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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
4
Fragmented brief items from Shepherdstown scenes include civic updates, ads, and community notices. Mentions of local stores, advertisements, road and lane work, school events, police activity, and upcoming meetings sketch a snapshot of daily town life.
Shepherdstown society and business items include Reinhart’s Pharmacy expanding frame work and subscriptions, plans for town improvements, and Mrs. Mary A. Longbrake’s plea to remain on the Ruciter list. Prof S W Fletcher demonstrated fruit tree spraying. Stover and the Shepherd College activities showcase elocution and music. vaccination drives target smallpox with district-based vaccination ledgers and indigent care funded by the county.
The column lists visitors and locals in Jefferson and nearby counties, naming S. R. Miller, David Hudgel, W. W. Vanmeier, John Blue, and many others. It notes travels, health, and relocations, plus a pretty wedding of Mary Newton Keesecker to Charles W. Phelps in Shepherdstown and assorted social updates.
The obituary items include John A. Dugan a Williamsport figure who died aged 70 from paralysis. Mrs M V Bailiss who died on a farm near Wheatland leaving a large family. Mrs Jacob F Miller who died in Roanoke at 80. and several other local elders with brief death notices. Election results in Shepherdstown show Mayor Robert G Miller and Council choices amid license votes. Village Improvement Society forms amid rainy turnout. upcoming public sales listed across area including March 17 to 28 events. large sale by Robert L Vanmeter near Halltown with high prices for cattle and goods.
Major J A Hunter resumed work near Shepherdstown as B and O accepts most options from Berkeley county line to W J Knott place. Landowners along the Knott to Harper's Ferry segment to be approached, with Medilton reassigned. Court appointees to fix damages for two stubborn estates after commissioners viewed the land. work crews drill along the N and W junction to assess bridge foundations.
Governor White vetoes about 9,500 of 45,880 allotted for Shepherd College and other institutions. He strikes items for a new building at Huntington Normal, a Glenville dormitory, and numerous named programs. Board meeting at Shepherdstown will discuss completing the building amid the veto aftermath.
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