125 Years Ago

Herald of Sept. 29 1899

The Herald editor urged the businessmen of Martinsburg to get together and raise sufficient funds to erect or buy a building for the establishment of a shoe factory in Martinsburg. He said shoe factory workers at Tyrone, Halifax, Millersburg and Carlisle were making between $1.25 and $2.50 per day, depending on the ability of the operator.

R.H. Sipes of Martinsburg sculpted a beautiful monument for Mrs. Conrade of Roaring Spring to be placed in the cemetery there in memory of her son, who drowned while swimming in the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh the previous summer.

Martinsburg was testing an acetylene gas lamp at the corner of Allegheny and Market streets. After some adjustments it was making almost as much light as an electric light.

The Herald installed a new press on which to print the paper.

Nine carloads of apples were shipped during the week from Martinsburg to western markets.