EvidenceCollection: The Shepherdstown Register

October 29, 1914

Power Plant at Weverton Rumor

The plans have been launched for the construction of a huge power plant at the old Weverton dam at Weverton, on the Potomac river, which is to generate power for the lights of Washington and to […]
December 2, 1909

St. Peters Church Improvement

Church Improvement.St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Harper’s Ferry, which has been closed for the past four months while extensive improvements have been made, was reopened for public worship last Sunday, when appropriate services were held. The […]
August 23, 1856

Obit: James Flanagan

August 13th, Mr. James Flanegan, aged 47 years. No event that has happened in our community for a long time has excited so general and melancholy an interest as the death of Mr. Flanagan. He came […]
October 29, 1870

Obit: Mrs. Martha Flanagan

ANOTHER.– Mrs. Martha Flanagan, widow of the late William Flanagan, died at her residence near Unionville, on Sunday afternoon last, aged about 70 years. She had been confined to her bed from rheumatism for some years […]
September 15, 1893

Death: Daniel Thomas Welsh

DANIEL THOMAS, infant son of John M. and Clara D. Welsh, died at Bakerton, August 15, 1893, aged 2 months and 23 days. Dear Daniel is sleeping so free from all pain, Oh! wake him not, […]
February 1, 1894

Welsh Purchases From Flanagan; Builds House

Mr. Thos. B. Welsh has bought of Mr. Jas. S. Flanagan an acre of ground, for which he paid $80 cash. It is situated a half mile south of Bakerton and about four miles this side […]
June 14, 1900

Death: Alfred Myers

Mr. Alfred Myers, aged 70 years, died yesterday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ella Moore, near Mountain Lock. He was the father of Mrs. Clara Welsh, of Bakerton.
May 2, 1901

Annie Welsh; Payment to Register

Mrs. Annie Welsh, one of the REGISTER’S appreciative readers in the Bakerton neighborhood, has our thanks for a remittance this week.
April 23, 1903

Thos. & Lawrence Welsh; Call Register

We were pleased to have a call last Saturday from Mr. Thos. B. Welsh and Mr. Lawrence Welsh, of Bakerton, who paid their subscriptions to the REGISTER.
October 8, 1903

Soup At Bakerton; Welsh Scares Hen Theives

Soup at Bakerton. A person coming into Bakerton last Saturday night would have been reminded of war times and camp-fire, for there was an old-time chicken soup, given at Moler’s store. The way those fat hens […]
February 11, 1904

John Welsh; Visits Register Office

We were glad to have a call last Friday from our friend Mr. John Welsh, of Bakerton.
December 22, 1904

Big Porkers in Bakerton; Welsh Calls To Register

The returns from the big porkers at Bakerton show that some good-sized pigs have been killed there this year. Thomas B. Welsh had five, the weights of which were 422, 407, 355, 335 and 313 pounds. […]