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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
6
Local notes list farm sales cattle and calves for sale with contact names, prices per dozen eggs, wagon for hire, and a river town sale. Weather, railroad schedules, reunions, meteor activity, and farm harvest updates fill a busy community page with ads and notices.
Changes in Keyser and surrounding road offices place E St Clair Smith at State Road Commission headquarters under the chief engineer while Gray succeeds him at Keyser. The piece also notes Shipley’s health, a terrapin scale blight in Charles Town trees, a moonlight picnic at Leetown, dog fight antics on Main Street, and Shepherd College’s record enrollment of 378 students for 1920-21 with strong county and state ties.
Shepherdstown defeated the B and O Athletic Club of Miller Hels Ooeite 12 to 10 after a fast start with Crow and Lim leading the offense. Brandy Myers and Rogers each had two hits, Brandy leading batting at .506 and Malew at .416, with Snyder and N. McKee making sharp defensive plays late in the seventh.
Obituary notice for Max Hopewell dated June 22, 1919. A devoted wife cherishes his memory despite the passing years.
One trip Belgian Hares advertised for sale at $15 for three, a reduced price from $25. Outlet listed as L. D. Nichols in Harper's Ferry West Virginia Department R. Also a note for best prices on lambs and wool from Riely & Son in Charles Town with telephone 215-13.
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