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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
5
Fragmentary 1902 local notes mention subscription drives at Shenandoah, Christmas gifts, and a range of community items. References include pantry donations, sale notices, religious meetings, a fire marker, rent concerns, and local residents like Prank Will, Trampajit, and Shepherdstown figures.
A digest of community happenings in Shepherdstown includes a Redis subscription offer, fishing in local canals, new roles and marriages, a robbery in Vanderesville, a Christmas hat gift from Philadelphia, a January lecture by Ernest Gamble Revital Company, illness of Augustine Jacqueline Smith in New York, school holidays, real estate sales, a New Year burlesque tournament, and plans to restart the Nicholson knitting plant with Miller and Weidenmayer.
Shepherd College teachers disperse for holidays. E F Goodwin and wife with baby go to Grafton for two weeks. Miss McCann to West Liberty, Miss Woolery to Bethany, Miss Stalnaker to Baltimore and Washington, Miss Wingate to Washington. Local officials like county commissioner Snyder seen about. Senator Campbell plans trip to Charleston January 12. Wedding party at Rose Knoll includes Longs and Byers family. Residents between towns renew subscriptions and visit the office. Many locals and former residents return for Christmas, with travel to Boston, Baltimore, Martinsburg, Washington noted. Families gather near Shepherdstown for the holidays.
The notice lists Mrs. Mary E. Tabler found dead in Hagerstown with heart disease, plus several other regional obituaries and notices. Also mentions deaths of Mr. John Shackleford Lewis in Weston West Virginia, William Plowman near Kearneyville, Howard Lake in Charles Town, Mrs. Mary C. Keller in Strasburg, Mollie E Barrow in Washington, and Bulloch and Bolton obituaries, among others, with burial details and survivor relations.
A Jefferson Circuit term presided by Judge Faulkner includes John M. Daniel's oath as circuit clerk. Cases involve Mary L. Wysong vs J Garland Hurst with $857 plus interest, and W. M. Lucas vs J Garland Hurst with $1,009 plus interest. The Board of Education of Harper's Ferry District v Eugene Baker references county court actions and commissions to settle district accounts. A United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Harper's Ferry Paper Co. case affirms Judge Jackson's injunction against Tarapy over river pollution. Local public notices cover county official qualifications, bonds, and Sunday school Christmas observances. News of railroads reports disposal of old freight cars by B&O and upcoming schedules by Norfolk & Western and Pennsylvania Railways for holiday service.
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