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October 21, 1897

21 Oct 1897

Flanagan Birthday Dinner

Birthday Dinner. One of the most pleasant of the festive occasions in which the Register man has participated this year was the birthday dinner at Mr. James Flanagan’s near Bakerton last Saturday. Mr. Flanagan was fifty […]

October 16, 1897

16 Oct 1897

Bakerton guests of Miss Maggie Anderson, Martinsburg.

Mr. Willie Flanagan and sister, Miss Essie, of Bakerton, and Miss Lula Bender, of Bolivar, were the guests of Miss Maggie Anderson last Sunday.

October 12, 1897

12 Oct 1897

Works at Bakerton

Passing through the busy little settlement of Bakerton last Thursday, we stopped for a few minutes chat with Mr. D. R. Houser, the efficient superintendent of the outside men engaged upon the works of the Washington […]

September 9, 1897

9 Sep 1897

Break-in at James Flanagan’s

One day last week while the family of Mr. James Flanagan, near Bakerton, were away from home some one entered the house and stole a number of articles. Among the valuables missed was an old-fashioned silver […]

September 9, 1897

9 Sep 1897

Smiths visit family of James Flanagan

Mrs. M. E. Smith and her son Johnson visited the family of Mr. James Flanagan near Bakerton last week.

September 7, 1897

7 Sep 1897

Repairs at the Virginia Ore Bank

The editor of the Shepherdstown Register recently visited the vicinity of Bakerton, and says: Extensive repairs are being made to the old Virginia ore bank property, which has recently been bought by Mr. Edward Mealey, of […]

August 12, 1897

12 Aug 1897

An Evening Drive (to Bakerton).

The REGISTER man took a drive the other evening down to Bakerton by way of Moler’s Cross Roads, and he has thought that what he noticed might not be uninteresting in print. The first impression is […]

August 7, 1897

7 Aug 1897

Wilde visit relatives in Bakerton

Mrs. Arthur Wild and Miss Bettie Wild have returned from a visit to relatives near Bakerton, Jefferson county.

July 22, 1897

22 Jul 1897

James Flanagan receives visitors.

Mrs. Fannie Hedges and daughter, of Martinsburg, Miss Nellie May Norris, of Frederick, and Miss Lulah Bender, of Bolivar, visited the family of Mr. James Flanagan near Bakerton last week.

July 15, 1897

15 Jul 1897

Ore Bank Running Full Blast

The Virginia ore bank near Bakerton started up full blast last Thursday. The property is now owned by Mr. Edward Mealey, of Hagerstown, and it is said that operations will be pushed right along and considerable […]

June 24, 1897

24 Jun 1897

The Biggest Carp Yet.

The biggest carp we have ever heard of in this section was captured last Monday below Shepherdstown, near Flanagan’s quarries, by Mr. A. M. Hopper and his sons. The fish had gone into a shallow place, […]

June 17, 1897

17 Jun 1897

The Miller Homestead Wedding

The Greencastle (Pa.) Echo-Pilot contains the following account of the recent wedding of Mr. John G. Flanagan and Miss Bertha D. Spickler: “The Miller Homestead” near Mason and Dixon, the scene of so many joyous occasions, […]

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