polack
William Coa
Sharpeburg
Solomon B. Rohrer
U.S.C. V. Plente
Henry Kyd Douglas
Morgan's Grove Fair Grounds
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Veterans’ Association
H. M. Loyas
Lee H. Mores
Adjr. Oe
J. BunMrer
Colored Methodist Church
George Staley
Frank Clark
Amy Williams
James Snyder
Jim
Uncle Jim
Staley
Clark
Harreon
Bie
Campbell
Noah Pierce
Rentch
Noah
J. C. Wheat
Linwood
Episcopal Female Tratitute
Edward Roberts
Ayer
J.C. Ayer
Lowell
Muss
Henry Ryd
Douglas
Morgan's Grove
Coundi
Ft Haske
J. Q. Reckwanr
Sower
Uties
Mich
Bet
Thes
Howie
Crines
W. P. Licklider
China
Macon
Castoria
Sursika
Abe Boght
Shropshire
Charles
Kurns
M. G. Tabler
Clothier
West Valus
Ko Oeche
Prank Gyger
HL AQ ‘Tatter
Selee
J. LA Welshans
J. F. Thompson & Bro
Modern Clothiers
Queen St
Martinsburg, W. Va
Wie H. Thoopen
Lewis H. Benj
J. Thompson
Jan F. Thompson, Jr
Col
John H. KR. Thompson
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