Local notices and ads mix muddy agricultural updates
A tangled OCR page recalls farm listings stock sales and repairs, with notices of estate sales in Berkeley County, a vendor selling 7 ft binders and horses, and plans for a reservoir. Obituaries mention Elva Ang Jenkins and a Martinsburg physician buying a home, while a strawberry and ice cream fest invites community attendance amid a dry spell and tying events at St James School.
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Brunswick
AMG
Elva Ang Jenkins
Point of Ocks
Daughvers
Reverend Alfriend to Lead Weston Episcopal Church
Longtime Zion rector Rev Jena O Muriera retires after seven years in Charles Town and accepts a call to Weston West Virginia where he will begin duties in September. Meantime Rev Absalom Knox and Rev J T Johnston are noted in local church movements with other clergy visiting Shepherdstown, Kearneysville, and nearby parishes as communities adjust clergy assignments.
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Jena O. Muriera
Tven
Zion Episcopal Church
Charles Town
Jim Im
Weston
W.va
Alftiend
Firet
Mayne
Osting
Wheeling
Key Roche EL
Absalom Knox
Shepherdstown
Lewisburg
Baltimore
Lewiburg
Virginia King
J. A. Grose
M .B. Church
Mt Lest
Eyanshare
Reformed Church
Charles D. Shafer
Thurmont
Shafer
J. T. Johnston
Harper's Ferry
Berkeley Springs
North Carolina
M. E. Church
Mt. Wesley
M. E. Church South
Marvin
Hoam
Epworth
Presbyterian Church of
Kearneysville
Vuin
George T. Hill
Methodist Protestant Church
Maryland
Delaware
Bettie Hill
Alexandrian
M. P
Mr. Hill
Shepherd College
Guy Donley
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Moser's Cross Roads
Donley
Pind
Death notices and sports results from Berkeley and surrounding counties
Local death notices report Mrs L M Bod of Monpelair New Jersey after pneumonia services for burial in Philadelphia Mrs Bond and family listed along with other regional obituaries including Ida Adams Lucinds Mills and James J Myers The week also covers community baseball results Brunswick over Shepherdstown and a forthcoming Berkeley Springs game plus fishing license reports and county tensions over cross river policing and fines.
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LM. Bod
A. P. Morrisiai
Monpelair
New Jersey
Bond
Nise Backette
Bes
Pr¢Umonia
Philadelphia
Berit
Mra Morrisint
Williams DeHoriburn Sond
Teu Brothers
This County
LM. Morse
Charles Towns
L. B. Cordésa
Brooklyn
New York
Mic Ida E. Adams
Piegiertsowh
Teesday
West Virginia Hospital
Mire Lucinds Mills
John HL ‘Mills
Brownsville
Shington County
Sit
Rappahans Hock
Vaang Wis
Andrew [ Mills
Sharpshore
Mann
Hagerstown
Ida Carter
St. James
Mollie M. Carter
Bakerston
Lucy Long
Mills
Ghursh
Brunswick
Shepherdstown
K. McKee
Cummings
Bishop
Myers
Shepherds
Berkeley Springs
Blair Limestone Company
Pittsburg
Kilpatrick
Kelly
Blairton Boys
Martinsburg Y. M.C. A
Biairton
Real estate and insurance licenses required in Shepherdstown
Notice states all persons wishing to conduct real estate or insurance business must obtain a corporation license. Applications for license are to be made by July 1, 1920, per city officials Mayor J L Meyers and Recorder Herbert Rogers.
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Shepherdstown
J. L. Meyers
Herbert Rogers
Public Sale of Farm Assets at Opeqs in Gismet
A. F. Feltner announces a public sale on Tuesday June 15 1920 at his residence near Files Cross Roads Opeqs Gismet five miles from Martinsburg and Shepherdstown. Items include horses cows hogs farm machinery a Studebaker wagon gear and tools plus household furniture. Terms note six months on sums 510 and over cash under 10. Auctioneers J W Dodd Harwood Burkhart clerk.
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A. F. Feltner
Berkeley County
Feltner
Opeqs
Gismet
Martinsburg
Shepherdstown
Files’ Cross Roads
Safe Ty
Bay Boree
Wiley Clack
Huvustnold
Martinshire
J. W. Dodd
Harwood Burkhart
The Right Chickens for Profitable Egg Production
The article promotes Rhode Island Reds as the best hens for farmers and market poultrymen, claiming they lay the most eggs and yield the most meat. It notes prices at $1.50 per 15 and signs off with R P Shaffer of Shepherdstown West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paase
Rhode Island
R P. Shaffer
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Hauling Offer From Private Purchaser
A reader declares willingness to haul with a one ton Ford truck at lower cost than individuals can manage themselves, promising cheaper service or better value if not. The notice appears as a public appeal for hauling work and bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks @ Ni
International Harvester
Wanted pasture and peat for cattle near Charles Town Va
A fragment requests a sheep pasture and peat for cattle near Charles Town Virginia. It mentions Owens Drug Stove and various goods, advertising prices and tobacco items like Jack and White Stow Cigars as good value for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gras Charles Town
Ee. Va
Owens
The Farmer Time Worth in Modern Lighting
A historical discussion of how new labor saving devices boost a farmer’s time value. It argues electricity and compact farm lighting systems increase productivity, reduce manual labor, and raise the economic worth of a farmer’s hours for the farmer, family, and dependents.
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Ian Kerneene
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Popel
Harrisburg
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Ida Hendricks
Shenancon Junction
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John Hopkins University
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Hood College
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Henry Sigler
McKeesport
Isabelle Marshall
Lewisburg Seminary
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Hillsboro
Hursting
Mildred
Mary Emma Conard
Ida Lee Rust
Leesburg
Henrietta Goldsborough
Russell McElfish
Pinsburg
CG. F. Lyne
R.E. Ward
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Charles Schley
Anne
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James J. Myers
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Frank Milton
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John S. Welch
Rippon
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George W. Stillwell
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Mary K. Small
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Chesters
Sulet
Machineny
Studebaker
Surrey
LABOR
Albert Knoepler
Maccada
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H. S. Pitzer
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WM. S. Hart
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