Local Briefs Highlight Prices and Community Notices
Wheat sells at 85 cents a bushel while produce prices show watermelons and cantaloupes at Reinhart Bros and eggs at 16 cents a dozen. Owens Miller's offers remedies, disinfectants, Kodak supplies, and a full line of toiletries, plus free deliveries and a Haberdashery range. A Lutheran reunion is planned at Pen-Mar on Thursday July 24, and a large bake sale or festival is announced at Keller with lawn games and a Sunday School gathering nearby. Community events include fishing reports from Potomac and several marriages, sales, and notices involving local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhart Bros
Hill's
Owens & Miller's
Owens & Miller
Jefferson
Pen-Mar
Just
Mazda
Hodges
Huyler's
Kodak
Leeland
Owens & Miller’s
Polack’s
Charles D. Wysong
Shepherdstown
Kearneyaville
Fair Grounds
Wi. G. Brown
Gailysburg
Owens 4
Miller's
Mary BE. Emerson
John C. Wagner
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
B. W. Meeks
Sally Page Andrews
Charles Town Hospital
Grace Wageley
German Street
Wm. Rutherford
Messrs
Benjamin Hartzell
O. M. Molark
Keller
Potomac
Norristown
Gond Inek
JL. Snyder & Co
Fatee
W. Billmyer
F. L. Hamilton
Palm Hotel
Charles Town
Cuba Thompson
East Orwell
Ohio
West Virginia
Daughters of the Confederacy
Old College
Bryan
Local notes and incidents from Shepherdstown area
Rev C Sydenstricker starts sit up trial as W N Lemen Fails health worsens. Four Locks canal washout interrupts navigation. James W Fayman’s body arrives in Shepherdstown after California death. funeral in Reformed Church. Property sale near Potomac river. Frank L Johnson back from appendectomy. Storm damage hits Moler farm and Harper’s Ferry area. Town clock fails then restarts. Elmwood Cemetery tack rack installed. Susie Bradford killed in runaway near Harmonytown. Weather shifts from heat to rain. local politics note Silver Linings with Wilson victory. Board of Equalization meeting scheduled in Shepherdstown July 16. Public Works appoints Jefferson county board members. Myers purse theft case in Hagerstown ends with Johnson jailed. Lightning kills two mules and a dog near Licking Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Sydenstricker
W.N. Lemen
James W. Fayman
California
Shepherdstown
Reformed Church
Chas. F. Freeman
H. L. Snyder & Co
M. M. Moler
Engle
Winder
Elmwood Cemetery
Dan Demery
Susie Bradford
John Bradford
John
Claymont
Harmonytown
Charles Town
Wim
H. Martin
Martin
Taitor Roosevelt
White House
Wilson
Lower Farm
Board of Equalization and Review
Jefferson County
Board of Public Works
W. F. Alexander
Jeferson County
Wa. T. Elliott
Middleway
Frank O. Trump
C. S. Musser
Jacob S. Myers
Baldwin Hotel
Hagerstown
Leroy Johnson
Baldwin
Johnson
William Bowers
Sharpsburg
C. & O. Canal
Licking Creek
Hancock
Bowers
Local Notables and Visitors Stir Shepherdstown Life
Col Leathers of Louisville reads the Shepherdstown Register and recalls Gettysburg while visiting childhood sites at Clip. Col Dennis of Greenbrier Independent also tours the town, wearing a Confederate uniform at one point. An auto party from Emmitsburg toured Harper's Ferry and routed via Charles Town Winchester, ending in Emmitsburg after a 168 mile trip. Local residents and visitors attend reunions, travels, and family visits amid summer leaving and returning.
