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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1903
Page
5
Fragmented 1903 newspaper snippet lists various items for sale and events. Mentions shepherdstown church matters, local auctions, livestock prices, tavern notices, and upcoming community entertainments and meetings with scattered names and places such as Jefferson County and nearby towns.
The article reports a thriving wheat outlook with fields turning green and promises of harvest. It notes real estate moves by Charles W. Carter and farm rent details, a Hagerstown marriage of Nora Belle Miller and Charles W. Plume, a busy town council, river traffic issues near Cumberland, court actions in Charles Town, a mining settlement pond plan, a shepherdstown wedding of Effie Lee Mills and Howard Lee Boyd, and various local incidents and social happenings.
Local readers report frequent calls from Kellers and Charles Town residents. Promotions and movements include D H Morgan becoming lieutenant commander in the Navy. Others travel to Martinsburg Pitcairn Washington and Baltimore for work and visits.
Meeting of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Schools held at Shepherd College reported. Attendees included President Thes C Miller and Secretary Wm M Straua. The board inspected the new college building and planned bids for heating plumbing and electric work with a target completion by September. A vetoed $5,000 funding item for the building prompted talks with the Governor and Board of Public Works. Vacancies at Marshall College Fairmont and Glenville were filled.
The death record notes Mrs. Mary L. Hyder dying at her daughter’s Keyser home after nearly two years there. born in Shepherdstown, long resident near Moorefield with husband Thomson M. Hyder who died 46 years ago. she was 79 and a ME Church member for 65 years, survived by four daughters. Other obituaries include Mrs. Kate Roper near Charles Town aged 49, George T. Barnes in Berkeley County aged 74, and James Sowers, Confederate veteran formerly of Berryville, in Loudoun. A new banking firm, Partners' and Merchants' Deposit Co, held a stockholders meeting naming a board and officers. First National Bank of Jefferson directors may merge into the deposit company. Various farm and residence changes among local growers are listed, plus a schedule of public sales through late March and early April in Jefferson and surrounding counties.
Landowners near Shepherdstown received B&O Railroad Company damage payments for the new line through the section. Attorney Forrest W. Brown disbursed nearly $20,000 at Charles Town, with further awards noted between Shepherdstown and Harpers Ferry. A Norfolk and Western bridge rebuild may be deferred, steel rails to be laid, and a connecting link project planned between West Maryland lines. A Jefferson County court term appointed commissioners to assess land damages, and local railway upgrades including a 65 mile double tracked link are discussed along with a notable lecture by Rev. Frank Dizon in Shepherd College.
Members organized last Friday afternoon electing Henry W. Potts as president E F Goodwin as vice president E Heyward Bowly as secretary and Miss Sallie Powel as treasurer The Shepherdstown Improvement Society adopted a constitution and by laws with plans for active town improvement A further meeting is set for Friday at 4 pm at the college to appoint working committees Community members are urged to participate
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