Shepherdstown News: Local Business, Crime and Events
Rural town notices report a seized will shipment, bank holiday impacts, a death at 31, and numerous local sales. Public salerooms announce items including horses and farming gear while merchants offer prescriptions and cold remedies amid flu season. Community events feature church services, an address on Congo Free State, and a wedding anniversary gift from Calfornia to Shepherdstown.
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Saloa
Marshall
Boyd Lick
Fowers
Fareting Implementa
Deverea
Knott
Pasadena
Cal
Ter
W. Hammond
Opoeyeriile
Aleigh
Iva Chapline
Edna ‘ Y
le Shepherdstown Postoffice
S Tootwarter
Entertaining Personal Notes From Shepherdstown Area
Personal notices from Berkeley and nearby counties highlight calls from Mesara Chalmers Byers and Lawrence Byers of Martinsburg visiting the Mitchells near town. Mentions of Sheriff J W Gardner's daughter Edith’s illness and various local residents visiting the Register office accompany plans for upcoming public sales and a safety notice about a dubious visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesara
Chalmers Byers
Lawrence Byers
Martinsburg
Recister
Local Church Ladies Aid to Present Spipatere Club Night
The Spipatere Club entertains at the town hall next Wednesday night February 22 under the Lutheran Church Ladies Aid Society. Admission is 25 cents with a Martha Washington tea included, 10 cents for children under 12. Home made candies and more will be sold. Proceeds support the church and community activities.
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Spipatere
Town Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Lutheran Church
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Deaths Chronicle in Shepherdstown and Vicinity
Multiple notices report deaths including George A. Pierce of Mount Washington aged 32 from pneumonia. C. W. Spotts of Lowell, W Va, died of blood poisoning. Dr J B Howard Gittings of Philadelphia died after pneumonia. and several local residents from Jefferson and Berkeley counties obituary notices. Funeral details and survivors listed for each case. weddings and weather notes interwoven in column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Spotts
Shepherdstown
Hinton
Lowell
W. Va
Spotts
Hettie Keys
Keyser
J. B. Howard Gittings
Philadelphia
Gittings
Baltimore County
West Philadelphia
Emma McDaniel
H. 0. McDaniel
Albert D. Myers
Jefferson County
Gaylord
Clarke County
Methodist Church
Lloyd
Nina Myers
Town council reviews nuisance issues and telegraph franchise
The Shepherdstown town council met Monday with full membership. They discussed pollution threats to the town run and delayed action until the next session. A request from Jas M Mason Jr for a telephone line franchise for Moore and others was tabled for the corporation attorney’s study. Taxes from railroad and Pullman assets were acknowledged, and notices were ordered for mayor, recorder, and five councilors elections on March 13, 1905. Registered election officials were named. The fire department reported a sand and order situation. A $222.11 bill was approved after adjournment. A local case involving public school corporal punishment led to a $67 cost total, with public sentiment split about the severity of the whipping. The event drew attention to discipline at Antietam public school and the need to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Banks
Jas. M. Mason, Jr
Charles Town
Thos R Moore
Shepherd
Rightetine
Geo W_ Chase
M. P
Growl
Arker
G W. Perrell
Wheel Ouneil
Observance of Washington's Birthday at Shepherd College
Shepherd College planned a Washington's birthday observance with student led literary and musical program on Friday after February 24. The event, in chapel at 10 o'clock, features student representatives delivering essays and orations while Mira Williams arranges the musical portion. The Royal Hungarian Court Orchestra will perform March 1 at Shepherd College Auditorium, with tickets 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. tickets go on sale at Resphert's Pharmacy a week prior. Dog Funeral held for a Baltimore dog owner’s pet, with a white plush casket and Bible verse, transported by rail to Mr Briscoe’s farm near Wheatland. the funeral followed the dog’s death after a contest win and a strong community showing.
