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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
4
Brief notes from Iota Register dated 29 1900 itemize small local happenings. Names places and minor events appear in terse notices typical of early 20th century local press. This compact summary preserves the dated browse of community items without sensational detail.
A fragmented note from the Erie works indicates delays in the next batch of shipments. The brief mentions a Senin Gell timetable and pale October target, with workers awaiting updated production schedules and a revised release date.
A fragmented note mentions Bat at foe tat raat Leteyty vilstown and ent Bate with unclear context. The readable items imply a local game or event involving Bat, a team or player, and individuals named Bate but specifics remain obscured.
A brief note reports on Panne SRL experiencing a drop to zero pounds in a financial quote. Specific actions, dates, or parties are not provided. The fragment suggests a company led by Panne SRL faced a nominal zero value event or valuation. Further readable context is unavailable.
Canal aqueduct repairs near completion will resume navigation in days. Reports of theft at Antietam station, a church supper in Shenandoah Junction, and injuries from a fall on a freight train near Bakerton. Local elections, property moves, and museum donation noted along with shop renovations and matting sales at The Hub Charlestown.
PERSONALS item describes Mr. Robert Gibson leaving Shepherdstown for Philadelphia with his wife to join Shinn & Baer. It lists new students at Shepherd College, visits, subscriptions, travel, and local social notes. Also reports on Norfolk and Western sale rumors and a prison confession related to a local malice case, with brief notices about local merchants.
A slate of obituaries and notices fills local pages. Capt George H Flag g dies at home after apoplexy and stroke. Rev J B Fox, Dr. Fox and others pass away in Staunton and Shepherdstown. Memorials, retirements, and civic roles noted. Weddings between locals and guests in Shepherdstown Martinsburg Kearneysville and Hagerstown mark social life.
The Baltimore Conference of the M E Church and the Baltimore Conference South will meet April 4 in Washington City with a reunion of surviving ministers from the old Baltimore Conference. Bishops Bowman and Wilson to preside and speak, respectively, with several known ministers listed. Other local church notices include confirmations, calls, and upcoming services across Shepherdstown, Duffields, Kearneysville, and Martinsburg, along with appointments and meetings of church groups and Sunday observances.
An old time advertisement proclaims furnishing oils paints varnishes and home improvement items including Venetian Red Lamphiack ultramarine blue and vermin destroyers to beautify and render homes comfortable with broad product mentions and no specific prices or dates.
Lewis Harris, a colored man, allegedly committed a brutal assault on Miss Annie McTivaine near Belair Maryland last Saturday night. A mob reportedly dragged him from jail Monday night and hanged him amid tense public alarm. A fragment of other notices references doctors and patent remedies from Chamberlains and local pharmacists.
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