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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
4
The Virginian outlines subscription prices for weekly home delivery in Norfolk and nearby areas, with annual and seasonal options. Advertising and notice rates are stated, including first insertions and subsequent rates, plus a New York office contact and a disclaimer about not returning rejected communications.
Eight pages report Hanna failing to meet hoped for sums from New York money kings as the political circus continues. Tammany plans to carry 105 delegates and cheering crowds to the New York State Convention. British papers urge restraint on anti free silver shots while McKinley is eyed. Bourke Cochran faulted in Madison Square Garden speech. German beer expert Von Laer says American beer better. Seven thousand attend Henry Irving and Dorothea Bald wedding. Hanna signals McKinley stays home in Canton during campaign and after election. Bryan proclaims US must lead on bimetallism. Hoke Smith praised in Georgia as a leader. McKinley not courting self election by grand speeches, per Philadelphia Record. Wilmington Star says Hanna campaign funds and sound money Republicans aid McKinley. Nashville American notes Chicago platform opposed. defeat of McKinleyism favored. Senator Palmer of Indiana backs McKinley and foreshadows Indianapolis decision. Washington Star discusses possible switch of sound money Democrats to Republicans. New Orleans States reports Tom Watson fighting Arthur Sewall hotly. cautions Sewall against overreaction.
A reader critiques Bourke Cockran's assertion that national prosperity does not depend on money in circulation arguing the idea would negate coinage and demand for larger sums. He notes Cochran reportedly earned thousands for a McKinley speech and questions the theory's validity.
Baltimore Health Department findings show milk from eighty cow dairy contained streptococcal pyogenes capable of causing severe infection. Bacteria traced to cow udders, prompting call for purer milk and concern over local herds supplying Baltimore and Norfolk.
Report on a Real Estate Exchange gathering of sound money Democrats. Speakers clash over the Chicago platform and free coinage views, some denouncing the platform as harming vested interests, others defending Democratic unity. The debate notes a proposed preamble criticizing Chicago platform principles, later dropped, prompting questions about reaching agreement amid diverse positions.
The Pittsburg Dispatch criticizes presidential travel as unfamiliar while arguing that many past candidates have toured the nation to speak to voters. The author states Bryan simply follows a long tradition of campaigning face to face across regions and asserts it is within a candidate's rights.
The piece contrasts Stephen A. Douglas Horace Greeley and Grover Cleveland with William McKinley in the 1890s. It notes Bryan and McKinley touring or staying local, criticizing Mark Hanna for trapping McKinley in Canton and arguing voters deserve to hear the candidates speak. It argues Hanna fears McKinley losing votes if he speaks publicly.
John D. Rockefeller tops the Buella Avenue Baptist Sunday School in Cleveland as superintendent. Sir John Pender, Atlantic Cable promoter, left 1 740 000 in personal property to his family. Martha Van Rensselaer nominated by Republicans for School Commissioner of Cattaraugus County. James Henderson, 73, engineer at North British railway, has fifty years of accident-free service. L Hung Chang’s yellow jacket deemed a bicycle sweater by the Chicago Record. Rhodes no longer a director of the Chartered Company of South Africa, but his views to be represented by Srochfort Maguire on the board. Buck, president of Baptist Female College at Lexington Missouri, declined a University of Washington chair. Prof. Stewart explains plumage color in female birds as a guard against predators during nesting.
Notes and opinions recount a $2,000,000 mortgage on a New York building. Other items include Li Hung Chang's ruby valued at $25,000, Montenegro’s jubilee stamp, Boston assessors reporting 148,000 voters and $991,000,000 in property, and a nine-pound meteor drop in Alliance Ohio. Mention also two men claiming Americana arrested in Barcelona and a Pullman fare note restricting wines and liquors in several states.
Poetic vignette from Harper's Magazine by Thomas Dunn English warns of deceptive suitors. The wary maiden, unaware of Cupid’s sly tricks, faces betrayal as a flattering guest may claim her heart and leave her aching.
A public stance argues McKinley as Wall Street’s candidate and Bryan as the people’s champion. It asserts bimetallists seek international silver policy and warns of stock exchange influence, urging support for Bryan to safeguard labor and producers against financial manipulation in New York Chicago Berlin and London.
J F Nevant writes to The Norfolk Virginian from Franklin Virginia on August 25 1896 asking for explanation about his mention in press coverage of the Democratic nomination race in the district. He notes a Sunday article described as igniting the field and questions its depiction of him as a candidate.
J F Bryant states he has limited support from his county and will not campaign, calling his nomination a remote possibility. He would accept the nomination gratefully if the convention chooses to deface its standard in his hands and acknowledges the responsibilities such an office would impose.
A reflection on how Spanish soldiers differ between Spain and Cuba. In Spain they wear fine clothes and are less trained readers. in Cuba they endure coarser attire, poorer meals, yet gain independence and self reliance. Rations are meager at home, while Cuban postings provide more food and freedom, though pay is stretched by deductions.
The piece defends William Jennings Bryan's reception speech as a strong, logically argued plea for free silver admired by supporters and not harmed by opposition. It notes the New York World opposes the McKinley ticket but respects the speech. It also mentions Prince Oscar Bernadotte serving as a Sunday school teacher for royal children.
An advertisement extols Lighting Hot Drops as a universal stomach and bowel remedy. It touts rapid relief from indigestion gastritis and related pains, claims no other treatment matches its speed, and promotes a single price of 25 cents for a two-dose bottle from Gael P. Heber Medicine Co. in Springfield.
The notice touts Marvelous Reductions across stock with a siege of price cuts on all apparel. It emphasizes not carrying over any light weight items and asserts money’s purchasing power is greater during this season’s final deep cut to move broken lines of lower price goods.
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