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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1895
Page
12
A compilation of city notes outlines opposition to the Rhee Ferry scheme, tax and yard outlook, school board activity, and Christmas preparations. Reports mention a negro boy Edward Price jailed for a minor offense, a nearly frozen elderly woman, charity appeals, and various local appointments, ads, and lodge notices amid weather slowdowns and December court sessions.
Religious notices list services across Trinity Church St Andrew's Chapel St John's and several Baptist and Presbyterian churches with sermon times and pastors. Navy yard notes cover visits inspections ship movements a court martial a deserter and upcoming concerts and civic meetings.
The Modern Mother reports Syrup of Figs provides gentle laxative effects preferred by children. The remedy is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. The listing also notes overcoats selling for $12.50 at JOHN A. MORRIS, 203 High street.
Early yesterday morning a clothing and furniture dealer on County Street reported a night theft of between 600 and 700 dollars, front window entry, glass removed, likely loaded wagon for stolen goods. No recoveries or clues by press time. Norman’s case for embezzling 990 dollars from Irwin Bros. concluded in Mayor’s Court with evidence decisive. sentence sent to January term. Local ads promote suit and overcoat sale and all wool shirts priced below rivals.
In a blunt notice Levy & Jacobs of 200 High Street announce mass reductions due to dull times. Former prices on wool suits drop from 5.0 to 7. and from 10 to 8, with black all wool salt and other stock marked down from 12.50 to 10, urging immediate purchase and claiming they only advertise facts.
A stock surplus due to unseasonable weather prompts Breslauer and Anthony to slash prices on men and boys salts, overcoats, and other garments at 1M High Street. John A. Morris promotes savings on coats, while J. B. Crawford offers big reductions on carpets, refrigerators, canopies, and cloth for thirty days.
Munyon's Guide to Wealth claims a universal cure for rheumatism and colds with pocket remedies. It promotes specific cures such as Grip Cure, Cough Cure, Dyspepsia Cure, Headache Cure, Asthma Cure, Kidney Cure, and others with bold prices and promises of rapid relief. The ad urges visiting a local drug store for a free consultation and Munyon's Philadelphia address for mail inquiries.
The notice mentions a local shipper moving laborers from West Point to Portsmouth on the Southern Tadway with a deep water terminus, and services at a Chestnut Street Mission led by the Rev Mr Allison this afternoon. It also reports the death of Fort Worth lawyer and politician L Nugent at his home, born in Opelousas on July 1 4, and notes his electoral votes in 1840 and 1844, leaving a widow three sons and a daughter. It includes advertisements for Hood's Sarsaparilla, Stephen B Whitman candies, and Perry News Store bargains at Hammill's High Street, including wool blankets and cheap shirts.
In Berkley a note on President Cleveland's passing through and local notices include sermons at Berkley Avenue Baptist Church and Chestnut Street M. E. Church with topics "Come Off the Fence" and "Just Imagine." Also reports of Pythian visit to Lee Lodge No. 48, pending grand carnival, and Miss Ning Nodgerson visiting Petersburg. Briefly, Edward McPherson dies from accidental poisoning. Jacob Timbel posts bail for Barbara Aub. Dyspepsia addressed with Doctor Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters praised for its efficacy and health benefits.
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