November 29, 2025
November 29, 2025

Death Notice: John Garry

On Monday evening, aged about 30, Mr. John Garry, a native of Ireland, but for some months a resident of this place.
September 15, 1824
November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025

Temperance Movement in Harpers Ferry

Messrs. Editors– It affords me much pleasure to give you and your readers some account of the great and glorious Temperance Reform at Harpers-Ferry, Va., which place has “lang syne,” like too many other towns, stood […]
September 23, 1841
November 16, 2025
November 16, 2025

Harpers Ferry Temperance Convention

THE HARPERS-FERRY TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.On Wednesday morning, December 1st, 1841, a number of Delegates from the Temperance Societies of Jefferson and Loudoun Counties, assembled in this village, to hold a Convention, previously called by the Total Abstinence […]
December 23, 1841
August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

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 24, 1898
November 6, 2023
November 6, 2023

Deaths In The Harpers Ferry Free Press

DIEDOn Thursday last, Miss Elizabeth M’Clure, of this place. On Saturday, Mrs. Leannah Butts, wife of Mr. John Butts. On Thursday the 26th ult. at his residence in Shepherdstown, Captain JOHN PIERCE, in the 78th year […]
September 15, 1824
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