Christmas Preparations and Local Notices in Shepherdstown
A jumble of holiday notices and local items from Shepherdstown and surrounding areas. Christmas preparations, candy and toy sales, oak cord wood, and New Orleans molasses appear alongside college events, church notices, auctions, and business ads. Community schedules include Grange meeting, revival services, and a special circuit court, with farm hands sought and oysters ordered for Christmas.
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T. Tinkney Schley
Schoppert'snath
Livklidera
MB. Baker's
Schoppert’s
Lekhider's
Roond Iquy
Forcewk
Walper
Arthur
Local notes mix odds and ends from Shepherdstown
The column reports on the Junior Fire Company invitation to attend the firemen fair, a 592 pound pig, a theft of preserves, ice hazards, local furniture for Christmas gifts, railroad expectations at Shenandoah Junction, Bible Society offers, smallpox care bills, canal navigation nearing 14 years, turkey and chicken prices, a drug store sale, cold weather and frozen river, local street conditions, a new lodge organized in Cliff City, and museum additions from Crooketon including an Indian hammer and birch bark canoe.
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Hagerstown
Robert Bane
Fanrose I Shipley
High Street
M. B. Baker's
I. W Williams
Shenandoah Junction
The
Bible Society
F. L Weltzheimer
Shepherdstown
Gibson
Jefferson County
Cheenpeake & Ohio Canal
Percona
Joseph McMarran
Geo M Beltzhoever
John E. Quigley
Quigley
Carroll Anderson Engle
Shepherd College
Engie
Washington and Lee University
Lee Memorial
Masers Morris
Wallace
Éudente
Massachusetts
Engle
Tum
Rentch
Martinsburg
Cliff City Lodge
Shield of Honor
David Hahne
C. B Kilmer
L. W. Martin
Cluj City Lodge
Mr. Rentch
J. Reinhart
W. L. Reinhart
RG. Miller
W. H. Merchent
J. H. Crow
III. Baker
Duo. Crow
G. W. Ferrell
Wyncoop Lemen
Crooketon
Minnesota
Murphy
Misa Cozie McAvoy
Sionz
Personal notices from Shepherdstown area residents
Local brief lists visitors and callers including Mr Thomas J Link and son Boyd Link from Duffield, county commissioner Nelson T Snyder, Mr and Mrs F M Jer of Bakerton, W N Lemen of Branewick Maryland helping at a brother’s store, Rev Frank McDaniel visiting from East Orange New Jersey, and others visiting relatives in nearby towns. Includes weddings and holiday travels with several West Virginia and Maryland connections.
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Frank McDaniel
East Orange
New Jersey
J. D. Billmyer
Harvey W. Harmer
Clarkeburg
W. Va
Ruth Starr
Altoona
Huntington County
Harry G. Hendricks
Junction
M. Helger
Frostburg
Shepherdstown
Levi Welshans
Berkeley County
E Heyward Bowly
New York
Eugene Barnhart
West Virginia University
A.C. Kincell
Snydera Mills
Dechert
Harrisonburg
David H. Hout
Misa Ella Hout
J. H. Wolff
Charles
John Reynolds
Runaway Horse Kills Itself After Rampage Near Martinsburg
Two young men from Martinsburg, Earl Rodrick and Frank Martin, took a bay horse and runabout to Shepherdstown. The horse ran away, Rodrick and a companion were injured, and the horse died after crashing into a tree in Sharpaburg early Monday. Liveryman Link retrieved the wrecked runabout. In a separate notice, J. H. Gettinger of Martinsburg left a large estate with detailed bequests to family, friends, and church, naming D. C. Westen haver as executor.
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Earl Rodrick
Frank Martin
Martinsburg
Shepherdstown
Rodrick
Sharpaburg
Norfolk & Western Railway
Link
Martinaburg
B. & O. Surveying Corpa
Regents Approve Shepherd College Building Completion
A Parkersburg board session authorized the Shepherd College project completion and required equipment. The building committee Miller Straus Robinson Snyder will meet January 7 in Shepherdstown to buy furniture install lighting and finalize details. The board also ordered development of a teachers training department in each normal school.
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Board of Regents
The
State Normal Schools
Parkersburg
Miller
Straus
Robinson and Snyder
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
Death notices and a firemen’s fair report in Shepherdstown
The death record lists Mrs. Thomas Callahan and several locals, noting hip injury, age 81, with survivors including a husband, one son, five daughters, and church ties. Other obituaries include Mr. William H. Kline, Mrs. Catherine Miller, and several county residents with ages ranging from 41 to 74. The Firemen’s Fair plan for Shepherdstown runs December 21 to January 2, with prizes from Reinhart’s Pharmacy and M B Baker. a Christmas goods section also highlights local vendors.
