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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
5
December 13 1900 news in Shepherdstown reports shops offering mincemeat sauerkraut oysters and canned fruits with Christmas ads from Schoppert Ferrell Hutler Line and Licklider. Local weather cool with a 20 degree low. Community notes include college exams, a canal closure, a Santa visit, an Independent suspension and a lumber car derailment near the station.
The page lists dues reminders from the Reatster, a druggist stock sale, church social plans, a near fire at Elk Branch, a railroad express schedule, Christmas sales at Poling's in Martinsburg, a sale notice for Mrs Mollie A Lanu, fence work at a cemetery, a W C T U meeting, a death shipped to Winchester, Wheeling Register prospectus, a free rural delivery for Harper's Ferry, a December 10 wedding near Uvilla, a Shepherd College music event, rapid progress on a graded school, farmers suffering thefts, a Bolivar man found dead with a bottle and laudanum, letters from subscribers from Kansas and California praising the Register, and New Era coffee at C T Butler's.
State Senator-elect William Campbell, of Charlestown, visited Shepherdstown last Thursday to learn constituents’ needs and pledged support for Shepherd College including a possible new building. Local society notes cover visitors, illness, and a new Sons of Confederate Veterans camp in Charlestown, plus eight year old Ida Turner scalding incident details.
A Libby Company worker spent this week installing new flues in our steam fire engine. The old flues were badly rusted after seventeen years in service. The replacement work finished last night and a test this morning showed the engine in good working order. No fire occurred this week, which was fortunate.
A roundup of local deaths from typhoid pneumonia and paralysis plus a large Sharpsburg fire. Notables include James Propst of Halltown and Misses Ward Stewart Hopkins Zimmerman Krimm Moler. a fire consumes Oliver T Reilly and M E Snavely properties as Sharpsburg residents brace for loss. here memorials honor Hon. William L. Wilson and upcoming Christmas services across Shepherdstown churches.
A serious shooting occurred in Back Creek Valley near Martinsburg last Sunday. Joseph Hess, a mountaineer, died at his home after being shot by Harry Lord, a Martinsburg butcher now jailed. Lord, recently recovering from typhoid fever, confronted Hess over alleged wife infidelity and exchanged shots with Hess and Hess’s brother. Hess died of his wounds. Separate incident: Charles Young shot at Cumberland Valley railroad depot area, wounding British Moran through a door, Moran survived. Local court actions followed with arrests. County officers and officials for the upcoming January term were listed.
A flood of local marriage notices from Berkeley Springs to Charlestown notes multiple weddings including Jacob 8 Myers and Alice M Slonaker in Shepherdstown, and Annie Willingham with Harry Whittington in Charlestown, plus Blanche Sprint and John Chrisman wed in Winchester. Also reports on a large eagle shot near Mafer's Cross Road, record hog weights, and local ads about Christmas shopping from area merchants.
The text promotes consuming cod liver oil to fight an unspecified germ causing destruction of ing by growth. It claims killing the germ stops consumption and urges taking Scott's Emulsion, describing it as food that builds strength, reduces hunger, and aids recovery once the germ is dead.
A mixed page recalls Miss Emma Zimmer of Martinsburg and includes medical testimonials for Chamberlain's remedies, local ads for goods and services, a train wreck report in Philadelphia, and a public notice proposal for a Washington park extending from the Capitol.
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