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Quote suggests warming advice or proverb about maintaining vigor in pursuit. text hints at caution against overindulgence or letting small things ruin progress. No clear people or organizations identified.
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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1895
Page
3
Quote suggests warming advice or proverb about maintaining vigor in pursuit. text hints at caution against overindulgence or letting small things ruin progress. No clear people or organizations identified.
Christmas services across churches feature choirs rehearsed for weeks. Music directed by Edward J. Doran at St Marys Church, Beulah Wall at Sacred Heart, and several other choirs led by noted organists and choirmasters in Catholic, Protestant, and Episcopal churches. The program includes Masses, liturgical anthems, and hymns like Adeste Fidelis and Gloria, with specific pieces listed for each church and conductor.
Brambleton area churchgoings and holiday greetings fill a long, fragmentary item. Early communion at St Peter's is noted, with various residents visiting relatives, helping with charity efforts, Christmas services, and church events around Windsor Avenue, Weel Brambleton, Capes Wharles, and York.
Atlantic City reports a Christmas morning service held by the Christian Endeavor Society with Epworth League participation. The event features a topic on The Birth of Christ and includes prayer. Local merchants Chapman & Jakeman advertise novelties in cut glass and silver at low prices, and Dr Weeks glasses offer headache relief.
A Virginia Virginian editor laments holiday drunkenness and immorality on Christmas Day. He urges parents to keep children away from intoxicants, retell the Savior’s story, and honor the holiday with piety and charity toward the needy, ending with a hopeful biblical blessing.
Complex regional notices describe Christmas travel deals from Norfolk and Western with round trip prices to multiple destinations, valid December 20 to 28 and November 1 to date, plus schedules and ticket agent contact information. The notice also mentions special rates to Philadelphia and Wilmington with specific dates and routing details.
Ample facilities for hauling anything to and from anywhere in the three cites. Telephone number 6. Changes reasonable. Moving furniture and piano specialty.
An advertised free lecture by Dr Al Cc Mower titled Health Happiness and Beauty of Women is listed across multiple Danville Richmond Norfolk and Washington venues. It claims to address diseases of women and promote elocution and poetry with dates in December and January at hotels and public houses. The notice cites the Boston Globe and New York Post as sources and asks readers to consult the listed hotel addresses for details.
Readable phrases mention shoes and buttons with scattered brand like Slippers and Ladies' W-button Overgaltora. The text includes garbled names and items such as Minis tel Puthon hus and Aten's Heat Ndee Tripple Bole, yielding an unclear catalog fragment.
A garbled notice from a Norfolk Virginia auction lists stock sale terms, dates, and agent names. It notes a December sale, vendor credentials, and conditions for the Mercantile Tailoring and Men's furnishing goods sale. The readable fragments reference a general agent and a sale timeline near December.
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