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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
5
The item catalog lists reduced cabinet prices, livestock for sale, photography, and various local notices. It notes sales on calves, sheep, wool, and cattle, plus forthcoming events at battlefield, town hall, and churches. People plan examinations, auctions, and social gatherings, with missing items and rewards for lost items.
A mix of town news includes farm for sale near Shepherdstown at 60 dollars per acre, new school and teacher appointments at Academy West Virginia, and a fall term start at Shepherd College with 83 students. Friday night entertainment by Karl Janzen to aid school organ fund. stray bullet injures a child at Morgan's Grove fair. council to repair Princes Street riverbank. Norfolk & Western official visits. Miss Jeasie Katherine Grantham wed to Albert Biddle Sibole in Grace Church Middleway. Shepherdstown Graded School reports near 200 attendees and new teaching method. bridge location discussions along Shenandoah River. Shenandoale Springs Hotel hosts council dinner. horse thief Rinehart captured after stealing Elwood family horse, returned from Maryland to face trial.
Mrs H L Block and her two daughters from St Louis spent a week with Mr and Mrs Henry W Potts. Rev Dr Charles Ghivelin leaves for a month long vacation granted by Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. numerous visitors include Misses Berkeley and Phillips wedding guests and local residents visiting relatives and attending events.
Captain Randolph Carter Berkeley of the United States Marines wed Miss Carrie Phillips in Trinity Byphal Church Shepherdstown. Rev C E A Marshall officiated before a large gathering with full dress uniforms and a parade of family and military guests. A reception followed at the bride's home with decorations, music by Thompson's Orchestra, and a late-night return on the Duquesne Limited. The couple's families trace back to Jamestown and include prominent Virginia figures.
In Charles Town District a white musician Samarion shot and killed Jasper Thompson after a dispute over white supremacy. Samarion surrendered to jail. Thompson, about 60, leaves a wife and nine children. The incident sparked strong racial tension among the local black community. A second item recounts Allen A. Staley’s carriage accident near Shepherdstown, where a colt toppled into a gully after a failed bridge crossing. both horse and colt died, no injuries to people, and a new iron bridge is planned.
The report notes deaths of John Musgrove a Confederate veteran from Shepherdstown aged 82 at Richmond VA and Mrs Virginia Legg of Berkeley County age 54 along with James A Lewis of Staunton and Mrs Catharine Roach of Berkeley County aged 82 70 respectively. It also covers a lack of a special train for the Morgan s Grove Fair from Hagerstown prompting criticism of Norfolk and Western Railway officials and public inconvenience.
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