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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
1
A garbled news item recounts a strange sequence involving a branded check, a county home inquiry, and a violent incident near a home. Witnesses describe a car pursuit, attackers, and a man struck with a blade. The account references a Mrs Holingsworth and a county official, with unclear dates and places.
The clipping blends scattered notes from a small town: a snake incident at a neighbor’s home where a mother snatched her child and fought the reptile, a Confederate veteran displaying Gettysburg relics after decades, a widow's death in Berkeley County, land deals near Winchester, and a domestic assault in Tomanok. Also appears are social vignettes, a wedding near Wheeling, and a humorous exchange about money and a hat, all reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century rural scene.
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