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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
4
A compact Charles Town item column notes Boswell and Cooley stores offering eggs, frozen fish, prunes, butter, and various groceries. Owens drug store promotes liver salts and cough remedies, while Texaco oil and radiator tests are advertised. Local figures like Melvin Strider add a funeral car, and a calf with two heads is reported near town.
A shattered vehicle after a Cumberland Railroad train collision at Antietam street leaves one dead? and other local updates mention farmers at Morgantown convention, residents visiting from Yale and Philadelphia, a fall injuring Mason, hospital stays for Mrs. Humrichouse, an Old Hickory Jackson day address by Martin A. Sor, and a basketball win over Waynesboro.
Mr Lester W Link of New York returned home to Duffields Teighthead after Navy service on a submarine chaser and destroyer with months in European waters. Many relatives and friends from Keysville Virginia to Berkeley and Morgan towns, Washington DC to Baltimore hosted and visited during Christmas week, with travels to Ottawa and Canada planned for the winter.
Realty transfers include 57 acres near Harper's Ferry on the pike sold to Dr. W. Perry of Halltown and 48 acres improved on the south side, by Real Estate Salon Speci. Raymond Chapline sold a King street dwelling for 4500 dollars to S. Coney. Jonadale Hall on Camp Hill sold for 1115. Morgan's Grove Fair directors elected for Jefferson, Berkeley and Washington counties. Local elections: Harper's Ferry mayor Marlatt and Bolivar mayor Grubb re-elected. Rawson mayor P. B. Robinson and new council members listed. Treasurer reports show finances healthy with mills paid up and $700 in treasury.
Public sale scheduled Saturday January 31 1920 at the Rumbey Hotel in Shepherdstown Wa Vate for land and a dwelling with outbuildings and essential amenities. The sale on the county road frontage joins the lands of Jones Milton and Hinrvee Mirmibrie with payments and interest to secure the property for the holder named Dr. ST Knott Trustee.
Jefferson County invites sealed bids for Charles Town Harper s Ferry Road six miles bituminous macadam pavement. Proposals due February 1 at 1 o clock A M. Plans at County Engineer Office Charles Town and Division Engineer Office Keyser. Must use standard forms and include 5 percent bid bond. Right to reject all bids reserved.
The undersigned starts a new bus line running Fridays from Martinsburg to Kearneysville and Shepherdstown, with 8:30 a.m. departures and 4:00 p.m. returns. The route uses a fourteen passenger closed car built for this traffic. Employment: agents wanted to help sell real estate. reference Ainnenye Cart Land Company, Box, Sul, Charleston, West Virginia.
Public notice from the administrator invites all persons with claims against Mio Nite Lee Hopper to present them for settlement. Claims must be presented to the estate within the specified probate period. Notification appears in the local public records and court filings.
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