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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
6
H C Marten's Great Cheap Hardware Store located in Shepherdstown West Virginia is noted in a brief market or directory listing. The short entry lists the store as a local hardware shop with emphasis on affordability and local presence.
A letter from Lizzie Painter of Evansville Indiana describes sinking spells with cold extremities breathing difficulty faintness and nervous exhaustion. She credits Dr Miles Heart Remedy with curing her heart trouble after weeks of use and notes the product is sold by all druggists with a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails.
Dr C H Whiting, long associated with Dr Waton of New York and a 47 year medical veteran, announces relocation to 504 W Fayette St Baltimore Md. He offers rapid, non surgical treatment for rectal disease with no consultations fee and at home services by female staff. Whiting claims fast relief, weight gains, testimonials, and cures of elderly doctors and a long lived patient.
An 1862 Richmond report recalls Crisman’s bold Confederate charge near Harrisonburg, with Wyndham disarmed and others- including Adams- testifying to the stunt. The piece shifts to sermons on town improvement, watchdog governance, and a Pittsburgh minister’s plan tying marriage eligibility to income. It ends with a Norfolk Western freight incident where a boy’s foot is trapped on tracks and narrowly saved by the engineer.
A grand jury report at Parkersburg last week leads to the indictment of T. E. Quinn, four year water rent collector, on embezzlement charges. The shortage is about 1,100 dollars. Homer Wyatt faces embezzlement charges from Beechwood Presbyterian Church funds. Dock and Edlow Smith are charged with assaulting United Brethren minister J. H. Devol, a state legislator. Across the coal fields, 12 murders and many injuries unfold as violence spikes in southeastern West Virginia, with whiskey cited as a major cause.
Letters from Hudson Ohio and St. Regis Falls praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing monthly pains and weakness after months of illness. The ad touts testimonials as proof and asserts no doubt about the remedy's powers, urging direct correspondence for guidance.
A farmer benefits from telephone service as a crucial link to neighbors, doctors, and the wider world. The piece urges that owning a phone is almost a necessity for self preservation and asks if 5 cents a day is too high for farm comfort and profit, noting postal or telephonic calls can bring an agent to the farm.
The undersigned present desirable parcels of real estate for sale including No 7 Anfictan Cement Works and Farm Place 214 acres with timber and water sources No 26 limestone land 13 acres near Enule's Switch Potomac Cement Works three story brick mill and dwellings along Potomac river 67 acre lime land farm near Ultoa station 100 Main Street Shepherdstown residence and business capable lot listings No 111 140 acre farm near Charles Town with new dwelling and outbuildings No 12 former Lutheran Church lot suitable for warehouse or storage near N W Railway No 113 John C Lambert business stand on Main Street adjacent to Enter Hotel No 114 comfortable brick room on Washington Street large lots suitable for dwelling and stables No 71 1200 acres three to four miles from Shepherdstown fertile land with running water No 1200 acres near Bridgeport large frame dwelling and enterprise buildings along Maynerry Heeler description and terms vary Interested buyers to contact for particulars at the undersigned building in Shepherdstown Va.
A Civil War-era tale from Fredericksburg recounts a young wife whose husband, a Confederate captain, dies at Gettysburg. The clock in their hall struck two as news arrived, confirming he fell at 2 p.m. on July 3. The account, sourced to the Fredericksburg Journal, follows their brief, wartime marriage and the bereaved widow.
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