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Shepherdstown Register

Location

Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1920

Page

7

Hardware and Farm Supplies Advertised Wholesale

An advertisement lists a wide range of farm and hardware goods including horse shoes, kettles, skillets, irons, bells, wire fencing, saws, mowers, bolts, shells, oils, varnishes, cement, plaster, fish oil, sails, stock foods, harness dressings, and cleaning products. It promotes ready stock for immediate use, reduced prices on haying tools, and plumbing and cooking items with emphasis on durable, workhorse brands and household supplies.

Japan Gleason Frank Miir

Dog Fed Trap To Rescue Friend In Princeton

A Princeton man, fond of nurses and dogs, found his trapped dog after a week. The animal, caught in a steel trap, remained lively as bones and scraps lay nearby. Another dog from the owner’s kennels licked the wounds and helped comfort its injured friend during the rescue.

Mae Jodie Princeton Altough Pal Dia

Empires That Have Fallen Across Global History

A Brooklyn Eagle writer argues six empires have vanished in living memory and 800 million people freed from imperial rule since 1871. The piece links democracy’s rise to the demise of monarchies, noting Napoleon II and Dom Pedro II among decayed regimes, with Russia Austria Hungary and Germany toppled by war for democracy.

Brooklyn Eagle Theodore Roosevelt China Napoleon II Dom Pedro of Brazi Russia Austria-Hungary Germany Hawaii Portugal Saxony Bulgaria

Record Apple Profit Seen

Apple growers in four northwestern states will receive 21 million dollars for their 1918 crop. The sum is the largest ever paid to apple producers, driven by record yields and high prices. Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana contribute to an estimated 13.986 million boxes of fruit.

North Washington Oregon Idaho

World wheat consumption per country and misquoted quotes

Per capita wheat use over ten years averages 8.80 bushels in France 6.85 in Italy 4.60 in Austria Hungary 4.29 in the Netherlands 8.88 in Germany 0.85 in British India and 0.52 in Japan amid notes on high rice intake in two unnamed nations. Quoted garbled dialogue about pilots and bombs appears as stray text.

Werld France Italy United Biegem Avatria-Hungary Netherlands Germany British Inde Japan

Ancient actors paid enormous salaries in early theatre

The article notes legendary performers and managers drew vast sums, detailing payments to stars like Cleero, Charlie Chaplin peers, and Ed Bernard in wartime and postwar stages. It cites specific figures such as $20,000 for a lead, $14,000 for two actors, and no less than $2,000 for any player, with contrasts to later eras like Gareek at £250 a night and Richelieu era pay.

Mes Robert Myu Yell Muntell Pats Cleero Etien Charlie Choplin Matey Beatty United States Fulius Cleve David Gareek Macready Richelieu Mian Ellen Tree

Dog Revival Turns Deadly After Rescue Gone Wrong

Frank Finney and Ten Lansing, motor policemen, were called to 211 West Georgia Street to end a dog's life after it was run over. An official declared the animal dead, but a warehouse attaché later said it moved. Lansing was chosen to execute the dog a second time, and the animal was killed.

Frank Finney Ten Lansing Coburn Storage and Warehouse Company West Georgia Street Sanders Finney Lansing Indianapolis News

Doughboy buried at Varennes amid odd finds and tales

A fragmentary wartime tale from Varennes recalls the doughboy buried near a pharmacy as locals recounts a strange postwar search for oil, a French soldier returning home, and an odd sum of 20,000 runes to gold. Other bits lampoon fashion and local life as Karans City jokes mingle with industrial notes on bronze powder production in America.

Ghboy Varennes Hin Bailiwick Pharmacie

Watermarks of paper and soul mark a divine call

A writer finds a hidden United States seal watermark on discarded paper, symbolizing government use. The author draws a parallel to Christians bearing a blood watermark of God’s kingdom, signaling heavenly standing, service, and steadfastness. The Bible is a spring renewing life when worldliness floods in.

United States House Committee On Patents Jommyson Jesus Christ Christ God Maine

Notice to trespassers on land of Walter Cator

Notice forbids all persons from Sarita land of the undersigned including hunting trapping crossing or any other trespass. Walter Cator.

Sarita Walter Cator

Illness costs U S wage earners billions yearly

A survey by the Inter church World Movement reports illness costs the nation billions annually and erodes work time by about nine days per worker. The study urges evangelical churches to cooperate on relief programs to address the economic and social impact on millions of families.

Rookie Guardsman Meets Moses Mock Joke at Western Camp

A young rookie at a Western camp endures ridicule from an officer as a guard duty moment turns into a dark joke. The scene shows the tense dynamic between ranks and the rookie’s growing distrust of others’ motives amid the camp’s shadowed atmosphere.

Moses

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