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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
3
A 1907 West Virginia editorial discusses President Roosevelt and national rail policy. It criticizes Adams Express earnings, brokered by corporations, and calls for government control. It notes Fairmont nominations and attacks political figures while urging reform and patience.
The 1907 board of public works increased valuations of gas oil pipelines telegraph and telephone service and railroads led by oil firms and major lines such as Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania. The reform reduces taxes on farmers by shifting burden to wealthy corporations, with courts likely to uphold the new assessments.
An old advertisement discusses deafness cures and constitutional remedies, touting Catarrh Cure and Ear healing products. General Scott Shipp announces retirement after 50 years at Virginia Military Institute.
The board repeals partial suspensions of the senior year at West ey Athens Shepherdstow e Glenville and reaffirms improvements for normal schools. New appointments and transfers are listed for Shepherd College Fairmont Athens Glenville and West Liberty with several instructors named and others moved to different posts. Oklahoma admission prompts flag discussion amid routine notices on health products and local law enforcement actions.
Notices from Martinsburg and nearby towns record marriages including George Stephens and Julia Underdonk in Hagerstown and John W. Williamson with Collie V. Byers in Hagerstown. Death of Abram Chamberlain at 88, former Mineral County sheriff. A missionary to Japan planned by Lewis G. M. Miller. Bond sale of coal land by HL Wise. Page county couple George Good and Annie Painter wed in Hagerstown after a long walk to the train and back home again.
Col Robert W Monroe an aged Kingwood lawyer died recently. West Virginia 55 counties have 83 dry counties. The 37th annual session of the West Virginia Educational Association opens next Tuesday at Huntington for three days. A Negro policeman in Kin, W Va, fatally shot a cee salesman named Harry Thornton in what appears unprovoked. Smallpox breakout reported in jail at ehens base with Charles H White in danger. WVU graduates total 101 in this year with 30 counties represented. 16 of 101 graduates are women. WVU Board of Regents accepted resignations of five professors who decline salaries and accept better posts in other states. St Marys, 27 miles from Parkersburg, shaken by Sellman the smallpox patient who escaped the pesthouse and roams town exposing many. sheriff tried to coerce but failed. Pleasants county sheriff and other federal officers asked to explain PC membership on the Republican State Committee after Henry Wire’s complaint. The medicine that sets the world thinking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Reinhart's Pharmacy
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy that will purify blood by improving kidney function and curing kidney and bladder diseases. It claims to strengthen the entire system and urges purchase at Hill's Pharmacy.
Sherman of Washington visits to tend farm and orchard interests while Mrs. Miller joins relatives. Travelers report hospitality in Jamestown and a false marriage rumor debunked. Antietam Post G A R attends church service. Hem Rold pile remedy ad appears amid community updates and a looming telegraph strike potential.
Ely's Dream Balm restores impaired senses of taste and smell caused by nasal catarrh. The remedy is applied directly to affected air passages and begins healing immediately. Available by mail or at Bly 56 Warren Street New York for 25 cents.
Old records show Shepherdstown markets listing Wheat at 0.84 to 0.85 per bushel and 0.75 to 0.80 for No. 2 grade. Oats yield 0.40 per bushel, hay at 14.00 to 10.00 per ton, butter per pound, and various meat cuts priced per pound. Additional items include bags, lard, potatoes, and other staples with scattered figures.
An old advertisement-like note warns that overwork damages kidneys and blood, linking kidney trouble to heart symptoms. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, claiming cures for distressing cases and offering samples by mail from Binghamton New York.
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