Rainy week brief with school events and town notes
June 11 1903 brief from The Shepherdstown Register reports ongoing rain this week with school activities and community notices. Mentions Millville bowling its festival and various local gatherings in Martinsburg Hagerstown and Charles Town with health and post office updates and upcoming events at Shenandoah and Fairfax College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill Froma
Jersey
BR. Preeman
Millville
Gibson
Eng
L. Folk
Mt. Jackson
Illserstuns High School
Jay Cleg
Wee. Grane
Shenandoah Toa
Jane Jet
Chaney
Migs
Sharpaborg
Jomlay
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Venodia
Chas
O. Staley
Long
D. Walker
Cumberwore
Alver
Thgerstown
Eer
Pons
Stown
Toby
Reinhart
Sue
Shomie City
Charles Town
Wheatland
Washington
Baltimore
Vielen Dane
Tenia
Little Locals Update on Neighbors and Notables
Prof Sam E Osbourn resigns Fredericksburg College post graduate work at Princeton next year. Stockton posthumous novel The Captain's Tollgate set in this county with home Claymont Court. Leet/Blackford family tale of triplets weighs 2 pounds each. two survive well. Grave Memorial Reformed church dedication with President Roosevelt presence. Martinsburg Entler Hotel praised by local editor. Teachers exam rules modernized under state supervision. City council updates and budget notes including taxes and street work. Catarrh and Hay Fever Balm promoted as alternative to physicians. Ely’s Cream Balm Liquid form offered with spraying tube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam E. Osbourn
Fredericksburg College
Princeton University
Osbourn
James B. Osbourn
Betler Hotel
Jacob Myers
Martinsburg
Shepherds' Town
Entler
Soaty
Bogle
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
New York
Shepherdstown
Elmwood Cemetery
Shepperd College
M. J. Billmyer
Fead
Shepherd College Quiet Corps
J. G. Kentti
Lone of
Confederate Veterans
Robert T. Banks
Veterans and
Daughters of the Confederacy
Lodge House
J.C. Thrasher
Thomas T Munford
Lynchburg
Virginia
Fe Waa
Ihr
E. O. Harthcox
Shephens College
Muuford
Personal notes from Shepherdstown and area events
Rev Dr Harthcox attends General Synod in Baltimore, resigns as Board of Education secretary and will join United Synod of the South. Numerous visits, travel, church and college events, commencements, memorial day ceremonies, and local social notices fill the week with clergy, teachers, residents, and alumni in Shepherdstown and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harthcox
Baltimore
General Synod of the Evangelistic Lutheran Church In
United States
Board of Education
Synod
United Synod of the South
Kate Kearney
Shepherdstown Graded School
Alexandria
H. W. Kearney
J. K. Guy
W. T. McQuilkin
Lancaster
Franklin and Maraball College
Joyous June Weddings From Charles Town to Avilla
Marriages fill June pages as Miss Sarah N Blew and J Albert Link wed at Presbyterian church Charles Town with Rev Dr Hopkins and Rev A G Link officiating. The couple depart for a wedding trip to Buffalo Niagara Park Toronto and settle in Dutfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah N. Blew
J. Albert Link
Presbyterian Church
Charles Town
A. C. Hopkins
Jhhurch
A. G. Link
Strasburg
Howard R. Moore
Washington
Mears
H. L. Alexander
Martinsburg
James E. Tabb
Samuel W. Hunter
Br.c. W. Link
Vincent G. Moore
Hilda Virginia Moore
Fannie Paxton Marehall
Sara Elizabeth Campbell
Fannie Campbell
Link
Buffalo
Niagara Park
Toronto
Canada
Walter Link
Parkersburg
W.va
Dutfields
St. James Luthern Church
Avilla
Mina
Bertha Clowers
Kearneveville
William Horn
Harper's Percy
Hite Watson
Thia County
Min
Oklahoma
Wan
Mica Catharine Stauth
Ida
John T. Watson
Shepherdstown
Misa Vada
Florence Grove
Franklin Webster McGraw
Sharpsburg
Robert Boyle
Presbyterian Parsonage
Hagerstown
Leesburg
Nannie Shawen Myers
Lither
Harris
Charles Harrie
Jefferson County
Lily Byers obituary mourns a kindly community figure
In a heartfelt obituary, Lily Byers is praised for her estimable character and charity. The notice notes her compassionate actions, Christian values, and the lasting sorrow of those who miss her presence and wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Byers
County Court Proceedings Include Levy Rise and Toll Shift
Jefferson county sessions reveal a two cent per hundred levy increase to 42 cents for county purposes as tolls on Harper's Ferry and Smithfield turnpikes are shifted to the county treasury. District levies across Charles Town Middleway Kabletown Harper's Ferry and Shepherdstown are listed with receipts and disbursements for roads and public works. Sheriff Billmyer reports year end balances and totals from county funds dog tax receipts and road-improvement expenditures across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
County Court
Jefferson County
James K. Hendricks
Harper's Ferry
Smithfield
Middleway
Kabletown
Sheperdstown
J.D. Billmyer
Sherif Baker
Kahletown
Atlgg
Harper's Farry
Shephardetown
Ronile
Resignation of Romoke College President Dreher
Dr Jutina L Dreher who has led Romoke College for twenty five years resigns as president. The board, including A Morehead of the Seminary and other dignitaries, accepts the decision amid high regard for his long service and influence in southern education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaresting
Tem Tees
Rornoke College
Jutina L. Dreher
A. Morehead
The
United Synod of the Lutheran Church of the South
Charleston
Dreher
Lietunet
South
Town ordinance bans public nuisances and privy erections
Notice records a Shepherdstown town meeting approving sections of an ordinance act prohibiting throwing dead animals waste dirt or bits into streets or streams and banning privies hog pens slaughterhouses and pigsties within town limits. Penalties include fines and imprisonment. the act takes effect with its publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evtuiell
Dune
Shepherdstown
Magor
Bo Hodges
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H.L. Snyder
Regenta
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Brunawick
Misa Mary Lemen
S. F. Lewen
E. BR. Crow
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H.C. Getzendanner
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Pittsburg
Thos. C. Greenwood
Roanoke
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Gratton
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Johnn Myers
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C. T. Smootz
J. W. Marshall
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Lucy Beltzhoever
Mise
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Lewis Lucas
Howard Hodges
Ethel Bane
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New York City
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Shepherd College State Normal School
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