125 Years Ago

Herald of April 2, 1896

John S. Bonebreak graduated third in a class of 80 students at the Western Pennsylvania Medical College in Pittsburgh. He was to appear before the state medical board for examination, after which he planned to settle down for practice in Martinsburg.

Thomas Maddocks resigned as the Hagey foreman at Henrietta and was replaced by Elmer Burget. Mr. Maddocks was selling silverware.

The four-page Herald was published on pink paper in payment of a bet made years before between Dr. William Spanogle, who wrote for the paper under the pen name “John Jasper,” and Editor U....