BrEf snatches from Boswell area on June 9 sales
Brief items list summer prices and happenings around Boswell and nearby towns. Ginger, cider, peaches, and seed potatoes appear with prices. A woman’s club meeting, births, weddings, hotel fire, lost satchel, and a railway excursion to Gettysburg are noted along with local notices and upcoming commencements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jock
Almente
Jesse R. Tyy
Tyson
Miss Swaine
Shepherdstown
Muglas Davis
Hagers
Shipley
Vay
Norfolk & Western Railway
Gettysbore Battlefew
Draft Evaders From Jefferson County Named in War Dept List
The War Department released a draft evaders list including Jefferson county residents John Preston Thomas of Preston Thomas Charles Town Harry Montague of Harpers Ferry Fred Douglas Barnett of Summit Point Rufus Orville McBrien and James Stanton of Shepherdstown McBrien a former manual training teacher at Shepherdstown later disappeared after marriage rumors of enlistment under another name circulated Stanton a carder of unknown destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Jefferson County
John Preston Thomas
Preston Thomas
Charles Town
Harry Montague
Harper's Ferry
Fred Douglas Barnett
Summi Point
Rufus Orville McBrien
James Stanton
Shepherdstown
McBrien
Shepherd Call
Ashington
Stanton
Cilard
Insurance ad for wheat hail damage in Shepherdstown
An insurance notice from Washington, Alexander & Cooke in Charles Town West Virginia promoting hail storm coverage for wheat crops. Sub Agent H Trout in Shepherdstown urges farmers not to wait for a hail event to insure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander & Cooke
W. Va
Pierdstown
W.va
Hagerstown
Oliver F. Grice
Grice
A. J. Kummer
Washington County
Germany
United States
Sixth Field Artillery
Regular Army
Spokane
Washington
J. Cleveland
Charles Town
H. Trout
Shepherdstown
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Riegiske
Boswell’s
Bos
Boscep En Ghautaigua
W. B. Hamville
Sexeve Wrest
M. Moler
Engles
Tie Merkeley County Farm Bureau
H. L. Ary
J. G. DeBaugh
Treasuer
Frank VanMetre
Washington Hotel
Springs
Hable Johnson
and Johnson
Miss Lila
C. O. Yall
Kabletown
Duffields
Robert Hine
Robert Bane
Shep- W.va
Thein Foneon
Shepe Als
Harrison Robinson
Noi. Robinson
Tgh
Ford
N.S. P
Rachel Snyder
Arction
Myers
Shenandoah River
Myerstown
Allege
Salem
Dr. Smith
MPA
Billmyer
Stores College
Geo. M. Ford
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Vnde
Wilson
Helen Pintieton
Wilmer Latimer
College Auditorium
Woman's Club
Justice Latimer
Williamsport
Eas
Lewis Cunningham
C. H. Lewis
J. J. Pittman
Cunningham
Antietam National Cemetery
Sharpsburg
K. of P. Hall
John J. Cornwell
West
Virginia
Royal C. Johnson
South Dakota
F. N. Zihiman
Maryland
Jack Snyder
West Virginia University
Clarksburg
Weston
Glenville
Weston Independent
Jack
Snyder
Chenowith
Nitiner
Warner
Warner's
Lester Brothers
National Highway Garage
Shepherdstown, W. VA
Lucas Abbey
Maddox Brothers
Lucas
Charles L. Crane
Chautauqua
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