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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1919
Page
4
Shepherdstown Register columns report a busy schedule of sales and ads. March events include Mr. M. Mooley and Bowers promotions, Hodges grocery specials, farm auctions near Duffields, and Kearneysville quarries resuming work. Community notices cover elections, church meetasts, birthdays, and a student basketball game score.
Local notes report Miss Minnie Stephens presiding, patients improving, and visitors from Harpers Ferry to Washington and Galeton. Clergy updates include a church convention in Baltimore, a resignation at Westminster and mission plans. A winter thunderstorm caused hail and a horse death near the Border farm. Jitney bus routes adjust, seeking restored service links among Shepherdstown, Charles Town, Martinsburg, and Winchester.
A Tuesday afternoon blaze on Danielers farm along the Williamsport pike near Martinsburg destroyed a barn with all contents. Edward Rice, tenant, reported no idea how the fire started. One horse, 25 sheep, 16 lambs and four cows perished. Large quantities of hay, straw, corn, seeds and farming implements were lost with heavy damage.
Obituary notices report Robert P. Bryarly of Berkeley County dead after eight years of paralysis illness. Confederate veteran and First Virginia Cavalry member, he leaves a son and several siblings. Other notes include Arthur Wageley returning from France, Lt Cleon S. Osbourn at home after demobilization, Joseph W. Perks killed in France, and multiple local soldiers cited or discharged. The page lists extensive public sale dates across Jefferson and surrounding areas, with farms and livestock slated from February through March.
Obituary notes the death of Bealme Easterday former mayor of East Bealme and veteran of the Seconna Vite Army unit. It outlines his capture by Federal forces in 1864, imprisonment, and later associations with local families and towns including Jefferson County and Charles Town.
Jefferson County Farm Bureau announces a calf club program offering fifty boys and eligible girls the chance to own a top breeding cow with bank-backed credit. Participants may choose dairy or beef stock. county agents and district farmers' club presidents will provide details.
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An itemized bill from BILLMYER'S Bargain Store lists men and boys pants shirts undergarments and linens, ladies garments and accessories, soaps brushes and sewing goods, writing tablets, ink, and footwear components with prices and quantities mixed in a dense promotional rundown. The snippet includes references to fabrics, trimmings, and a range of small household and personal care products.
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