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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
3
A jumble of Shepherdstown notices and ads describe hardware purchases at Licklider and T. B. Lines stores, wedding china, and bargain undergarments. Reports mention W. Williams moving residences, school foundation work, and a Charlestown sale of eighty acres at seven dollars per acre, plus local election chatter and weathered odds about shop goods.
Local notes report Shepherdstown Republicans renting the Chase building on Princess Street for headquarters with a Watkin sign over the door. The week also notes the official West Virginia ballot with four tickets, a large Jefferson County ballot count, and various local events including sermons, a missionary soup, a hickory pole raising, and social notices.
Miss Emma Gross of Jefferson Md and Miss Flora George of Prince William county Va visit Misses Lelia and Hattie Marshall near Kearneysville. Rev H Max Lentz arrives from Cincinnati to attend the Virginia Synod in Norfolk. Various locals visit kin, attend synods, or travel to Norfolk Baltimore and Newport News. Funeral of Hon William L Wilson held in Charlestown with ex President Cleveland attending. Shepherd College outing to Gapland described with scenic drive and return.
A Ontario New York druggist recalls advising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after refunding a cautious customer. The remedy's popularity is attributed to word of mouth from those cured, with Reinhart's Pharmacy selling it.
The ninth annual Jefferson county Sunday schools convention meets Friday and Saturday and Sunday afternoon and evening at Charlestown's Baptist church. The program covers morning, afternoon, and evening sessions with clergy and local leaders presenting sermons, lectures, and temperance talks, followed by Sunday school classes and recitations. Also noted are community notices, a public speaking event in Kearneysville, and local obituaries and health remedies references.
The 32nd annual meeting of the Jeffer son County Auxiliary Bible Society convened at Shepherd College Hall in Shepherdstown on Sunday October 7 1900 at 730 pm with Gro M Reltzhoever presiding. W P Licklider elected secretary pro tem after Pendleton’s absence. Reports by Ella V Welshans and Lloyd Licklider were read and adopted. A brief Executive Committee meeting authorized forwarding $80 to the parent society and credit for Aud Mary’s bank account. Marion Harvey Hefondle was chosen as delegate to the Bible House conference in New York on the coming inst.
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