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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
7
Fragments describe shop offers at Boswell's and Hodges with goods like oils fabrics and tires. Notes mention a Del igvone system installation, church services, a motel sale, road work plans and a harvest supper with soup. Also referenced are elections amendments and a property sale scheduled for November 24th with local notices about licenses and town activities.
J O Knorr reports on the Delta visit near New Orleans during election week, noting sugar cane harvest, limited winter, and open cotton. He contrasts New Orleans with Cairo and Memphis, warns of rising pessimism among Southerners, calls for nonviolent rights education for Black people, and cites observations on education and morale in the South. The piece ends with local notices about a church fundraiser and commerce references.
The Jefferson County Sunday School Association held a three day gathering at the Southern Methodist Church in Kabletown. Five sessions drew about 255 attendees per session from 34 Sunday schools with Mt. adjournments and an address by Z R Poland of Martinsburg. Officers were elected for the year including J D Muldoon president and W P Licklider secretary. Delegates reported strong countywide progress, with Beulah and Kabletown praised for hospitality and a budget set at 530 for county work and state apportionment.
Two pure bred bull calves aged seven and nine months offered for sale with certificates of registration furnished to purchaser. Prices listed as 75 and 100 dollars respectively.
Real estate listing from Moore Insurance and Realty Company of Charles Town West Virginia offering a brick dwelling with nine and a half acres for sale at Alstadt's Toll Gate on the Harper's Ferry turnpike. Property details and price not specified.
A thousand dollars is available as a loan secured by solid collateral. Apply by mail to Box 283, Shepherdstown Virginia. A $150 annual fee buys the Register for one year.
In Berkeley county near Berkeley Station George Ridenour was arrested for shooting across a public road and near a dwelling. He was fined 10 dollars and costs on the first charge and 15 dollars and costs on the other. Near Hagerstown three young men were arrested for hunting on Rev. A M Evers farm without permission and fined 18 dollars with costs each. Last Sunday Herbert Ingram of PhiSphia was struck and killed by a passenger train on the B and O Railroad near Hancock. A track walker found his head and one leg at the track and other remains were found on the Cumberland baggage car track, it is supposed he was stealing a ride on the blind baggage.
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