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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
2
A 1902 Washington news roundup cites Mrs Carrie Nation trimming a toe with a hatchet, Roosevelt callers treated bluntly, and tax policy debates. It covers ship subsidies, Morgan’s global shipping reach, Panama canal talk, and looming state senate nominations across Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, and surrounding counties with candidate names mentioned.
The postmaster L. D. Getzendaner of Charles Town West Virginia rebuts a Charles Town mayor George Washington claim that he hosted a dance for colored tenants in the post office building after the funeral of the President. Getzendaner denies attending and asserts he acted to drape the building in mourning and performed duties at the Presbyterian service and citizens’ meeting. A dispatch from Martinsburg notes a missing Baltimore civil engineer Roger Murray who vanished after leaving for Baltimore, with no trace since. A U.S. peaceful nation spent funds on war prep. an advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and related ailments. Arnold C. Scherr and Minnie Grose were wed. Congressman Dayton served as best man.
In Martinsburg M G Tabler sold his dwelling to Dr Virginia McOnne for 7500 to become a hospital. Warren county Virginia cattle trader paid 212 head abroad at 65 50 per head. A charity fund-raising birthday gift was sent to Charley Rouss Fire Company. Land deals include Rush heirs sale to Pittsburg Limestone Co at 8000 400 per acre. Local notices report marriages, elopements, and social events across Clarke Jefferson Frederick and surrounding counties with varied fortunes and names.
An advertisement asserts that Calarrh cannot be treated with local applications and promotes "Will's Cater Cure" as a regular prescription remedy. It claims the formula combines two ingredients to affect mucous surfaces and promises testimonials and price details from FP. J. Chesey, Piles, O.
A garbled OCR style paragraph from Myerisbure Pennsylvania discusses a child’s worth, a medicine called One Minute Cough Care, and various unrelated notes. It references Mrs. Mary Hind, Swoijfel lueve, and mentions skating, a theater family, and a somatic tragedy. The text is largely unreadable and fragmentary.
An 18 year old Bernard Hill was mistaken for a deer and shot while hunting in Tucker County. W A Jones, guarding a smallpox hospital in Bramwell, shot and killed Aleck Nowlin who attempted to escape. John Thompson killed a wildcat on Cacapon Mountain near Rock Gap. A. J. Wilkinson announced the fourth annual inter-normal school oratorical contest for April in Grafton with six competing normal schools and prizes. A negro ball at Morris Creek led to violence injuring two. a woman is jailed to avoid lynching. President Roosevelt planned to visit the Charleston exposition on February 1.
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