Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

December 27, 1908

27 Dec 1908

Higgins, Memories of John Brown & The Raiders

A Veteran Railroad Man’s Memories of John Brown and the Raiders of 1859 HARPER’S FERRY, W. VA., Dec. 26.NEXT Tuesday will mark the anniversary of the execution of John Brown and his band of raiders at […]

December 24, 1908

24 Dec 1908

Railroad to Erect Poles from Millville to Bakerton

By far the most interesting part of the day’s proceedings on Monday was the hearing of an application of the Winchester and Washington City Railway Company for a franchise to erect its poles and string its […]

December 10, 1908

10 Dec 1908

Welsh, Flanagan butcher hogs

James Flanagan, of Bakerton, a few days ago killed ten hogs that averaged 272 pounds each, the heaviest weighing 492 pounds. Thos. B. Welsh was the boss butcher.

December 10, 1908

10 Dec 1908

Ross returns to Kansas after Bakerton visit

Mr. J. D. Ross, who was called to the bedside of her mother, who has been critically ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. G. Flanagan, has returned to her home in Salina, Kansas.

November 5, 1908

5 Nov 1908

Died: Raleigh Moler

Mr. Raleigh W. Moler, a well-known resident of the vicinity of Bakerton, this county, died at his home last night about midnight, after an illness of several months, from a cancerous affection. He was about 43 […]

October 29, 1908

29 Oct 1908

Regular October Term, Circuit Court

October Circuit Court. The regular October term of the Jefferson Circuit Court convened in Charles Town on Tuesday, with Judge Faulkner on the bench and the grand jury in session all day. John G. Flanagan was […]

October 22, 1908

22 Oct 1908

Election Notice

ELECTION NOTICE. State of West Virginia, County of Jefferson, Sct. In the County Court of said County, October 6th, 1908. Ordered that the following Commissioners of Election and Challengers be appointed to hold an election at […]

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; […]

September 17, 1908

17 Sep 1908

Flanagan hosts Gallery

For first-class photographs, postals, pingpongs and tintypes, call to see Boyd F. Oden at Bakerton, September 18th to 25th. Gallery open in afternoons only, at Mr. Al Flanagan’s lawn.

August 1, 1908

1 Aug 1908

Alleged R.R. Discrimination Against Washington Building Lime & Standard Lime.

SUIT AGAINST THE RAILROADS.C. V. R. R. and Others Alleged to Discriminate Against the Standard Lime & Stone Co. The Standard Lime & Stone Co. and the Washington Building Lime Co., operating quarries near Martinsburg, both […]

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 […]

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