Religion & Churches

January 20, 2026

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 […]
December 22, 2025

Bakerton Camp Meeting

Camp Meeting.A camp meeting will be held in Duke’s woods at Bakerton, W. Va., commencing August 11th and continuing ten days. The meeting will be in charge of Rev. T. C. Jones. The following ministers are […]
December 21, 2025

More Bakerton Visitiations; etc.

The M. E. Sunday school picnic will be held at the river, near Mr. “Pet” Moler’s farm, on Saturday, August 26. These guests are spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Trundle: Mrs. Sarah […]
December 21, 2025

Bakerton Methodist Church Sells Church Lot

The State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson, To-wit: In the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of said County, August 21, 1916. C. D. Carter and other Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Bakerton, […]
December 15, 2025

Temperance Movement Begins to Take Hold

December 15, 2025

St. Peters Consecrated

November 18, 2025

Church Fire

A letter from Harper’s Ferry, Va., states that the new church near Jefferson’s rock was consumed by fire on the night of the 7th inst. The flames originated in a school room.
November 18, 2025

American Union attempts to block appointment, anti-Catholic grounds.

The Order of the American Union At Work.The hatred of the Northern Republican for a Catholic church is only matched by the hatred of the carpet-bagger for the county jail. It is well-known that some years […]
November 18, 2025

Bishop Kain & the Incendiary Press.

From the Wheeling Register.Bishop Kain and the Incendiary Press. “Bishop Kain has prohibited the West Virginia Catholics from taking the Irish World.” The above paragraph has been floating around in the papers for several days without […]
November 18, 2025

St. Peters Brickwork Completed

Messrs. Armentrout and Siford have completed the brickwork on the new St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Harper’s Ferry, and the building is about ready for the slate roof.
November 17, 2025

Ladies Catholic Fair at Harper’s Ferry; Reconstruction

The Ladies’ Catholic Fair at Harper’s Ferry.MR. EDITOR: — The fair, which was refer[r]ed to in my last article, given by the Catholic Ladies in this vicinity, closed on Monday night last, after having been conducted […]
November 17, 2025

“Irish World” Forbidden for Catholics

Bishop Kain has forbid the circulation of the “Irish World” among the Catholics of West Virginia.