Local brief notes on prices and events in Shepherdstown
Short items report varied prices at Schoppert and Licktider stores including butter at 22 cents and eggs at 24 cents, plus fruit and candy offerings. Local advisories mention holidays, a medical case, a jewelry sale, and notices of sales and legal proceedings in Berkeley and Jefferson counties. A Martinsburg real estate deal and a planned six story apartment project are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Owens & Miller's
R. Hom
Billmyer
The
Register Office
Moler’s
Cross Roads
Owens
Miller's
Miller’s
5 & Miller's
Owens & Miller's
Rexall
Register
Albert Hoffman
Cleveland
Ohio
Cunningham
Berkeley County
G. J. Burner
Anna Sports
Shepherdstown
Hagerstown
R. C. Grove
Owens & Miller
Epworth League of
Church South
United States
John Turner
Martinsburg
Joe Barkly
John Sager
Bob Johnson
Smeght
Appell
Millville
Sager
Uncle Bob
Charles Town
Barkly
United States Fish
George M. Bowers
Stuart W Walker
Oo Es Wara
Jag Street
Little Locals Report From Shepherdstown Area
Community notes recount an Anti-Saloon League meeting set for Monday at 7 pm in the town hall, a Shepherd College faculty reception, real estate sale of a house and two and a half acres for 450 dollars, Lent and Easter dates, census enumerator exams with local applicants, a moving distillery tale, a bridge injury, a golden wedding anniversary, a Palestine party at Sunbeam Hall, pedigreed horses and stock moves, a cold spell causing depot heating issues, Polk Miller entertainment in the college auditorium, and the fatal burn of Mrs Frances Washington, a respected local African American woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Shepherd College
Ogden
Joseph E. Byers
Miller joins N W Railway crew for Columbus division work
Mr. J. Lester Miller, long in the auditor’s office at Roanoke, has taken an engineering corps post for the double-tracking of the Columbus division of the Norfolk and Western Railway. He will work from Portsmouth, Ohio, with headquarters there for the present, and began duties on Monday. Nearby, others stopped by and noted a big livestock sale and various local solicitations as winter continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lester Miller
Miller
Norfolk and ‘Western Railway
Roanoke
Columbus
Portsmouth
Ohio
I. D. VanMetre
Benton Blue
Kearneysville
D. R. Whiting
Luther Griffith
M. M. Stanley
Oscar L. Sperow
John Aglionby
H. C. Whittington
Sandy Ridge
Register Office
Whittington
H. C.getzendanner
William Neill
James Thomas
Charles Town
Hot Springs
Arkansas
W. L. Louthan
Register
Eleanor Butler
Washington City
H. B. Maddox
Washington
Shepherds 2
Reinhart
Meimhart
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Highlights Blood and Organ Ailments
An old advertisement urges all physicians to prescribe Hood's Sarsaparilla for a range of troubles affecting the blood stomach kidneys and liver. It promotes the remedy as a solution tied to general health and bodily function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Rexall
Shepherdstown
Resehart's
Death of Charles Taylor Dies on Road Near Martinsburg
An elderly Black man named Charles Taylor of Martinsburg died last Thursday night after getting drunk and collapsing by the roadside along the public road near Martinsburg. Authorities note the death occurred in a public setting with no immediate witnesses available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Taylor
Martinsburg
County Court Proceedings Report 1909 Finances
February term at Charles Town notes receipts from county officials totaling funds for 1909. County Clerk Johnson, $1 965.65. Circuit Clerk Daniel, $1 328.06. Prosecuting Attorney Mootz, $810. Sheriff Wyson, $519.97. Justices of the Peace reported $964.50 in fines. detailed by name. Sheriff’s paid orders total $9 376.07. Gardner’s prior payment reconciled. Road surveyors reject new route due to cost. orders adjust to square accounts. Burial pauper coffins set at $4.50 each. The court adjourned after substantial business and routine amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersom
