Fragmented notes from a local festival and town council item
A garbled OCR excerpt mentions Memorial Day events in Almwood with services, a festival Saturday evening, cabbage and jellies, and a Confederate color reference. It notes Theolopient ronton University ties and town possession actions, plus Norfolk and Western railroad board resignations and potential changes in a Pennsylvania line.
Little Locals News Roundup of Shepherdstown Elections and Events
Charlestown re elected George Washington mayor by a large majority with Hough Shugert and O M Phillips as councilmen. Monument to Private Harry Turner at Elmwood Cemetery may be rejected for unsatisfactory stone. Norfolk and Western Railroad delays on Antietam excursion upset passengers. Music club on Main Street enjoyed by Miss Marketl family with stringed instruments and vocalists. Eclipse observed though partially cloudy. another total eclipse in eighteen years. Death of Mr William James noted. he was crushed at Cardigan Junction on Soo railroad near Minneapolis. Shepherd College baseball lost 29 to 4 to St James College. praise for St James grounds and conduct. Senator Elkins seeks redress for postmasters 1864-1874 with claims list totaling $23,973.21. many claimants are deceased. Memorial Day Confederate observance planned June 2 with Veterans, Sons of Veterans, and Daughters of the Confederacy marching and programs at the cemetery.
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William James
Viranda James
Rippon
Cardigan Junction
Soo
Minnapolis
Minn
Elkins
Senatoa
West Virginia
Jeferson
Berkeley
Elias Baker
Shepherdstown
Gideon Leisenring
Charlestown
B. F. Leisenring
W. M. Snyder
Thos
M. Ott
Hall Alexander Foxgell
Marpere Perry
Bs&s
Confederate Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Old College
Daughters of the Confederacy
Jacob Wintermeyer
Local chatter and census prep in Shepherdstown
Roanoke caller J B Licklider subscribes and visits old soldiers. Miss Emma Bulloch returns for the summer. Lucy Butler graduates as a trained nurse in Washington. Families and visitors travel to Mercersburg Sudley Place Philadelphia and Europe. Census work advances with enumerators, supervisors, and agents. projected cost 15 to 16 million dollars. field work to begin soon.
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J.8. Licklider
Roanoke
Recisten
Old Soldier Boys
Shepherdstown
Emma Hamilton Bulloch
Savanah
Georgia
Azemia Shepherd
C.D. Wyong
A. 5
Reynolds
Claire Bowles
Wysong
Mercersburg
Pennsylvania
James
Pettit
James S. Pettit
U. S
Philippines
Rutherford Wysong
Washington
Dorsey Fishburn
Sudley Place
Messia
Ed. Shaner
Charles Shaner
Walter Crow
Polle Rightstine
Louise Anna Snyder
Philadelphia
Laura Blanche Byers
Rose Knoll
Washington City
Lawrence R. Lee
Birmingham
Ala
Marshall Mask
Plymouth
Hyder
Keyser
W. Va
John H. Snyder
Wsibe
Shepherdstown Graded School Graduates Celebrate in Hall
The closing exercises at Shepherdstown Graded School drew a crowded town hall audience last Friday. Principal Smootz presided as diplomas were awarded, poems and histories read, and a pantomime by the girls delighted the crowd. Teachers were praised for a high standard as graduates received gold medals for best productions and flowers from Rev Neel.
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Shepherdstown
Light Brigade
Nora Sheetz
Tennyson
Alice Billmyer
West Virginia
Lounee Anna Snyder
Smootz
Dace
Ella Kelsey
Ellen Hoffman
Teac Vesta Kreton
Dallas Arthur
Grace Hill
Ida Turner
Rebecca Bauiks
Johan Rebar
Room No
Annie Miller
Hil Thomas Muck
Silar Shenley
Local school prizes and late 19th century obituaries mix
A sequence of prize awards in Miss May Hoffman's and Miss Beulah Neel's rooms names students for head marks, attendance, and writing improvement. The piece lists numerous promotions at the Shepherdstown Colored School and notes several deaths including Elizabeth Ann Orndorff, Emma Donley, George Fouke, Elizabeth Neill, Amanda Littleton, Jacob Dayhoff, Martha Cole, with brief biographical details. A medical testimonial promotes One Minute Cough Cure by W. S. Musser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Hoffman
Annie Miller
George Hartzell
Ellea Hoffman
Rose Snyder
Ethel Sandower
Charlie Sigler
Mabel Hamrickhouse
Beulah Neel
Stuart Criswell
Roy Myers
Ida Turner
Will
Bessie Licklider
Linda Shepherd
Mary Link
Julia Maddox
Harry Billmyer
Willis Crow
Will Snyder
Ella Kelsey
Lenora Marten
Morrison Ghiselin
Iain Reinehart
Helen Link
Smootz
Louise Anna Snyder
Aliee Billmyer Guit
Turtzell
Eunice Neel
Antietam Memorial Ceremony Opens in Sharpsburg
At Antietam yesterday a grand memorial service in the national cemetery marked the dedication of the Maryland monument to Confederate and Union soldiers. President McKinley, cabinet members, General Longstreet, and many dignitaries attended as veterans from both sides gathered peacefully.
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Antietam
Sharpsburg
National Cemetery
Maryland
Corfederate
Wien
Erowd
McKinley
Longstreet
Wheeler
Amy
Byd Douglas
Blus
Daniel
South
Root
Brooke
Hawley
Douglas
McClellan
Henry Kyd Troughs
Lone
Confederate Veterans of
Shepherdstown
Wm. IL. Kearfott
Sharpeburg
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Washington Star
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Harry M. Hopkins
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Cam Costabierger
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Nora Sheets
Fanny Shephent
Eva Chapline, Helen Crow
T. Smootz
Virginia Schley
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the County Diploms
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Lomas
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E Me
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Dr. Hill
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Mabel Humbahoue
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Myrtle Omer
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Imo Waslington
Eunice Brown
Herman Cremer
Exrabeth Drew
Herbert Grew
Devries Mowman
Jerry Tolliver
Elizabeth Ann Orndorff
Willian Orndorff
Pilot Grove
Missouri
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Shepheristown
Samuel Long
Pontal
Porter Headlee
Hickory Barron
Norman Wellbanks
Morro
Cal
Robert Orndorff
Florence
Crank Leard
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Sallie
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Orndorff
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Southern Methodist Church
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William Hoffman
Clayton Donley
Moler
George Fouke
Mt. Morris
Illinois
Elizabeth Harrison
Morgan County
Elizabeth Shepard-Neill
Winchester
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Heidwhel
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Martha Blanche Cole
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J. D. Billmyer
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R. W. Morrow
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D. G. Donnelly
Lamar
Thomas Janney
Jugen
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James K. Hendrieke
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Special Crockery Bulletin
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Saéleemen
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Tadien
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Oline
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