Shepherdstown College staff changes and community notices
The State Board of Education announces Florence Hulman of Diet Hijpois as music instructor at Stephart College with degrees from New England Conservatory. New faculty include Miss Hoffman taking over the music department as head, while students prepare a reception. Local sports, social events, and marriages are noted along with travels of residents, campus staff movements, and military family announcements in Shepherdstown and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
Cnoid
Florence Hulman
Diet
Hijpois
UN Stephart College
Skares
New England Conservanry
Boston
Mass
Fragmented OCR reminiscences of a railway worker and service claims
A garbled archival fragment recalls a railway employee praised for dedication and steady daily duties. It mentions shift changes, mail and express delivery, and customer service concerns, with references to a station, a train, and unresolved questions about duty and pay.
Proposal for 1922 Antietam battle reenactment reunion
A Baltimore reader urges the Register to promote a grand reunion of Civil War veterans on the sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. He proposes ceremonies on September 17, 1922 and a reenactment at the cemetery, suggesting contacts with Congressman Sichtman, President Harding, and Secretary Denby, and notes local wartime sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Register
Antietam
Appearie
Leonard J
Emmett
Haxerstown Globe
Cemetery Committee
Zichtman
Harding
Denby
Winter bed clothing sale announced for October event
On Friday and Saturday October 7 and 8, shoppers will find 8 collections of winter bed clothing. The sale features blankets and bed coverings at roughly half price compared with last year, with quantities described as dozens of blankets and comforts.
Disputed court actions and local events in Shepherdstown area
Martins Bure resident Col Stuart W Walker has been ill and hospitalised in Baltimore. Hagerstown man EV Hull gains permission to operate a Baltimore to Hagerstown route. Maryling lines to be run this week. Wheat and corn markets fall with wheat at 4.6 per bushel and corn at 45 cents. Deputy sheriff Alpert Crampton appointed militant game warden for Maryland. Henry Shepherd advertises large livestock sale at Willowdale Farm near Shepherdstown on November 3. Jefferson County tree removal at the Jefferson County Telephone Building prompts call for a replacement. Football game October 31 at Miller Field between Frederick Cadets and Shepherd College. Norfolk & Western Railway excursion trains carried thousands to Luray Caverns. George W. Smith sues Norfolk & Western for 510,000 after a train-caused injury. John A. Miller takes charge of Model Bakery on Main Street, expanding ice cream and confectionery offerings. Hazel Martin recovering from tonsil and adenoid surgery in Stuart Virginia. Automobile collision near Martinsburg causes injuries to Rosa Cooper and others. Swarthmore Chautauqua Bureau signs noted by Dr. J. C. Knott for summer work. Jefferson Circuit Court proceedings report on Standard Line and Stone Company tax appeal, divorce decrees, and courtroom verdicts including a $6,000 B&O verdict against the railroad company in a death case. John A Stephens on trial for Miss Katherine Littleton murder. he testifies describing events of that night.
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Alpert Crampton
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Maryland
Nce
Henry Shepherd
Willowdale Farm
Shepherdstown
Turaday
George W. Smith
Norfolk & Western
Shenandoah Junction
Smith
No & W. Railway
John H. Miller
Harrisburg
Main Street
G. W. Freeman
Miller
Hazel Martin
Wm. FH. Marin
Patrick County
Stuart
Marper’s Ferry
Brunswick
WA. Daniel
Charles
Mis Place
Jeferson
Standard Line and Stone Company
Millville
J. W. Simms
Charleston
Stunt
Col
Forrest W. Brown
County Board of Reiew
Elliott
Whiting
Wolf
Alexander
Hird
SMLOM
Woods
Standard Company
Lewis W. Overstreet
Vila Smallwood
Edgar Davie
Nwanie Davis
HV Sheetz
Goo. M. Helishnever, Jr
Louis C. McAnly
Mary McAnly
Archer
Robert E. Fox
Chas
W.fox
Dewey Fox
Kearneveville Creamery Company
Joseph Wise Ontthers
Taylor
Fidelity Bane
James M. Mason
C.F Wall
Southard
B&o
John A. Stephens
Katherine Littleton
Bolivar
John T. Porterfield
Tracey L. Jeffords
Charles Kidwiler
T. O. Everhart
J. R. Bane
Geo
W. Shull
Joseph Writt
C. M. LaRue
W. W. Burch
Halltown
Bruce Stephens
George Bumgardner
Charles Kenneford
Ay Bolivar
Miss Litteton
Baumgardner
Kenneford
Harper's Ferry
Miss Littleton
Accidental Shooting Ends Life On Rouss Farm
On a farm four and a half miles south of Charles Town a revolver discharged as Beverley Hib bard prepared to box it with other items. Son Charles Hibbard, 24, died within minutes from a bullet through his arm and chest. Dr. Alex Rouss deemed the death an accident and no inquest was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Reuss
Charles Town
Charles Hibbard
Beverley T. Hibbard
Mibbard
Alex Rouss
Kabletown
Clarke County
