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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
3
Readers encounter a crowded Shepherdstown page with Owens Miller ads for groceries paints seeds and syrups. Local notices mention court sessions May 16, college commencements and a Shepherd College baseball defeat plus society events and marriages in town.
Shepherdstown community reports celebrate a student reception, upcoming marriage of Cot. George C. Treadwell and Laura Lorraine, and local election results with the dry ticket sweeping Berkeley Springs. Plans include a new Red Men building in Sharpsburg, property listings near town, summer term at Shepherd College State Normal School, a potential regional baseball league, and Confederate memorial day services. Also noted are railway lighting opinions, a marriage in Washington, a college town play, Knight Templar services, orchard work by Morgantown researchers, a new bakery operated by G. W. Freeman, and a Rexall hair tonic promotion at Owens & Miller.
Mrs Harvey W Harmer of Clarksburg W Va visits for a week to attend the Darby Marten wedding on Saturday Miss Alice Marten returns home from teaching at Thomas W Va Dr R K Beagonier stops in on way to Keystone after work in New York Hospital Mrs G R Hubbard recovering from an operation at Memorial Hospital Richmond Va Mrs Casey and Miss Emma Casey arrive in Shepherdstown to spend the summer at Sudley Place Numerous local residents and visitors noted with various travels and duties in the area Council meeting records list salaries and building plans for town fire house street repairs clean up day and water works extension County Court to study Shenandoah river bridge at Bloomery and courthouse yard work status
Obituary notices record the death of Ar. J. Henry Smith near Hagerstown from a wagon accident after a hay haul. Also noted are the deaths of J. W. Johnson of Bardane and Julia Lambright of Shepherdstown, with details on their ages, families, and church affiliations.
A veteran paint dealer testifies Stay Semi-Paste Paint is cheapest and most durable, claiming gloss lasts six to seven years and coverage per gallon is superior. Local examples in Shepherdstown, W Va, are cited. Sold exclusively by Owens & Miller with their square deal pledge.
Major J B Payne headed a parade of volunteers in Parkersburg as 700 delegates gathered for a World Sunday School convention. Lectures by Dr George Heber Jones and others filled sessions at Y M C A and First Baptist Church with a grand tableau by area children. Next meeting slated for Wheeling. Also notes on catarrh cure ads and Charleston Chamber dinner honoring Senator Chilton.
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