Local notes and sales items fill Jefferson County brief
Short notices report market prices and local happenings. Raspberries sell at 40 cents a gallon while farms advertise horses cows and sheep for private sale. The village society meets, a new dog law is discussed, and county officials plan wage increases and tax actions. A Charles Town educator heads to New York for Red Cross work as others join public service efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeta Cox
Owens & Miller
K. C. Jenkins
Bakerton
P. C. Shemindoah Junction
Aving Club
Schlegel
Engle
West Virginia
Eleanor Eyster
Charles Town
New York
Red Cross
William T. Elliott
Leetown
Eliott
W. Harry Staley
National Highway
Intertype installed at Charles Town Advocate printing shop
The Charles Town Advocate reports the Intertype type-setting machine now in use, replacing six workers in the composition room. The paper notes local news on shifts in staff, river conditions, fishing, gardening, and a strong wheat harvest outlook with expected labor needs and machinery costs.
Shepherdstown Welcomes Staley and Daugher Visitors
Mr William S Staley and daughter Miss Edith Staley arrived in Shepherdstown and stay with Mr and Mrs G W Hoffman on Main Street. Staley, son of the late Stephen Staley of the ai mile southeast area, lived in California and Selma Fresno county for over four decades. This marks his first return home, and he plans to renew old ties and revisit boyhood scenes. Numerous other locals and guests are noted visiting or residing in town for the summer, including Prof and Mrs Herma T Prieauif and Mrs Bishop John Taylor Hamilton, plus families connected to Scully, Baker, Triplett, Nottingham, Potts, and Williamson households. Many come and go from Martinsburg, Baltimore, and Washington Junction, with varying travel notes and domestic visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covernor Cornwell
F. Spsaioose
Webster Springs
State Board of Regents
Joseph Ms Murphy
Parkensburg
Sycaloose
Washkelot
Mexander & Cooke
P. W. Myers
Maggie Moler Engle
Ellivort
City
Jacob
James W. Engle
Westminster College
Baltimore
S. M. Engle
This
Chaptan River
Maryland
Jefferson County
Charles Town
N. E. Heeter
Pennsylvania
J. M. Callahan
Mor
Miller
Monroe
Putman
Bond
Grant
Pendleton
Muler
Preston
Roberts
Berkeley
Marsin
Woods
Vibee
Geo. C. Whiting
A. Hal
Ijen
Uniculturst Extension Department
West Virginia University
Shenandoah Junction
Kathryn
Charles Town Advocate
Intertype
R.O. Meliien
Shepherd Colege
Portsmouth
Jennie M. Hill
Bill Swope
Potomac
Washington
Alexander & Cooke
F. W. Myers
Subagent
Florence Murphy
New York
Claymont
France
Red Cross
Advocate
Campbell Fairall
Shepherdstown
Jack Fairall
Aviation Corps
University of Ohio
Columbus
Campbell
Maryland Naval Militia
League Island Navy Yard
Word Burns
Harry A. Smallwood
Bardine
Maurice E. Miller
Fairmont Printing and Publishing Company
Faimont
W.va
William L. Miller
Register Office
Nelton Wilson
C. S. Musser
Eakle’s Cross Roads
Reichard
Berryville
Te Hagerstowners
Maryland Boys
William S. Staley
Edith Staley
G. W. Hoffman
Main Street
Mr. Staley
Stephen Staley
California
Selma
Fresno County
Staley
Herma T. Prieauif
Frances Steitler
Bishop John Taylor Hamilton
Herrahut
Saxony
Sally Morgan Markell
C.D. Scully
Pittsburg
Scully
Fayman
Shepherd Places
Newton D. Baker
Martinsburg
G. B. Wiltshire
M. B. Baker
Joseph J. Triplett, Jr
Jacksonville
Florida
New Street
Margaret Potts
Japan
China
Henry W. Potts
Vancouver
James $. Phillips
Phillips Berkeley
Charleston
S. C
D. S. Reatch
E. H. Vickers
Morgantown
Luther Vickers
Samuel G. Williamson
Salisbury
Mary Williamson
Lynchburg
Daniel Shipley
Rumsey
Morris Moskovitz
Philadelphia
Vette Cohen
Medford
