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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
5
The Shepherdstown area gear up for St Valentine’s Day with reminders of events at Reinhart's Pharmacy and local shops. Townsfolk prepare for church gatherings, dances, and sausage sales while reporting recent property and business moves, funerals, and school meetings. A broad mix of community notices, repairs, and social plans fill the local page.
Last Friday brought cold weather and ice to area ponds. JilL Ashford wed Margaret Hess at her father’s Washington home after a quiet ceremony following her mother’s death. Freight conductor Charles D McLane died after being struck by a train at Engle's Station. A barn fire at Mary E Bane’s farm destroyed the barn and granary with limited livestock saved. Real estate transfers across Kearneysville and Bolivar were reported. William Hilton, 22, of Cumberland, died after being thrown from a moving B&O train car, buried with military honors. A sharp cold spell followed mild signs of spring with ice harvests on canals and the river. Laura Miller and Roy Tablor married in Berkeley County, the bride ill in bed. ceremony performed at home. Martinsburg man Herbert E Hannis, 47, died by laudanum in Washington. former distillery owner had suffered mental decline and previous suicide attempt.
Residents and visitors of Shepherdstown are listed with travels and illnesses, public sale dates announced, and a prominent meeting of Maryland and West Virginia newspaper men in Martinsburg discusses railroad advertising. The piece notes health updates for local figures, arrivals, and upcoming sales and auctions across several nearby towns.
Obituaries list Captain John Criswell of Shepherdstown and other residents of Jefferson and Berkeley counties. The notices note long life in the community, Civil War service, family survivors, and funeral arrangements or services in Charles Town Elmwood and Edge Hill. Also included is a general health advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a safe cure for catarrh. Breathing the balsamic mist through a inhaler supposedly reaches nose and throat to kill germs and heal mucous membranes. Complete outfit priced at $1.00 with extra bits offered by Forasleat Reinpurt's Pharmacy.
The Martinsburg Power Company seeks a Jefferson County franchise to erect poles and string wires along public roads from Dam No. 4 to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg, with a branch to Kearneyville. It operates No. 5 plant supplying Martinsburg and negotiates property near Dam No. 4 for a new plant to harness Potomac water power. Possible cement mill purchase near Shepherdstown may enable dam rebuilding and water power development to lower lights and power costs, boosting trolley expansion.
A Chicago note urges customers to beware of counterfeit versions of Foley’s Honey and Tar, noting the genuine product comes in a yellow package. The remedy is described as the best cough and cold medicine, with Reinhart’s Pharmacy listed as a point of purchase.
Public sale announced by a seller who has sold his farm and plans to move to the county. The sale will occur on the seller’s farm at Zoar, two miles south of Damelda and ten miles north of Charles Town, along the road from Charles Town to Shepherdstown. The date is scheduled for Wednesday, March.
A disastrous wreck on the Norfolk and Western near Ripon in the county occurred late Tuesday night when two freight engines and a caboose collided after a hotbox stop signal failed. Engineer Orion P. Hendrickson of Hagerstown was killed, burned, and crushed under the locomotive. Fireman Harry Wood of Shenandoah and another crewman survived injuries, while the second engine crew escaped unharmed. The wreck tore up tracks and burned vehicles. the line remained blocked until Wednesday morning. Hendrickson, 47, leaves four sons and two daughters and will be buried Friday.
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