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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1895
Page
5
Oysters prepare for season as townsfolk report daily events from fines for disorderly houses to stand pipes and labor at the water works. Local visits, patrols, and a parade are noted along with school teacher selections, council talks, and social outings in a bustling Portsmouth scene.
Report from Percusuene Virginia describes a devastating wreck on the Norfolk and Western Railroad west of Petersburg. Locomotive overturned, engineer Wysong killed and fireman Smith died later, several cars wrecked, tracks torn, and trains delayed with passengers transferred to a special train from Crewe. Local incidents include a burglary on Dino Street and travelers from Clifton Ontario sharing a tale of a long overland journey.
A Philadelphia Times excerpt discusses belts with gold braids, silver buckles, and leather options, plus bold fashion notes on blue stockings and contemporary waist and skirt combinations. It cites Miss Philippa Fawnot and other figures, urging restraint on bird of paradise feathers and praising varied high class garments.
Miss Janey Gould of the Pittsburg Press editorial staff is appointed chairman for the International League of Press Clubs during the world’s woman’s lists at the Atlanta exposition. She plans speakers for the congresses in November with writers like Mrs Eliza Ard Conner Kate Field and Helen Giardt. She will assist Mrs Louise M Giordan in the committee on presses at Atlanta.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution discusses a dispute over bloomers and fashion, noting women should choose their own costumes and arguing the issue is trivial. The piece mocks the fuss while asserting modesty among women and doubts about male interference.
A long list of moral duties for individuals urges temperance, study of history, self control, respect for others, and obedience to divine law. It emphasizes building character, avoiding coercion, and guiding children by example while promoting virtue and moral restraint.
A Chicago newspaper item reports a proposed electric water supply plan for the city. City officials including the city electrician and public works commissioners will study a scheme to electrify and modernize Chicago’s waterworks, aiming to provide a robust municipal supply. The project faces debates among experts about municipal electricity use and costs.
A confused post office note seeks a carrier for a misaddressed letter. The addressee is described as a widow aged about forty with light hair, asking for delivery within twenty days. The letter writer lives in a small town in the Tuting Territory and pleads for help finding the intended recipient.
A garbled clipping cites statistics on women in national banks, claims about defanitors, and a Chicago Times-Herald tag. It mentions Edith Sessions Tupper and a 96 year old mother of sixteen, plus a fictional missionary exchange and abrupt dialogue.
An old torn article describes a garden technique using empty tin cans as plant protectors. Cans are heated to remove solder then filled with earth and placed around young plants for wind and heat protection. The piece also recounts a Washington Post note about Jones County’s wartime republican stance during the Civil War and the death of John Donnis after his Zululand exile.
A garbled column presents fragmented opinions and references to public taste and manners. Mentions Nixon Waterman in L A Bulletin and a 1509 Mrs Barnum book The Last Chapter as a posthumous addendum to Barnum's life.
Advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure laxative improving health. Claims pleasing taste, gentle action on kidneys liver and bowels, and relief from colds headaches fevers while curing constipation. States price 50c and 1 bottle, manufactured by California Fig Co and sold by merchants.
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