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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
4
Local notices and market briefs list sales from J A Staley and Butler's as well as offerings for the upcoming fair. Vendors advertise vegetables, cheese, crackers and groceries while a community festival gathers crowds. A horse dies nearby and a silver cup is promised as a prize. town indiscretions and upcoming events fill the page with names and places typical of a small county fair climate.
Weather Prophet Hill loses ground as Jimmie Jones predicts rain for Saturday and teases a Thanksgiving forecast. A supplement shows Jefferson County finances. News covers travels of A M S Morgan and Surgeon Daniel Morgan, a Monroe navy assignment, a M Kimler appointed public schools superintendent, and local court indictments. A grand Methodist picnic, a wedding invitation, and an excursion to Luray are noted. Morgan’s Grove fair welcomes exhibits, grainy fruit tree ads, and parade coverage with railroads offering discounts.
Mr William Kearney of Auburn Illinois visits friends here and readers, while Philadelphia business partner Robert Gibson is in town. Numerous locals and visitors come and go, weddings at the Lutheran church unite John Dement Muldoon and Elba Hoffman, with A. J. Miller officiating, as social notices, calls, and arrivals fill the week.
Warm Times recalls the thirty ninth anniversary of the Second Battle of Manassas, noting casualties from Shepherdstown William Barnhart Albert Pendleton and Alex Cameron were killed, with other townspeople wounded. Local anecdotes mention Join G Anceld firing twice in a twelve man group, praising the Stonewall Brigade and Jackson. Also reports a carp weighed 10% pounds, shifting from 35 to 101 pounds on scales, and mentions local shop offerings at O T Butler Jr and J A Staley.
The death notice recalls Mr Charles Gatrell aged near 94, after two days illness from dysentery at his Shepherdstown home. Survived by two sons and four daughters, funeral at ME Church at 2 pm. Other obituaries include Marion Etta Knott at Bethesda church, J G Wyatt in Isle of Wight county, Ella V McCahan in Baltimore, George Alois Smith tollgate tollkeeper, Maud Coleman Woods of Hanover, Isabella Coates of Harper's Ferry, J Wesley Tolinson of Berkeley Springs, and Mary Florence Morris near Hagerstown. Also reports on H L Melvin’s civil service dismissal for political reasons.
The Morgan's Grove fair near Poets and Friday to 6th promises one of the best exhibitions yet with a sham battle featuring the Red Men of Martinsburg and military companies from several states. Signor Alvini will perform balloon ascensions daily while railroads offer special service and reduced round trips. Livestock features include notable cattle and horses, plus a baby show with cash prizes. admission is 25 cents, season tickets 50 cents, and discounts for exhibitors.
Mrs. O J Duston of Paradise Wisconsin says whooping cough struck her children. A small bottle of Poney's Hoyerase Tar cured the cough and saved her doctor’s bill. Names JG Gibson and Joseph McMurran appear in the account.
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