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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
1
In a lively session the community weighed a proposed state road plan linking nearby towns. Speakers, including Senator Gray Silvers and local leaders, discussed costs, routes, and the impact on traffic and growth. The meeting also covered upcoming elections and city improvements like paving and water projects.
A garbled OCR page mixes personal notices, letters, and community references from Shepherdstown and nearby areas. It mentions farms, local businesses, hospitalities, names like Harriett Tees and Miss Ruth, and references to Shenandoah and Shenandoah County, with scattered mentions of illness, moving, and newspaper subscriptions amid a jumble of dates and places. The texture feels like a neighborhood digest with incomplete sentences and stray identifiers.
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