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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
6
Fragmented notes describe holiday items at Reinarts and nearby shops with prices for candies, nuts, and toys, alongside church schedules, subscription asks, and community ads. Mentions Elmwood area, Cross Reads, and local pastors, plus a tragic theater note and a provincial store opening.
The item lists community notices on sales of real estate and local properties, church and lodge events, and school calendars. It notes a public sale of the late John H Snyder’s estate, a firework ordinance enforcement during holidays, a lodge election, a town hall gathering, and a Christmas season push for local advertising plus brief mentions of accidents and business updates in Martinsburg and nearby towns.
At Mt Nebo Lodge No 91 A F and A M a December 15 1902 meeting elected officers J Lewis Welshans Worshipful Master A F Foltner Senior Warden J D Muldoon Junior Warden Harry Hill Associate D John Mong Junior Deacon S Fleming Secretary Ed Reinhart Treasurer Harrison Schley and R L Vanmeter Stewards Jas M Myers Tyler with additional notes on titles and roles in the Masonry structure.
Personal notices detail weddings at Rose Knoll and in Cumberland plus elopement in Winchester. Several locals return from university, seek work in Washington, or renew subscriptions. A severe freeze drops ice, damages lines, halts telephone service, with repairs expected weeks and a cautious note on restored normalcy.
Obituaries and death notices recount the passing of Lester Van Alstyne at 54 in Troy IY after a brief illness, with ties to Shepherdstown and Chatham NY. Also noted are Rev Dr Campbell Fair of Omaha and longtime Baltimore clergyman, plus Edna May Gatrell of Pittsburgh, Jennie Pierce of Baltimore, and local residents Charles Ott, Roza Rutherford, Thomas Jenkins with family details. A column titled A Flash in the Pan covers city hall indecision over Mayor Harrison, a thwarted arrest, and an upcoming town hall event for fundraising. Christmas plans for Sunday schools list dates and times across several churches in town.
Shepherd College will host a winter lecture series led by notable figures. The Ernest Gamble Recital Company opens January 16 with a musical program, followed by Walter M Chandler on February 18, Frank Dixon on March 10, humorist Fred High on April 10, and W Quay Rosselle closing May 5. Ticket prices are $1.25 for the season, with single admissions at fifty cents.
Reinhart's Pharmacy promotes Vinol as a non secret remedy with an in town cure record and money back guarantee. It claims Vinol helps debility nervousness insomnia bronchitis hacking cough lung troubles and other obscure irritabilities. The ad notes repeat messaging per Benton and offers mail orders from See Sexara Park.
A satirical acrostic targets city power figures from A to Z. The verse mocks a ruler labeled King Bum and his council, referencing inquest, taxation, and conspiracy language. It names a Negro vet e and spots a parade of charged terms, exposing hostile rhetoric in a historical political pamphlet.
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