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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1903
Page
4
The piece cites Charleston lawmakers debating tax revision and anti trust bills, praising Governor Warte and opposing corporate hegemony. It notes potential state dispensary plans modeled after South Carolina, claiming increased revenue and reduced crime, and mentions Shepherd College support and local legislators' conduct and courtesy.
The ad argues feeding by science boosts milk pork and eggs and pitches Scott's Emulsion as a mixed food for children. It claims Cod Liver Oil builds flesh blood and muscle while Lime and Soda strengthen bone and brain, presenting it as the standard.
Notes from nearby report several local items: Mr. Fred 8 Ward and Miss Mabel G Griffith, both of Martinsburg, married in Hagerstown last week. Governor Smith of Maryland appoints Wm S Witzenbacher associate judge in the fourth circuit to succeed the late Judge Stake. Smallpox mild among a Ripon colored family. quarantine strict under Dr R E Venning, county health board president. Mrs Susan Costlow found dead near Rocks Ferry aged about 53. Captain Milton Rouas to convert his niece’s farm near Shannon Hill into a stock farm. Bridges project across Potomac at Williamsport urged by Berkeley and Washington counties, estimated at 40,000 dollars. Incendiary fires target planing mill at Charles Town and a warehouse. reward 250 dollars. Fire and accident reports from Middleway and Winchester. Williamsport bridge, U S minister Hart resigns to return to Wheeling. Legislature notes on life prisoners, public notices, and local crime trials.
A period piece notes a pearl shortage as demand rises for these gems. It contrasts youth and beauty with affordability, then pivots to promote Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a health remedy. The ad touts cures for headache nervousness indigestion liver and kidney troubles malaria and fever and ague, with a private stamp on the bottle neck.
In loving remembrance of Harry Moler who departed January 1903. Loving friends weep not for me for I rest in my Saviour’s breast. Though we part here sorrowfully, his memory remains a cherished beacon to those who loved him.
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