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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1895
Page
5
A jumble of Portsmouth notices details arrests, robberies, and court activity. A colored woman’s illness, a missing white assailant, shipyard travel, and community events are interwoven with street incidents, health updates, and local commerce notes from Portmouth.
City officials and residents push to improve the water supply from Lake Kilby. Water company executives defend current pipes and plan pipe replacements while a high level of public concern grows over odor and safety. Health officer Dr Hope says water is not dangerous but urges reservoir cleaning and promised improvements.
A Richmond police court scene featured a wife delivering the sentence to her husband for drunkenness and wife beating. Justice Cratchfield ordered thirty days in jail to take effect immediately, after Trexler pleaded for forgiveness and reform.
Suffolk items cover wartime news, school examinations, a murder case to be tried next week, and notices of lunacy commissions. Reports mention timber orders, railroad prospecting for an electric line, bridge and street grading on Pine Street, and a tourism and business outreach by local officials. Excursionists from the Old North State arrived, while residents await pay day and upcoming legal proceedings.
In Berkley a hayride party toured Woonuw View last night led by Capt. sudore and Capt. John Foster with John Keeling returning from New York to stock the Orm of Keeling. Berkley locals report various visitors, a mixed colored excursion arriving via Norfolk and Southern, and town council pending. a man named George W. Goff near Punta Gorda Fla reportedly regains youth with renewed sight and hearing after aging symptoms vanished, sparking speculation of a 90 year lifespan.
At a Lawrenceburg Kentucky fair a local hardware firm offered a premium for the plainest cake. Harry F. Crain, brother of the mayor, entered the conest and won top honors, showing skill in cake making and sewing learned from a French modiste. Master Charles K. Dawson, 16, won the lady cake display. A crowded Glenwood passenger rail car led to the conductor offering directions, sparking bemusement as the car carried passengers toward unfamiliar routes. A Pittsburgh Dispatch note adds a piece on packing small chickens for market, detailing steps from icing to final packing in barrels.
Edenton hosted a baseball match against Franklin Kildees that stretched eleven innings before Edenton claimed victory 18 to 0. The game featured sharp fielding on both sides with a key collision at home plate when Edenton’s catcher Daniels was cut down at the plate. Umpire Bond presided over the rough but decisive contest.
A vintage promotion states Syrup of Figs offers comfort and improvement by cleansing the system and aiding kidney liver and bowels without weakening them. It touts world renowned laxative benefits, soothing taste, and claims millions of satisfied users and medical approval. Sold by druggists in 60c and 1 bottles, manufactured only by California Fig Syrup Co with printed name on each package.
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