Venice of America and Hampton Roads waterways described
The Hampton Roads area is touted as the Venice of America with salt water arms reaching inland and many streets ending on water. Ships ply the waters daily with hundreds of vessels, and railways and canals spur development around Norfolk and nearby towns. The piece also notes local scandals and social gossip about a Montpelier minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
America
Hampton Roads
Vao
Neptotis
Norfolk
Portsnouth
Berkley
Newport News
Hampton
Point Comfort
Abe Prenis
New World
Minaiy
Ceep
Thisbarton
Hedde AG
United States
Crooked Cheer and School Notes From Reading Hustler
Typhoid sickens Grover Fitzgerald while Miss Cora Waters teaches a local session. The Crusader Band meets with no results. Electric Bitters advertised for old age stomach and bowel support. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve touted as a pile cure. Tra Wright sentenced in the Remus Abbott manslaughter case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Fitzgerald
Cora Waters
Crusader Band
Deredorf
Bert Collins
Tra Wright
Remus Abbott
Reading Hustler
Local notices mix sales pitches and a dangerous assault report
A mixed front page item reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sales and a sale ad, followed by a violent assault in Branch county Michigan where a woman was beaten and Ed Robinson wounded. Police hunted the suspect amid sensational reports, with victims and towns involved, and no confirmed capture yet. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is promoted, and a Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention at Fremont features speeches and new officers. Free trials of Dr King's New Discovery are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branch County
Mich
Coldwater
Verne Smith
Ed. Robinson
Steuben County
Union
John
Indiana
Lewis
Vella Lewis
Ellen Jewis
Willmner
Woodhull
Shupper
Taylor Recording
Shaw
Belle Holbrook
Fremont
Bam
Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
McKechen’s Drug Store
DeWitts Witel Hazel Salve and Other Patent Remedies
A jumble of pharmacy ads tout DeWitts Witel Hazel Salve and Little Early Risers for various ailments. Mentions McKeehen and Groves Ariel agents, plus Chamberlains remedies for bilious colic and cough cures. References to diphtheria, whooping cough, wounds, and skin conditions with generic endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitts Witel Hazel Salve
McKecher
DeWitts
McKeehen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Acuaitia
Shakespeare
Securit
Washington
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Broadway
New York
DeWitt
Sremont Eagle
Warkkend
Wells
Bingle
Montpelier
Ashtey
Vince
McKeehen’s
Kellam & Curren
WN. McKechen
de Witt
Bucklen
Aruba
W.N. McNeehen
Pilliod Milling CO
Fremont, Indiana
Boor
Jer
Ie Jose
Jie
Lee
Lee Mwe
Mali
Beau Ameeouuin
Lin
Sie
Vailor
Ww. Co. Boon
L. Shatenberger
Fremont, Ind
Devatur
Ketcham
Hal Gov. Mount
Indianapolis Sun
McKechen
du. J Schall
Meyer Pres” Drug Co
St Louis
Chamberlain
Ariel
Chile
Chilly
Hilden
Screven Co
W.N. Meheober
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