Retreat for the Sick program and local updates
Mr Thomie Green improved yesterday at the Retreat for the Sick. A musical and literary entertainment will be at Colley Memo Thad Presbyterian church Tuesday to benefit the Retreat. W F Vaughan returned from Franklin county after several days away. Ward residents can buy Sunday eatwhies locally as Norfolk shipments pause. Mrs Sadie Sharp returned from a trip abroad. Oyster shells on Front street south sidewalk aim to improve wet weather footing.
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Thomie Green
Colley Memo- Thad Presbyterian Church
W. F. Vaughan
Franklin County
Norfolk
Sadie Sharp
Poole Street
Front Street
Consumption Positively Cured Reported by Merchant
Mr K R B Greeve of Chighowie Virginia testifies he suffered from consumption and nearly died before trying Dr King’s New Discovery. After two bottles he claims cure and three years of renewed business activity. Also mentions local drugstore promotion and a astrology seance listing. Beads linked to Mayflower era noted as possessed by a Bangor jeweler.
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KR. B. Greeve
Chighowie
Dr. King
Burrow, Martin & Co
Donna Briggs filibuster case heard in city court
In the city court the owner of the schooner Donna T Briggs appears with counsel and files pre emptory exceptions to the libel. If sustained the libel is dismissed if overruled Crump must answer and evidence by depositions will be taken prior to a full hearing to decide if the vessel is forfeited to the Government or the libel dismissed.
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United States
Messrs. Whitehurst and Hughes
Alexander G. Crump
Niantle
R. I
Donna T. Briggs
Norfolk firm Suburban Company chartered as real estate concern
In the Compotation Court yesterday notaries public were qualified Messrs Thomas W Shelton and KR L Tunstall The Suburban Company of Norfolk was chartered by Judge Hanckel with capital stock not less than 3000 nor more than 25000 It will deal in real estate Officers named J E B West Princess Anne County president James A Wilson Norfolk vice president and A W Cornick Norfolk secretary and treasurer Board of Directors C W Wilson and M L Cornickillis
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Thomas W. Shelton
KR. L. Tunstall
Norfolk
Hanckel
J. E B. West
Princess Anne County
James A. Wilson
A. W. Cornick
C. W. Wilson
M. L. Cornick
Damages Awarded in N W Railway Death Suit
Mary A. Brown sues Norfolk and Western for 10000 damages over her husband’s death at Lambert's Point Terminal. A verdict of 1000 was allowed conditional on overruling the defendant’s demurrer. Brown was a flagman killed by a work train near Bramleton. N W Noble was engineer. Lawyers Morris Miller Sharp & Hughes appear for the plaintiff and the railway.
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Court of Law
Chanbery
Mary A. Brown
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Lambert's Point Terminal
Brown
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk Terminal
Ocean View
Brambleton
N. W. Noble
Hoe
Dull in the Police Court Embezzlement Case Continues
Worthington colored faces embezzlement charges in a $100 claim against his wife. case sent to grand jury. Local fines levied against two colored men for assault, and others cited for trespass and larceny. Supreme Court affirms Judge Martin in Bradley Salt case, remanding for new action. Mechanics lien admitted against Norfolk Warehouse property for $3,204.32 by contractor John H. Pierce.
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Justice Tomlin
Wiliam Worthington
Worthington
Henry Willams
James Coleman
George Briggs
Mattie Davis
Wiliam Edwards
Martin
Bradley
Supreme Court
Court of Law and Chancery
Bradley Salt Company
New York
Norfolk Importing and Exporting Company
Grubbson
National Life Maturity Insuramece Company
Inw
Minor
Messrs. Heath & Heath
Bradley Batt Company
William F. White
John HH. Tierce
Norfolk Warehouse Company
John Hi. Pierce
Absolutely Pure Grape Ol en Grape Jule Invention Note
A fragmented ad style note claims absolutely pure grape juice remains unfermented if bottled, corked, and cooled, but warms air exposure causes fermentation and slight alcohol. mentions druggists selling the product. Also notes the Edinburg deanery vacancy filled by Canon Wilson and a testimonial for Loods Sarsaparillin as a blood purifier.
Local industries and church events brighten Pitt Ward scene
In Pitt Ward BRAMULETON area reports show Chicora Knitting Mills on Calvert street producing hosiery with extensive machinery. A new adhesive and metal collapsible tubes by Willard Mfg Co attract visitors. Trinity Methodist hosts a cordial reception for Rev Lloyd T Williams, while Rev L G Broughton preaches at Park Avenue church with H A Wolfsohn to sing. A fire near Broad Creek destroys a barn and farming implements valued at 1500 with no insurance. Captain J E Miller adds trees along Park Avenue Baptist Church.
