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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

September 9, 1921

9 Sep 1921

New School Under Construction at Bakerton

A comfortable new public school building of three rooms is being constructed at Bakerton, and the contractors hope to have it completed by the first of October. It is being built of hollow tiles, and is […]

August 29, 1921

29 Aug 1921

Lamon Returns from Atlantic City

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lamon, of near Bakerton, have returned from visiting in Atlantic City.

August 11, 1921

11 Aug 1921

Daniel Baker Dead

DANIEL BAKER DEAD.Daniel Baker, of Baltimore, widely known as a churchman, philanthropist and leader in all good works, and a business man of the highest type, died early last Monday morning, following a protracted illness. He […]

June 29, 1921

29 Jun 1921

B&O Limestone Pamphlet; Largest Limestone Developments Near Bakerton

LARGEST LIMESTONE DEVELOPMENTS IN STATE NEAR HERE. H. O. Harzell Issues Limestone Pamphlet. H. O. Hartzell, manager Commercial Development, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has issued an interesting pamphlet on “Lime, Limestone and Flux” for the Baltimore […]

June 23, 1921

23 Jun 1921

Ralph Rankins, caught in machinery at quarry.

Ralph Rankins, employed at the Bakerton quarries, experienced a severe injury today when his hand became caught in some machinery. The man was brought to the City hospital, where it was found that one finger had […]

June 11, 1921

11 Jun 1921

Bakerton Benefits By Errors (Baseball)

Bakerton Benefits By Errors.Combining hits with errors in the fourth inning, Bakerton shut out the Shepherdstown Independents, 5 to 0. Heflebower had one bad inning and Knode, who relieved him, allowed but one hit during the […]

May 26, 1921

26 May 1921

Carter discharged from hospital; Returned Home.

Leaves Hospital. Miss Genevieve Carter, of Bakerton, who has been a patient in King’s Daughters’ Hospital was able to return home. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Carter and Miss Mildred Rice motored to Martinsburg and took […]

May 17, 1921

17 May 1921

Lamon, An Old Time Fan

An Old Time Fan. No baseball season would be appropriately opened in Martinsburg without the presence of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lamon, of Bakerton, and the thousands of people who know him and his fine […]

December 16, 1920

16 Dec 1920

Quarries Close Down

The quarries of the Standard Lime and Stone Company at Kearneysville have closed down, and the horses, mules and carts used there have been sent away. The workmen have dispersed to various sections– some going to […]

June 4, 1920

4 Jun 1920

Marriage: Millard and Moler

Marriage Licenses[…] Preston Millard, 45, of Bakerton, W. Va., and Hilda R. Moler, 28, of Charles Town, W. Va. The Rev. C. G. Chappell.

April 1, 1920

1 Apr 1920

The Old Unionville Church

THE OLD UNIONVILLE CHURCH.By J. O. Knott. The old brick Methodist Church, with its attached graveyard, situated on the turnpike leading to Shepherdstown, and in the midst of that scattering group of houses formerly known as […]

February 5, 1920

5 Feb 1920

Walter Caton, frightened horse.

Last Thursday night an old gray horse belonging to James Wright, colored, fell on the ice on the public road near town, and could not regain its feet, dying a few hours afterward. Later while Walter […]

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