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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
5
The Shepherdstown Regist briefs announce penny oranges at W. P. Licklider s and cheap lace and embroidery at Hodges. Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday mark Lent. Auctions include John H. Lemen s Jersey cattle sale on February 25 and a large VanMetre livestock sale drawing 4 000 to 5 000 people with total proceeds around 8 500. Also notes births marriages court actions and local business promotions.
Polk Miller and his quartette perform at the college auditorium next Tuesday night. A six inch snowstorm last Friday and Saturday delayed travel and blocked roads. Several local residents updated positions in Jefferson County Telephone Company and local exchanges. Public sales are listed for February through March with multiple properties and livestock to be sold. Anti-Saloon League elects officers and calls for a meeting next Monday in the town hall. A sale on shirts cuts prices at T B Lines.
Tuesday visitors include George T Trundle Bakerton and his son John A Trundle Cleveland Ohio returning for a month in the area. Subscribers from out of town call, including J Walter Kearney and Chalmers Byers. Rev C H Rockey marks ten years at Waynesboro with services and progress. Winchester revival draws large crowds and conversions.
An obituary list notes the death of Mrs. Charlotte Hoffman in shepherdstown at noon Tuesday after a prolonged illness. Survived by husband R S M Hoffman, daughter Mrs J D Muldoon, stepson John C Hoffman, and siblings. Funeral today at 3 pm from her home with Rev H C Hartcox presiding. Also reported: Mrs Georgietta VanMetre Noland of South Bend aged 69. Mrs Martha M Flagg of Martinsburg aged about 78. Edward Walker Tabb of Martinsburg, a 72-year-old Confederate veteran. Frisby Kelley of the Mish farm aged 66. Mrs Mary Elizabeth Noll of Martinsburg aged 50. Miss Estella S Aldridge. Rev Dr J A Price. Mrs Martha E Shipway. Mrs Lella Sanders. Miss Elizabeth Osbourn Clevenger. Dr William Beall of Morgan county aged 89. Also notice of Polk Miller engagement at College auditorium. Careful list of local deaths and upcoming cultural event.
Mayor presses for Tungsten street lamps on Main Street while electric firm offers a 400 watt arc near the station and moves the current lamp to mid street at no cost, claiming higher candle power with similar current use. Reinhart's Pharmacy sale to Owens and Miller. longtime manager R Lucien Reinhart retires. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets promoted by Reinhart's Pharmacy as a guaranteed remedy with a free trial offer.
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