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Pitt Ward
Calvert Street
Willard = Manufacturing company
Trinity Methodist Church
Mpnorth League
Lloyd T
Williams
Trinity
L. G. Broughton
Park Avenue Church
Werfolls
H. A. Wolfsohn
J. Li. Ferratt
Broad Creek
J. E
Alogside Park Avenue Baptist Church
Tiny Tales of the Town Tersely Told in Paragraphs
City notes show residents visiting and returning from Richmond New York Yorktown and San Diego. Local dignitaries and travelers exchange duties and social calls while planned excursions and a Danish vice consul appointment mark the period.
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Richard Mellwaine
Richmond
J.T. McNall
New York
R. N. Crooks
Yorktown
W. W. Old
Joseph Estner
San Diego
Cal
Waice Mission
W. W. Dey
Terman
R. A. Dobie
O. Haines
North Carolina
John Tanner
Bride
Ghent
Charlie Wilkinson
Baltmore
George Carter
Cotton Movement Shows Increased U S Cotton Inflow
New Orleans December 10 Secretary Mos t er's weekly cotton statement reports a rise in movement into market accounts versus the same date last year, with about 130000 bales more in seven days and 2000 more bales thus far this season. Receipts at all ports total 4 457189 bales since September 1, ahead of last year, while foreign exports for the week reach 279749 bales. Stock totals at seaboard and southern centers climb, with inland stocks up 49 98 percent and overall supply to date at 6 047544 bales, up from last year's 5 627 008.
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Nester
New Orleans
Moster
United States
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomas
Mills
Canada
Arcadust
Seaboard
Pos
Hnterior
Rumors About Silver Heres Riddle the Waves
Wilmington December 10 The schooner Hyver Tweela has sold and delivered her cargo of coal It is rumored she has been chartered to carry lumber to the West Indies The vessel is under strict surveillance of customs officers but no positive proof of violation of neutrality laws exists and no formal proceedings are expected at present.
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Wilmington
N.C. Dee
Hyver Tweela
West Indies
End of Seaboard Southern rail war boosts shippers
News reports the retirement of the fight between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern railway has been officially announced. Shippers dread higher costs, while railways men welcome the settlement as Chesapeake Bay rate cuts hurt freight and passenger traffic for months. Seaboard officials at headquarters are hopeful, with restored prewar rates via the Baltimore Steam Packet Company set for the 20th. Minor details remain under negotiation.
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Seaboard Air Line
Southern Railway
Chesapeake Bay
Seri
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Two Routes to Norfolk From Wilmington by Atlantic Coast Line
A Raleigh dispatch reports the Atlantic Coast Line will build two routes from Wilmington to Norfolk, via Rocky Mount or a link through its Wilmington New Bern No fede division reaching Hobgood. It would threaten the Atlantic and North Carolina Railway, two thirds owned by the state. The Chesapeake and Ohio railway plans a faster steamer between Norfolk and Newport News to boost terminal facilities.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Kinston
Newberne
Wilmington
Norfolk
Rocky Mount
Atlantic and North Carolina Railway
State of Trade Brings No Disappointment to Congress
The Dun and Co Weekly Review reports that the opening of Congress has not deterred business and that speculative markets are stronger than last week. Railways show growing earnings, wheat and exports rise as foreign demand persists, and Western receipts indicate robust activity despite claims of dwindling supplies.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of
Congress
United States
Chicago
Europe
Petersburg Tobacco Prices Hit New Peak In District Sale
Petersburg Virginia reports the highest tobacco prices yet with several lots selling at 28 dollars per hundred pounds. An estimated one million pounds of leaf tobacco were sold in the past week, averaging twice the prior rate. Reverend George W. Wray hosted a reception at Washington Street Methodist Church led by Epworth League. In other news, Miss Blanche Vancey of Person County, North Carolina, wed Mr Rennie Chambers this Wednesday in Oxford.
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Petersburg
George W. Wray
Washington Street
Thin City
Blanche Vancey
Person County
N. C
Oxford
Washington's Death and Modern Medicine's Rise
The article laments 1709 physician practices that killed General Washington by bloodletting and argues for modern scientific remedies. It touts Warner's Safe Cure as a superior kidney and liver health treatment and cites Dr. Tobinson of London praising its cures.
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Warner
William Edward Tobinson
London
Huntsman Leaves Princeton for South Carolina Trip
A Pullman car named Davy Crockett was attached to the regular westbound Pennsylvania Railroad train. The hunter departed Princeton this morning at WW o'clock and is bound for South Carolina for a hunting trip.
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Eral
Davy Crockett
Pennsylvani Railroad
Princeton
South Carolina
Dr. L. B. Firey Office Ad at 344 Main Street
Doctor L B Firey offers free consultation and trial of a compound to treat catarrh from offices 1 and 2 at 344 Main Street over Frank and Sons. Promises moderate terms and medicines presented to patients.
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Main Street
Frank & Sons
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