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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

October 15, 1908

15 Oct 1908

Quarry Officials Deny Coercion

Officials of the Washington Building Lime Company deny that their company has attempted to induce its workmen to vote for the Republican ticket this fall by threatening to discontinue the quarries and lime kilns in the […]

October 8, 1908

8 Oct 1908

Coercion In Bakerton

Trying to Scare ‘Em Again.In some way the employees of the Washington Building Lime Company, operating extensive quarries at Bakerton, this county, have received notice that if Taft is elected the works are to be continued; […]

July 29, 1908

29 Jul 1908

C. V. in Antidiscriminative Suit for Stone

Standard Stone & Lime Co. Claim Discrimination Against Them. The Standard Lime & Stone Co. and the Washington Building Lime Co. operating near Martinsburg, both of which operations have offices in Baltimore, have filed a complaint […]

July 22, 1908

22 Jul 1908

Lee; Decapitated by a Train

Decapitated by a Train.Special to The Washington Post.Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 21.– Charles Lee, a colored man, living near Bakerton, while intoxicated last night, laid his head on the railroad and a train ran over […]

June 9, 1908

9 Jun 1908

Antonio Ardeli, Shipped to D.C. for Hospital Treatment

Antonio Ardeli, an Italian laborer, twenty-five years of age, was brought here last night from Bakerton, W. Va., to be given hospital treatment. He was conveyed to the Casualty Hospital. His condition was serious.

April 4, 1908

4 Apr 1908

Hopper visits Hopper in Martinsburg

Mrs. Alice Hopper and daughter, Miss Laura, of Bakerton, W. Va., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hopper, on Moler avenue.

April 2, 1908

2 Apr 1908

Martin Welsh, Potato in Bottle

Our young friend Martin Welsh, of Bakerton, brought us a curosity last week— a potato growing through the neck of a bottle. Must have been something mighty good in the bottle to cause the potato to […]

March 9, 1908

9 Mar 1908

Henry Brown arrested for attempted assault of Mrs. W. Shiffler.

ATTACKED BY A NEGRO. Henry Brown, colored, was arrested in Martinsburg, W. Va. Friday night on information furnished by the officials of Page county, Va., for an alleged attempt to criminally assault Mrs. William Shiffler, a […]

March 7, 1908

7 Mar 1908

Moore visits daughter at Bakerton.

Mrs. Fannie Moore is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Preston Millard, at Bakerton.

March 5, 1908

5 Mar 1908

Marriage Announcement: Kaldenback and Homer

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Kaldenback announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Mr. Arthur Garfield Homer, at St. Patrick’s Church, Monday, March 2. Rev. William J. Carroll performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. […]

March 3, 1908

3 Mar 1908

Marriage License Issued: Kaldenback, Homer.

Marriage Licenses. Floyd C. Payne and Minnie C. Gaynor. John H. Hankins and Ellen R. Robinson.James L. Talbert and Grace Johnson.Arthur W. Cunitz and Marie J. Courreges.Murvin P. Counselman, of Bethesda, Md., and Catherine Mulkerne.Benjamin W. […]

February 21, 1908

21 Feb 1908

Frank Freeman, killed by train.

Frank Freeman, colored, of this county [Rappahannock County, VA], was killed by a train last week at Bakerton, where he had been at work.

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