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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
5
A ragged page lists assorted ads and notices from Sheperdstoton area merchants and societies. Items mention Reinhart’s goods and holiday displays, W. P. Licklider’s clothing, and local farmers stocking cattle for winter. Socials include church events, marriages, and bazaar efforts with community leaders named. A railroad wreck near Shenandoah Junction disrupts morning traffic.
Local items report eggs at 24 cents a dozen and butter at 18 cents a pound while wheat nears 70 cents a bushel and corn around 65 cents retail. Edison biograph show, Christmas sales, a 455 pound hog, a cemetery accident, and a trapshooting contest are noted amid town improvements, a auto electric lighting test, and property upgrades in town.
The Newton D. Baker of Cleveland Ohio son of Dr N D Baker of Martinsburg and nephew of the Mesers Baker of Shepherdstown has been appointed first assistant in Cleveland city law department with a 3500 dollar salary. The Plain Dealer praises him as bright and a strong public speaker who helped tax reform and anticipates him adding power to the department. Also notes local West Virginia youths prosper.
Mrs Phoebe Ann Moore wife of James V Moore died at Westview two miles from Kearneysville Friday morning at 10. The funeral was at the residence Sunday at 10:30 conducted by Rev Ghiselin assisted by Dr Hopkins. She was 82 and had been ill, a Presbyterian for 62 years. Survived by husband and son Vincent G Moore and daughter Mrs JG Wyatt preceded in death. Interment in Hamwood Cemetery pallbearers named. Also notes on Dr George Marmion of Washington City who died suddenly. obituary mentions family relations and Harper's Ferry ties. Other items include Martinsburg and Charles Town court actions and local notices.
Church notices report M E Church South services at Bethesda with Love Feast and preaching by Rev. H P Hamill and others in Shepherdstown and nearby towns. union service planned for Thanksgiving at Dotheran church. Ep worth League and catechetical classes. missionary efforts and a broader church calendar detailed. The Baltimore Tribune notes a brother search and local school updates at Shepherd College and state normal. The piece includes discussion of a bloodhound report and a court outcome with no indictment.
Jacob A Myers aged about 70, of Myers Mills near Sharpsburg Missouri, died last Friday evening from injuries after an incident with his horse while leading it to water. He fell or was thrown as the horse moved, sustaining a concussion and ultimately dying around 5 PM. He was a highly esteemed citizen and left surviving children and a widow.
Tas Wynn an Oxford Aln blacksmith narrowly escaped being buried alive after funeral services. The casket was opened at the grave and the body moved, then hurried back to Wynn’s home where he revived and is now under treatment. He had been pronounced dead by physicians and lay for two nights and a day.
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