This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
6
In Shepherdstown a busy December page lists gifts and groceries with many ads. Stores promote candy, gloves, dolls, ribbons, chocolates, and box candy. prices highlight butter at 50 cents and loaf bread at a premium rate. Real estate and livestock appear with sales near Kearneysville and Summit Point. college events and district attorney nods accompany community notices.
Elm Branch Church holds services Sunday at 11 a.m and 7 p.m with Rev F M Woods D D preaching at both. Zion Presbyterian Church to be organized at 2 p.m. by a presbytery commission including Revs Woods Ghise and Sydnor. McClelland Bible Class of Clarksburg WV wins national Four Square Bible Contest with 808 members. Various church listings follow for Christ Reformed Kearneysville Shepherdstown Duffields and related Sunday services and Sunday school times.
Christmas Seals for the West Virginia Tuberculosis Association are on sale in Charles Town and Shepherdstown stores and in county schools. Three fourths of proceeds go to Jefferson County, with all funds returned if needs are met. Last year’s sales aided needy cases. buy seals to fight tuberculosis. Also mentions local ad copy and a promo for Boswell’s rice and Schley’s furniture.
For sale two cows.one is fresh and the other yields good milk. seller W C Moler located in Shepherdstown West Virginia.
Hagerstown dealers cut coal price to 9.80 per ton. Two Martinsburg bootleggers, Lewis E Bente and Frank Heleine, convicted and fined. Martinsburg Fruit Exchange set for Berkeley Hotel with Congressman H McTowner speaking. Martinsburg men jailed for hosiery theft at Interwoven Mills. Findley property sold to Victor Cushna for about 40000, site rumored for new hotel. A 10 year old boy shot his sister Goldie May by accident at Big Springs. Sharpsburg Community Club reelects Beckenbaugh as president and lists officers. Dr J Whann McSherry, Martinsburg bank president, observed 87th birthday. Paul Hertzon of Martinsburg Journal injured by auto on Queen Street. Howard County accident kills 5 year old Albert Williams. W B Littleton held on bail. Owens drug store promotes Xmas gifts. Shepherdstown Basketball team first practice under Ley. possible lineup. Knott likely out with hip. Shepherdstown to host fast game vs Hagerstown Alsatians. recent wins. Waynesboro Alpha Club beats Martinsburg Collegians. Frederick Y defeats Baltimore Collegians. Shepherdstown club to meet tough slate this season. Cavalier store in demand. contact W A Daniel. See The District Attorney for football estimate.
Army goods for sale including shirts pants coats leggings sweat ers underwear shoes raincoats and slipovers offered at very low prices. You are invited to come look over and save money with goods viewable during the day or evening at WM. Luria's home on Washington Street until a Main Street room is secured.
For sale a fodder shredder in perfect order and a Ford truck with pneumatic tires fully equipped. Both items in thoroughly good order. Apply to H. C. Marshall near Kearneysville, West Virginia.
J B Cook a farmer near BeVington Berkeley County who disappeared on November 27 returned last Thursday and resumed work as if nothing happened. He gave no explanation for his absence or where he spent five or six days.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied the appeal in Berkeley Taylor versus Thomas R. Moore and others, upholding the circuit court's decree. Also note Boswell's Xmas candies are in with prices listed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.