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Community notes mix memories and local affairs
Local readers recount a mix of memorial notices, political opinions, and community happenings. The lettered columns reference George Osbourn and nearby leaders, hotel proposals for Shepherdstown, Baltimore political impressions, and varied regional anecdotes from schooling to public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Osbournes
Reinhart
George Osbourn
James M. Hendricks
Lee
Jackson
Stuart
Ho Lsten Cooke
John Snat
Vireta
Edison
Lily
Shepherdstown Mae
Grad Town
Fithe Pentle
Shepherd College
Senate
Washington
Brown
Neely
Moler
Jeferson
Koonte
Snyders
Jim Fish
Incidense
Guy Ded
Tech T
Baltimore
Ritchie
John Walter Smith
Sonny” Mahon
Frank” Kelley
Rennert Hotel
Baltimore “Sun
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