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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
5
A garbled 1902 town page lists ads and notes on shops and goods. Mentions Licklider store items, Christmas offerings, farm tools, knives, forks, and various household goods. Also notes court term, local elects, and a few names including Hagerstown and Charles Town figures.
In Middleway the M E Church South ladies plan a hand kerchief bazar and oyster supper at Smith's Hall on December 12 and 13. A farm near Charles Town, 102 acres, sold for 50 dollars an acre to Geo. W. Moore. Weddings announced for Laura Blanche Byers and Joseph Elmer Byers, and Daisy Myers and John D Hollmaster on separate dates. Snow covers the area with several inches, affecting travel. Jail escape concerns as Edward Daily and Walter Cluxton, plus George Ashby, face inquiries after an attempted break from Jefferson County jail. Winchester Telephone Co issues stricter usage rules to curb line congestion.
Local notices report a heated council meeting with charges against Mayor Harrison and a move to impeach. The chairmanship shifted as Bachman, Billmyer, and Harrigan exchanged roles. Harrison was ousted as mayor, Billmyer remained acting mayor, and legal actions loom with next Monday’s court arraignment.
Weather delays oration as Jefferson county Farmers Institute meeting at Shenandoah Junction Iowest Saturday features talks by W D Zinn R M Fisher S W Fletcher Maj E H McDonald and others The Expt Station will send reps to inspect orchards and enforce San Jose scale spraying law A resolution backs the spraying law and extermination efforts Institute to be held January 15 and 16 with announced instructors and a prepared program also noted are church events at Middleway and Shepherdstown and Roosevelt 1904 nomination canvassing in several states
Obituaries recount the deaths of Charles Hammond of near Vancleresville aged 43 from paralysis after strokes, Mary E. Kent daughter of the late Hon. Andrew Hunter, Benjamin Arainger of Williamsport, Mrs. Davia wife of ex-Senator Henry Davia, J William Rutherford near Shepherdstown, Mrs. Sarah E. Miller of Falling Waters, and Mrs. Margaret Nolte in Baltimore. Also notes other deaths in Berkeley and adjacent counties, with brief life summaries and survivor details. The column includes school notes, community notices, and local society tidbits alongside the bereavement reports.
Local church listings show Rev. Curren Sovru Revy Thrasher and Rev J B Manrer leading services in Shepherdstown Bethesda Teague and other towns with times from 1 10 am to 7 pm including Sunday morning communion and Epworth League events. Ordination and installation noted along with Catholic and Presbyterian services in Duffields Kearneysville and Zion.
Court records from Charles Town Free Press detail numerous transacted matters. Appointments of special commissioners to sell real estate, demurrers, and judgments are noted for cases involving Crim, Thomas, Moore, Wynkoop, and others. Financial disputes include bank suits and mortgage actions with notified retirements and referrals.
Town churches publish times for Christmas programs at M E Sunday School Friday December 26 7 p m Catholic Christmas Eve 7 Episcopal Christmas Eve 7 Presbyterian December 24 5 p m Lutheran Christmas Eve 6 p m
Notes describe a Wabash and Western Maryland connection at Cumberland linking Cherry Run to Hancock with a ten mile span, and a Baltimore and Ohio extension crossing into Maryland from Cherry Run toward Fairhope. The piece notes railway competition, wage gains for Norfolk and Western telegraphers, and holiday excursion ticket sales from December 22 to 25 and December 27 to January 1.
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