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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
5
Brief notes from Shepherdstown dated December 2 1920 report winter supplies from Boswell and others, Christmas gift ads at Schoppert and Frost stores, a Civil Service exam announcement for January 1921, local sales of cattle and household items, a bad weather window display, and court notices including bond receipt deadlines and a jail cell escape update.
A sprawling note from nearby details widespread thefts in Frederick county Maryland with corn hay machinery and homes robbed and liquor smuggling across Maryland and Virginia. It cites rail bridge completion near Capon Springs and a courthouse sentence for a railway mail clerk in Harrisonburg Virginia.
Baltimore and Shepherdstown author Matthew Page Andrews prepares a historical drama with pageant features to be staged in Baltimore on December 17. The work claims to reveal the real connection between Shakespeare and Sir Francis Bacon and the beginnings of political liberty at Jamestown and Plymouth Rock. The article notes strong local interest and invites audience attendance. Fancy boxes of handkerchiefs at wholesale prices at Boswell's.
John J. Cornwell plans to turn over the West Virginia governorship in March to Judge Jim Morgam and return to Romney to resume his law practice editorship at The Hampshire Review and family business in banks orchards and timber. He will help push 50 miles of standard gauge and 20 miles of narrow gauge railroad to develop timber lands, while brother B. Cornwell handles duties at home. The state weighs road bond and tax rates as the legislature prepares road legislation after the good roads amendment. Cotton Mills workers in Danville vote on wage cuts or mill closures after a 25 percent pay reduction proposal.
Christmas shoppers find Saturday December 4 at Schley’s Salve... Note: text is garbled.
Estate of Freeman sells house and lot on Fairmont Avenue in Trussell's Addition now occupied by Lawrence H. Jones. Inquiries to GEO. M. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney. 2w
For sale pure bred Bourbon Red turkeys, toms and hens. Heavy layers. Contact S. James B. Kemp RFBS, Charles Town, West Virginia.
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