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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
4
In a November 26 1901 Atlantic style column from Sny der WVa editor remarks on trusts fighting the President and looming inflation. Mentions Roosevelt Medicare reform and Reed rules in the House. Notes immigration, rail stock watering, and West Virginia politics including potential county adjunction and local legal cases. References Admiral Schley Rayner and local fires and trials while predicting political shifts.
The piece touts a statesman's habit of chewing each bite thirty times for health and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a fifty year old remedies, claiming cure for stomach liver and bowel troubles. A Cumberland quarrel over an umbrella ends with Taylor Locke beaten to death by Albert and Dolan Mason.
An advertisement argues that being slightly overweight is harmless while extreme thinness requires cod liver oil. It attributes most thinning to overwork or under-digestion and recommends Scott's Emulsion as a balancing tonic, claiming genuine product image and free samples are available.
A Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy committee meeting at Mrs. H M Turner’s home arranged a town hall fair for December 2 with entertainments, auctions, and donations for aging veterans. The event features plays, recitations, songs, and stereoplicon views, with support from local lodges and various camps.
Squeal of the porker noted as Thomas Grove butchered eight. Grippe has sidelined several, including many children. Baltimore’s John Thomas visits relatives here, while Mrs M Smallwood’s friends meet in Martinsburg. Church services at Jitthuny Sunday 3 p.m. led by Rev Dox Pie. WMS plans a gathering at James Hurr home Sunday afternoon if weather allows.
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