Wagon-thick editorial on West Virginia rail tax foes
The Shepherdstown edition laments the Senate rail rate bill and defends Governor Dawson while criticizing the Kingwood Argus and Preston County Journal. It notes tax policy fights, railroad valuation disputes, and calls for lawmakers to support fair taxation and avoid an extra session. It reports census talks and funding for railroad assessment, urging equal levy on rails and farms.
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Aswuca
Dinaon
Sivabere
House
Senate
Elaine
Goveason Dawson
West Vireinia
Washington
Census Bureau
West Virginia
North
State Board
Cawson
Board of Public Works
Dillon
Jefferson County
Bosdot Public Works
Seven Smallpox Cases Hit Bessember Quarries Near Martinsburg
The Martinsburg area reports seven smallpox cases among Bessember quarry workers north of Martinsburg. Other items note the Western Maryland Railroad freight extension progress between Cherry Run and Cumberland, a broken leg for Lawrence Byers at Bessember quarries, and a Swan Pond school closure due to diphtheria.
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Bessemer
Martineburg
Western Maryland Railroad
Cherry Ran
Cumberland
Lawrence Byers
Martinsburg
Martinsburg World
Swan Pond
Berkeley County
W. W. Westphal
J. Butler Marshall
Shenandoah Junction
Baltimore
M. E. Church South
M.E Church
Tri State Odd Fellows Form Union Across Three States
Lodges from West Virginia Maryland and Virginia organized the Tri-State League at Shenandoah Junction on February 28 uniting about twenty subordinate lodges and six Rebekah lodges. The first annual reunion is planned for August 2 1906 at Morgan's Grove near Shepherdstown with no dues. representatives can join by May 22 1906. Officers for 1906 are Russler Ramey Licklider and Boyer. A second obituary notes the death of Joseph Correll Hauger born 1861 in Pennsylvania who lived in East Pittsburgh and Toledo and worked as a toolmaker and foreman at Lozier and Westinghouse. survived by wife Edith Kruger and three children.
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Jefferton
Berkeley
Morgan Counties
W. Va
Shenandoah Junction
Tri-State League
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Rebekah
League
Odd Fellows
Morgan's Grove
Shepherdstown
Murc Tineburg
Tuscarora Lodge
BT. Lickhder
Russler
D W. Ramey
E T Licklider
J M. Boyer
Joseph Correll Hauger
Antington County
East Pittsburg
Toledo
Edith Kruger
Tolesdo
Ewel Manufacturing Co
Lozier Bicycle
Ype Motor Car Company
Westinghouse Electrical Works
Church Directory Listings From Shepherdstown Area
Local church notices list pastors and service times for several congregations in Shepherdstown and nearby towns including Avilla Sharpsburg and Dollinds. Also contains brief ads for medicines and poultry sales.
Lexington Letter Explains Two Distinct Lexington Institutions
A reader’s note clarifies that Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute are separate, nearby institutions. It highlights Lee’s campus burial, Jackson’s Civil War ties, and local pride in figures like George Washington and Jefferson County educators, ending with an observation on local sentiment and a stocker sale tease.
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Washington and Lee University
Virginia Military Festigate
West Point
Institute
University
George Washington
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Geo. R. E. Lee
Lee
the Military Institute
Major Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Washington and Lee
Jefferson County
William L. Wilson
John Randolph Tucker
Loum Knorr
Remembrance of Our Dear Father Alberry Hopper
A heartfelt tribute dated February 12, 1906 recalls the passing of Alberry Hopper. The verse laments his death, notes the family’s sorrow and endurance, and expresses faith in a reunion in the afterlife through a funeral-like sentiment and memorial tone.
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