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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

November 18, 1898

18 Nov 1898

Giant Found At Ore Bank

Workmen, while digging in the hill at the Virginia ore bank along the Potomac River, near Shepherdstown, W. Va., unearthed the skeleton of a giant. The body had been buried in a box, which had decayed, […]

November 12, 1898

12 Nov 1898

Engle, Hendricks, married at Uvilla

A pretty wedding took place at the M. E. church at Uvilla, on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. The contracting parties were Mr. Jesse A. Engle, of Bakerton, and Miss Essie Hendricks, daughter of Mr. D. […]

November 10, 1898

10 Nov 1898

The Ore Bank Giant

Mr. William Foreman, who has charge of the Virginia ore bank below Shepherdstown, unearthed the skeleton of a human being some days ago. Men were at work making an excavation in the hillside when they uncovered […]

July 9, 1898

9 Jul 1898

Willie Flanagan visits Middleway

Mr. Willie Flanagan, of Bakerton, was in this vicinity [Middleway] last week.

June 7, 1898

7 Jun 1898

Lady (Houser) Dragged to Death

A Lady Dragged to Death.A most shocking and horrible accident occurred Sunday in Washington county, Md., opposite Knott’s quarry, below this place. Miss Bettie Houser, in her 22nd year, living near Sample’s Manor Church, was out […]

May 10, 1898

10 May 1898

Decker, Harpers Ferrian, Liberator, and Patentee.

The Harper’s Ferry correspondent of the Shepherdstown Independent says:“Carl” Decker, the New York Journal Cuban correspondent, and the liberator of Miss Cisneros from the Spanish dungeon, Cuba, is a Harper’s Ferrian by birth and ancestry. His […]

April 19, 1898

19 Apr 1898

Harwood, Painful Injuries from Fall.

Mr. Clinton Harwood fell from a building he was erecting for Mr. Jesse Cook, near Bakerton, and sustained painful injuries. Dr. S. T. Knott rendered the necessary attention.

March 31, 1898

31 Mar 1898

Lee French, Deadly Accident at Quarries

Lee French, a colored man, met death at the Standard Lime and Stone Company’s quarries, south of Martinsburg, on Wednesday. French was the tender of one of the trucks used in hauling stone to the larger […]

January 15, 1898

15 Jan 1898

Kidwiler girl, 4-mos old; died of measles

The four months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Kidwiler died at their home on South Queen street, on Saturday night, of measles. The remains were taken to Bakerton on Monday for interment.

January 13, 1898

13 Jan 1898

Bakerton is booming!

Bakerton is booming. This thriving town, which is located about half way between Shepherdstown and Harper’s Ferry, is the scene of lively operations just now. The Washington Building Lime Company, which has for years had its […]

October 16, 1897

16 Oct 1897

Bakerton guests of Miss Maggie Anderson, Martinsburg.

Mr. Willie Flanagan and sister, Miss Essie, of Bakerton, and Miss Lula Bender, of Bolivar, were the guests of Miss Maggie Anderson last Sunday.

October 12, 1897

12 Oct 1897

Works at Bakerton

Passing through the busy little settlement of Bakerton last Thursday, we stopped for a few minutes chat with Mr. D. R. Houser, the efficient superintendent of the outside men engaged upon the works of the Washington […]

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