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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
4
A grieving speaker pleads for affirming words and acts of love while alive not after death. The plea seeks reassurance that life choices and kindness were meaningful, and asks for honest comfort before the grave. The poem stresses urgency of spoken care and memory.
A discussion on vegetables as essential to health, noting the high food value of beans peas potatoes sweet corn beets and carrots. Carrots and beets yield about a ton per tenth acre, equaling substantial beef amounts. vegetables supply minerals roughage and vitamins, supporting a diet balanced with meat and stressing home gardens for freshness and low cost.
A local column lists diverse notes from Martinsburg to Clarke county and beyond. It mentions a man fishing near Charleston catching a copper sight, a Martinsburg resident Philip Rhodes dying at 74, inheritance tax changes, a Keyser poisoning incident, John W. Davis joining the National Bank of Commerce, and a long marriage history of Martin Christian. Also reported are a rattlesnake find on Cheat river, a 320,000 dollar Clarke county road bond vote, sheep killed by dogs in Eagan farm, a Luray Caverns wedding, a Strasburg marriage, and a peculiar 52 year debt settled in Ohio for 43.40.
Kidney disease warned as dangerous and early signs urged prompt care. Doan's Kidney Pills advertised as the reliable remedy praised by Mrs. Frank Carter of Shepherdstown, who cites backache relief and restored kidney function after using the product since 1916 with full confirmation in 1921. Foster M. Mulburn Co. Buffalo Mfgs.
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