Clarke
Rouss
Deaths and obituaries from Rom ney and Frostborc regions
The death record lists Henry Bell Gilkeson a Rom ney West Virginia lawyer who died at Mountain Lake Park after a long illness following a nervous breakdown linked to his son's death in France. Also noted is the death of Mrs Josephine Louise Wade widow of Charles H Wade at her Frostborc Maryland home after a long illness. An infant daughter of Mr and Mrs WV Findley of Roanoke Virginia is recorded as deceased. Thomas L Shewbri der aged 71 died suddenly of heart trouble in Martineberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Gettinger
Mise Fijawberh
Lucile Gettinger
Franklin William Kremer
Lelatin G Kremer
Shepherdstown
W. Vi
Gettiner
Mary Bainbridge Geitineer
Shisan Arthur Mobley
Dittshire
Baltimore Sun
Kathleen Hannis
Shan Hanis
Martins
Henry Bell Gilkeson
Romney
W. Va
Mowntain Lake Park
Gilkeson
Robert Gilkeson
France
Mountain Lake Park
Josephine Louise Wade
Charles H Wade
Homn
Frostborc
Whittington
WV. Findley
Roanoke
Findley
Misa Lida Hendricks
Jeferson County
Thomas L. Shew
Canal Blocked Again Jeopardizes Navigation at Williamsport
A teak in the culvert near Williamsport and a wall breach at Reuheng Lock halted waterway traffic on Tuesday. Repairs may take a week. Several loaded boats reached Williamsport recently while others headed to Cumberland for the season’s final trip. The canal was slated to close October 4, with some boatmen planning retirement, fearing the waterway may never reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Reuheng
Cumberlant
Theft sprees hit Jefferson with freight car robbery
A string of thefts in Jefferson and Bardane involves a loaded Baltimore and Ohio freight car broken into last Saturday night, boxes of Newark Shoe Company footwear stolen, and empty boxes left by the track. Earlier, handbags, tableware, and grain alcohol were taken from a nearby box car, with some items recovered or untouched. A separate home burglary near Engleth county sees a visitor steal cash from Robert Welsh and repeated trips to Welsh’s house, while another break in at Wilmer Clipp’s home yields two purses with about twenty dollars in cash taken from the front yard. Authorities track these incidents as they pursue the elusive thief.
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Tives
Baltimore and
Olio
Bardane
Jefferson County
Tasteboard
Newark Shoe Company
Robert Welsh
Engle Thin
Zoar
Mr. Welsh
Viter
Sheri W. Macoughtry
Wilmer Clipp
Werrick's Mill
Whs Win
Farm Sale Near Berkeley County Lands Change Hands
J Ford Randal sells 100 acres west of town to Prank Ro McQuilkin for 13500, linking his home farm with McQuilkin’s. Milton J Billmyer’s longtime residence area becomes part of McQuilkin’s enlarged property. Randal may move to town and the farms sit between two roads, watered by a stream. In Mart insburg last Saturday, the Tabler farms in Berkeley were sold for 8400 per acre and 54.00 per acre for the Tabler Homestead, with buyers Samuel M Huyett and Mrs Daisy Kufpe, reflecting the area’s strong farming land values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ro McQuilkin
J. Ford Randal
Ste Milton J. Billmyer
Mr. McQuilkin
Billmyer
Randal
G. W
Tabler
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
Swan Popel
Samuel M. Huyett
Daisy , Kufpe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sie Head College Notes
Hes Predusick
Seurcay
Legge
Freder- Lee
Flickinger
Fryy
Petret
Johnsim Boys
Simmune
Hart
Newcomer
Ickles Shipe
Wilkins
Henéshin Brothers
Hitt
Reinhart
Harris
Hawse
Crowl
Cletus Lowa
Knode
Carter
Haley
Jamey
Maddox
Walker
Rudolph Lowe
Jenkins
Fuil
Ito
Keaers
William Marine
Louise Kablesec
Alice Madidex
Theee
Stiacntay
Clets Lowe
WE Bove
Evzaell
M. H. Crawford
Rachel Snyder
Momia
Hiantington
Iris State
West Virginia
Goldie Randal
Powhatan Hotel
Washington
Sara Roller
Virginia
Mr. Crawford
Crawford Hall
New York
Byron
Pennsylvania
Fredeking
G. W. Banks
Minton
Helen Goldsborough
Northampton
Goucher College
Jean Wysong
Lutherville
Womans State College
Katherine Henson
M. J. Filler
Keyser, We
John A. Grose
Ai &. Church
Helen J. Breeden
Elizabeth
RD. Cash
Shepherdstywe
Norfolk
Breeden
J. Lillyback
Lillyback
Switierland
Switerland
Mrs. Lillyhack
Chalmers Face
Orchart Way
St Davids
Janice Miriam Jacob
Willard Pierce Larner
St. Davids
Larner
Aemer
Hamo
Clewtenant Warner
Storionei
Schofield Barracks
Phils
Helphin Tedper
Tae
Shenaran
Alan
Wat
Ake, Owens
Up Store
Stuart W. Walker
Bure
EV. Hull
Hagerstown
Hagersham
Cumberisind
Mull
Marylung
Lee Tee
Jeferson County Telephone
Miller Field
Frederick Cadets
Shepherd College
Norfolk & Western Railway
Luray Caverns
Incy
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennssylvania
Lite Ray
Knott
Swarthmore Chautauqua
Chautau
Paul Pearson
International Museum and Chautauqua Association
Dr. Knot
Middle West
Newton Chautavet
National Alliance
Dome
Flatper Verty
Bruce
Wim
Lintleton
Nersen
Chipple White
Maurice Venteell
Gen. W. Shull
Youn. Stevens
Jefferson
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