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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
8
Local ad urges shoppers to trade locally for better goods and value, listing a wide range of household tonics, soaps, suns, and health products, plus extensive shoe specials for men and women. It promotes domestic purchasing with numerous prices and item names across groceries, personal care, and apparel.
Friday March 24 1922 at L o'clock p m the following personal property for sale one good Jersey cow a thoroughbred Shetland pony four years old perfectly broken safe for any child to handle also harness buggy saddle and bridle cheap to quick buyer WADDY
An old classified item notes a house for rent and S C White Leghorn eggs for sale at 1 cent each. The listing credits Afteen and Mrs H M Der at Shenandoah Junction with a June 145 15 date and Sny Way.
A public sale is planned at the residence on Main Street in Shepherdstown. The auction will move goods from the store on the same date at 7:30.
Farmers seek registered or grade Jersey cows for sale. Contact Charles J. Doll Frederick Maryland. March 922 4w. Rural ad notice in unlikely date format.
John T. Porterfield Commissioner of Accounts announces the fiduciary account of C. W. and W. J. Flanagan as executors of James Flanagan deceased is before the court for settlement dated March 9, 1922. This notice records the official accounting action and involved parties.
Mrs E F Bonemus executrix sells at her residence on North Mildred Street in Charles Town on March 25 1922 starting at 10 AM. Auction includes parlor suites mahogany bed sets dressers chairs sewing machine refrigerator stove and a large variety of household goods. Nine months credit on sums over 10 with notes payable at Bank of Charles Town. cash for smaller amounts. C T Engle & Bro Auctioneers. Bane Brown Clerk.
In accordance with the charter notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Virginia and Maryland Bridge Company will be held on the first Monday in April. On the third in the directors room of the Farmers Bank of Shepherdstown in Shepherdstown West Virginia at 3 o clock p m to elect a board of directors and transact other business. E E Billmyer secretary March 16 1922 3w
Announcement that Gotrie H. Bowers renames the Jefferson Sales Company to City Garage. The shop repairs radiators batteries and all makes of cars as well as tractors gasoline engines and spraying machines. Dated March 8, 1922, four weeks.
The column lists numerous local people and happenings from town life, including visitors and sick residents, property sales and transfers, cattle tuberculosis concerns, social gatherings, church notes, and upcoming events. Names such as Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trevinger, Mrs. Paul Stocks, and the Peterman family appear alongside references to nearby towns and community institutions, painting a snapshot of everyday rural activity.
In memoriam for Mrs. C. W. fs notes her sister Nora B. Bachman’s remembrance. A local graduation plan and elementary test is announced for 1922 with dates March 23 and 24. A county superintendent and staff outline school arrangements for graded and high schools. The Western Maryland Railroad shifts shops to the Dick Construction Company affecting 500 local workers. Wages drop from 40-77 cents to 1-3 cents hourly under new arrangement, with widespread dissatisfaction among workers. The text also mentions Hagerstown factory changes and a labor shift impacting earnings and production.
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