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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1897
Page
3
Fragmented text mentions individuals and products, unclear items, references to a court house and a store. Readable elements include names and vague product mentions but lack clear actions, dates, or places to form a coherent news item.
Rumors of a Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway settlement circulate in Baltimore with talks of freight and passenger interchange, but officials decline to confirm. Some reports suggest concessions favoring Seaboard, while details remain fragmentary and unconfirmed.
Comedy star Hows, with DeWolff Hopper and a full operatic company, performs El Capitan at the Academy of Music in Norfolk. The show features a 50-voice chorus and a military brass band in a new musical farce by Klein, with John Mallinson as the famed March King. Also on sale, Robert Downing at the Academy of Music next Friday and Saturday with The New Gladiator and Taramir. The Reformation War tale opens the program, benefiting the new hospital for the Sick. Attendees offered a rare mix of music, comedy, and dramatic spectacle. proceeds go to charity.
In police court William M. Stokes waived examination on a shooting charge linked to John Sheehan at 170 Church Street. He was bound over to the grand jury at $500 with Joseph C. Prince as surety. Stokes has been at liberty since the 8th ult, while Sheehan, wounded, has been discharged from St Vincent's Hospital.
Section recalls a charge of embezzlement against Mobbs, with details of arrest by police in a Ward street incident. The case features witnesses Thain and Chant, and Justice Morin sentences Mobbs to six months in jail. Additional local cases include robbery, assaults, drunkenness, and related warrants, with multiple defendants named and fines imposed.
A large suit in the Court of Law and Chancery seeks 820,000 in damages from the Norfolk and Western Railway for injuries alleged November 2, 07. The plaintiff James L. White contends a rope on the electric light line failed, dropping him from a wagon and causing severe injuries. The trial, before a jury, featured attorneys from Burrough Trethers and Mtr. TM, with Sharp TM Tuvehes representing the railroad.
A Lai Company charter granted yesterday to operate a general warehouse and storage business with a capital under 8100000. The charter cites manufacturing warehousing, sale of fertilizers and materials, wholesale storage, and allied activities as authorized. Officers listed include F S Royster president treasurer and cp Thurroughs secretary. Directors named are Charles B M Williams Heston Panha ro Norfolk A Gin Wake Forest N C.
Miss Minerva Dorr Novoress of the Kismet Opera company suffered a scene when attachment was served on her property tied to Miss Judaon’s claim salary. A large Persian cat reportedly intervened as Mr. Quinn insisted she surrender the pet to settle the dispute.
Fragmented OCR items describe a woman clinging to a body part before surrender, various residents moving homes and attending services, church meetings, bridge and railway discussions, and community notices about local clergy, errands, and social events in a dated town scene. The text names multiple residents and addresses, plus local landmarks and upcoming gatherings.
Mr. R A Doble is in Baltimore. Constable J B Branch of Suffolk was here yesterday. Richard McIlwaine was in Richmond on business. Wm F Willett of Baltimore visited the Cotton Exchange yesterday. Superintendent George W Wright of the water works is recovering from fever. Union Mission services last night were by Epworth League of Worth M E church. Feast of the Immaculate Conception observed with Masses at 6:20 am and 9 am. Fire Department responded to a fire on Brewer Street. slight blaze extinguished. Miss Jessie Hodges returned from Washington and will take dressmaking orders. Curtin Cain was arrested on Mall Street as a suspicious character after a confrontation with a boy. One Minute Cough Cure endorsed for coughs colds and lung troubles. Norfolk addresses listed: J M Trotter, Walker, Truity & Smith.
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