Phrase fragments from August 1596 issue
A fragment from a Thursday August 1596 page shows partial date text for an archival listing. The readable portion lacks clear events, names, or locations beyond the month and day fragment.
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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
4
A fragment from a Thursday August 1596 page shows partial date text for an archival listing. The readable portion lacks clear events, names, or locations beyond the month and day fragment.
The article notes the money raised to back McKinney’s election is already triple any previous Republican campaign fund. It discusses figures and opinions on fundraising, including Mark Hanna, regional editorials, and party strategies, with mentions of journals and political figures shaping the 1880s landscape.
A reprinted Journal of Commerce analysis portrays a deliberate stock panic plot by speculative millionaires tied to bank interests. It claims conspirators aimed to crash prices, force treasury actions, and profit, sparking a near national panic and intense scrutiny of Wall Street figures and political ties.
The text notes falling coffee export prices to the United States and Europe, a New York horse killed by heat after bolting and leaping, rising rubber prices with increased consumption, and a scheme by rainmakers to dispel London fog with proposed stations and funding from capitalists.
The column mentions Daniel Boone’s grave in Frankfort marked by a defaced monument. Paderewski’s illness forces cancellation of engagements. The Mayer faces a serious outlook as a nervous wreck. PT H Kor ets, a London sheriff, rose from shirt maker to employer of 1800, in a tale likened to America. Beatrice Warraden, author, travels from El Cajon Pass to San Francisco seeking change of air for strength, possibly nearing end of days.
Fragmentary verse describes a mysterious villa and a discreet garden hidden behind walls. The speaker longs for a mysterious princess, awaiting an appointed coming, while shadows and gates symbolize love and unattainable presence in a dreamlike setting.
A newspaper advertisement touts the Spe cial Price of Thirteen Eighty-five with savings of at least 33 percent and many suits 50 percent off. It promotes Young Men's Suits up to 35-inch bust, light wear-resisting material, and the Great Bargain Sale featuring navy blue twisted diagonal designs up to age 19. The Phenomenal Special Sale offers all wool suits for youths up to 19, stylish and serviceable, weighing for year round wear and big value.
The Stock Relief Unloading Sale offers 3 stylish children's straw hats at eleven cents each, down from twice the regular price. Hats must be sold immediately with a cut price of thirty three cents.
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