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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
1
A muddled collage of prose and anecdotes ranges from a garbled health pitch about preventing old age to reflections on killdeer birds, a young clerk’s courteous gesture leading to a Scottish estate commission, and historical quips about Ismail Pasha and Cairo tales. The piece blends poems, fables, and observations with scattered names, places, and events in a fragmented newspaper fragment.
A farm family takes in a hungry tramp, hires him for chores, and discovers his honesty. The man earns pay, helps fix the home, and proves his value before slipping away, while the father keeps a wary eye on wallets and trust. The tale closes with the tramp Duggan returning to work and saving money to go home, ending the harboring tale on a hopeful note.
The earliest Virginia settlers predate John Smith by eighty years with Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon leading a 1514 expedition from Santo Domingo. His attempt at colonizing near Jamestown failed after disease, mutiny, and native resistance, leaving Ayllon dead and the colony abandoned. His enterprise shows both bravery and flaws in early Spanish colonization.
Summer sale offers talcums, thermos bottles, fishing tackle, Kodak films, alarm clocks, glassware, post cards, Victrolas, and more priced 10 to 50 cents. Storage items and records advertised. New record of Star banner by John priced at $1.00.
The article urges widespread restraint on food and fuel buying amid war time shortages. It warns speculators hoarding Nour and beans, and high prices for flour cornmeal meat and coal. Citizens are urged to eat less meat grow greens and avoid stocking surplus to depress prices and aid the war effort.
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