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Thomas Callahan
Reformed Church
Washington County
Fitch
George
Martinsburg
W. A. Carr
Smithsburg
Henry Otty
Frank Stanley
Lee Banks
Teresa
the Reformed Church
J.E Gay
William H Kline
Hibernia Kline
Baltimore
Patterson Avenue
Kline
Catherine Miller
Tjobn Miller
Keedysville
Mil
Mra. E. B. Bender
Carlisle
Mra Miller
Martineburg
Berkeley County
John Williams
Middleway District
Hardy County
Ha Wava
Shepherdstown
Reinhart
Gremen
M. B Baker
Get the Most Out of Your Food and Stomach Strength
A historical consumer notice promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla for weak stomachs and digestive troubles. It cites symptoms such as uneasiness after eating headaches belching and nausea and claims E S Hicamax of West Chester PA benefited greatly and would not be without the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
W.chester
Marriage of Margaret Marten to Charles Walker Brown
Margaret Be atrice Marten wed Charles Walker Brown at the Marten home in Shepherdstown in a ceremony led by Rev. H Harthcox. Attendants included Almira Marten as maid of honor and Lily Marten as bridesmaid. reception followed with a wedding breakfast and cake cutting. The couple will travel to Martinsburg then south to Jacksonville Savannah Nantvilly and California Alabama before settling in Bookburnmun West Virginia for Brown’s civil engineering work.
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H . Harthcox
Almira Marten
Bessie May Walton
Cornelia Alvtha Holmead
Washington
Mire Lily Marten
J. B. Trenbalm
North Carolina
Grnanes
Clayton Coxey
Lyle Raveon
Harper's Ferry
Hopkins Gibson
Shepherdstown
Harvey W. Harmer
Sallie Miller
Snd
Brown
Martinsburg
Jacksonville
Savaninati
Nantvilly
Howe
Colaitia
Alabamn
Bookburnun
W. Va
Bw O
Iora
Tor
Colubie
HO. Marten
Meo Bentey
Mies Lestich
Little
Franke Englar
Baletimore
Willis Bayne
Hedgesville
Edith Wareauer
Hagerstown
Clarkeburg
William Walton
Aluminum Substitutes Paper and Printing Advances
Experiments in France use aluminum as a bed paper substitute claiming fire and water resistance and potential to revolutionize printing methods. The claim cites new medical endorsers for Hostetter’s liver medicine and reports two men, C Edworth Upton and Thomas W McGregor, sentenced to two years and a $1000 fine for conspiracy with D E Smith to defraud the government on illegal poaching sales in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Hosseier
Todd
Hostetter
C. Edeworth Upton
Thomas W. McGregor
D E. Smith
Baltimore
United States
Ministers protest costly funerals in Winchester church
The Ministers Association of Winchester ministers vows to officiate only simple funeral services. They dispense with funeral sermons and elaborate rites except in genuine necessity. The group bans hats in church and graveside rituals to curb excess, urging modest burials and plain decorum.
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Ministers’ Association
Churchve
Winchester
A Woman's Wealth and Paine's Celery Compound Ad
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a remedy for fatigue and ill health in women. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Stephen Simith of St Paul Minnesota describing a grave illness relief and renewed strength after using the product.
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Hualthi
Louge
Paine
Alee
Stephen Simith
St Paul
Minn
Vic
Baie
Seal
Babe
Tam
Amy Chen
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Charl Schley
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Jobin
Thy Ryotsiks
Laura Miller
Hubba
Vaughn Bowle
White Pont
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Supreme Court of West Virginia
Charleston
Schaef
Schaeffer
Tuffereon County
E. H. McDonald
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Christina
Joseph E Yonta
Lemen's Nore
Anon
Shepherdatown
Lhborhood
Mr. Thos. J. Link
Mr Boyd Link
Duffielda
Nelson T. Snyder
Mra
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Bakerton
W. N. Lemen
Branawick
8. F. Lemen
Henry B. Stickles
Leetown
Mr. Gettinger
J. H. Gettinger
Hia
Anna M. Gettinger
Elnora H. Gettinger
Z. James
Edward A. Gettinger
Harriet R. Greentree
Marie L. Fout
Virginia G. Fout
Grace Allout
Samuel J. Hodges
Samuel Jarboe
Southern Methodist
Episcopal
W. P. Licklider's
Abram Glass
Andrew Morrow
Sharpsburg
Polo
Charles Wesley Grimes
O. William Clipp
Brunswick
Henry C. Winship
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Washington, D. C
Alexander Webb
Bolivar
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Annie Boyer
W. Boyer
Branswick
M.C. Jameson
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Roanoke
M. L. Herrington
Peter Winchester Rouse
Harald BE. West
Maud Fitzingh Wheat
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Brie
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Claf
Paltumuire Sun
Tve Toewde
Tate
Mies
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Pas Rapta
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Katie Moler
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J.C. Thrasher
Frederick J. Doering
Washington, DC
Mixy Arrow
Chippy
John W. Clipp
J. H. Wellf
Oberlee Town
Mies Nellin McBee
Harry Snyder
Castoria
Maryland
Hancon
Tomb
Hancock
Baltimore and
Ohi
Hangrek Uy
Pennsylvania
Coenapeske
Butler
Paine’s
Burtlinguan
Leon
Biuen Koo
Alice Horton
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
W. P. Licklider
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Bridgeyrertene
Charles Bretzer
Von
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Basters
Mathie
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Neule
Edsy Bey
M. G. Tabler
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Clerks
Yale
Kewl
Kris
Qyonny Saver
J. &. Thompson & Bro
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Ieve
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