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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
4
Community notes mention shop openings and sales at W P Licklider and J A Staley, arbor day observance, and regional farm auctions. Local officials plan public events and pole raising at Antietam Cement Mill. residents discuss election day and busineses nearby. Names include West Virginia, Martinsburg, Leetown, and several merchants.
Shepherdstown residents attend a faculty and student social at Shepherd College. Lectures and weddings are announced, including George Wendling on Saul of Tar sus in Charlestown and Miss Sallie Marshall’s wedding to Owen LeDane near Shepherdstown. Local farming, trout stocking, a burglary report at Brown's Crossing, and a large Democratic rally precede voter education and new precincts.
A long list of visitors and movers in Shepherdstown includes Col. E V White and Mrs White of Leesburg VA, Mr Benjamin White Poolesville MD, Mr Marshall Hillsboro, Miss Robey and Miss Jenkins Loudoun, Elder John Eubanks Kentucky visiting W A Thompson near Kearneysville. They toured Antietam, joining a large gathering with friends and neighbors. Buzzerd of Morgan Messenger visited Shepherdstown, seeking a legislative seat. Sallye Faulkner returned from Europe with Governor Kellogg to Paris Exposition. Rev H Max Lentz and family arrived from North Carolina. others call on Reuter office. Thompson plans a big sale November 28.
Jefferson county church notes report a successful Sunday School convention at Charlestown Baptist church with officers re elected Geo Beltzhoever H Shipman and A D Barr. A Waynesboro Pa census shows Lutherans ahead with 1320 adherents and Reformers 1010. Evangelist W J Hubbard to start in November. Services planned across Shepherdstown Avilla Mt Wesley Kearneyeville and Duffields with several dedications and a Thanksgiving Proclamation by President McKinley dated Oct 29 1900.
Public speaking dates announced for Shepherdstown and surrounding areas. Hon. Cyrus Snyder leads on Friday November 2 at 7 30 p m, with a laboring man speaker to follow. Saturday features Hon. L R Via Major Daniel Driscoll and Hon Robert E Mattingly, plus Bryan button distribution. A campaign tour by Via, Driscoll and Mattingly is set for Saturday in multiple towns with free buttons at each meeting.
An array of dubious patent medicine claims fills the page as Vorihan Hare of Tellville touts a so called best selling tonic. The same column reports the death of Thomas A. Tearney aged about 35 from typhoid fever at his home in Harper's Ferry. It notes a typhoid link and a relative reference to Col. Garland Huret. It also advertises Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm for nasal and throat relief with promotional claims and a mail order option.
In Harper's Ferry on Thursday evening October 18 Frances Winn Crookston wed Henry Bernard Wachter of Bolivar in a ceremony led by Rev. E. Triplett. Guests praised the elegant travel attire and choral decorations. After a wedding supper the couple departed for a tour, while Major Crockstan’s daughter joins Bell View as Mrs Wachter.
Mr Hon Black of Grabow Sullivan Co N eave recalls his five year old son plagued by croup. After doctors and medicines failed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy helped. The ad notes it is safe for all ages and sold at Reimbart's Pharmacy. Separately Miss Lucy Teterhaw files $50 000 damages suit for breach of promise against United States Senator Win Sullivan of Mississippi.
An advertisement proclaims free samples from Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and chest diseases, promising cures to thousands. It asserts guarantees from a doctor and urges readers to visit for a trial. Also notes a congregation building a church in Bikine slated for occupancy this December.
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