Welsh of Harpers Ferry

Evidence Category: The Shepherdstown Register

  • Guardian of Flanagan receives exonoration

    An exoneration from taxes on an assessment of $2,652.25 in Harper’s Ferry district was accorded to F. L. Bushong, guardian of John Griggs Flanagan.

  • To Rebuild Lime Plant

    To Rebuild Lime Plant.
    That portion of the plant of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton which was destroyed by fire last week is to be immediately rebuilt. The sheds and fixtures of twelve of the kilns were burned, and the loss having been promptly adjusted by Washington, Alexander & Cooke, the debris and rubbish has been cleared away and preparations made for rebuilding. The new plant will be much better than the old. The kilns will be of improved pattern and the building that shelters them will be constructed of iron and steel, so that there will never again be any danger from fire. Three cars loaded with coal were among the property destroyed in the fire last week. It is said that some twenty or thirty men were about the kilns when the fire started, but all of them were asleep, and the flames had gotten so much headway they could not be extinguished, the water connection having been broken by falling lumber.

  • Junior Epworth League Holds First Meeting

    The Junior Epworth League at Bakerton held its first meeting since its organization last Sunday afternoon. The officers for this year are as follows: Superintendent, Mrs. Beulah Moler; president, Frank E. Grimm; first vice-president, Kate Kidwiler; second vice-president, Virginia Moler; third vice-president, Pearl Welsh; fourth vice-president, Grace Mills; secretary, Laura Hopper; treasurer, Eunice Houser; organist, Grace Mills; assistant organist, Nellie Rice. The League will meet next Sunday at 3 p. M.

  • Flanagan, Smith call Registers Office

    Miss Martha Flanagan, of Bakerton, and Miss Mary Smith, of Frederick, Md., made a pleasant call at Register office a few days ago.

  • Big Fire at Bakerton

    Big Fire at Bakerton. A part of the lime-burning plant of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, this county, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire started about 3 a. m., and seems to have originated in a pile of wood and thus communicated to the sheds in which the kilns were located. There are no facilities for fighting fire at Bakerton, and it was impossible to extinguish the blaze, which burned out when there was no more fuel to feed upon. Twelve kilns were destroyed in all, being the principal part of the original plant. That part of the works which includes the barrel factory and the grinding machinery was not burned, and there are a number of kilns, separated from the destroyed section, that are unharmed. The loss is estimated at about $20,000, which is covered by insurance with Washington, Alexander & Cooke, Charles Town.

  • Mrs. R.C. Moler visits niece in Baltimore

    Mrs. R. C. Moler, of this vicinity, is spending a few weeks with her niece, Mrs. John Flanagan, in Baltimore.

  • Mrs. John Flanagan births 15 pound son.

    Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Flanagan, of Baltimore, formerly of Bakerton, a fifteen-pound son.

  • Bowman, Flanagan visit Baltimore

    Mr. and Mrs. William Bowman and Mr. Oscar Flanagan, of Bakerton, recently visited Mr. John Flanagan in Baltimore.

  • Man’s Coat Lost at Bakerton

    Lost, between the Andrews farm and Bakerton on Sunday, September 10th, a man’s brown coat. The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at the Register office or notifying William Flanagan, Bakerton, W. Va.

  • Miller visits Flanagan at Rock Hill

    Mrs. Altha D. Miller, of Washington, D. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Bertha D. Flanagan, at Rock Hill.