Remembering a Dear Mother and Pershing's Visit
In loving memory of Mrs. Alice Lopper died six months ago December 18 1919. The children speak of loving memories and peaceful rest. General John J Pershing visited Harper's Ferry and Lexington Virginia, dining at Hotel Connor and paying respects at Washington and Lee University.
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Alice Lopper
Harper's Ferry
Charles Town
John J. Pershing
France
Mars
Touneau
Register
General Pershing
Hotel Connor
Colonel Marshall
White’s
John J Pershing
Washington
Kington
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Shenandoah River
New York Times
Ton J. Pershing
Robert E. Lee
Memorial Chapel
Washington and Lee University
Lee
Bargain Store Ad Bursts With Wholly Fragmented Claims
A garbled retail notice extols low prices at BILLMYER'S Bargain Store while railing at high costs and wage barons. The text weaves in references to Pershing, Lee, Jackson, whiskey prices, and various clothing items, ending with a stray line about Boswell's. Overall it reads as a chaotic OCR chunk with mixed ads and historical allusions, lacking a coherent single event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balti
Sox
Tris
Mere
Oxfordedian
New York
Boswell’s Coens OW
Billmyer
SHARPSBURG Echoes of War and Local Life Include Deaths and Visitors
SHARPSBURG area notes report Mr and Mrs David Starliper and child among bereaved families with recent ill health and a death. Local visitors from Castle arrive for battlefield touring, with residents referenced along with farm work, court cases, and regional news including a withholding extradition case and a 1919 agricultural price survey.
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David Starliper
Samuel Hebb
Batlefield
Charles Cripps
Castle
Cripps
Cripps Hardware Company
Cripps Dian
Cnariey
Gettysbur
Richard Davis
Pearherdstown
John Ro
Ronald Otte
Jday
Samuel
Y Houser
Boyer
Washington
Witch Huser
John Grove
Steeltin
Charles Kaufman
Shepherdstown
Char Schmidt
Parsy
Glass
Elmer Boyer
Battle of
Anre
Union Artillery
Edward Alderton
Tte Maugtter
Berkeley
WL Va
Alderton
PEN-MGR Excursion On Norfolk & Western Railway
Norfolk and Western advertises a July 29 excursion from Shepherdstown at 8:53 A.M. round trip fare is 1.20 plus war tax. Return from Pen-Mar departs at 6:10 P.M. Tickets via N and W Railway agents.
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Shepherdstown
Pen-Mar
N.& W. Rail
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Crepe-de-Caene
Georgette Crepe
Dame
Lester Brothers
Hagerstown
Gibson
Burpee’s Garden Seeds
Robert Gibson
Shepherdstown, W. Wa
Les
Gilbert
Owens
Johinston
Norris, Schrati
Liggit
Fleisher
West Washington Street
Hagerstown, Md
Kansas
Kearneysville
the Hodges
Lemen CO. Shepherdst Own
W. VA
OOD
Charles Town Real Estate and Insurance Agency
W A. Daniel
Billmyer’s Bargain Store
Henry Louis Smith
Washington and Lee
General Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Pershing
General Jackson
Christian
McKinley
Virginia
Sharpsburg
Ritchie
Maryland
West Virginia
Charles R. Durbin
Baltimore
Durbin
Taylor County
Wear Vyronia
Ate
Tam
Siupley
Pen-Mgr
Norfolk & Western Railway
W. C. Saunders
Avent
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