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Corner Stone Events and Local Notices in 1870 Shepherdstown
The issue highlights Dr. Witherow’s two week visit to town for dental work, the Boonsboro church cornerstone laid on the 16th, and the J. Merson Savings Bank declaring a 4 percent semi annual dividend. It notes sermons, school dates, a Potomac Rifle celebration committee meeting, new goods at local stores, and regional civic events.
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Boonsboro
Dyvingsy
J. Merson Savings Bank
American Eagle
Shepherdstown
Robinson & Harper
James R. Preston
Virginia
Sallie Thornburg
Thomas Thornburg
van Bennett
John Clark
York
Franklin Counties
J. S. Lane & BT
Towner
Selby & Wysong
Jacob Coons
Peter Crown
Coons
Maryland
Jefferson County
Richard Morrow
Robert Hamilton
Winchester
Morrow
Hamilton
Bennett & Morgan
Huarickhouse
Richard Baylor
Jacob Steffen
Jacob Myers
T. W. Sprenger & Co
Rom Ree
John A. Scott
Duffields
Iria
Baltimore
Richmond
West Virginia
Romney
Winchester Circuit
Samuel Gold
Bunker Hill
Berkeley County
W. Va
Reformed Church
Wm. Brashears
Sharpsburg
Ded
Mom
Towzer
Register
Derrienps
Shepherdstown Register
Meeers
Hees
Melvin
Free Masons
Jffereon
Berkeley
Odd Fellows
Sons of
Vemperance
Jurge E. White
Berryville
Vaart
U. K. Douglas
Ansgerstown
John M. P. Atkinson
Hampden Sidney College
Matey
John A Scott
Lorrows
Good Templars
Dr. Balch’s Grove
Sons of ‘Temperance
John Wheeler
Philip Henry
A. J. Johnson
Virginia Military Institute
Walker
James Barron Hope
Norfolk
Congress
Washington County
Hagerstown
Cal
W. Perrfax
Abie
Loudoun Rooniy
Monroe
George A Quinby
New York City
Henry McShelton
South Mountain
Ohio
New York
Moorefield Advertiser
Henry Orodorf
Hean
Trinity Church
Presbyterian Church
W. G. Lardesty
Warner A. Thompson
John 8. Thompson
Ead
Pownd
Green & Luce
P. Q S