January 13 1910 Briefs from Shepherdstown area
News brief items describe local prices at W P Licklider and Hodges stores, a Reinhart's promotion, and groceries including eggs 30 cents a dozen butter 20 cents a pound almonds dates figs and grapes. County Court meets January 31 and Circuit Court February 8. Hog and calf shipments from Bardane January 17. Charity notices, obituaries, weather, and local notices fill the page. A death by suicide in Hagerstown area is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Lickhider's
W. P. Licklider
Hodges
Bardane
L. K. Hardesty
W.P. Licklider’s
Reinhart’s
Malaga
Charles Waldeck
Reinhart’s. Ladies’ and Gentlemen
Ann White
Kabletown
County Infirmary
Shepherd Cotlege
New Street
Shepherdstown
J. L. Mee Char
Reinart
Reinhart's
Reinhart
Sunbeam Hall
RD Shepherd Hi
L Snyder & Co
Washington Street
Hook
International Poultry Powder
Reintart
Joseph Parker
Hagerstown
Edward C. Snyder
Hraneh
Mr. Snyder
Belle Snyder
H.M. Shell
J. C. Dolan
Marshall Fletcher
Kearmeysville
Martinsburg
U. C
HC. Marien
Circuit Court
Berkeley County
Faulkner
Jeferson
Washington County
Wyncoop
John Hemphal
Downsville
Deen
Ralph
Farber Hemphall
Ciry
Farber
Local Notices and Social News in Jefferson County
New subscribers join the Little Locals column as marriages occur in Charles Town and Shenandoah Junction. Reports cover creamery plans, house moves, a sleet and ice spell, and a major cattle and horse sale west of Kearneysville. Jefferson County Fruit Growers and Farm Bank board actions are noted along with a new Shenandoah river power project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac U. VanMetre
Berkeley County
van Metre
Kearneysville
VanMetre
Jefferson “County Fruit Growers* Association
Charles Town
A. P. Thomson
D. Gold Miller
U.S. Guthrie
W G. Moore
E. H. McDonald
HL. Smith
E.G. Wilson
Logan B. Shutt
H. C. Marshall
W. T. McDonald
E. E. Allen
Register
Jefferson County
Berkeley
Farmers' Bank of
Shepherdstown
Jos, &. VanMetre
M. H. Crawford
N.T. Snyder
R. M. Wiliams
Cal
Jen
Winchester & Washington City Railway Company
Keilholtz
Millville
Pleasant surprises at the Register office visitors abound
The Register office welcomed many out of town callers including Geo Knott H Lyne C W Carter and others from Berkeley and Washington counties. Local resident Martin from Illinois discussed moving back to Jefferson county while others renewed acquaintances and reported health updates and civic notes from the Avilla and Shenandoah Junction areas. church evangelism plans and local preaching schedules follow in separate notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Register Office
Messrs
Geo. M. Knott
H. L. Lyne
C. W. Carter
Jos. E. Byers
Frank Jones
G. W.fry
This County
L. K. Hardesty
Geo. W. Cross
Adrian Miller
J. H. Shepherd
Berkeley County
Joseph T. Turner
Washington County
Ida and
Eugenia Osbourn
Shenandoah Junction
K. W. Comer
Estelle
Avilla
Wm. H. Marten
Waynesville
Illinois
Shepherdstown
Martin
Jefferson County
Old Valley
B. F. Fulk
Leetown
Fulk
Nannie Pitzer
Hedgesville
Tithe Harris
Pitzer
Nannie Kimes
E. D. Turner
Charleston
Daniel W. Hendricks
Geo. D. Moore
Charles Town
Reath
Sallie Horn
Mary Horn
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
J.S. Myers
Prospect Avenue
W Newcomer
W. B. Morse
Norfolk
W. R Miller
R. T. Banks
Ella Marshall
Shanghai
Town
Harrison
D. W. Stanley
Kearneysville
McKeesport
Pittsburg
C. W. Boyer
Martinsburg Statesman
David Lemen
Shober
Baltimore
R. L. Reinhart
Lula McKee
White Hall
Lucretia Daniels
Duffields
Lucy Beltzhoover
Sallie Licklider
Episcopal Church
Arthur E. Slagle
Methodist Church
Dr. Black
North Carolina
Southern Presbyterian Church
Episcopal
Presbyterian
Lutheran
Baptist
Reformed
United Brethren
Two Methodist Church
Local obituaries note deaths in West Virginia and nearby towns
The article reports multiple deaths across Jefferson Berkeley and surrounding counties. It recalls life work and families of individuals including a former B&O railroad agent at Thornton, a Hagerstown magnate John W. Stonebraker, and Mary Agnes Frazier of Elm Grove. It mentions Mary Agnes Frazier’s death and details of kin and funeral plans.
