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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1913
Page
4
A long page of local notices shows Reinhart Bros. and M R Moler offering fruits vegetables and canned goods with prices. Billmyer and Owens Miller advertise shoes habits and medicines while local residents share updates on births deaths and theater work. A fire and political talk reference Washington inauguration and Wilson.
F C Foreman plans a 50 by 70 foot bank barn on his Scrabble area farm tenanted by A B Hays. Election in Shepherdstown March 10 and poll tax due by March 1. New advertiser P A Brugh & Son of Hagerstown, LADIES wear and dry goods. Dr Harriet B Jones to speak on sex hygiene at Shepherd College. Smallpox case near town, Mrs Edward Domer. Shafer jailed in Martinsburg for thefts including sausages and flour. New N&W agent James Hamrick starts at Shepherdstown. Spedden to Winston-Salem. James M Jack under arrest in Pittsburgh for wife Rosella’s shooting. Land purchases: Poa? and Luther W Thompson buy Potomac Hydraulic Cement farm. Joseph Ware buys 80 acres near Shepherdstown.
Prof Thomas C Miller leads an address in Philadelphia at National Educational Association meetings with 2 500 teachers in attendance. Mayor Martin recovers from pneumonia, family news includes Reinhart family moving back near River Robinhood. Various visits and calls noted from Col Boone to M L White and W R Louthan describe local social and civic life. Pig theft and capture disrupt school week. chapel events and church services listed for Trinity Episcopal and nearby congregations.
Realms of Rest author James M Billmyer dies suddenly near Van Clevesville at noon last Thursday. A 77 year old merchant and former G O agent, Billmyer served in Co F First Virginia Cavalry and later as adjutant of the regiment. He was an elder in Martinsburg Presbyterian Church and survived by his wife Saltie Rush. Funeral held at his home with Rev F M Woods. interment in Martinsburg Cemetery. Also noted: local deaths include Jasper Manuel of Shenandoah Junction, Col Samuel S Thomas of Clarke County, Charles Elmer Riner of Berkeley County, Albert Bancroft Brooks of Washington, Elizabeth Bowers of Martinsburg, Margaret A Curtis of Martinsburg, John A Pearrell of Marlowe, and Jacob Swimley of Ridgeway. Public sales listings announced for multiple dates and sites in the area.
The General Appropriation bill grants Shepherd College funds totaling 26000 for buildings and land to construct a girls dormitory on land from the Line heirs. Half is available next year and half the following year, with additional appropriations for salaries, expenses, and repairs through 1915.
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