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Shepherdstown Register

Location

Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1871

Page

2

Festival and auction notices from Shepherdstown town

The May 27 1871 issue notes a Presbyterian Church festival offering strawberries ice cream and lunch to benefit the church, plus a public sale of A J W Snyder's Leetown property to Dr Murray for 2500 dollars. It also reports a Kerneysville tournament, local accidents, and various notices and letters about railroads, lime burning, and local society events.

Ladies of the Presbyterian Church G. D. McGliney J. G. Truckle Leetown

Our Railroad Plans and Local Civil War Memories

The piece chronicles barretts Corps of Engineers locating a rail line from the area to Charlestown with orders to avoid disturbing stakes. It notes Pennsylvania Central Improvement Company stockholders meeting in Philadelphia, lists directors, and mentions a marriage in Winchester linking Miss Rebeena Wright to William Boneail. It also reports on Sheridan aiding Wright during Civil War times and an excerpt from Kilbourn City about pigeons floodfilling rail yards, plus a tornado in New Kent county and a McDowell county violent incident involving Silas Weston and Polly Steadman’s family.

H. St. John Shepherd Potomac Reading Schuylkill River Schuylkill Ding Railroad Company Henry St. J. Shepherd Shepherdstown W. Va Selaykill Manatawny Tulpehaven Maidencreek Fish Fund Messrs Grant and Dehart Sandy Hook Harper's Ferry Shepherd Sandy Look Baltimore Northern Central Harrisburg John Wiman Grant Cohart Mortimer Wood Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Harper's Fe Debart Isteresnixe Lerren Washington City Washington Lance Mr Cameron N. W. Virginia Railroad Grafton Parkersburg Hughes River Shenandoah Valley Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Philadelphia Wington Virginia Charlestown Gen. Schenck Wim. Grantham Nathan Barnes Middleway—Free Press Winchester and Potomac Thomas Rutherford Fill Cemetery Pres Samuel Myers James W. Batt Wille Bursing Fred. Young Col. Barrett Corps of Engineers Messrs. Collins Pennsylvania Central Improvement Company Mir Ycope Meir Corps of Sherandoah Valley Railroad Kuwait Pennsylvania Central Railroad “Company Tomas A. Scott Tris Front Reval Vir Persis Unf Scott Win. Mainter J MO Walker TL Lardwell Jamison Esq Rebreen Wright Winchester Forte Sities Boneail Cecil County Metayr Sun Sherdan Berlys Geneva Sheridan Ava Sheridan Miss Wright Ake Treasury Department Whellington Mies Wright Exonxovs Fuanror Prseoxs Kilbourn City Wis Dorks Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati New York Boston Beuisis Lisa Ae Bae Northing Raleigh Sentinel Srassiere Morgan Township McDowell Silas Weston Polly Steadman Weston Covnty Court Adair Columbus Adair Bernard Eotine Pul- Ty

Look Here Chriginally Patented by Judge Harper

A brief fragment notes a patent action involving Judge Harper of Texas. The readable parts indicate a claimed origin or ownership matter tied to a patent, with no additional identifying details or dates available in the text.

Board of Supervisors Grant County Hoke Petersburg Board of Is Supervisors Judge Harper Texas

Easy Working Hand Flour Mill Demonstration

An advertisement extols a hand flour mill and a powered model for grinding wheat corn rye buckwheat and coffee. It claims high efficiency, family suitability, and reduced labor while promising full grain utilization for nutrition and savings on transportation and tolls.

Lees Henry Bert Darahie

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