Fatal Accident at Shenandoah Junction
A seventeen year old girl Miss Nina Shifflet of Luray Virginia was fatally burned when a coal oil lamp exploded while she tried to extinguish it at a home in Shenandoah Junction where she was visiting. The accident occurred Tuesday night and rescue efforts by Mr. Matthews and Mr. Bell were unable to save her. Doctors Brown and Venning attended but her condition worsened with the death expected soon. The report notes her as a bright respected local girl and mentions her father W. T. Shifflet of Luray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Spohn
Charles W. Brown
Shenandoah Junction
Shepherdstown
Helen Magruder
Mainstreet
Cabell Griffith Tapscott
Berryville
Katie May Bowler
Lynchburg
J. J. Bowler
R. L. Bowler
M. J. Bowler
Charles Town
Joseph Fassett Strider
Emma Viola Myers
John H. Myers
Greensburg
Berkeley County
J. A. Hoffeins
Strider
Virginia Harrison
Chad and
High Streets
Thornton
W. V
Grafton
New Mexico
Asheville
Presbyterian Church
Charles Ghiselin
Elmwood
Walter L. Herr
E. Rush Turner
J. Mason Rush
Chas. H. Whiting
E. H. Reinhart
Robert L. Price
Billmyer
Katie Sowers
John W. Stonebraker
Hagerstown
Mr. Stonebraker
Denmark
Maryland
John Stonebraker
Funkstown
Washington County
Ida V. Keller
Charles Howell
New York
Nina Shifflet
Luray
Miss Shifflet
Claude Matthews
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bell
Bardane
Mr. Bell
Mr. Matthews
Brown
Venning
W. T. Shifflet
Mr Smyth S Valuable Book Promises Local Genealogy
A review of a 445 page volume by Mr Samuel lion detailing the Dukes Shepherds and Van Metres families. It traces origins in the Old World to present day with portraits crests and place histories centered on Jefferson Berkeley counties and Shepherdstown. Readers are urged to obtain a copy from S Gordon Smith West Conshohocken PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Berkeley
Shepherdstown
Shepherds
Gordon Smith
West Conshohocken, Pa
January Reduction Sale Begins at W P Licklider
W P Licklider announces the annual January Reduction Sale with sweeping discounts across departments including China Glass and Bric-a-Brac and a full grocery stock. The ad invites trade and lists cash or barter for bacon lard butter eggs dried corn beans and other winter provisions along with rubber shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter L. Wilson
Mary A. Capers
Wilson
Wm. L. Wilson
U.S. Navy
Mary E. Kable
Margaret Kable
George William Poling
Washington, D. C
Mr. Beery
Farmers’ Institutes
Ripon
E. T. Licklider
A. A. P. Neelis
Reese Chapel
Romney
Reformed Church
H. J. Stephens
Souther
M. E. Church
South
Williams Memorial
Halltown
Bakerton
Providence
Holy Communion
Wam
M. E
Sharpsburg
Foley
Wheeling Register
J. D. Muldoon
Keyser Preparatory School
Mary Agnes Frazier
Elm Grove
Miss Ferrer
John Ferrel
Frazier
Elm Grove M.E. Church
The
Maccabees
Golden Eagles
John D
Frank
George Muldoon
William White
C. FP. Walt
F. L. Committee
M. J. King
Meste
Annie Ferrel
White
Triadelphia
Mr. Marple
Triadelphia M. E
Stone Church
Wilson Cary Selden
John Selden
Washington
Baylor Light Horse
12Th
Virginia Cavalry
Sarah Elizabeth Seibert
Joseph L. Seibert
Riley
Ann Scotland Watters
William Watters
Lewis Hale
Josep D. Watters
C. LD. Siford
James Glass
Clarke County
Isaac Glass
George Glass
Roanoke
Miss
Louise Glass
John C. Rumpel
Germany
Low M. Cain
Yan Tae
Pittsburgh
Alexander B. Shepherd
Bureau of Water Supply and Distribution
Department of Public Works
George W. Gutherie
Shepherd
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Montongahela
Great Lakes
Itwederstood
United States
H. L. Snyder & Co
Stepherdstown
Main Street
HL. Snyder & Co
Carter & Gordon
Joseph E. Byers
S. J. Hodges
C. W. Hodges
J. D. VanMette
Fred F. Moler
Moler
Cross Roads
John
Sarah
J. P Entle
Emler
J. P. Emer
H. F. Beers
7Th Ave
Evons
Fletcher
Hood
Trong
Janary
Harper's Ferry
W. W. Demory & Bro
Shepherdstown, W. Ve
W.P. Licklider
Vinci
Areu
M. G. Tabler
North Queen Street
Studelaker
Uer
Ye UU
Portland
Jefferson Vehicle C Co
Starry Building
N. S. Strider
Coats
Turner, Cottier
Ate Fm
Rene
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