New Jersey
William Luria
Wilbur Nicodemus
Winifred Bond
Brunswick
C. C. Frazier
Bernie Brooks
Helen Wright
Cumberland
Charles Stipp
Agnes Wright
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
W. B.steh
Gibson House
Maurice Guiraud
Pittsburgh
Louise Guiraud
Leeland
Nova Scotia
Arthur Emmons
Emmons
G. W. Hamrickhouse
R. Lucien Reinhart
Huntington
W. Va
R. C. Grove
Ashton Boswell
Elizabeth Boswell
Frederick
Washington Junction
Boyd Reinhart
Della Renner
Sparrow's Point
Clarence Athey
Riverton
Bertha Athey
W. Gilmore Neill
Neil
Ernest Hamrick
Roanoke
Virginia Dailey
New Market
Virginia Knox
John Quigley Reinhart
Clara Weer Fenninger
E. Hess Reinhart
Thomas E. Weer
Reinhart
Locust Street
John P. Keartott, Jr
Kearneysville
Harriette Wilson
John W. Wilson
John P. Keartott
Walter Guy Cook
Fannie Roberta Robinson
Herkeley County
D. J. Grregory
Rodney Fields
Effie Staubs
Harper's Ferry
W. A. Ewell
Death Notice Highlights Tearey and Local Surnames
Dr Joseph M Tearney a longtime Baltimore rail line medical examiner dies at 62 after a year long illness. Born in Harper s Ferry January 17 1855 he served B and O Railroad over thirty years instituting first aid and safety improvements. Survived by widow daughter and sons with relatives in Harper s Ferry and Lynchburg Va funeral in Harper s Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Tearey
Harper's Ferry
Edward Tearney
Baltimore
Tearney
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mt. St. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
University of Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
Eugenia Tearney
Joseph M., Jr
John
Edward
J. G. Hurst
Jennie Tearney
Harper’s Ferry
Edward M. Tearney
Holy Cross Church
Lynchburg
Louise Brooks Hunter
Treasury Department
Washington
Hammond Hunter
Martinsburg
Alexander F. Demery
Hts
Hagerstown
West Virginia
Virginia
Sarah
George
Hezekiah Scarlett
Adam KR
Daniel
Detroit
O.A. McClain
Williamsport
H.C. McClain
Shepherdstown
Andrew S. McClain
Isabelle Ann Hebb
Walter L. McKee
Kearneysville
Earth
Mary Bester
William Bester
Anna Bell Custer
Red Cross Week Drives Local Fund Raises Across County
The Red Cross campaign shows a rising total with Harper's Ferry over $40,000, Charles Town above $1,400, Shenandoah Junction at $10.75, and Shepherdstown at $65.75. Donations span from one cent to one hundred dollars, with youngest donor Charles R. Owens Jr. at one day old. A rummage sale next Saturday to bolster funds is planned, and donations of clothing, furniture, curtains, and jewelry are welcome at Mrs. Luke’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Harper's Ferry
Charles Town
Shenandoah Junction
Shepherdstown
Charles R. Owens, Jr
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
Luke
Mr Hoffmans New Hearse In Jefferson County
The Resister reports funeral director R S M Hoffman received Jefferson county’s first motor hearse, built by Meteor Motor Car Company of Piqua Ohio. The six mile trip to reach the county weighed 4490 pounds, powered by a twelve cylinder engine with Goodyear tires. The car enables faster, more dignified processions, reflecting growing automobile use and shifting away from horse drawn hearses.
Kidney Ailment Relief Ad From Shepherdstown Resident
Shepherdstown resident endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for weakened kidneys back ache and bladder trouble. Advertisement notes relief from kidney discomfort after use and cites Hill's Pharmacy as source. Mentions other products and prices, including Owens & Miller's digestive tablets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Shepherdstown
Join Snyder
Dean
Palla
Hill
de Foster-Milburn Co
Baffalo
N.Y
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