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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1896
Page
9
Hundreds of children write to Santa as doll, toy, book and gift shows open with deep discounts. The sale includes porcelain Dresden clocks, silverware, dolls from Europe, and vast toy selections. Households rush to buy coats, portieres, lamps, and home goods at historically low prices while auctions and wholesale lots drive crowd demand.
A flood of bargains on cotton and wool blankets, sheets, ticking and pillowcases with deep discounts. Includes California Mission blankets, large wool throws, ready made sheets, damask linens, and novelty umbrellas. limited stock warnings, strong emphasis on gifts and holiday usefulness.
Open work applique embroidery in white advertised as rich and beautiful. Items expected to fetch two or three times their price, but hurry as these that cane Saturday go on sale tomorrow for the first time.
Restored OCR fragment describes a pickup lot pricing by the dozen with mixed wording. No clear persons, places, or organizations read. The readable bits hint at value and bulk pricing but lack concrete facts for a proper summary.
Bargains for men advertise white and natural wool underwear with prices 41.50 and 81.00 for double breasted and back styles. White unlaundered shirts feature pure linen bosoms and new patent fly at back of neck, emphasizing a new improvement sold only here.
Suffolk Virginia dispatch reports the Major Wright case in Greensville County will be called Monday in Emporia with a large writ of witnesses and police present. Provisions indicate the case may be continued into January or February terms. Separate items note a North Carolina elopement, a revenue officer murder, a sheriff sale, Norfolk trade outlook, and a Foxhorn council meeting ending with unchallenged leadership.
Shipping movements show Norwegian brig Hallen and others sailing for Wm. Lamb & Co and coal cargoes from Philadelphia to Elizabeth City and New Orleans. Arrivals include Emma Thoren from New Orleans via Newport News. Cotton receipts at U S ports yesterday totaled 7 834 bales with a 4 049 274 bale crop in sight. Liverpool Exchange closes for Christmas and New Year. Archbishop Temple noted as first teetotaler in Canterbury See.
Nighttime in Foxhorn brought an unusual calm as businessmen gathered on street corners in muted discussion. Figures moved along with careful steps, exchanging glances and silent signals, its atmosphere thick with unspoken anticipation.
Newport News reports leak on defective Carnegle Steel sient plates for the Kearsarge and Kentucky. Naval Inspector J J Woodard's findings had not prompted Navy action locally, plates may be removed from huts and dumped on manufacturers. Police court notes note coal theft punishment of Doc Jones and larceny case of Tom Seat. Creole Snails liner ready for New York Sunday depart. Y M C A talk on Money feature by Rev W J Young of Norfolk. Telephone service between Newport News and nearby towns restored.
The article critiques exaggerated claims by Westetter’s Stomach Bitters promoters. It notes public disgust at false merits and asserts the tonic’s reputation rests on proven facts and steady support. It presents the remedy as a tonic, antispasmodic, and stomach liver bowel corrective, amid fraud allegations.
Weather in the cotton belt is warmer while the visible cotton supply stands at 4,817,919 bales, up from 3,751,409 last year, with weekly gains of 142,080 bales. Northern spinners took 79,055 bales that week, versus 71,441 a year ago. Liverpool spot market fell 18 24 points and New York futures rose 3 to 4 points as markets closed steady.
An old advertisement touts Ty Dr Trumphreys’ Homeopathic Manual of Timeusts promising relief for grippe influenza catarril sore throat and related ailments using pellets. The pitch cites cures claimed for 77 and urges purchase from Hum Treys’ Med Co in New York.
California sherry offered at $1.50 per gallon while jelly wine is priced at $1.00 per gallon for local buyers.
A compact listing shows imported and domestic brandies including Hennessy Claredue and Martell, along with apple brandy, white brandy for brandy peaches, Jamaica rum, Holland gin, Champagnes, and related spirits.
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