Portsmouth Short News in Condensed Notes
A compact Portsmouth item list notes various moves. Mr. R B Dughtrey visits Baltimore. Dr Culpepper away. Mr Overton ill. Mr Butt returns from Raleigh. Captain White back from the mountains. Miss Long visits from Baltimore. a safety ad is noted in another column. Grand jury term to begin. political chatter on candidates. minor court fines. several locals traveling or recovering from illness. a crabbing party enjoys a river trip. a dog incident and a man injures in a bicycle collision. a navy yard discharge count. sewer work updates. a Norfolки party meets to discuss a congressional candidate. electric car accident with a mule cart. a fire destroys the old shingle factory. a fireman injured. Maynard for Congress being urged. a Portsmouth cotton factory proves profitable with expansion planned.
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R. B. Dughtrey
Baltimore
G. Culpepper
Joseph Overton
City Almshouse
J. W. S. Butt
Raleigh
N. C
E. V. White
John Mesley
Durham
Mattie Long
James A. Borum
Mathews County
John T. King
Rockbridge
R. D. Guy
Richmond
Geen View
W. RR. McLean
Fourth Street
Portsmouth
F. J. Durham
Belfast
Maine
Cleveland
Ohio
W. J. Morgan
Petersburg
Bessie Mullen
Brighton
Carwine
Flo Martin
New York
Crawford Street
Navy Yard
Avery Williams
Murfreesboro
India Copeland
Ahoskie
Sophie Peele
High Street
Peele
John Fobertron
Norfolk County
Port Norfolk
Congress
J. 8. Atkinson
Southeastern Lyceum Bureau
Raleteh
N.C
Jim
Union Bridge Creek
A. EH. Owen
Shenandoah Valley
Beverie
Sen
Mortuary Report and Local Notices From 1895 City
Dr F S Hope submits annual mortality data for July 1895 to June 1886 with totals for 16 500 white 11 600 colored and 6 000 total 16 600 showing 18 4 deaths per thousand whites 24 5 colored. Suburban disturbance follows with two women one man jailed. Ads tout fabric, furniture and perfume. Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised by Wm Kell of St Paul Minn.
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F.S. Hope
Chamberlain
St. Paul
Berkeley Local News Briefs Chronicle Small Events
In Berkley a Portsmouth couple sought Clerk's office with the man traveling to Norfolk for guidance. A Berkley youth received a Suffolk telegram claiming a Berkley young woman eloped with a local gentleman. Miss Lena Miller of Princess Anne visits the Olds on Worth street. Town council to meet tonight. Lot's wife and Jacobson to face Mayor's Court for fighting. A. P. Russell mourns the death of his daughter Lillie, eight, with funeral at Liberty street extended residence at 3:40 this afternoon.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
Suffolk
Berkley
Lena Miller
Princess Anne County
Old
Worth Street
Lot
Jacobson
A. P. Russell
Lillie
Liberty Street
Verse and humor mingle in a bustling 19th century column
A mosaic of quotes and snippets spans culture, fashion, language, and society. Observationsor humorous vignettes touch on beauty, speech, and manners, with a noted sermon on Miriam and the dangers of female power. The note closes with shop ads for fall hats by Charles R. Welton & Co.
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Young's
Imperial
Best On Earth
Charles R. Welton & Co
North Carolina Butler Boils Over Endorse Populists and Bryan
Raleigh Aug 26 Special The Caucasian edited by Senator Butler’s paper attacks Democrats for inconsistency. It urges endorsing Populist Congressmen, dividing electors, or backing Bryan and Watson to win Populist support. It notes Populists in the Fifty district endorsed a Democrat and questions if Democrats will act sincerely, while reporting on campaign plans, election laws, and new cotton mills under construction.
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Raleigh
N. C
Mutler
Clainiv
North Carolina
Bryan
Watson
Butler
P“Nale
Naional
Democrat UN
Sue
Greensboro
Gow
Sewall
iEast
Maine
McKinley
Wovart
Witnelple
Aver
Penalist
Pritchard
Linney
Congress
Manly
Msts
W. J. Bevan
Charlotte
Gastoria
Bassemer City
Clunk
Elizabeth City Notes From August 26 Confirmed Items
Elizabeth City N C Aug 26 Special The Republican Senatorial Convention will meet here tomorrow. Market house stalls rented earlier will be occupied September 1 by the original renters. The Baptist Young People's Union met at the annex of the Baptist Church last evening led by J J Sykes with China as the topic. Haywood's Minstrels open the theatrical season at the Opera House September 1. D Lathrop travels back to New England. A white man named Lewis was fined in Mayor's Court this morning for disorderly conduct.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Republican Senistorial Convention
Young Pepper
Baptists Church
Haywood
Opera House
D. Lathrop
Vlert
New England
Lewis
Edenton Dated News Highlights Movements and Visits
Aug 28 special report from Edenton notes Frank White returning to Newport News after a family stay. J E Hughes and family relocate from the local boarding house to Portmouth Virginia. Maker leaves for Wilson North Carolina to make his future home. Dr W St Capehart of Avoca visited Bay View with W D Minden. Military company supplies arrive. Miss Evans of Munter stays with Mrs Baumgardner on Queen Street.
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Misa Evavans
Munter
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