Postmaster Chronology at Shepherdstown Through Civil War
Local observers recount Shepherdstown mail service from the Civil War era through late 19th century. Notable postmasters include Rentch, Baker, Welshans, Fayman, Chapline, and Reinhart, detailing methods of mail distribution, stage arrivals from Kearneysville, and civic life around the post office in a changing town.
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Willem Mowder
Hep Sedley
Tne
Jerome Dushane
Rentchandes
Dushane
Renteh
J. M. Schupperss
William
Winchester
Er- Alerlomrickhouse
Shepherdstown
Ip Tster
Careyine
Elias Baker
David Billmyer
Farmers Bank
Town Observer
Butch Growl
Adame
Kearneysville
Baker
Hallfimore
van Underdonk
Register Building
Joseph Welsnans
Ming Street
Register Printing Office
Welshans
King Street
Chapline
Helen Wendell
Jefferson County farmers hold meeting at court house
Wheat rose seven cents a bushel last week and Cer gained four cents. Milton Ab Rowsers announces a Jefferson County Farm Bureau meeting Saturday afternoon in the court house at Charles Town to discuss work and rally attendance. The note mentions Waynesboro underselling in Pennsylvania and local bakers keeping prices fair.
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Milton Ab Rowsers
Jefferson County
Buceau
4Ersons
Court House
Charles Town
Hile
Waynesboro
Shepherdstown
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
T E Zimmerman
Emmitteburg
Robert Gibdn
Register
Albany
N. Y
Geo. C. Link
Stte
Weston
Albert Ranson
Charleston
Shepherdstown Fire Department Improves Quarters
The Shepherdstown Fire Department funded painting of the building’s stonework and refreshed the assembly room and adjoining wash room. They plan a sink and kitchen upgrades, with public support urged as they host an old fashioned chicken soup Saturday night to raise funds for further improvements.
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Shepherdstown
Couldn't Foot the Junk Buys
A Roanoke chemist fumigated Shenandoah Junk station to kill vermin, but fumes drove travelers outdoors where they waited as insects fled then returned, livelier than before, suggesting some pests survived and stayed on the job.
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Roanoke
Shenandoah
Farmer Tasroe Declares Bankruptcy In Local Standoff
Kearney-area farmer K. L. Tasroe, long associated with the Mrs. Robert Stew farm near Kearneysville, has filed for bankruptcy in the United States courts. Officials say the move follows years of strained finances after a barn and much of the farming implements were destroyed by recent fires on the property.
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K. L. Tasroe
Kearneyarilie
Maem
Robert Stew
Kearneysville
United Beary
Ian Tose Shen
Raether
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Shepherd College Auditorum
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Royal Club
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J. Harry Bender
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Bernie Billmyer
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Model Bakery
Frank L. Bentz
Light and Water Company
Harry L. Entler
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