Temperance call and county convention in Charlestown
May 22 1871 reports temperance leaders in Charlestown calling a county convention on the third Tuesday in June to advance temperance work. Leetown Good Templars name Lewis Homer Snowden H Watson and Henry C Evans as lodge delegates.JEfferson County notes include Rev T B Shepherd meeting at Wiltshire's Schoolhouse, Methodist Protestant quarterly meeting at Middleway, and a hoped Kav aga Camp at Leetown in August. The piece also records local business, oddities, weather, and community letters to the Register from Lexton, Binnstrer, and Berkeley County, with farming concerns and a polemical tale of liquor’s effects.
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Charlestown
Good Templars of
Leetown
Lewis Homer
Snowden H. Watson
Henry C. Evans
T. B. Shepherd
Wiltshire
Middleway
McSkimmin
Register
Lextons
Eptim
Cnversation
Templar
Uuildings
Das W. Sayier
Stuurod
Emy
Leotown
Lewtown
Plat
Sheridan
Cavalry
Texas
McGliney
McGhiney
Nively
League
Wales
Frith
Chamberlain
J. W. Roberts
Jose
Alvam
Sally
Sammy
Binnstrer
Mr. Borror
Lancaster
Durham
Devon
Jeffison
M. BE
South
Liberty Grove
Windy Marmaduke
Deaths at La Grange and Berryville in April and May
Death notices from La Grange report the passing of Capt. An Johnston in the 78th year at his residence on the 27th alt. In Berryville a Thursday April death records Mrs. Treadne Keauver, aged 53, and mentions Col. JL Q, the 28th, with additional lines noting Keetauver’s wife. The fragmentary text records multiple obituaries with ages and relationships.
Worm Confections and Cautions About Toxic Poisons
An old advertisement extols Bulls Worm Confections as a pleasant worm remedy for children priced at 28 cents, then argues against poisonous tonics and asserts H Green's Bitter as a safe tonic. The piece warns of dangerous drugs like arsenic, quinine, bromides, strychnine, opium and urges using Bitters as a harmless alternative.
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Bell
Advert for Entler's Sure Cure drug remedy
Keep from paying many bills by having Entler's Sure Cure in your house. It claims to cure diarrhea cholera cholera morbus dysentery cramps and summer complaint in children. For sale by H. M. Billings in Shepherdstown.
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Entler
H. M. Billings, Draggins
Shepherdstowns
Robert Buisi
United Statis
Erst cl
I. M. Billings
Ek Jak
Tye Lellan
Dee Trayer
Hegeaes
Billings
Tyr Fabroey
Taurney
Hillings
Wheat and corn markets in Shepherdstown weekly update
Wheat receipts were moderate and the market dull as millers bought sparingly. Sales reached 750 bushels Western red at 1.60 to 1.63, 820 bushels Maryland do at 1.55 to 1.65, 100 bushels prime at 1.95. Corn market firm with 1200 bushels prime Southern white at 0.77, 600 bushels mixed and steam at 0.74 to 0.76, 800 Western at 0.74, 2600 Southern yellow at 0.75 to 0.76.
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Medical Society of
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Leech
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Totherigngay Castle
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Newsdealer
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Alexandria
Virginia
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Isaac Russell
Winchester
C. A. Marstiall
Clarke Liss Maggi Alkington
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Shepherdstown Market
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Duffels
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Russell Reaper
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W.T. Lemen
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Woerenbull
Billings’ Drug Store
Ignale Ay
Kent
Yes Merchant Mill
B.D. Shepherd, Jr
Elizabeth S. Siepherd
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Grocerill
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