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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
4
Local notes report the Hagerstown fair as this week’s center of attraction with Winchester fair planned next week from Thursday to Friday. Weather, crops, and livestock update the scene as towns prep for autumn events.
Wet weather slowed farming seeding as some wheat sprouts well. A 45 by 60 foot Southern Methodist church is under foundation work at Shenandoah Junction costing about five thousand dollars. Subscription drive and church notices punctuate community updates with clergy, cattle shipments, and council actions. The Jefferson County P O S of A met at Shenandoah Junction and discussed free school books. local elected officers and franchise efforts for electric light were reported.
A long list of residents and visitors from Shepherdstown and nearby towns are noted as traveling to Washington Baltimore Annapolis Cuba and other places. People named include Mr and Mrs A pa, Mr Josiah Bailey, Mr C F Bonn, Mr and Mrs B Long, Mr Cl h and wife, Mr Teme We Cook, Mrs M O Stroup, Mr Joseph I Triplett, Mrs H L Snyder, John W Ecton, Mrs Randolph Carter Berkeley, Rev and Mrs Charles Ghiselin, Dr Ghiselin, Mrs J Shaw, Henrietta Foltz, Mrs Joseph L Cookus, Miss Mary Cookus, Mrs A S Reynolds, Mr Lawrence Brown, Mrs Chas B McDonald, Miss Helen Crown, Miss Edith Hodel, Miss Kate Knott, Mr M K Rightetine, and Miss Fannie Beall Myers. A Bible Society annual meeting will be held October 14 at Shepherd College auditorium with Rev H S Stephene speaking and Miss Wright directing music. collection for the Bible society will be taken.
A blended column mentions Mi-o-na stomach tablets promising a quick cure for indigestion and related symptoms. It also reports James Q. Wood's ossification mystery after a long illness, a liver stimulant Urino Syrup claim, a balloon accident involving Jacob Gaehring, and a one day cold cure by Laxative Bromo Quinine.
Multiple death notices and brief obituaries from Shepherdstown and nearby areas. Mrs. Sarah Thompson dies at Butler Hotel after sudden hemorrhage at age about 67. she leaves four sons and four daughters. Other obituaries include Dr. John Seibert Boak of Martinsburg, Ambrose D. McCardell of Williamsport, and John L. Hoff of Charles Town, with survivors listed. Also mentions legal notices, stock exchange note, and medical product ad segments.
Marriage notices from Martinsburg area include Miss Rebecca Frances Wood and Rev F M Woods performing the ceremony in the Prian church with Rev David J Woods as co lit, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Bragonier marrying Arthur Cox Spangler in Zanesville Ohio. Real estate transfers list several parcels including Shepherdstown fronting on the Potomac and Shenandoah river parcels with varying sums. An unusual auto race on Long Island draws 250000 spectators with 17 entrants. a girl swallows pins and has them found in her appendix during an operation at Johns Hopkins. For mill feed, O N Whiting offers prices before purchase.
The Supreme Court granted leave to enter a demurrer in the Virginia versus West Virginia case over division of the decimee by Virginia before revision of the State. The hearing date was not fixed. the court suggested later consideration. The West Virginia Attorney General argues the bill shows no justiciable controversy between states and that the suit should fail. The demurrer cites lack of jurisdiction and non sueable interest in money demands, asserting private individuals would benefit from any verdict.
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