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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
4
County court meets next Monday as town fair plans unfold. Mentions of harvest home events, school activities, and local notices in Mt. Union area. References to cargoes, canoes, and a variety of local vendors and gatherings, with scattered names and dates.
Shepherdstown population grows as births Hi Hamrickhouse Miller and Ferrell announce new children. Local events include after dark rain showers benefiting corn, two colored musicians entertain with songs and banjo guitar, and a Bell telephone line extension from Martinsburg to Winchester. Mt Wesley M E Church harvest home set Aug 7 in Jones’s woods with meals offered.
A long list of people visiting and staying in Shepherdstown and nearby towns includes Mrs. Grove visiting Brad dock Heights with her brother Warren Tyson, Rev. Ezra K. Bell in town, Mr. E D Shepherd heading to Connecticut, General Kirkland at the Virginia House, and families from Washington Baltimore Cumberland and Martinsburg spending weeks with local residents. A mining accident tale at Savage Mountain is recounted with a miner’s profanity triggering unexplained lighting in blast areas.
A string of community obituaries recall the deaths of John F Staub a Baltimore traveling salesman born in Shepherdstown aged about 69 survived by wife and four children. Other notices honor James T Athey Mrs Frances Turner Samuel Busey Dr E Lee Wager John Hensell Daniel Matthaci Shepherd Lee Kidwell Gordon Gerardstown and several local residents with brief burial and survivor details.
A Martinsburg dispatch reports the Baltimore and Ohio will authorize a 28 mile cut off between Wilsons and Harper's Ferry with a high stone arch over Opequon Creek. Coaling stations move to Wil eons. Beltimore & Ohio land purchases through Jefferson county expected in two weeks. Norfolk & Western to rebuild Shenandoah Valley tracks with four foot elevation to reduce floods. Cumberland Valley Railroad to double track Mart inburg to Harrisburg as sidings begin. New heavier rails planned Ale rson Shepherdstown area. School board lists Shepherdstown Graded School staff led by Principal C T Smootz with several assistants. Levy for building fund set at twenty cents per hundred dollars. Avilla to get a new school house pending next Tuesday plan. Shepherd College earns prizes for Point Pleasant essays, Philip Randolph Moler and Ethel Walter honored. Several teachers reassigned to Harper’s Ferry Bolivar Halltown and Dutfields schools. Jefferson county teachers institute sessions planned in Charles Town led by Barnes and Goodwin. A prize fight in San Francisco between Robert Fitzsimmons and James Jellison ends with accusations of a fixed match. Heavy rains cause damage across Texas and nearby states.
Bishop Gibson assigns Rev. B. Lee Jr. to aid Rev. N. P. Dame in missionary work in Charlottesville and surrounding counties. Upcoming services span Shepherdstown, Kearneysville, Duffield, and Winchester area churches with Holy Communion, evening services, and special leagues. Rev. J. J. Miller resigns from Noxon Lutheran church. Virginia Synod Lutherans meet at New Market. Mt. Sidney pastor Rev. George A. River dies at 35. U B camp meeting set for Berkeley County August 3 to 10.
The Pittsburg Trust Company advertises savings deposits at two percent per cent with interest compounded semi annually. It notes capital surplus and profits exceeding six million dollars and deposits over sixteen million dollars. It invites customers to do banking by mail and to request the calendar by sending a proposal to 323 Fourth Ave Pittsburg Pa.
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