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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1896
Page
2
Local items report a hot day, pickpocket activity, wandering suspects, and social news. The City of Portsmouth line steamer was inspected, several arrests for drunkenness and theft noted, court adjourned, and a cow theft case leads to jail time.
At the Portsmouth Atlantic Club dinner on Wednesday at Odean View, Hon. J. G. Baird spoke for the club and presented Mr. P. Friediin with a silver tea set in appreciation of his membership and to honor his upcoming marriage.
Early yesterday morning two colored men crossing from Race avenue to the Union bridge heard moans and found Junio Brown lying under the trestle badly injured. He was carried home and believed to be intoxicated after a fall from the structure on private property. Also reported are complaints about fast driving around Booth and Bettingham streets injuring a small colored girl. calls for penalties or enforcement.
The W. G. Maupin estate remodels the American House at High and Crawford, adding nine bright airy rooms. Ground floor offices and billiard rooms will face Crawford street, with the hotel designed to attract transient business near railroad depots and steamboat wharves.
The general committee in charge of the WR K of Plat Cleveland encampment selects Thursday August YT 05 for Pythian day at Euclid Beach Park. Outdoor sports and a firework display are planned with Portsmouth Division No 11 to perform an exhibition drill. An infant death is recorded for Mr and Mrs Samuel W Weaver their son Joseph Edward aged 2 months 17 days. Ex Congresssman Tom L Johnson of Cleveland is named a patron of the bicycle.
A young man aboard the Berkley ferry tried to charm a lady with a plan to call on her, but she consulted her husband. The scene unfolds amid a string of local notices and incidents including a fire at D. W. Cherry's, and brief town updates from Edenton and nearby areas.
Elder D W Davis of Wilson reports meetings will continue nightly with modest success. An excursion to Nug's Head on the Sewherne steamer is planned for Sunday. A new cotton factory machinery has arrived and is being installed. Police Court records show no new cases for days. About ninety dollars was raised from a military excursion to Nug's Head last Tuesday. Eddie P Mills of Washington DC visits relatives in the county and AlroA Huckabee returns home after a short visit. Sunday services announced at all churches.
Bargain notices from Levy & Jacobs and others tout reduced prices on fabrics umbrellas and parasols at 200 High Street and 802 New Street Portsmouth. A child’s illness mentions Chamberlains remedies amid scattered notes on Arctic explorers and Reykjavik meetings with Prince Napoleon.
A vivid account follows young women who embrace bicycle riding in a conservative town. Their push for freedom shocks families yet gains broader sympathy as fathers reconsider propriety and progress. The piece highlights social change sparked by the bicycle craze and personal ambition.
A shopper negotiates exchanges for flexible pipes at a city department store. The clerk prices a ten foot pipe at seventy cents and implies higher costs for longer pieces, while a customer recalls earlier prices and wonders about value. The incident highlights the store’s exchange policy and customer confusion amid high wine prices elsewhere.
A chaotic event unfolds as nine seals escape near Glen Island and move across a lake. Reported diversions include crowds chasing seals while a performer entertains onshore. Authorities discuss containment and potential fencing measures, with interest from local figures and a continuing search by fishermen and residents.
A fragmented 19th century notice describes a coerced marriage plan involving Misa Murnio Simpson of Stone, forward county, with Elstner, plus an unrelated medical remedy claim for dysentery. The item mixes a personal appeal with a drug advertisement for a bowel remedy claimed to cure severe cases.
Mr James Harrison of Cleverland Ohio, long plagued by dyspepsia and debility, credits P P P Lippman’s Great Remedy with restoring his health. He reports restored appetite and strength after treatment and urges others to try the product for relief from eczema rheumatism and kidney irregularities.
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