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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1896
Page
8
In SRaleteh North Carolina on December 23, residents note trains loud with returning children for holidays and merchants cheer holiday business amid slim sales. A populist caucus planned for mid January to assemble before the legislature opens, with key figures like Butler and Pritchard discussed. In Caswell County court actions, local officials and attorneys navigate tendered cases and upcoming January sessions.
Edenton reports St Mary Pruden home from Ool for a few days. Dressed poultry is plentiful in our beb this week. Edenton Military company will BA target practice over at Hayes am as afternoon. PAM of the mil a will shut down Christmas day to give their employes opportunity to enjoy the holidays with their les and friends. We and Mrs Elbert Whites tittle narrowly escaped being drowned morning by falling into a tub of ater. Mrs P G Graham of Hillsboro and Thomas Steele of Rockingham are on a visit to Mr Harry Cason on By street.
ELIZ beth City N C December 28 Spe ir James Blades and son Carl leave this morning for New Bern NC where they will spend a week A G H Toadvine Lumber company is installing a new roof on a Bird ship crushed in the recent snow Will Barrow of Hertford NC is checked today on the 10 oclock train A large crowd from the county comes in purchasing their Xmas 8 A L Blount of Manteo NC joins the steamer Neuse at night
A strike ordered for the West End street railway in Ras eae tom To tny by conductors and stokemen, with foremen and other workers in the power-houses joining. Manager Picton of Denison, Texas, is quoted praising local railway men, while a remedy ad for pills and diarrhea products also appears amid the garbled text.
Mr George Badger visiting Capt Robert Gill family on Wa bushby Avenue returns to Petersburg Virginia. Little Etta Hope chronically ill at 108 Reservoir Avenue in unconscious condition. Purge fund raised by Grammar School No 1 pupils totaling 8 68 for janitor Bettie Perkins and niece Patsy Burkhardt. Mrs John Roberts hosts Petersburg visitor at 300 North Maltby Avenue. T V McCarty and wife to Lynchburg for visits. Martin to conduct Christmas service at Spurgeon Memorial Baptist tomorrow at 1 a.m. Church bells and services planned. Atkena of Elon College to preach. Tidewater Union schedule. Children’s Christmas entertainment next Monday night.
Local column reports street improvements on On ten street by RT Webster and notes improvements aiding travelers. Mentions holiday plans for Grace Praytl and community sympathy for those in need. Describes Christmas services and events at Liberty Baptist and LeKles Memorial churches, plus a Florence exhibit of William Couper’s work and farewell to Florence.
The upcoming almanac for the year will feature the renowned Mostet ter’s Stormach Uitters. It promises nature, uses, and operation details, with reading meters and statistics, humor, and central information. The publication, in multiple languages, will be issued by The Monmetter Company and distributed at no cost.
A quoted endorsement praises Hains Lithia Water as a valuable remedy. The speaker Mr J T Wurrs of Harris Springs testifies it has done him good. Advertisements list druggists MT Dadson Aviantle Motel Burrow Marty Co and a shoe purchase offer with toys at Star Shoe Stone 166 Church Street.
A Long Island and Greenwich coastal feature details Benedicts new palatial Italianate mansion at the end of a Greenwich promontory with marble like exterior, tusk rooms, and extensive 40 acre grounds. The article contrasts Cedar Croft Sage home with the Benedict palace and documents Sage family routines and morning travels. It also mentions a sensational unrelated court case and a pickpocket trial with Annie Kumpf’s notoriety and multiple incarcerations.
Pictures White Enameled Frames with Glass priced 13¢ each larger ones 50c 75c and 1.50 to churches individuals and charities. Christmas tree ornaments in lots of one to fifty boxes sold at wholesale at about half price.
A Demorest Sewing Machine priced at 19.50 is promoted as a great gift. Stores report a surging sale, with monopolists charging as much as 50.00. The line after line description hints at high demand and limited stock.
A local Norfolk notice promotes Dr Pirey as a first class catarrh doctor. The patient details severe mouth breathing and throat trouble prior to treatment and claims full cure after treatment, urging others to seek the doctor for relief.
Pawnbrokers sale begins Monday December 1st at 7 pm and continues until all forfeited pledges are sold. Items include diamonds gold and silver watches jewelry weapons furniture musical instruments apparel and more. Parties holding pledges may redeem them before sale day or they will be sold. Auction house is Merris Auction House at 45 New Market Place.
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