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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
4
Local notes report varied happenings in Stephertstoon around July 1901. Mentions include farm sales, house and property changes, a notable death and obituary notices, road and levee concerns, a courthouse event, and upcoming gatherings with religious services and lectures. Many names, places, and dates appear in fragmentary form reflecting a busy county scene.
The Shepherdstown community reports sparse incidents and plans including a deaf man soliciting alms, repairs to the Methodist parsonage, lightning damage near Reinhart and Coffinbarger farms, a lawn fete by UT DC at Mrs McGlain’s home, Presbyterians’ Pen Mar reunion in July, and a July 4 fireworks display at Rockland. Also noted are plans for a church gathering at Morgan’s Grove, new threshing gear bought by Daniel P Ray, rising use of rubber tired buggies, a literary magazine Things and Thoughts, and an ordinance to ban cannon firecrackers to improve holiday safety.
A Shepherdstown community notes item lists visitors and residents frequenting the Register office and local homes, naming P C Byrne, Logie, Jacob Foulk, Matthew Page Andrews, and others. It records unwinding movements, illness, travel to Atlantic City, and bids for a new Shepherd College building with plans revised and bids due July 27 at Parkersburg.
In the Shepherdstown area the editor announces marriages with a sensational head line while comments from Williamsport Leader and Spirit echo satire and local politics. The Warren Sentinel editor Millar plans a year in Germany with his family, prompting discussion on press treatment in the region.
Obituaries and brief notices from Shepherdstown and nearby towns recount deaths of James Miller in Baltimore, Mary Elizabeth Etchison in Washington, Elsie Duvall Grove in Shenandoah Junction, and other locals. Also reported are injuries from a July 4 accident to Will Cookus, barnstormer entertainment, a Circuit Court term, crop prospects, and a rail accident injuring Charles Baim with rapid medical transport and aftermath updates.
The Shepherdstown Board of Education elected teachers for the graded school replacing resignations with Miss Katie Kearney and Mrs Annie Fairall. New staff includes Principal C. T. Smootz, first assistant Ida Neill, and assistants Ella Kelsey Bessie Licklider Katie Kearney May Hoffman Annie Fairall. A Reinhart trustee was chosen, a nine month term set, and salaries fixed at 35 30 and 20 dollars for Nos 1 2 3 certificates.
Sunday church services are listed across M E and Presbyterian churches in Shepherdstown, Kearneysville, Mt Wesley, and Avilla with times including 9 am communion and 5 pm epworth league. Violent incidents include a man cutting his wife’s throat amid a family intervention and a fatal shooting near Shenandoah, plus a fire explosion scare at Tole Brown’s home and a regional railway record run by H B Lockhart. Local elections progress in Ohio and a Nebraska pony and dog show receive brief notes.
A temperance picnic sponsored by the Ant? Salon League will occur in McGarry’s woods Shenandoah dune ii on Saturday August 31. The event promises an interesting program and good speakers. Sr. Exure, Committee Chair, invites all to hear discussions on the topic. Mollie Frey has inherited the late William M Mee’s estate for a $20,000 note tied to a marriage proposal. The 24 year old Frey would marry Mee while he was over seventy. he died before the wedding date leaving questions of entitlement to the estate. A medical advertisement for Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets appears with price and samples at Reinart’s Pharmacy.
A chaotic sale notice offers men’s suits and Pine Suite sets at various prices, claiming quick stock move and restricted choices at low rates. The garbled text lists items like shoes and furnishings with wide price ranges and unclear details, suggesting a rapid markdown event. The advertisement emphasizes bargains and limited picks to entice buyers.
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