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March 23, 1899

23 Mar 1899

Kiln Collapse, Damages.

During the past winter four new lime-kilns were put up as an addition to the extensive works of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, this county. One day last week the kilns collapsed just as […]

March 9, 1899

9 Mar 1899

Harpers Ferry Station Sign; Engineers Searching for Paint Mixer

Painter’s Secret.The living worth of good work is always recognized, even in small things. Sign-painters do not usually achieve wealth or fame, yet the Chicago News declares that fortune awaits the man who painted a station […]

January 5, 1899

5 Jan 1899

Obituary: George W. Caton

Mr. George W. Caton, a well-known resident of this vicinity, died on Christmas day at his home near the cement mill, a mile or two below town. Mr. Caton had been in bad health for a […]

December 25, 1898

25 Dec 1898

Death Register: George W. Caton

Lines No. 7 Name in Full Caton, Geo. Wm. Color White Sex Male Date of Death Dec. 25 [1898] Place of Death Shepherdstown Name of Disease or Cause Droopery Age 73yrs. 6ms. 19ds. Name of Parents […]

November 29, 1898

29 Nov 1898

New Kilns to Be Built at Bakerton

Several new lime kilns are to be built at Bakerton, greatly increasing the large plant of the Washington Building Lime Company and correspondingly adding to the business of that thriving village.

November 27, 1898

27 Nov 1898

Birth: Pearl Welsh

Register of Births Within the District of Harpers Ferry, J.W. [?] Assessor, For the County of Jefferson In the Year Ending 31st December, 1898. Lines Numbered 71 Date of Birth Nov. 27, 1898 Full Name of […]

November 24, 1898

24 Nov 1898

Rank Garry, Lime Employee on Crutches

Mr. Rank Garry, who works at the Bakerton lime quarries, had his foot painfully mashed and a bone broken in it last week, and he has to go about on crutches. A horse fell on him.

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 […]

September 15, 1898

15 Sep 1898

Huggins, McCormick, Kaldenback visit Walsh’s.

Miss Mary Huggins, of Harper’s Ferry, Miss Gussie McCorkmick, of Brunswick, Md., and Miss Mamie Kaldenback, of Washington, D. C., visited Mrs. Thomas B. Walsh at Bakerton the past week. Miss Mamie Kaldenback, of Washington, D. C., […]

July 9, 1898

9 Jul 1898

Willie Flanagan visits Middleway

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

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