Local Shepherdstown notices and ads mix with wartime relief
Shepherdstown readers see a range of items from market prices for lamp bulbs and eggs to sales of a brood sow and used trucks. notices cover town events, a harvest dinner, a lecture by Matthew Page Andrews, Red Cross colt show plans, and Wade H. Skinner’s appointment to organize war labor efforts in Jefferson County.
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Charles Town
Jefferson County Red Cross
Red Cross
Wade H. Skinner
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Employment Service
Community Labor Boards
Skinner
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Depment U. S. Employment Service N
Syracuse
Oliver
Summer school at Shepherd College closes Friday
The summer term at Shepherd College ends this Friday after a well attended, pleasant session. Local items note improvements to property, engagement announcements, lawn parties for charity, and calls to support waterworks and policing efforts.
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Shepherd College
Wm. C. Myers
Jacob S. Myers
Spect Avenue
Large West Virginia social set gathers for E L Goldsborough birthday
Personal notes from Shepherdstown describe a reunion at Leeland with many relatives traveling from Leesburg Kansas City Pittsburg Culpeper Richmond Luray and more to help Mr E L Goldsborough celebrate a birthday amid local political chatter. Senator Wm E Chilton of Charleston WV camps the scene while locals discuss primary race and candidates including C W Watson and Dr W W Brown.
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E. L. Goldsborough
Leeland
Goldsborough
Nettie Goldsborough
Dende Goldsborough
Leesburg
Edwin Goldsborough
Winifred
Kansas City
Hal Goldsborough
Pittsburg
Charles H. Goldsborough
Garter
Culpeper
L. W. McVeigh
Richmond
O. W. Tyler
Luray
Wm. E. Chilton
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
United States Senate
Shepherdstown
Jefferson County
C. W. Watson
Fairmont
W. W. Brown
Shenandoah Junction
Brown
House of Delegates
Homer C. Malone
Yolande
Washington
Lewis J. McDonald
Wm. T. McQuilkin
Florence Lancaster
National Museum
Miss Lancaster
Eleanor Blanche Barnes
W. V
Chas. D. Wysong
Sudley Place
Miss Barnes
Shepherd College
Elizabeth Billmyer
Harry Billmyer
Charles Town
Chas. F. Freeman
Hamburg
EB. Miller
Berkeley County
Notes of Our Belchers Army Train to Camp Meade
Yesterday the Jefferson County group left Charles Town on the 6 49 evening train for Camp Meade Maryland to train for army service. The list includes William Smith Wysong Hammond Tabler Staley Henry Stouffer Farr Joseph Russell and many others. Major J P Lucas wounded in France progresses favorably and may be invalided home. An arrest for Arthur Johnson a colored registrant who missed his exam and five Jefferson County men to Norfolk to join the Navy. Draft calls and canal boat plans also noted along with local appointments and wartime updates.
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Lick Jor Corporation
Main Street
S. R. Lemem
J. Corkus
Owens
Shepherdstown
Ford
Jace Creatis
Liam Trapeell
Firserly
Charles Pnd
Charleston
Gassaway
Chas. R. Owens
Dyusgish
Ster
Coas FR
Shipping Board
Merchant Marine
Kearneysville Red Cross
J. P. Kearfott
Charles Town
J. Wilmer Latimer
Washington City
Walter C. Clephane
National Capital
Register
Washington
Kathryn Beltehoover
Presbyterian Church
Miss Beltehoover
New England Conservatory of Music
Wm. H. Johnson
Ters Jorth
Melvin LD. Engle
James M. Engle
Annn Arbor
Elizabeth Engle
Central High School
Ternal Revenue Collection Office
Washington Street
Elmwood
Jesse A. Engle
Avilla
Soldier Boys
Kenneth Engle
Texas
Lester Hendricks
France
Rowland G. Ringgold
Bellevue
Dudley D. Pendleton
Dudley Pendleton
Pittsburg
C. D. Scully
John Myers
Arlington
H.M. Shell
King Reedy
Shell
Dwight E. McQuilkin
Roanoke
Grafton
M. F. Miller
Keareyetik
Baltimore
John Showers
Elizabeth
Robert
Moundsville
W. Va
Jefferson County
Camp Meade
Maryland
William Smith Wysong
Hammond Tabler Staley
Henry Stouffer Farr
Joseph Albert Russell
Bassie Chinto
William Perry Nicewarner
Robert Samuel Mansfield
Harrison Washington Johnson
Harry Staley White
Garland Wilson Piper
Wilbur Lee Carter
Wilbur Bushrod Thomas
Hunter F. Swann
Rodney Jenkins
George William Johnson
J. P. Lucas
Red Cross
Major Lucas
England
Arthur Johnson
Smith
Grantham
Middleway
Johnson
Roy Myers
Charles Chambers Lemen
United States Navy
Norfolk
Roy
Brandy
Chis” Lemen
S. F. Lemen
Jefferson County Draft Board
Negro Agricultural and Technical School
Greensboro
N. C
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Michigan
General Crowder
West Virginia
Columbus Barracks
Stuart Criswell
Army
538Th Engineers
Brown L. Rissler
Charles Town Advocate
Efferson County Boys
Camp Lee
William E. Kearfott
Kearneysville
S. G. Williamson
Army Training School
Richmond
Raleigh Shaffer
Frank L. Johnson
New York
Harry Rogers
William Rogers
Naval Hospital
U.S. Navy
Nelson T. Snyder
Roe Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Railroad Administration
Cumberland
Elizabeth Sly Shipyard Company
Elizabeth City
Obituary notices from Rawson to Martinsburg area deaths
A chain of obituaries reports the deaths of Mrs Mary Clipp in Rawson at 80 after a week long illness. John Thompson of Pittsburg aged 91. Major Thomas D Ranson aged 75 of Staunton. Thomas E Grandstaff aged 44 in Washington. Charles B Murphy age 2 of Harper's Ferry. Miss Kate Thomas long time Charles Town resident. Mrs Sue Rentch aged 65 of St Joseph Missouri. Clarence Houston Scruges 28 of Martinsburg. Charles Eichelberger 62 a Chesapeake and Ohio Canal boss. a Martinsburg young woman named Lhea or Leea died in Martinsburg. and a Hedgesville Miss died of erysipelas at 22 in Martinsburg.
