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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1895
Page
5
Port Norfolk on Sunday notes include Epworth League activities a male thief fully identified and various local items. Reports cover arrests convicts for the penitentiary, a colored excursion from Lit elon and multiple city happenings, with church services, public works and shop ads.
The Edenton boys lost to the All Americas in a well played game at Gearge Park. Sem Watts pitched for the All Americas, Hill hit a long homer for Portsmouth, and Archie Robertson impressed at third base. Postgame notes mention upcoming rematch and team lineups.
An inquiry into why women’s wages fall cites male applicants for jobs once held by women. Poles Hungarians and Italians take roles in caps clothing laundry and related trades at lower wages, pushed by need. Miss Woodbridge of the Working Women's Society notes more women than available jobs. Washington Post.
Seldon Reeve of East Moriches New York 86 jumped from his second story window in the morning. Doctor Skidmore treated his broken left leg and arm and notes a return of faculties and improved hearing. Reeve told his daughter Mary he must have been out of his head to jump.
In New Jersey a wife defies her husband by riding in bright red bloomers. He consulted a lawyer to restrain her dress, but his efforts failed and she continued her outings in the same risqué attire, apparently enjoying herself.
The Olivia Institute plans a technical academy for women at Mrs. Wily Bilinun Briggs home on Maple Square Capitol Hill Washington. Open to all, the project aims to provide progressive education in a mansion setting.
The article recalls Mr. Gladstone's Chester speech denouncing Ottoman crackdown on Armenian Christians. It views his call for European powers to act and accept responsibility as a landmark humane appeal in a long career of public duty.
The Kansas City Star notes southwestern Missouri has vast fruit resources but lacks market access and storage. Thousands of buckels of peaches and 1000 carloads of early apples near Thayer cannot be marketed presently, risking loss while rail lines promise cheaper shipments to the national market.
A Pennsylvania court rules the culf is not a farm product and cannot be held accountable as the product of the dudu. The Brockton Tunes chronicle notes and Seneca News reflection on changing times and Sunday schooling memories.
A Napa Valley ranch tale recounts Mins Yount inheriting a 1000 acre property and marrying widow Lewis Rutherford after years of divorce and remarriage. Dalzell, a sturdy 42 year old laborer, claims a two year secret marriage contract and the widow’s wealth is valued at about 800000 dollars as disputes with kin landigrate the tale.
Father McKeever of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Pittsburgh plans a nonsectarian temperance society educationally teaching nourishment and health while allowing light beer and wines. strong opposition to hard liquor will come from medical prescription only. A Kansas Independ ent American party calls for a state convention at Topeka. A Kentucky bread contest links mothers and daughters in a culinary talent show with Rosa Alverson winning yeast bread and UC Day taking salt bread prizes.
A reworked old legend claims that whenever a redheaded girl appears on a wheel a white man on a bicycle is nearby. The St Louis Star-Sayings notes the curious, regionally shared belief.
Reports from Lima describe Martha the vivandiree, a tall indigenous woman aged about 36, in brilliant uniform riding a horse with Colonel Philip Ore's coalition army. She urged troops, aided the wounded, and helped fund weapon purchases before Lima's fall, amid fierce fighting near Chorrillos and the capital.
The New York Sun notes Greece faces new hardship from an overabundant currant harvest. Excess supply risks depressing prices and harming farmers as the fertile land yields too much fruit, unlike the struggles seen in other agricultural sectors when crops fail.
A curious note from Louisville reports a trend change with walking sticks disappearing from the streets. The piece cites a contrast between past fashion and current style, mentioning a New York Tribune quip about soap by electricity and a Chicago firm led by Darrell B. Vastine planning a large Cincinnati plant for electric soap production.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and eases colds headaches and fever. It claims broad medical approval and notes the product comes in 50 cent and dollar bottles sold by druggists, with the California Fig Syrup Co as manufacturer.
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