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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
4
A lively political column cites Judge Goff as a potential Senate candidate and rails at insurance, rail, and corporate power. It laments railroad rate abuses, praises federal reform talk, and notes arrests in New York while criticizing West Virginia and Maryland officials for entanglements and missed dividends.
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports a conference between Senator Elkina and Governor Daweon on campaign issues for the state. It notes disagreements over whether state or national matters should lead, plus sharp critiques of Elkina’s railroad ties and a call for a non branded successor. Also mentions tax law tests, potential revolutions in taxation, and public interest in the next election. The note cites broader world and health topics briefly among advertisements and corporate references.
An old promotional passage extols fat babies as healthier and happier, suggesting Scott's Emulsion provides necessary fat stores for bones and nerves. It touts fat as comforting and protective while implying scrawniness causes nerve discomfort and increased distress for infants.
Notes from nearby recount brief items: Branewick factory with $20000 capital. Charlee Young killed in Pittsburg. Randolph Anderson home burned at Summit Point. Berryville liquor license doubles to 500. 12 year old Hunter Purtlebaugh fatally injured sledding in Frederick county. Winchester local option election wets win by 51. coal theft on Martinsburg siding. United Brethren Conference closes with pastor assignments to Martinsburg Winchester Inwood Jones's Spring and Berkeley Springs.
Representatives of Jefferson and Berkeley horticultural societies met in Martinsburg to plan a cooperative fruit exchange. They proposed independent county groups under a central office to stabilize prices, hold crops for higher returns, and maintain orchard inventories. Morgan County may join next meeting in Martinsburg.
An assortment of medical ads tout Mi Ona stomach aids and King s New Discovery for coughs with guarantees from Reinhart s Pharmacy. Also notes on two Baltimore Methodist conferences, Kenneth Molver s recovery, former Philadelphia mayor Sammel H Ash bridge s death, Andrew Carnegie s Roanoke College endowment gift offer, and a cold cure laxative warning with Groves signature on the bottle.
A handful of items from West Virginia report a deadly explosion at Century coal mine in Barbour county with 21 miners killed. Other notes include the death of Rev. Dr. George W. White, Moorefield pastor for 36 years, at about 80, a burglary at Philippi post office and Mining Company offices netting about 5000 dollars, and liquor license changes in Binefield where 14 saloonkeepers paid the new total of 2525 dollars. Winchester Presbytery records ministerial moves for Rev. J. H Purcell and Rev. B H. Dapny, while Grafton votes favor of license repeal after recount showing a 57 to 40 tally supporting no license.
An ad-style note promotes Hyomei as a scientific catarrh treatment with inhaler, bottle, and dropper for $1, extra bottle 50 cents, claiming safe air-borne germ destruction and guaranteed cure. Also warns against imitations of Poley’s Honey and Tar and touts Rodol Nyspensia Cure and Kodol Digests after meals, sold by Reinhart's Pharmacy.
Church directory items provide service times at Shepherdstown Kearneysville Sibynirdstowe and Shenandoah Junction with multiple ministers named and monthly or weekly services noted. A senatorial candidate seeks Democratic nomination promising a two cent train fare and abolition of tolls while pledging to pay own travel costs.
Reinhart's Pharmacy touts Vinol as a superior tonic and body builder derived from cod liver oil without grease. The proprietors say Vinol strengthens digestion, boosts appetite, builds red blood, and supports overall health as per modern science, with a refund offer if customers are not satisfied.
The article extols Castoria as a safe pleasant remedy for infants and children. It cites physicians like Dr. William J. McCrann and Charles H. Pletcher praising its use in their families and practice. It emphasizes a vegetable formula that aids digestion, sleep, and feverishness without narcotics, noting medical journals support its safety.
An advertisement from Keinbart's Pharmacy touts a laxative syrup named Oriso Lasative Pruit that stimulates the liver and cleanses the system. It claims to clear complexion and help both adults and children without gripe, asserting superiority to pills aperients and watery cathartics.
An excellent farm of 102 jerks smooth limestone land near Van Clevesville in Berkeley county. Includes several buildings, well fenced and destrable, five miles from Morilneburg. Also No. 54, 120 acres southeast of Stephersdtown with brick lane of IE rooms, fine new bank barn, running water through the place, and tillable land with water piped to the house. A very desirable small farm of acres on the Shepherd turnpike four miles from Shepherdstown with good orchard. A. L. Snyder & Co.
A sale notice offers one fresh cow and a second fourdoch, a four-horse wagon and bed, two sets of bree otibands, a riding cultivator, a Buckeye mare and a Puland-China boar. Prices to be enabled. Apply to J. Snyderh, Shenandoah Junction. March 22, 1900.
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