Evening Journal - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

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 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 13, 1912

13 Jun 1912

Evening in Honor of Conrad Hopper’s Cousins

IN HONOR OF HIS COUSINS. Wednesday evening a delightful party was given by Mr. Conrad Hopper at his home, 412 East Moler avenue, in honor of his charming cousins, Misses Frances and Laura Hopper, of Bakerton, […]

August 1, 1918

1 Aug 1918

Death: William Houser

William Houser. William Houser, aged 69 years, died Tuesday in Maryland, one mile from Harpers Ferry. Surviving are one daughter, three sons and two brothers, Raleigh and George Houser, of Bakerton, Jefferson county.

November 25, 1907

25 Nov 1907

Obit: Thomas Licklider

Mr. Thomas Licklider, father of Mr. T. P. Licklider, of this city, and one of the most prominent and highly respected residents of Jefferson county, died at his home in Kearneysville at 1 o’clock Sunday morning, […]

August 23, 1916

23 Aug 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 […]

December 19, 1919

19 Dec 1919

Obit: Mrs. Alice Hopper

DEATH.Mrs. Alice Hopper. Mrs. Alice Hopper, lifelong resident of the Bakerton neighborhood died Thursday morning about 5 o’clock. She had been ill for a week or two with pleurisy and this was followed by pneumonia, which […]

July 18, 1912

18 Jul 1912

Cox Returns to Bakerton

Mrs. R. G. Cox, the venerable mother of Mrs. Margaret Howard, of Big Springs, has returned to Bakerton, after a visit of some weeks. Mrs. Howard accompanied her to Bakerton for several days.

August 22, 1912

22 Aug 1912

Sallie Rice, Death Notice

Mrs. Sallie C. Rice, aged 63, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning at the City Hospital, where she had been taken Sunday for treatment. Death was due to heart trouble and bloodpoisoning. She was born near […]

January 11, 1918

11 Jan 1918

Railway Surveyors Close to Bakerton

SURVEYORS ARE NOW CLOSE TO BAKERTON A party of surveyors have been working for several weeks past on the right of way purchased a number of years ago by the Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad […]

April 4, 1908

4 Apr 1908

Hopper visits Hopper in Martinsburg

Mrs. Alice Hopper and daughter, Miss Laura, of Bakerton, W. Va., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hopper, on Moler avenue.

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 […]

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