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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
4
Shepherdstown registers a busy week with farm prices and sales, a new Ford auto engine purchase, and local industry updates. Notices cover Burns, Magruder birth, a cataract operation, and the town’s charity drive plus a sip of armistice sentiment and sugar ration changes. Local business, church events, and civic concerns fill the week.
Personal notes recall Thanksgiving visits in Shepherdstown W Va with Mary Ellen Cookus in good health and love for the town. Roanoke College cadet Lamont Pyles spent weekend in Shepardstown as the peace declaration ends a military unit. Rev Edmund J Lee, Anking missionary, recuperates in Battle Creek. many relatives travel for influenza illness and family gatherings amid wartime adjustments.
Nellie the faithful old horse of J Fred Keplinger dies at 34 in Martinsburg. Mrs Susan Faulkner wife of former judge E Boyd Faulkner dies at home after a long illness. Mrs Annie Moler dies suddenly while assisting with butchering. Incidents include Imbach Martinsburg resident and legislator elect, J Copenhaver minister, Mrs Blanche Lloyd influenza death, Mrs Margaret Barrett Halltown death, Edgar Whittington Rippon death, William Webb Charles Town quinsy, Frank Baker Winchester druggist, Mrs Philip Boyd Sr Winchester, Louis Wolfe Martinsburg, Mrs Hazel Getz Harrisburg, Levi Welshans Berkeley County death.
Hughie C. Potfenberger, 54, a merchant at Grimes Station on the Norfolk and Western line about five miles north of Shepherdstown, died by hanging in his storeware room Monday afternoon. Ill health was given as the cause. His daughter Ella found him, called for help, and doctors Gardner and Reichard pronounced him dead. He left a wife and daughter, with several brothers and sisters surviving. The tragedy cast gloom over the community.
Henry Osbourn a Duffelds neighborhood resident was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio fast passenger train near Kephart crossing early Saturday. He was walking to work and the engineer may not have known he struck a man. The body lay by the bank until found by passing workmen. Funeral services were held at Elk Branch Church Monday with Rev J C Siler officiating and interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
The Shepherdstown Branch of the American Bible Society held its 50th annual meeting at the Lutheran church with Rev. I. D. Worman and Rev. S. L. Flickinger officiating. Officers were elected, a historical address was given, and donations to the parent society were noted along with past leaders and the auxiliary's role in local church fundraising and community service.
The piece urges continued Christian effort after war, urging readers to support the auxiliary through money or service. It cites history’s upheavals and the enduring word, calling for urgent action now as doors open for mission. It emphasizes helping, membership, and commitment through plain hymnlike resolve.
Governor Cornwell calls West Virginia to rally for increased production and food conservation under Farm Bureau Week. In Shepherstown the drive seeks 13 percent of county membership with a 55-k phone line for signups. Local committees plan a rapid, district wide canvass led by H L Lyne as temporary chair to hit targets in Charles Town and nearby towns.
Early last Thursday a Martinsburg auto driven by Harry Downs wrecked on Maryland State Road near Braddock Heights. Miss Gertrude Cox sustained a compound leg fracture and Downs and Mrs Emily Crawford were hurt. The injured woman was treated in Frederick Hospital. A second crash near Vandemaville involved P C Myer P L Lingamfelter and others from Hedgesville with Mrs Lingamfelter suffering a left arm fracture.
A Shepherdstown testimonial urges Dean's Kidney Pills for backache headaches and nervous distress linked to kidney dysfunction. Mrs Shaw reports relief after use, with the ad noting the remedy costs a nickel to buy and is available at all dealers along with Dean's Ointment for piles.
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