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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1922
Page
6
A fragmentary page lists Boswell’s mackerel, fresh ground buckwheat, Ford car models, Airedale pups, and a corn and molasses shop. It notes a Sunday school convention, a Go eT collie dog, a wrist injury from a playground slide, a Ramsture hull supper, and a fifteenth anniversary celebration. Shipping, milking outfits, and local trades appear amid miscellaneous ads and notices.
The Sharpsburg area reports ongoing illness and recoveries among workers and residents. Katherine Morgan returns from Philadelphia for examination to resume duties. James Snyder and George Price visit the battlefield from Hagerstown. Local families attend the Hagerstown fair and host relatives from Washington, Chambersburg, and Burnwell. Revival services led by Rev. Atkins at the M E Church South continue, with 11 October births. several residents journey to Brunswick, Martinsburg, and Shepherdstown for visits.
A public sale by Chas T Engle & Bro auctioneers lists twenty dairy cattle mostly Jerseys and Guernseys with two-year-old heifers, one grade Holstein and one grade Guernsey bull, plus a sow, four fat hogs, and miscellaneous farm gear on October 24, 1922 near Engle Station. Terms cash or credit on negotiable note, removal after settlement.
Intending to discontinue farming, W. Miller will sell at public sale on Wednesday November 1922 beginning at 10 o clock a m at Hollida farm one half mile north of Swan Pond. Personal property includes four horses twelve head of cattle farming implements harness and more with terms credit of five months on sums over ten dollars and cash for smaller amounts auctioneers Taylor Jefferson clerk Martinsburg bank security required for larger purchases.
Intending to quit farming and move to town I will sell at public sale at my home on the Geo H Sperow farm about one mile west of Greensburg on the road from Greensburg shop to Myers bridge on Monday October 30 1922 beginning at 1 o'clock a m sharp the following personal property 3 head of horses 1 Bessie 8 years old 2 Charlie 14 years old 3 Daisy 7 years old 2 head of cattle 1 Jersey cow 4 Ne a second cow 1 head of hogs with brood sow and ten pigs 2 shoats 125 pounds each farming implements long list including Brown wagon New Idea manure spreader 18 ft shelvings Superior grain drill McCormick binder mower rake plows cultivators etc livestock gear and miscellaneous items Terms credit ten months on sums 10 and over note with approved security payable at local banks under $10 cash four percent off for cash four per cent off for cash all hucksters welcome chickens and corn for cash Charles Cookus auctioneers and staff WANTED Man with car to sell tires and tubes S100 per week and expenses Sterlingworth Tire Co 4814 Sterling E Liverpool Ohio
A fragment lists women's gowns and numerous fabrics by yard including ginghams percales and flannels, along with curtains, drapery, muslin, aprons, children's dresses and bed spreads. Mentions Rue Rugs and various yard prices though several terms are garbled.
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