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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
4
A dense Republican mutterings column critiques tariff timing and Panama Canal politics. It notes Hanna Roosevelts tension, calls for tax reform, and jokes about post office graft while detailing local accidents and crimes in Maryland and West Virginia.
Reports indicate aluminum experiments in France as a replacement for book paper due to its oxidation resistance and waterproof properties. The claim states it could transform book printing, likened to Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters altering medical practice. A Texas representative, Sheppard, proposes halting free seed distribution and redirecting funds to aid agricultural interests.
An old advertisement-style warning promotes Scott's Emulsion as the best treatment for consumption later noting that early action helps. It advises strengthening lungs, fresh air, rest, and hearty eating, and mentions salt pork as digestibility is an issue. It stresses beginning treatment before denial.
In a remarkable act of fraternity, 200 Masons and 4,200 skin strips volunteered to graft onto Wilson S. Frederick of Dunellen New Jersey, a New York Express clerk who lost most of his skin in the Westfield wreck. Dr Albert Pettis led the call and within a week over 500 joined. Frederick, once bedbound, has been discharged after nearly a year in Plainfield hospital.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous membrane remedy. It includes endorsements from West & Truax and other Toledo druggists, notes testimonials are free, and lists a price of 75 cents per bottle along with Hall's Family Pills.
A Boston woman sent a silk flag to President Roosevelt which he returned noting he cannot accept presents. A Rhode Island man sent a turkey last week and it was not returned. The piece urges croup prevention with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, advertised as safe and effective by Reichart's Pharmacy for mothers.
In Dover Delaware a railroad collision triggered a car of dynamite detonation followed by a naptha tank car explosion. Nine buildings burned and many homes stores and churches were damaged. Two people were killed and numerous others injured amid widespread distress.
A 1903 letter from Train Wrecker Sentenced criticizes road obstructions wood piles and pig pens on county roads demands side placements for hauled stone and limit on tree cutting by phone lines plus calls for more hitching posts. News items report Ellen Bailey found guilty of second degree murder in Staunton tied to a Wrecked Norfolk and Western train, with Kennedy and Bailey Jr. sentenced. A note on electric health claims and a Phillipsburg birth of a two headed male infant is included with details on weight and length.
H A Tisdale of Summerton S C values De Witts Witch Hazel Salve at one hundred dollars a box claiming twenty years of piles cured by the product after trying many doctors and medicines. The ad notes Reinharts Pharmacy as seller. William Jennings Bryan attends London American Society banquet with Ambassador Choate. repartee highlights Bryan as exiled Nebraskan.
A patent remedy for bilious colic claims broad success with hundreds of users. The ad notes sales at Reinhart's Harmony and cites a claim of warding off attacks. Also mentions a local engagement where Frederick Strube proposed to Miss Alice Henninger, a man killing her with a monkey wrench after she refused. Ely's Liquid Cream Balm praised for nasal catarrh relief and ease of use, priced 75 cents with spraying tube included. CARTORIMA bears the phrase You Have Always Bought.
A fragmented ad style piece argues cod liver oil to be the key restorative, denouncing shell waste and indigestible portions. It promotes a purified extract claiming to contain all vital curative elements from fresh livers, asserting strong health benefits and broad healing use.
Bristow’s expected report outlines years of corrupt methods in the Postoffice Department. The document cites heavy involvement by top officials, including First Assistant Postmaster General and Assistant Attorney General, with Perry Month’s actions criticized. Roosevelt backs extending penalties for government workers.
A fragmentary wartime and local news roundup reports bizarre farm pest outbreaks with rats breeding near corn fields, and a U.S. Army officer Oberlin M. Castor jailed for funds misuse at Fort Leavenworth. It notes a missionary drowning in Africa and a typhoid fever outbreak in Butler Pennsylvania tied to polluted water supply. Descriptive but incomplete.
A damaged ad fragment touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming it digests all foods, strengthens the stomach, and cures indigestion, with Latvian style misspellings. It quotes Gov. G. W Arkesna of West Virginia praising the remedy and recommending it to friends at Reinhart's Pharmacy.
Fragmentary market notes show Wheat and Corn prices with units unclear, alongside oats hay and other commodities. The readable lines indicate county level pricing and basic commodity terms, but many values and units are illegible.
A November dated message praises Lieuts P P Marshall W N Lemen J L Bilimyor and others for steadfast leadership during a retreat of Lee's army. It recalls a dramatic moment when Sheridan's cavalry halted a stampede, ridden to the front, and halted retreat with disciplined action amid heavy danger. The author notes personal valor and recalls a related police raid in Chicago and gang ambushes, while also mentioning labor cutbacks at the International Harvester Company and Deering division as part of broader economy measures.
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