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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
2
The Shepherdstoten Register discusses Christmas charity and peace amid global war talk. It criticizes Roosevelt and the Navy Department, notes Governor Shaw’s Treasury appointment, and questions Schley and Miles while urging charity over enmity.
Readers of the Berryville Courier are wished a merry Christmas and a happy New Year with reflections on a year of prosperity, subscriber gains, and hopes for prompt payments. The piece notes a railroad case settlement for $500 in Clarke county and describes social events in Aville, a wedding, and a reception. It also includes short notices on medical ads, a Louisiana purchase fair opening in 1905, and brief testimonials for patent medicines.
Christmas and New Year holiday excursion rates via Norfolk and Western Railroad offered. Tickets go on sale December 21 to 25 and December 30 to January 1 from all stations, with a limit to January 1, 1903.
Reports list deaths, sales, fires, and arrests across Martinsburg and nearby counties. Notable items include Adam Becker of Martinsburg dying at 72, M T Gross fatally hogging a 610 pound swine at Sharpsburg, and Susan Sours dying in Page County aged 99. A farm sale of Bell View near Charles Town fetches $10,000, while J A Stuart’s Bolivar dwelling burned recently. James Place jailed in Martinsburg for alleged wife shooting. A Harper’s Ferry woman burned to death, and Isa bella Cowden’s barn fire in Washington County caused substantial losses. Albert L Moore sold his Mechaniestown farm to Mrs. Sarah D Sellen for $6,000. The 23th New York Regiment invited President Roosevelt to Antietam memorial unveiling. A two year old, Verry Rockey, burned by a stove. Catamount killed near Shenandoah River. local farms report losses. Almanac promos and medical ads fill columns, including Dr. Osier’s and Ely Brothers products. A Bolivar notice ends with Big’s Liquid Cream Balm being promoted.
A report notes ex Senator Henry G. Davis offers to donate 30000 to establish a college at Elkins if residents raise a matching sum. The item mentions local efforts to fund higher education and describes the proposed gift as contingent on community subscriptions. It provides context on the funding proposal within a regional development frame.
The Week of Prayer runs Sunday January 5 to Sunday January 12 with services at 7 p.m. in the town hall. Rev. H. Max Lentz opens and Rev. J. C. Thrasher closes. Daily topics include The Vision of God, Our Nation, Our Churches, Christian mission, The Family, and The Coming of the Kingdom, ending January 14 with appropriate sermons and prayers.
The circus reports all monkeys well and happy after keepers began dosing them with Scott's Emulsion. Consumption was reducing two thirds yearly. new monkeys were recruited to replace losses.
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