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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
4
Local notices note Pendleton and Flonsin opening a brick store with new stock including ginghams and gowns. Other items mention a public sale, grocery moves, and several community updates. A train accident near Charles Town is reported with one fatality.
Subscriptions up this week, exam results released with a mix of certificates and failures. Land sale of 50 acres to Charles W. L. Boyd for fruit culture. fund-raising and endowment talks for Washington and Lee University. Funeral services for Rev. H Max Lentz and church activities, Sowers Advocates Children’s Home Society support, and local political nominations. Fire hose purchase approved. Severe storm damages noted in multiple counties with twister-like effects and farm losses.
Mrs J 8 Pierce and Mr Arthur Pierce left for Los Angeles after telegrams about Mrs Pierce's son Walter B Pierce's critical illness from consumption. Reinhart family reunion at Baldwin House with many relatives attending. Captain Eugene Baker recovering after Maryland General Hospital operation. Various locals and visitors in Shepherdstown for winter, schooling, or visits, including Miss Rosalie Grimes Meade and new Shepherd College teacher J G Knutts.
The drowning of Rev. H Max Lentz pastor of the Lutheran churches of Shepherdstown and Agilla occurred Tuesday afternoon in the Potomac. He traveled with family and friends, sank while helping Louise Anna Snyder, and his body was recovered on the Virginia shore. The community and parishioners mourn. funeral set for Friday at the Lutheran church with Rev Dr E K Ball in charge.
Deaths include Dr John Engle Moler of Hartford City Indiana aged 83 years 6 months 29 days born near Shepherdstown died at home in Hartford City He was a Dickinson College and University of Maryland graduate married Margaret Stewart in 1843 later settled in Hartford City He is survived by one son and two daughters plus a long obituary note Mrs Nancy A Wolgamott of Berkeley County died at 13 years wealthy yet illiterate with three sons and a husband Mrs Mary Wageley widow of Toes Wageley died near Leewood aged about 70 from paralysis two sons and a daughter survive Mrs Catharine Darby widow of Darine Darby died in Martinsburg at 75 native of Frederick Md Mrs Robert Miller died in Martinsburg formerly from Southwestern Virginia Anni e Millard Jenking infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Millard Tanking died near Backeton aged three months
A Norfolk and Western passenger train No 3 leaving Shepherdstown at 3820 oclock Sunday morning derailed at 245 in the afternoon one mile north of Glaegow about 40 miles from Roanoke. The wreck caused major damage to the engine tender mail baggage and two cars though the Pullman stayed on the track. Engineer Swain and Fireman Anderson were badly hurt, Swain with a broken leg and internal injuries, Anderson with a crushed arm that required amputation and burns. Conductor Crow and Brakeman Bowie were uninjured. Mail Agent Clapper and Ex-Agent Hinch survived the crash though Hinch was buried in wreckage. An initial spike between rails caused the derailment, later confessed by eleven-year-old Johanie Barger who said he hammered the spike with a rock. Swain is not expected to recover while Anderson is likely to. The day also covered the West Virginia Supreme Court session in Charles Town with Wall vs. Pennsylvania Railroad, involving cattle shipped to Jersey City and a question over attachment of a foreign car.
The Pennant Knitting Company of Philadelphia, started about a year ago by James, Joseph A. and F. Harry Troughton, has entered bankruptcy after moving its operation to a manufacturing area. Poor capital and weak business ability led to failure. no assets or liabilities statement has been issued yet.
Friday afternoon event featured the Morgan's Grove baby show with prizes for prettiest and fattest babies. Winners were Harry L. Snyder Jr. and Charles Edward Riddleberger. Judges included Mrs Blundon and Mow McCarty. The Inwood Tourney Association held a relations tournament with knights and maidens crowned. The fair posted a large financial surplus amid cautious management. A local oil prospect near Shepherdstown prompted land-title work by South Penn Company. Berkeley Circuit Court convened with indictments for misdemeanors and felonies. An advertisement promises Longman Martinez paints with a 27 year custom and repaint guarantee.
The article discusses likely division of the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia at its 115th annual session in Norfolk next month. The Synod spans Virginia, West Virginia, DC, and parts of Maryland making representation costly. proposed split point in the Blue Ridge. Also mentions Mr. Singleton moving to Buckhannon WV, Rev. J Courtney Jones’s call to professorships, and upcoming meetings of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society and Winchester Presbytery.
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