Evidence

May 9, 1919

9 May 1919

Smith, Killed At Quarries Shortly After Release From German Prison

GOT BY FOE PRISON, KILLED IN ACCIDENT.HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 9. — William M. Smith, recently returned from Germany, where he had been held a prisoner for two years, met an instant death in an accident at […]

May 8, 1919

8 May 1919

Smith Killed at the Bakerton Quarries

Killed at the Bakerton Quarries.- William M. Smith, engineer in charge of the dinkey engine, at the limestone quarries at Bakerton, this county, was killed last Monday by a collision of the engine and a string […]

May 8, 1919

8 May 1919

Smith, Ex-Soldier Engineer Killed

Ex-Soldier Engineer Killed in Crash.Special to The Washington Post.Hagerstown, Md., May 7.– William M. Smith, locomotive engineer at the Bakerton quarries, near Williamsport, Md., misinterpreting a signal, ran his engine into an open switch and was […]

May 6, 1919

6 May 1919

Smith, Killed By Train In Quarry

Killed by Train in QuarriesSpecial to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., May 5– William Smith, of Samples Manor, Maryland, was killed today at the quarries in Bakerton. While running a dinky engine in the […]

May 1, 1919

1 May 1919

A. A. Lamon, Reward for lost diamond ring

$50 REWARD Lost, a diamond ring, valued at $500. The finder will receive a reward of $50.00 by returning the same to A. A. Lamon, Bakerton, W. Va., or for furnishing information that will lead to […]

May 1, 1919

1 May 1919

James S. Flanagan, Account Settlement

Commissioner’s Notice. The account of Chas. W. and Walter J. Flanagan, Executor of James S. Flanagan, deceased, is before me for settlement, at my office in Shepherdstown, W. Va. J. S. BRAGONIER, Commissioner of Accounts.

April 24, 1919

24 Apr 1919

Chancery Court; Moler vs. Flanagan

Fifteen suits in chancery and one action at common law were instituted in the Jefferson Circuit Court at the April rules. […] Russell P. Moler and others vs. C. W. Flanagan, executor, and others; […]

April 24, 1919

24 Apr 1919

Guy Lewis returns home.

Guy Lewis, who spent nearly a year with the 112th Engineering Corps in France, and saw much service, has been discharged and is now at home near Dargan with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lewis. […]

March 20, 1919

20 Mar 1919

Flanagan Heirs to Bowman

Real Estate Transfers. Martha L. Flanagan and others to Essie K. Bowman, house and lot at Bakerton, consideration not given.

February 27, 1919

27 Feb 1919

Lime Demands Slow.

Martinsburg.– Slackening in the demand for lime at war time prices has resulted in a serious slow down of work at the Bakerton plant of the Washington Building Lime Co. The latter part of the week […]

February 27, 1919

27 Feb 1919

Grand Jury Memers; Return Indictment against Willingham.

In The Circuit Court.The grand jury of the Jefferson Circuit Court at this term was composed of the following persons: D. S. Hughes, George W. Shull, George Elliott, Horace C. Moore, W. D. Rissler, Robert Withers, […]

February 13, 1919

13 Feb 1919

Labor Strike at Engle/Bakerton Work Slows.

The first labor trouble in three years in this county came Thursday of last week, when the entire quarry force of the Southern Limestone Company at Engle quit work. About fifty men are involved. The strike […]