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Sallie Horn
Mary
Berkeley Springs
Virginia Harrison
J. Allen Hendricks
Register
Messrs
Geo. W. Cross
R. Kearney Cross
Robert McDonald
Washington
Harry M. Moser
John
Baltimore
Albert T. Moler
Bakerton
Henry Shepherd
Bellevue
P. C. Myers
Berkeley County
W. G. Myers
R. Kearney Gross
Town
A. C. Morgan, Jr
Elsie Sutton
Harper's Ferry
Edgar Mcnee Sites
Mary Ethel Downs
Martinsburg
Chas. Sara
Newport News
Signal Corps
Bessie Johnson
Shenandoah Junction
Bunker, Pa
John Steinburm
Pitcairn
Mary Clipp
John W. Clipp
Rawson
This County
Clipp
Mr. Clipp
John W
Edward F
Clarence Clipp
Charles Clipp
Brunswick
W. S. Gore
Cora Clipp
G. W. S. Crim
M. L. Hoffmaster
Barba Crem
Edge Hill Cemetery
John Thompson
Pittsburg
Mr. Thompson
Shepherdstown
Andrew
Nancy Thompson
Mary McBrier
Erie
Thomas D. Ranson
Jefferson County
Staunton
12Th Nisgvnle Cavalry
Jas. M. Ranson
Charles Town
B. B. Ranson
Mary Guy
Richmond
Thomas E. Grandstaff
Navy Yard
Charles B. Murphy
Raymond Murphy
Pitterburg
Kate Thomas
C. C. Lucas
Zion Airehiv
Monays
Sue Reutch
Edward Reutch
St. Joseph
Rentch
Mason
Clarence Houston Scruges
Charles Eichelberger
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Miss Lee
Hedgesville
King’s Daughters
Horticultural Society Visit Heads East West Virginia
The Horticultural Society of West Virginia plans a two day meeting in Martinsburg starting Friday at 10 AM with business and talks. Members tour Berkeley county orchards and Winchester plants, inspect cold storage, cider mills, packing houses, then view J W Stewart’s modern orchard setup. Saturday covers Berkeley county orchards and Cherry Run Sleepy Creek Fulton orchards, with return by late afternoon or continued tours through Hancock Smithburg Waynesboro Romney.
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The
Horticultural Society of
West Virginia
Panhandle
Court House
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
Winchester
Winchester Pike
Tabler’s
J. W. Stewart
Stewart
United States
Mr. Stewart
Horticultural Society
Morgan County
M.W. Fulton
SH. Fulton
Cherry Run
Sleepy Creek
Hancock
Smithburg
Waynesboro
Romney
Mrs Gussie Muse Butler Dies in Auto Crash near Richmond
Notice reports the death of Mrs Gussie Muse Butler wife of Clifton L Entler a former Shepherdstown resident killed in a Richmond Virginia automobile accident. She suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Daughter of Edward Mose and wife of Entler she leaves one child. Body taken to Sharpsburg for burial.
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Gussie Muse Butler
Clifton L. Eutler
Shepherdstown
Richmond
Entler
Edward Mose
Sharpsburg
Lightning Strikes House in Shepherdstown. No Injuries
A thunderstorm sent a bolt that struck Dr. Nathaniel Burwell's Prospect Avenue residence, damaging the chimney and rafters down to the cellar. The house did not catch fire and no one was hurt, though the infant was shaken. Insurance with Harrison Schley covers the damage. rain afterward benefits emerging corn crops.
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Shepherdstown
Nathaniel Burwell
Prospect Avenue
Harrison Schley
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John Allen
Moler
Reformed Church
Woudareck
Reform
Matthew Page Andrews
Eidow of
Deters
Saralathy
Leetown Baptist Church
Hoover
Europe
P. A. Beitner
Pitts
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Hiashaya
Will
Jack
Ordnarice
Greencastle
Mary Stouffer
Samuel S. Stouffer
Harry Rider
Bud Ford
Nipetown
Berkeley
Sota
Roy VanMetre
Charles Bell
Marjorie Longerbeam
Hagerstown
Bes
Owens’ Drug Store
Navy
David Folk
Harvey Tabler
Harry Simpson
George Lucas
Mayo Snyder
Walter Knott
William McComb
J. Whuryear
Mechanicsville
Manassas
Rite Oh
the Licklider Corporation Bulletin
W.va
Georgette Crepe
W. Washington Street
the Model Bakery
Te Fe Nem
A. S. Rentkhy
Fairment
DELCO
H. S. Pitzer
Shepherdstown Opera House
Pershing
U. S. Signal Corps
Navy Department
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Uncle Sam
Chicago
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