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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
5
Groundhog weather sets tone as Tuiley Valentine Day notes mix with local commerce items. The Shepherdstown brief page highlights ads for Wysong and Lividlider outlets, farm produce specials, and a long list of neighborhood happenings. The town council summary reports taxes, mayoral election plans for March, and commission appointments with bills approved.
A generous donor will present the Lutheran church at Martinsburg with a pipe organ valued at 3000 dollars. the donor’s name remains private. The Yellow School House property in Shepherdstown is to be publicly sold on Saturday. A collision left T B Line with a painful eye contusion, and he now advocates electric lights. The community notes several church moves, school construction plans costing 1400 dollars, and local marriages and obituaries.
The column lists out of town attendees at Mrs. H. E. Grosh’s funeral including S. M. Craley C. W. Crow and others from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia. It notes upcoming public sales near Wickliffe and in Shepherdstown with dates March 12 and February 24 and reports on local visits and illnesses. The Jefferson Circuit Court met in Charlestown with indictments for horse theft assaulting an officer illegal liquor sales and attempted homicide.
Obituary notices honor John H. Zittle long time publisher of the Shepherdstown Register who died suddenly in Middletown Maryland at age 51. Former editor and mayor, he lived much of his life in Middletown and Shepherdstown and was active in local journalism and church affairs. Also noted are the deaths of Dr William P Manning a Washington physician with local roots and Mrs Fannie Grosh Grosh wife of Henry Grosh of Roanoke Virginia with services in Shepherdstown.
The list memorializes Miss Fannie Crow and Mr Henry Newton Jones among many local residents who died in Shepherdstown Martinsburg Charlestown and surrounding areas. Survivors include spouses children and siblings with ages from 26 to 89 and deaths caused by pneumonia consumption or lingering illness. Several deaths note church membership and community roles along with funeral plans and attendances by fire company members.
Last Monday in Charlestown featured a celebration by the Independent Fire Company in honor of Charles Broadway Rouss's 65th birthday. The Citizens' Fire Company held a fair and bazar, Baylor Light-Horse Company B reunion, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans camp participated. Washington Hall hosted exercises with welcome by Capt. J C Holmes, a biographical sketch of Rouse by Col. Henry D. Beall, poems by Bessie Dooley and William H. Wilson, and recitations by A C Hines. An evening banquet at Boles Memorial Hall drew over 200 guests with toasts led by Col. A W McDonald.
All members of Cliff City Lodge No.5 Shield of Honor are required to attend a meeting on Tuesday February 19 at 11 am. K. SM Horrmas serves as secretary and will preside.
Hon. John M. Sydenstricker died at his Greenbrier County home last week. He was a leading citizen who represented the county in the Legislature several times and served for years on the State Board of Agriculture.
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