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John H. Leathers
Middleway
Louisville
Louisville National Banking Company
Col. Leathers
Gettysburg
Shepherdstown
Old “Clip
Second
Virginia Infantry
Stonewall
Bennett H. Young
United Confederate Veterans
Thos. H. Dennis
Greenbrier Independent
Lewisburg
W. Va
L. L. Marndorff
Slagle
Emmittsburg
A. M. Comer
G. S. Miller
Grant Beall
Harper's Ferry
K. R. Comer
Charles Town
Winchester
Antietam Battlefield
Nellie Legge
California
Roanoke
George W. Walters
Chas. F. Freeman
the Reformed Church
Allentown
Margaret Freeman
W. H. Reisner
Mildred Reisner
Hagerstown
W. H. Knode
Fauber
Waynesboro
Hattie Knode
Mis
A. E. Boswell
Preston Runkles
Charles Hager
H. M. Shell
St. John Byer
Washington
James P. Staley
G. W. Eutler
Robert G. Miller
Charlotte Reinhart
Shepherd College
Harper's Ferry High School
Annie Turner
Ella May Turner
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Boyd Randal
New York
Columbia University
Henry Barnhart
Edward Barnhart
Baltimore
J. T. Fairall
P. R. Dankmeyer
M. W. Wisler
Carlisle
Rachel Snyder
Frank S. Muzzey
Philadelphia
Rockland
Jacob S
W. E. Osbourn
Messrs
Lester
Harry Baker
Sue Knott
S. T. Knott
Isabelle Doherty
Agnes Wright
Josephine Shaw
Irene Entler
T. Lee Koontz
W. M. Rush
Town
Charles Edwin Reed
Eid
Julian Miller
M. Fiemmon
M. E. Mil
Bandy
Open air services eyed by Shepherdstown ministers
The Shepherdstown ministerial association formed a committee to study holding open air services this summer, possibly on the college campus, following success in other towns. Rev H C Harthcox resigns as Lutheran pastor to move to Illinois in October. Deaths include Thomas Jacobs and Thomas J. Kearns, with other local notices and services listed.
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Ministerial Association of
Shepherdstown
H.C. Harthcox
Avilla
Ilinois
M. E. Church South
Bethesda
C. C. Bush
Epworth League
J. W. Ware
Culpeper
Trinity Episcopal Church
Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Duffields
St. Agnes’ Catholic
Sharpsburg
Tragedy Shocks Shepherdstown Chauffeur Found Dead
Milton Burek, a 36 year old Baltimore chauffeur, was found dead in his home at 2052 Kobb Street. A gas jet tube connected to a flowing gas stream was gripped in his teeth. A note requesting return of keys from the garage of his employer was nearby. The death is treated as a possible suicide with no clear motive. Mrs. Burck traveled from Shepherdstown to Baltimore after the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jacobs
Greensburg
Berkeley County
Boyd Lambert
Jacobs
Martinsburg
Boonsboro
Thomas J. Kearns
Berkeley
Franklin County
Oliver M. King
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mount Clare
Milton Burek
Irene Lambower
Shepherdstown
Isis Home
Kobb Street
Baltimore
Burck
Hagerstown
Annie Sandower
Antietam Battlefield Visit Mentioned Amid Tariff Debate
The report notes crowds at Antietam battlefield amid recaps of Civil War sites. It cites local figures, including Elmer Boyer’s facial ailment improving, and Miss Martha Reilly returning from Washington with Miss Mane Burrows. A tariff discussion highlights Wool and woolens shifts affecting tailors and summer cloth, with John W. Dean Co. offering reductions over ten days.
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Raleigh Sherman
Para Patirig
Des Maines
Blackford
Tery Hil
Bloody Lane
Beckenbaugh
Hagerstown
Sue Miller
James Stowe
Robert L
Higaoarres
Sharpsburg Savinjik
Walter Stouffer
Wilson
John W. Dean Co
Martinsburg
Wanted Experienced Farm Helper for Orchard Work
Help wanted for twenty years farming experience in orchard tasks. Address inquiry and provide references. Apply to PH Owins, 28 Nanni Geage Rent deceased. All persons named for estate sale invited to respond.
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Bea
Maving Iid
Fale Sre
Dane
Town Houses For Sale Pleasant, ample lots offered
Town houses advertised for sale include a new frame house on Eyempost Avenue priced at 2500 dollars and a brick and frame house on Fairview Avenue in a fine location. A large lot in Shepherdstown with several small houses is also mentioned. Listings appear from Hussy Sayder & Co. and note cheerful responses to inquiries.
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Ant Es
Eyempost Avenue
Fairview Avenue
Howe
Weil
Shepherdstown
Joe Ate
Hussy Sayder
Public notice of shop opening in Shepherdstown edge
A resident announces return to Shepherdstown and opening a shop at his father’s home on the town edge near the road, indicating readiness to offer goods and services to the public.
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Shepherdstown
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Raleigh
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