Charles Town
Daniel Hefsebower
Johnson
Daniel
Mootz
Charles D. Wyson
Justices of the Peace
C. F. Gallaher
T.C. Green
Eugene Shugart
C. H. Briggs
W.G. Moore
H. T. Miley
H. H. Pendleton
D.S. Rentel
C. D. Wysong
Gardner
Wysong
Nelson R. Roberts
John C. Burns
G. W. Licklider
N. W. Myers and
Offrers
G. B. Hooff
Dr. 5. T. Knot
Sherif J W. Gardner
5. C. Young
Charles Town Road
Maryland and Virginia Bridge Company
Shepherdstown
Jefferson Circuit Court Opens in Charles Town
The Jefferson Circuit Court began its regular term in Charles Town with Judge E. Boyd Faulkner presiding. The grand jury, led by J. B. Osbourn, returned indictments against Hiehand Hildrick, W. H. Miller, Eart Marriot, Jake Spinks, William Coary, T. E. Janney, Joseph Bartley, and Joh Sages for felony offenses. Ralph W. Border of the county was admitted to practice law as a solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Jefferson Circuit Court
Charles Town
E. Boyd Faulkner
J. B. Osbourn
Foreman
W. C. Clipp
Frank Trussell
F Ware
WN. Buckles
R. C. Colston
H.C. Marshall
Chas. H Coléman
Thos. O. Everhart
James E. Tabb
Theodore A. Brows
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Shepherdstown Este
Schoppers
W. P. Licktider
J. W.besner
Leetown
Hodges
Schoppert’s
W. P. Lickitter
Schoppert
Hodges’. Campbell's
Sehoppert’s
Wm. R. Miller
Shepherdstows
Owens & Miller’s
Linc .Coln
George C. Tadler
GW. M. Tabter
Charles Waleeck
Barser's
Burner
Lake Herring
Norway
W. P. Licktider's
Joseph H. Savage
Winchester
Kernstown
Half Way
Wisler
South Fork
Mr. Wisler
Messrs
Walter and
Daniel Demery
Loudoun County
John W. Demory
Demory
Neersville
Sunbeam Hall
A. M
W. J. Shepherd
Madison Square Garden
New York
Royal Penn
Miss Nelson
William Penn
Exmore
Messrs. Shepherd
Direct
J. W. Hornsby
Spedden
Dewan
Polk Miller
Col
Tom Hooker
College
Virginia
Frances Washington
Robert Washington
West End
Burwell
H. H. Hendrcks
Leroy Hendricks
Bakerton
Carter & Gordon
C . Miller
E. E. Miller
Winebrenner's Cross Roads
Cornelia A. Coffinbarger
John L. Athey
LU. Moore
Atho Williams
Swan Pond
John H. Lemen
Scrabble
A. Hawn
Argilla
R. Shaw
J. J. Stanley
Sandy Ridge Road
M. M. Moter
Keller
John &, Boyer
Cunningham Real Estate
J. M. Hendricks
Tastee
L. C. Harwood & Bra
Darkesville
J. D. Myers
Avilla
Robert Banks
Geo. J. Fraley
C. H. Rockey
Lutheran Church
Waynesboro
Mr. Rockey
Reformed Church
C. E. A. Marshall
Florida
Episcopal Churc
M. E. Church South
Bethesda
Villa
Presbyterian Church
Providence
Union Evangelishe
M. E
Sharpsburg
Sheperdstown
Agnes Stump
E. L. Weaver
Staunton
J. W. Knadler
Agnes
Lillian
Stephenson Seminary
Augusta County
Nannie Weaver
Lillian Stump
Fred Stump
Wells Stump
Anna May Wever
C. A. Wever
Bedington
George C. Sperow
Royce
Clarence Tabier
Waynesburg
John W
Riner Sperow
John Porterfield
Falling Waters Presbyterian Church
George Garrett
Dorrance
Kansas
Rebecca Lambright Chambliss
Daniel M. Chambliss
Knox Ville
Tennessee
Geo. W. Lambright
G. W. T. Kearsley
George
G. W. Cole
George F. Eichelberger
Bettie Yontz
Charles Yontz
Alice Adams
Eliza Ferrell
Miss Yontz
Susan Shepherd
J. William Shepherd
Jefferson County
Frank Shepherd
A. Virginia Cooper
Charles W. Cooper
Baltimore
Bate James Roper
That
Place
Frederick
Lood
Foley
Hagerstown Spoke and Bending Company
Ely
Bron
Ae Lee
Royal
W. AL Louthan
Rhode Island
KS. Powele
Fay Mare
Fame
Pet
Tome
Ev Sliver
T Prare Cha
Eae
Ged
Arever
Perry Elit
Hay Marc Belle
Geod Deer
Panay
Stest Hinen
Toro
Payaime
Angreng
Perethar Pte Ey
Jersey
Corm
W. P. Licklider
W. P.licklider
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Sunbeam
Queens of Hearts
Hdlbands
M. G. Tabler
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