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January 13, 1891

Moler/Keller dispose of interest in ore land.

A correspondent of the Harper’s Ferry Sentinel says that Messrs. Moler and Keller have disposed of one-half interest in their ore land situated near the Virginia Ore Bank, this county, to the Sparrows Point Steel Co., […]
December 12, 1890

Moler searching for Ore.

Mr. Charles B. Moler has been sinking a number of shafts in his field near the Virginia Ore Bank for the purpose of locating a vein of the iron ore that is so plentiful in that […]
December 12, 1890

Shenandoah Junction’s Boom.

The boom at Shenandoah Junction, or, as it is to be known in the future, Antietam City, is a go. A representative of the REGISTER visited that place on Tuesday, and from Col. Chas. T. Hood, […]
December 12, 1890

The News of the Railroads, 1890

The News of the Railroads. A general complaint in the business world for the past three months— or at least that part of it interested in shipping freights on the railroads— has been the scarcity of […]
November 28, 1890

The Virginia Ore Bank, and another.

A mile northeast of Bakerton, on a continuation of the branch railroad, is another busy scene at the Virginia ore bank. The books at Antietam Furnace show that over a hundred years ago the deposit of […]
November 28, 1890

Bakerton, 1890

Bakerton is the name of the new town that is being built up at Oak Grove school-house. It is two and a-half miles from the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, by which it […]
November 28, 1890

Antietam City, 1890

The Hagerstown Daily News says that Mr. Slaymaker, chief engineer, with a corps of assistants, arrived in Hagerstown on Monday, reported to Col. W. F. M. McCarty, and in the afternoon proceeded to Shenandoah Junction to […]
November 21, 1890

A Large Political Demonstration

A Great Demonstration. We don’t know how it used to be in old times, but it is certain that the younger generation has never seen a political demonstration in Shepherdstown equal to that of Tuesday night […]
November 7, 1890

Oak Grove Vote Banter

Shenandoah Junction is the banner precinct in this county. The 93 Democrats there only allowed two Republican votes to slip in– probably as samples. We take off our hat to the Junction Democrats. Four Republicans had […]
October 28, 1890

Engle Appointed Postmaster at Bakerton

New postmasters have been established at Harlan, Dinwiddie county, Va., with Ambler B. Moncure as postmaster, and at Bakerton, Jefferson county, W. Va., with Jesse A. Engle as postmaster.
October 22, 1890

Obituary: Lawrence Finlan

LAWRENCE FINLAN DEAD.A Well Known Citizen Who Made His Own Tombstone. On Wednesday evening last, Lawrence Finlan, (familiarly called “Larry,”) a well-known and highly respected citizen of this place, died at his home on Camp Hill […]
September 16, 1890

Letter from Capt. John Howard; A practical miner.

LETTER FROM CAPT. JOHN HOWARDA PRACTICAL MINER OF 45 YEARS EXPERIENCE,Recently in the Employ of Reading Coal & Iron Co. of Pa. Charlestown Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company, Charlestown, W. Va.: I have carefully examined by […]