Peerless Valley Sellers Advertise in 1908 Briefs
The Shepherdstown Register page from 1908 features a column of local notices and ads. It highlights sales, auctions, farm goods, and services including elevator prices, peanut trades, dried corn, cabbage, and apples. It also mentions community events, church notices, and a paralyzed former editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodges
Jobe Lambie
W. Frower
Rn Mundey
Neel, Jr
Simone
W. P
Mrs. Breet Veneld
W.a. Myers
Charles Town
Jill
Uit
Hewbridge
W.C. Towns
Harper's
Local notes span sleigh crash to post office changes
A horse attached to a sleigh belonging to M E Snavely of Sharpsburg ran away to Shepherdstown, with no injuries. The tenth annual West Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting will be in Charleston January 29 with C M Wetzell among speakers. Jefferson county courts logged 28 and 38 days. 98 lawsuits filed, 30 decided. Real estate transfer: John P. Kearfott sold Walper property at Walper's Cross Roads for 1000 dollars to George W. Thompson. Town council scuffles prompt calls for unity. Coal supply adequate. prices from 7.70 to 8.00 per ton, ran‑of‑mine higher. Winter weather, icy roads, and good sleighing persist. Rural post routes in Jefferson County to be abolished. Middleway becomes a pay station. Myerstown gains a carrier, and east Shenandoah area gains post office services. Advocate, show fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia State Horticultural Society
Charleston
C. M. Wetzell
West Virginia
John P. Kearfott
Walper
Walper’s Cross
Geo. W. Thompson
Shepherdstown and
Middleway
Warm Spring Road
Kearneyeville
Tesday
Hartzell’s Hill
Charles Town Pike
A. B. Smith
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Charles Town
Myerstown
Daley's
Kearneysville
Leetown
Dailey
Personal notices and local college recital news
Mr. John O Reinhart resigns as traveling salesman and becomes bookkeeper for Ringgold Reinhart Co Cumberland Md. New Shepherd College enrollees include Winnie Bell Mary E VanMetre Edgar A House George Co Tabler and Reynolds Moler. Public sales listed for January 24 and February 5 and 18 with details on venues and agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Reinhart
Mary E. VanMetre
Berkeley County
Edgar A- House
Hardy County
George Co. Tabler
Reynolds Moler
This
Death Toll Rises in Virginia Lynchburg Reporter Dies in Fall
The Virginia newspaper figure George P. Button aged 69, a Lynchburg resident for fifty years, fell to his death last Friday. Several other obituaries follow including Mrs Mary Landatreet in Oakland Md and Samuel S Rind in Martinsburg aged 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Button
Virginia
Lynchburg
Mr. Button
Harper's Ferry
Mary F. Landatreet
John Landatreet
Oakland
Martinsburg
Samuel 5. Rind
Mary A. Adams
J. A. Hoffbeins
Carlisle
George W. Snyder
Berkeley County
Jon W. Havermale
Berkeley Springs
Keyser
John W. Garver
Hagerstown
Wendel Mong
Kansas
Greensburg
Hammerela
Railroads notes signal Baltimore & Ohio rush on new line
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad presses ahead with its Shepherdstown cut-off plans. Attorneys report final land-purchase papers ready and checks available for claims for farms west of town. Builders prepare to begin work in spring with engineers assigned to Shepherdstown Harper’s Ferry and the upper cut off. The 65 mile link from Cherry Run to Cumberland will start by April. The Mt Airy tunnel on the old line nears completion after a fatal blast incident injures a Italian worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Shepherdstown
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Flick, Westenhaver & Noll
Martineburg
