Local Briefs Touch Comforts and Public Life
Reads like a bustling town page with notices on stores selling seeds and dogged promotions at Hill’s drug store, Owens & Miller, and Miller’s. It covers court events in Jefferson County, a Norfolk and Western schedule rumor, church and school updates, a big John Brown lecture, the eclipse, and plans for street improvements and a theater charity event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotty
Hill's
Owens & Miller's
Courne
Owens & Meers
Hill
Miller's
Daniels
Ls Pharmacy
Toledo
Ohio
Shep
Owens & Miller
Isa Circuit Court
Thompson & Billmyer
Owens
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Washington
Shenandoah Junction
U A
Pew
John Brown
S.V. Leech
Shepherdstown Athletic Association
Town Hall
Doctor Leech
Joseph A. Hess
Jefferson County
Walter Thomas
Kearneysville
Hess
John Hess
Frank H. Gardner
Millville
This County
Charles McKee
Martinsburg
John P. Hess
Thos. L. and
R.C. Hess
A. Frank Hess
San Francisco
Presbyterian
Elmwood Cemetery
Elias Elmer Mondell
Mondell
Norfolk & Western Railway
Mr. Mondell
Bakersville
Shakesperean Entertainment
R. D. Shepherd
Charles B. Hanford
Shepherdstown
Charles Town
Winchester
Owens & Miller's Drug Store
Owens's & Miller’s Drug Store
Waterworks Feasibility Report Heads Toward City Vote
The council has appointed Mayor U. S. Marfin and Councilmen J. L. Welshans and P L Weltzheimer to form a committee to study the cost and feasibility of waterworks. They are consulting engineers and experts, and will report findings to gain public approval. A neighboring city reader urges a gravity system but endorses waterworks, suggesting pumping by water power or electric power if needed. The writer agrees waterworks will be a lasting benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Welshans and
Weltzheimer
Electric Light Company
Welshans
The
New York Herald
Atlanta Journal
Pathfinder
Shepherdstown
Atlanta
Staunton
Gettysburg
James Rumsey
John Moray
Berkeley Springs
John Fitch
Fitch
Fulton
Moray
Rumsey
Far West
National Archives
Bohemia Manor
Maryland
Bath Square
National Purchase
A. R. Boteler
Geo. A. Rumsey
Salem
N. J
Benjamin West
Rumtsey
Baltimore
George W. West
Tean
Charles Town
Gardner
Hendricks
W. Hannah
H. V. Daniels
D. H. Nichols
Harper's Ferry
William O. Ram
Burns Warehouse
Arthur Davenport
Fourth Avenue
George
Mildred Streets
George Street
Fourth
Second Avenue
Burns, Roberts and Snyder
Potomac River
Blue Ridge
James 5
Rightstine
Messrs
Alexander
Porterfield
Light
Roberts
Burns
Rider
Snyder
Robert G. Miller
German Street
Mill Street
High Street
Railroad Station
Princess Street
High
King Street
Church Street
Duke
New Street
King Stre
U. S. Marfin
J. L. Welshans
P_L_Weltzheimer
Register
Martinsburg
Mothers Solve Child Health Problem With Peruna
A letter from St Louis and stories from Chippewa Falls praise Peruna as the solution for weak, sickly girls. Mothers describe puny, ailing children improving after Peruna use, noting renewed energy and vitality. The text emphasizes Peruna’s steady, practical relief over evolving medical theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avives
Mather
Ahailsie
Steels
Sehopur
Tiecath Ave
St. Louis
Hartman
Alfooy
Mia
Martha Moss
Chippewa Falls
Wikcanelt
Mye
Dr. Hartman
Merine
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Senday
J. W. Jacobs
Miser
Mr. Grove
Qwens
Milan
Hodges
Ty Owens & Miller
Barr
Vonderlain
Entler Hotel
Joan
Billmyer
r&Co
Siltie
Nicreal
Isaire
Unday
Uvilla M. BE
A. Didhichds
Vile Memorial
Micajah Woods
Charlottes
Shepherd Turnpike
Nes
Jefferson
L. C. Vass
Presbyterian Church
Congo
W. J. Hubbard
Main Street
Beulah B. Moler
Newton Moler
Bakerton
Walter A. Moler
W. A. Lynch
M. E. Church
Emma Katherine Strider
Bellevue-Stratford
Philadelphia
Waldorf Lunch Company
Boston
Strider
College
Caledonia Lodge of Odd Fellows
J. Poyntz Tyler
St. John's Episcopal Church
Odd Fellows
Shepherd College
St. James College
Maryland Boys
Morrow
St. James
Athey
Moyer
Haught
James S. Lakin
Charleston
Cone
Shepherds College
Lakin
West Virginia
Oscar Lorain
Laura Butler
Robert Gibson
Mississippi
Bert Long
Mabel Lyman
Ella Grant
Long
Boonsboro
George T. Hodges
United States Army
Philippines
Whipple Barracks
Arizona
Mary Pendleton
Douglas
W. Va
Smith
Frank
Pottstown
Ysabel Landis
Henry W. Potts
W. W. Winters
Elkins
Improved Order of Red Men
Osceola Tribe of
Taylor Bragomer
Keystone
Daniel Heflebower
Ripon
Nellie Arnold
Burk
Ittsville
Jos. L. Cookus
C. H. Rockey
Waynesboro
Benjamin Hartzell
George W. Johnson
Parkersburg
Leetown
John Allen Legge
Geo. W. Billmyer
Brunswick
Lynne Waddell
Fairmont
United States Court
A. G. Dayton
Dayton
Jyan Wilson
Green Spring
W. B. Cornwell
Luther Stevens
Joan N. Sutton
Berkeley County
Frances Miller
Vancleresville
Mr. Sutton
Washington County
Miller
Church of the Brethren
Anna Katherine Wilson
M. E. Kirby
Bolivar
James F
Maria Wilson
E. Willis Wilson
William Grant Wilson
Hartford
Methodist Episcopal Church
George W. Thomas
Patrick St. John
Front Royal Va
Albina Young
Geo. W. Young
Henry A. Underdook
Buffalo
Wyoming
Isaac Baker
Randolph County
Stark L. Baker
James A. Kaufman
Thomas Myers
Morgan County
Grace
John N. Schell
Avilla
Bettie Keyser
Shenandoah County
L. Snyder & Co
James K. Hendricks
Mgimeer
Demme
M.C. Bovey
Loudoun County
Standard Oil Company Incorporate
Eure
Ayescre
Owens & Miller’s
Guy H. McKee
Adams Express
Old Stand
Staley
M. G. Tabler
Fais Fen
North Queen Street
Martinsburg, W. Va
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