Evidence

December 14, 1916

William and Walter Qualify as Administrators of James Flanagan

William and Walter Flanagan have qualified as administrators of the estate of their father, the late James Flanagan. They will have sale of the personal property on Saturday, December 22d, at the late residence of the […]
December 7, 1916

Obituary: James Smith Flanagan

Mr. James Flanagan, a lifelong resident of Jefferson county and a respected farmer of the Bakerton neighborhood, died Tuesday morning at the age of 69 years. He had been in failing health for the past year […]
November 30, 1916

Rober Swain removes to Cumberland

Robert Swain has quit working at the Bakerton lime quarries and gone to Cumberland to get employment.
October 26, 1916

John Wright Removes to Bakerton Quarry

John Wright, who has been working at the Antietam Hotel for the past couple of years, has gone to the Bakerton lime quarries and is working there.
September 28, 1916

Lamp visits Flanagan at Bakerton

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. L. Lamp and daughters, Misses Helen and Dorothy, of Washington, are visiting Miss Martha Flanagan at Bakerton.
September 12, 1916

Bakerton Methodist Church Sells Church Lot

The State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson, To-wit: In the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of said County, August 21, 1916. C. D. Carter and other Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Bakerton, […]
September 7, 1916

Flanagan, of Baltimore, visits Relatives in County

We are pleased to have a call on Tuesday from Mr. John G. Flanagan, of Baltimore, formerly of the Bakerton neighborhood, who is visiting his relatives in this county. Mr. Flanagan’s wife and two children are […]
August 31, 1916

Walter Flanagan collapses from shock during storm

A terrific storm passed over Strasburg, Va., one day last week, and the lightning struck three dwellings in the town, stunning a dozen persons. The plant of the Standard Lime Company, near Strasburg, was struck, and […]
August 24, 1916

National Highway Garage Sells Automobiles to Area Residents

The National Highway Garage has sold automobiles to the following during the past week: Maxwell touring cars to W. L. Manuel, Bakerton, and Joseph Williams, colored, west of town; Ford touring car to E. T. Licklider […]
August 23, 1916

Gilbert will lose eye after quarry injury.

WILL LOSE EYE. Dr. J. Nelson Osborn, the eye specialist, endeavored to save the eye of Joseph Gilbert, who was injured at the Bakerton quarries, but the optic had been too seriously injured when a piece […]
August 5, 1916

Jack Hoffman entertains visitors

KEARNEYSVILLE, August 2.– Messrs. Norman Louden and Donald Dixson, of Moler’s Cross roads; James Hokman and daughter, Pauline of Bakerton, and Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Marshall and son, of Shepherdstown, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jack […]
July 27, 1916

Walter Flanagan Ill at Winchester

Mr. Walter Flanagan, of Strasburg, Va., formerly of Bakerton, this county, has been very ill in a hospital in Winchester, but is now improving.