Charles Strider
B. F. Harrison
Epring
Harper's Ferry
Mt. Airy
Berkeley County
Worry, Remedies, and Exposition Plans Highlight Cold News
The piece urges not to worry over controllable issues and promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy from Reinarts Pharmacy for colds and pneumonia fears. It reports on Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis with King Solomon temple replica models costing about $500,000. Also notes Mrs. Joanna Soderholm of Fergus Falls injuring her shoulder and using Pain Balm for relief. Finally Morgantown faces deep cold, gas shortages, and a looming illness wave as residents stay warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhart
St. Louis
Joanna Soderholm
Fergus, Falls, Minn
Jerson
Secret of Long Life Claim by Electric Fitter Ad
An advertisement claims long life depends on healthy organs and rapid germ destruction. Electric fitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys purify the blood and boost appetite. They promise cures for kidney trouble female complaints nervous diseases digestion and general vigor. Guaranteed by Reinhart's Pharmacy for 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhart
Church Directory Listings From Shepherdstown Area
Church directory notes Rev J C Thrasher and Rev W I Dice in Shepherdstown services at 11 a m revival in Sharpsburg 7 p m Epworth League 6 p m catechetical classes Saturday 4 p m adults 6 90 p m Paxsshterray Council Rev Charles Ghiselin D D services in Shepherdstown 11 a m 7 p m Kearneyaville 3 p m Presbyterian at Daffields next Sabbath 1 a m Shenandosh Junction 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capen Socra
J.C. Thrasher
M. E. Cronca
W. I. Dice
Shepherdstown
Sharpsburg
Epworth League
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Sepherdstoton Register Ee
Pavany
Tasvare
W. D. Licklider
Ruyethore
Tee Soang
Myc
Mra
Wen. L. Reinwait
Uty Town
Saitigen
Cacal
Congregation 1
Poetet
Ghise
Lenagh
Thoreday
Tamu
Frente
Tor Hoase
Ashia
Whiting
Sofie Tinaino
Pendaray
TSTEX
Tle
M. E. Snavely
The
Regiarer
Jefferson
Berkeley
Lemen
Lerwn
Hitnminone
Lampooalia
Walter Winters
Kearneyaville
John Brown
R. ©. Grove
John W. Mitchell
James D. Falk
Chas. A. Licklider
Baltimore
Pensacola
Florida
Alf. Hoffman
Capt
H. O. Getzendanner
Lillie McCune
Chambersburg
William Campbell
Lizzie Link
Duffieds
Bertie Bonemans
Loraine Turner
Roberta Henshaw
Minnie Shepherd
Messrs. Reinhart
Cumberland
Grace A. Byers
Springfield
Leona Osbourn
Pittaburg
Miss Clarke
Washington
Mrs. Chawell
Ernest Gumble
Shepherd College
Town Hall
Brest Gamble
Potomac Kaltting Company
Charles J. Miller
Ringgold-Reinhart Drug Company
Potomac Knitting Company
G. W. Sheeley
Reading
Wm. T. Stewart
Martingoore
John J. Byers
S. F. Lemen
Shephernstown
Nellie A. Cashman
Geattysburg
Will Cail
New York
Muhlenburg
Africa
J. H. Straw
Methodist Church
Magdalen Keith
Sylvester A. Burger
India
A. G
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
C. E. A. Marshall
Trinity Episcopal Church
Q. L. Ritter
Burkittaville
Fairfield
Adams County
Rey. J. C. Jones
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Vai
Old Orcharde
St. Louie
Harrison
Col
Thos. F. Jones
GaiseLix
Ayer
D. P. Jolly
Avoca
N. Y
Mass
Morgantown
Church Directory
Paina
Almig
J. W. K. Frazier
L. W. PorresseRoer
O.T
Borler
G. W. Boiarren
Hockman & Gruber
Haperstown
Usc
S.A. Suter
Saxony
Warner
Mackintoshes
CLARK
Toe Hamburgs
Roe India Linens
India Linens
BOLT
McCall's Bazar
Ij. L. Welshans
Washington Street
W. Va
WM. Entler
W. P. Licklider
Joe Hamburgs
H.C. Gorsuch
Ccessor
W. H. Poling
Martinsburg, West Virginia
GS. Callan
Duffields
M. G. Tabler
Martinsburg, W. VA
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