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Thosh Jones
Billmyers Mill
Stella Hagan Jones
William
Marshal Rush
Berkeley County
Minnie Jones
Phineas Rush
Edna Billmyer
Butter Jones
Charles Ghiselin
Evergreen
Myril Williams
Hagerstown
Washington
Philadelphia
Misa Emmi Winebrewer
Frederick
Mra
Margaret Getzendanner
E L Chistayin
Kiterning
Or. Campbell
H O. Shui
Roanoke
Raymond & Barlowe
Huntington
W. Va
Hungerstown
Mowbray
Methodist Parsonage
Shepherdatown
Annie Ray
Mise Ola C. Cookna
J. William Cookus
Martinsburg
Shiepferdatown
Charles N. Grabi
Aleo
J. Ellis Swibert
Kearneysville
Sophia Gordon
Martineburg
Rey D. MacLeod
Shepherd College
Mira Williams
Royal Hungarian Court Orchestra
Jess
Adeision
Gale
Resphert
Fas Turner
J. Strath Lirlacom
Tie Eister
Rosa Brie Eos
Balrintore
Utes
Baltimoge
B .C
Briscoe
Wml
Wheatland and
Ture
Briecow
Charles Town
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Holges
Jefferson Savings Bank
Margaret Koontz
Joe
Henbert
Opbart
Oereon Cyronit Court
C. W
Shenandoah Junction
Wilson
Martha
Moe W. A. Moier
K. Bell
D. Dy
Baltic
Scandinavia
Ownh Presbyterian
Depleusen
Wm. A Falk
W. M. Kyle
Ind Comoty
Middleway
Hieraweid
Alexander
W. M. Morrison
Southern Presbyterian Church
Qongo Free State
Shepherdstowne
Morrieson Tve
Congo Free State
J. P. Crowl
Annie Crowl
John W. Mitchell
J. R. Foutz
Terrapin Neck
Bettie Sutton
Lena Sutton
Mary Hudges
Carl Licklider
Baltimore
Avilla
W. W. Winters
Register
Edith Gardner
J. W. Gardner
John A. Osbourn
J. W. King
J. 8. Bragonier
Geo. W. Boers
A. C.moler
Bakerton Neighbrhood
D. F. Entaler
M. E. Church South
R. M. Marshall
Shenandoa Junction
Wm. A. Falk
Kearneyeville
D. S. Hawn
Moler
Mr. R. V. Moler
Ford Randall
F. T. Grove
Eutler Hotel
H. C. Zimmerman
Washington, D. C
Alove
Reutch
Harper's Ferry
Wales
Mary Licklider
Uvilla
M. K. Bowers
Leetown
Jack Phillips
Geo. W. Sicklider
T. Lee Shirley
A. I. Derry
Englu's
John T. Williamson
Billmyer’s Mill
Herkeley County
Otho Williams
St Swat Pond
James M. Mason
Traster
Zoor
Clydesdaly Association
Frank W. Minh
Mangerstown
Walter L. Herr
W. E. Mc
Opee
Henry Kyd Douglas Camp
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Chamberlain
Rainhart
George A. Pierce
Mount Washington
Pierce
John
George Peyton Craighill
Lynchburg
Craighill
Bettie Butler
Elizabeth B. Ramsburg
John L. C. Ramsburg
Arden
Barmsburg
Cunningham
Lizzie Smith
John Chewell
Elmwood Cemetery
Lydia Routzahn
Cyrun Routzahn
Myeraville
Geo. S. Knott
Margaret Grove
Rezin Grove
Eliza Cavanaugh
James Cavanaugh
Samuel E. Palmer
Lantoun County
Charles
Joseph T. Hunt
George Daweon
Berkeley
Morgen Counties
Cherry Ran
Mary Hedges
Anthony Hedges
Brunswick
J. H. Beachley
Will Hill
Bella
May Mason
James M. Masoff
James M. Mason, Jr
Philip Speed
New York
Zion Episcopal Church
John 8
Alfriend
W. L. Gravatt
Annie Mason
Mr. Ewing Speed
Jus
M. Mason
W. F. Alexander
George B. Anderson
Conant
Robert Heath
United States
Mason
Virginia
Usure
Louisville
New York World
Speed
Newton Calvin Willingham
Margaret May Welch
Duffields
Cumberland
D. Edgar Bueh
Clara Mae Kline
D. W. Kline
Beulah M. Ardinger
Angerstown
Harry L. Seaman
Sharpeburg
Miss Meeks
Mattewan
N. Y
Reinhart
Ialiste
Sclover
Moler’s
Antietam
Luther Gray
Church Directory
Halilcox
J. D
J E, Guy
Shepherdamwn
Fred
Reformed Church
Prranvrertan Cloncit
Charles Gmelin
Shepheerdatown Presbyterian Church
Sunray
Providence
Vaay
Carne Soth—Ray
Bethesda
Ty Avilla
Epworth Leagan Op
M. H. Cuuren
A. H. McKinley
Teal Stati
Mi. Wesley
A. A
Shephardstown
Res
J.C. Collins
Pharmacy
Newport News
Our
Siciana
Atlanta
W. P. Licklider
Raphe
Wareham
Freischmann
W. Myers
Todoah Junction, W.va
Apple To
D.s Hawn
Bopy Builder
Vinci
Roe
Womeh
J. F. Thompson & Bro., Modern Clothiers
Queen St
P. Twincron
Tomino
Martinsburg, W. Va
Henry Artin
Madrick Macbiam
C. M. Sheetz
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