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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
2
The Shepherdstown Register reports on political fights over prohibition and the League of Nations, notes President Wilson’s return and the Senate treaty push, and highlights local church services, traffic rules, and safety measures. It also covers a record Dutch dirigible voyage, postal concerns, postwar figures, and obituaries of Dr. Howard Anna Shaw and ex Senator Nathan B. Goff.
James Ailshire recovered a fine gun after a theft aboard a sleeping car in Sharpsburg. Obits note Mrs. Samuel Brashears died of blood poison, 30, with funeral at Mountain View Cemetery. Lieutenant Louis Snapp, 116th Infantry, killed after war injuries. John Fox Jr. dies at Big Gap. Rockefeller turns 80 with a family reunion. Local visitors include Miss Ella Himes and family. post office helper Martha Gross assists duties.
An advertisement extols Snowflake flour as vastly superior to lower grade competitors, urging readers to compare quality and choose Snowflake for its proven merits and wide customer satisfaction.
Julius H. Barnes, head of the Grain Corporation, outlines next year’s operating plan for mills. Buyers must purchase by government grades and damp or musty wheat will incur heavy price reductions. Britain and the colonies show demand for flour, but mills lack export permits as the Grain Corporation refuses to buy for Europe.
July 5 to July 19 marks the season’s most important sale with extensive reductions across men’s wear, suits, shirts, shoes, and accessories. Hart, Schaffner & Marx lines emphasized with guaranteed satisfaction while stock clearances erase prior prices. See LINK AND LINK for Hart, Schaffner & Marx goods and wide selections.
A manufacturer promotes an all wool basis with a ten dollar discount for early fall delivery to sustain tailors during slow months. The note emphasizes keeping workers employed in shops through dull periods while offering value to customers.
The e to Measure Department offers guaranteed all wool patterns with delivery delayed until September or November. Place orders during July for a large assortment. A splendid fine all wool suit is priced at 525.00.
A series of meetings on wheat diseases will begin about July 15 and run through August. Stereopticon slides from the Department of Agriculture will illustrate life histories and remedies found by experiment stations. Efforts are under way to find disease resistant seed for fall plots, with trials on W A Fulk's farm near Kernneysville. Bearded wheat is noted as more dependable than smooth. Also, a fruit growers meeting is set for July 26 at 2 p.m. in the Charles Town courthouse with Martinsburg Fruit Exchange and representatives from the bureau of markets and the experiment station to discuss fruit handling. County Agent A Hughes signs off.
A lengthy advertisement from Billmyer's Bargain Store touts rock bottom prices on bed sheets pillow slips towels clothes and accessories. Items include seamless bed sheets 12-4 96, Turkish bath towels, dolls pocketbooks brass clocks and numerous clothing pieces for men women and children with prices ranging from a few cents to a couple dollars.
Shepherdstown adopts an automobile ordinance dated July 12 1917 with a 12 mph limit and mandatory lights. Cars must slow at heavy intersections and sound warnings at crossings. The law enforces right side driving, passing on the right or left as appropriate, and strict penalties from five to twenty five dollars per offense.
Notice from KEARNEYSVILLE CREAMERY states the monthly payroll date moves due to month congestion. Pay day shifted from the 10th to the 15th of the month.
Local summer sale catalog lists kitchen cabinets stoves ovens and beds plus mattresses, furniture, glassware, croquet sets, chairs, rockers, hampers, and dining ware. Also features dried beef, bacon, ham, cheese, beverages, tea, crackers, olives, pickles, sardines, dressings, nuts, chocolates. Total priced at 40 dollars.
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