Prohibition Era Debate and War Trial Mention
The Shepherdstown paper notes coal price hikes and German treaty doubts, then praises prohibition as saloon closures take effect. It questions leaders in Congress, laments labor unrest, and argues for strict enforcement of the 18th Amendment, implying broader moral and national benefits from ending intoxicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wilson
France
Congress
Union
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Shepherdstown
Kearneysville
Sharpsburg News notes and local arrivals
Carroll Marker returns to Brunswick for rest and business after serving Uncle Sammie. Mrs Earley’s death prompts Mr Earley Sr to live with daughter and Mrs Earley to board with brother Ralph. Mrs Laura Dickens visits from Charleston SC, and others from Harrisburg Hagerstown visit. Weather delays harvest. farm chores continue. Local social and church events include Masons at the Methodist service. Miss Julia Hebb dies at 73. funeral in Episcopal Church. Also includes a 1886 Hall's Catarrh Medicine legal notice endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Marker
Sammie
Brunswick
Frisday
Keee Earley
Mr. Earley
Allen Poffenberger
Gle Earley
Ralph Earley
Laura Dickens
Charleston
S. C
Morgan Miller
Herald
Benne DeLauney, Jr
Harrisburg
Leo Henson
Hagerstown
Edgar Hammond
Eugene Wilhelm
Captain Monath
Nicklas
Chambersburg
Jacob Monath
Mack Glass
Charles Lowman
Bloody Lane
Dunkard Church
Keedysville
Bentley Benner
Berkeley
W. Va
Elmer Benner
Masonic Order
Boonsboro
Shepherdstown
William Rogers
Edythe McGinley
Waynesboro
Anna Irwin
Ferber
Washington
Sheridan Benner
Wm. Grim
Franklin Otto
Samuel Brashears
Joseph Travinger
Annapolis
Ruth Boyer
Val Smith
Episcopal Church
McKinley
Mountain View Cemetery
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hall
Peace Treaty Signed at Versailles Ends World War
The article notes the peace treaty was signed at Versailles last Saturday completing the armistice that began the great war five years earlier. It states Germany signed unwillingly and China abstained, with reconstruction challenges ahead requiring wisdom, patience, and forbearance, while urging safety through Crop Policies offered by Washington, Alexander & Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
China
Washington
Alexander & Cooke
Jos. H. Trout
Building suitable for dentist office and residence
Notice lists a Martinsburg address for inquiries. Also mentions Creamery pay day change to the 15th due to congestion and Bardane School trustees accepting teacher applications for the coming session, urging early applications. Names J T Smallwood and R L Whit provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O
Martinsburg
Kearneysville Greamery
Bardane School
J. T. Smallwood
R. L. Whit
Dunaways Summer Specials Catalog Fragments
Dunaways offers a wide array of goods including Hoosier kitchen cabinets Perfection Blue Flame oil stoves Puritan short chimney oil stoves ovens and cabinets, mattresses beds refrigerators boxes chests and various household items plus food staples and canned goods. The list features glassware jelly jars tea blends tea, pickles and condiments, crackers, olives, cheeses and confections with brands like Premier Redel’s and Lipton’s.
Safety First and Potatoes Arrive with Pyrex
A quirky, garbled note contrasts safety slogans with a kitchen mishap. It hints at a mishandled shipment of potatoes arriving alongside Pyrex, raising questions about proper storage and handling. The fragmentary text evokes a homey scene with unexpected packaging.
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Fegister
H. L. Snyder
W.va
von Bethmann-Hollweg
William Hohenzollern
House
Senate
Lodge
Knox
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Sam
John Barleycorn
Sharpsburg
Baltimore &Ohio
Baltimore
Shenandoah Junction
Miller Train Control Corporation
W. H. Wyand P. O. Box
Hagerstown, MD
Avalon Farms
Chicago
Jefferson County
Owens’ Drug Store
Shepherdstown, W. VA
Dunaways
Charles Town, W. VA
New York State
Lipton's
Tetley’s
Quality Store
Neue Uemsaa
Sara Saati
Shi Elevator News
Lemenco
Food Administration
F. P
Good Shepherdstown
Reed & Myers
Reedson and Duffields
McCormick
Reedson
Schumacher
Neel Motor Coo
Martinsburg, W. VA
C. P. Ambrose & Bro
Berkeley Springs
American Ideal
Shepherdstown Plumbing, Heating and Tinning Co
LA. Ambrose
Hassler
P.S
National Highway Garage
FORD
Burpee’s Garden Seeds
Paris
Robert Gibson
Billmyer’s Bargain Store
Jase Chambray
Es Chambray
Armour’s
Castile
Mercerizea
Nickle Wate
Ansonia
Ing’s Mii
Mililng News
Julius H. Barnes
The
Grain Corporation
Great Britain
Colonies
Europe
C. N. Whiting Milling Company
STAG
Licklider Corporation
Berkeley-Jefferson
Middleway
Charl Walper
X-Roads
Charles
Jefferson
Shepherdsiows
Stark Bros
Stark Bros. O. & N. Co
Shepherdstown, West Va
Cartie J. Triplett
the Model Bakery
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