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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
4
An 1906 West Virginia column by L. Snyder critiques Jefferson county Republicans over railroad valuations, two cent fares, and court rulings favoring corporations. It notes Gov Dawson’s tax reform push, rounds on Roosevelts, and a contested armor plate contract where Secretary Bonaparte favored the Armor Trust over Midvale.
George C. Sturgiss of Morgantown secured the Republican nomination for Congress in West Virginia's second district. He won Preston County by about 1,700 over N. G. Keim, aided by Governor Dawson and tax reformers. Mineral and Preston counties boosted his total, with clear majorities in several counties and overall support indicating a likely convention victory.
The piece lauds Atlantic coast life-savers for heroism and calls for proper rewards. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a tonic for weak or rundown people and as a travel aid against effects of unfamiliar meals and digestion issues, urging readers to buy at druggists.
Seven young girls aged 7 to 16 waded in Cedar River and one slipped from a sandbar into deep water. Another girl attempted a rescue triggering a fatal chain where five more followed into the hole. Only one child survived this tragedy. In a separate note, Nelson Ludington Barnes faces a life crisis attempting to quit smoking for $50,000 from John M. Barker, who promises $50,000 if Barnes abstains for five years with staged payments and a lump sum to his widow if he dies.
The Martinsburg board of education votes to erect a new high school at a cost of 50,000 pending voter approval. Local items report arrests, promotions, and a bank barn fire near Fawketown with heavy losses, plus legal questions on Potomac river jurisdiction and a fatal self-inflicted death in Berkeley county.
A summary of West Virginia notices reports peach shipments from Hampshire County, a fatal finger injury from a toy setup in Piedmont, a Wheeling cloudburst causing damage, and crop implications for local farmers along Wheeling Creek. It lists regional appointments, political nominations, a minister’s death, a deadly farm accident, a trestle disaster near Clarksburg, disease cures, miraculous healing claims, and local business indictments.
In Evenwood Randolph County William Kaech and Wyatts aimed to cut timber when Wyatt, discharged worker, fatally struck Will Kaech with a stone. Kaech died after two weeks at Davis Memorial Hospital Elkine. Wyatt awaits trial at September term with potential death sentence.
A man identifying as John F. Burke was arrested by police and held by Justice Felker on a charge of selling obscene literature on the street. Confiscated items include songbooks and other lewd material to be used as evidence. Potential penalties include up to one year in jail or a $200 fine. A separate rural mail box rule change allows patrons to build their own boxes with department approval, effective August 1.
Town lawn suppers and harvest home events spread across multiple churches and sites. Activities include dinners ice cream and cake sales in Avilia Shepherdstown Snyder's Mill and Bakerton with proceeds benefiting local M E churches. Also noted are a tragic finish near North Sea dyke and a medical testimonial for King s New Discovery with an ad for Ely s Liquid Cream Balm.
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