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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
2
Editor urges immediate closure of saloons and breweries citing French decree and wartime need to conserve strength. Attacks German influence and calls for government action on hotel prices, food menus, and harsher reprisals against German aggression. Includes hostile language toward Germans and a call to execute German subjects in retaliation.
Rev C Durkee resigns after six years as Trinity Martinsburg rector to join St Thomas Mount in Oakmont near Pittsburgh. Rev Edward Folk leaves Barrcroft Virginia for Manor Lutheran Frederick MD. Shepherdstown services set for Sunday morning and evening with Sunday school and children’s programs across area churches.
A large crowd gathered at the sulphur lot near Bedington for Berkeley County Farm Bureau’s annual meeting. Notable attendees included University Extension staff and county agents from across the state. Mrs Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale spoke on Food Administration in Washington. officers elected for the ensuing year include President I D VanMetre and Secretary J Holland Sperow.
Tomorrow Friday two showings matinee at 245 and night at 8 and 915 feature authentic French Army pictures of American troops in training, camp, and at play, plus a collection titled In the Wake of Huns showing German drive devastation. Regular prices ten and fifteen cents. The film aims to educate and entertain while promoting world peace by force of arms. Washington, Alexander & Cooke, Jos H rout, sub agent.
In May 1918 a U.S. unit in France reports good weather, busy work, and morale. A mail surge lifts spirits as officers, a baseball squad, and Y.M.C.A. efforts sustain life. souvenirs and shortages prompt practical improvisation while frontline concerns mount amid German drives.
The Red Men’s Hall hosted the recent high school commencement with Miss Edna Cox Miss Alta Crampton and Earl Highbarger among speakers. Edna Colbert returns from Illinois while residents travel to Hagerstown for work. Local auctions sell property for creditors, and residents note health updates including paraly sis in Wm. Reynolds. Community notices include political candidacies for state and federal offices and a foot specialist visit at Rumsey Hotel.
Shepherdstown resident Mrs. G. W. Shaw testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills regulated kidney action and stopped back pains. The ad urges readers to buy the 60 cent remedy from dealers, citing Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo as maker.
A long list of household and kitchen goods will be sold at the sale in front of the post office on Main street Shepherdstown W Va on Saturday June 15 1918 at 1 o'clock p m The items include beds bureaus tables chairs carpets lamps sewing gear several stoves refrigerators kitchenware and various hardware and house furnishings Also an enemy building lot on New street 1 ft by 103 ft offered with terms to suit purchasers Credit nine months for sums of 10 and over with notes. under 10 cash. Calf meat and chicken feeds to Hodges elevators.
A wartime sale notice from Billmyer’s Bargain Store lists numerous items with prices, including men’s oxford shoes, work shoes, tennis oxfords, ladies pumps, children's clothing, shirts, overalls, drawers, and various undergarments. The ad emphasizes underbuy prices and a broad inventory across men women and children with details such as colors and sizes where legible.
The undersigned offer for rent their Hotel Rumsey Property in Shepherdstown from April first. The hotel sits on the National Highway and has served many tourists, being highly accessible to travelers. It is described as modern with steam heat bath and toilet rooms electric lights. Apply for terms to M. B. Bak.
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