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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
4
Fragmented political chatter tracks presidential candidates in Virginia and West Virginia as tension rises over succession. Mentions of Morgan art collection and tariff revision surface amid protests and school tensions.
West Virginia educators and lawmakers debate regents orders to shift the fourth year from four normal schools to Huntington and Fairmont. Leaders warn the move risks weakening all schools, urging a comprehensive plan and state legislature input before any action. Leaders Barbe Baltz call for preserving and improving all schools and caution against favoritism toward Huntington and Fairmont.
Judge Faulkner appoints Captain John E Boyd jury commissioner for Berkeley county. Local notices cover public sale of Inwood Yair Association property, suicides and deaths of John A Sibert and Charles Barton, peach yellows campaign by Prof J H Stewart, a man beaten near Winchester, ex postmaster candidate Charles H White to face US Court in Parkersburg, H Berry resigning as manager at Burton & Sandstreet Co, a fatal drowning of a colored man near Harper's Ferry, electricity lighting plans for Charles Town and Berryville, John Carney loses wallet in Martinsburg later recovered, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promo, 17th annual Grand Camp reunion in Richmond, and a Catholic Church controversy in Selina Ohio.
A 1907 note from N. B. Ewrna in Lavaux Maine describes local opportunities near Milwaukee Wiscon in the Pittsburg of the West. He details large iron works employments and multiple plants, earnings from 50 cents to 2.50 per day for horseshoeing and cart breaking, and asks for West Virginia friends to stay connected via Rootsren news. He notes transport links with 23 passenger trains and 52 freight trains daily and mentions family history and kinship with the Knott homes.
In Shepherdstown many people misjudge their health with indigestion causing headaches sleeplessness and other symptoms. Miona stomach tablets strengthen digestion and restore stomach function in days. Reinhart's guarantees money back if Miona does not cure, remedy free unless effective.
Directory lists pastors and schedules for Shepherdstown and nearby churches. It notes no service at Shepherdstown Presbyterian due to the pastor's absence, with other congregations detailing times and guest speakers for Sunday meetings.
An assortment of old ads and notices includes J G Jenkins praising Buck- Jen's Arnica Salve for pain relief, Hill's Pharmacy remedies, Fol ley Honey and Tar claims, and a church plan to raise 2 000 000 dollars for foreign missions. Medical cures, kidney pills, and child health products feature alongside weekly university exercises and a general call to customers.
Sharpsburg news reports Mrs Laughtierwin and Annie returning from Pennsylvania and Ohio visits, visits by Joseph Hines of Roanoke to his mother Mrs Ines, and Emma Hammond in Washington. It notes the Antietam Battlefield tablet painting bids, a 1000 people gathering at Keedysville for a United Brethren burial ground memorial, and John P. Smith reading a long poem. It covers local illnesses, visitors, frosts, and preparations for Antietam Cemetery decoration day.
An old newspaper advert promotes Vinol cod liver oil tonic as superior to traditional emulsions, claiming full body-building elements and kid friendly taste. It also markets Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh, criticizing cocaine-containing powders and Mercury remedies. Reinhart's Pharmacy endorses Vinol and offers a money-back guarantee if ineffective.
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