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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1896
Page
5
Local Portsmouth brief notes list day events from church and school openings to court actions, arrests, and community announcements. Items cover pastor recognitions, students’ and workers’ activities, a jail stay for trespass and pension fraud, a new store lease, and plans for upcoming meetings.
The Portsmouth area notes a regular Methodist Sunday School meeting with prayers and hymns and reports from various schools. Park View is praised for punctual attendance while the Wright Memorial shows high participation. Calvary Baptist and Conest Street Baptist elect officers for the coming term, with a large list of posts filled and a community gathering following the session.
The Brown University Glee Club concert seats went on sale yesterday morning, promising a well attended entertainment. Local press notes the performance with praise for mandolin and banjo clubs, and the event is expected to draw a sizable crowd nearby.
The report covers a Baptist Sunday School meeting with choir performance and a memorial address. Mr L I Boole, a Portsmouth merchant, dies at his Nis reshlemon residence after long illness, aged about 60. He leaves a wife and two children and belonged to Portsmouth Lodge No. 1. funeral at Monumental Ali Church this afternoon.
Yesterday an early morning fire in an old Counts area house between Ping and Chestnut streets caused an alarm. The blaze was extinguished quickly by responders. A separate report notes a December theft of a sloop from Mr J. J. West, with suspects later brought to a county court inquiry. Involved individuals and exact locations are partially listed.
Obscure notice of Merthir Whose funeral held yesterday from his late residence GIS Cry ford street Tewor Bborsen ott Lethe. Masons and Odd Fellows accompanied the procession. Interment in Norfolk followed. MS Dhlivviuetiee led.
Weekly specials from W I Virnelson Co A J Phillips C I Welton Co and Lawrence Welton feature feather tiens handkerchiefs Windsor tiles dress goods capes jackets and tie and handkerchief sales with discounts up to one third. Christmastide offers include kid gloves and a brisk sale of bricen berac hd paney goods across 231 High Street and 222 Middle Street.
The Main Street Christian Sunday School will meet at the home of Mr Gege WH Preys this evening on Taw Welock for a Santa Chavis appearance. Children will be treated to milk and other snacks and entertained with music and songs, hoping for a large turnout.
Fragmented notes discuss headaches caused by poor blood flow and nervous strain, blaming fatigue and weak circulation. Observations mention treatments and warnings about sedatives, plus various advertisements and anecdotes from periodicals, including Napoleon era references and local shop notices.
The piece describes a 10 foot copper cylinder cannon of gold and ivory with elephant head motif, unique in the world, linked to Thunhurgans. Origin remains unsolved with mentions of Oldenburper and Meypuatitiv noting seventeenth and eighteenth century travel writings.
A mixed excerpt covers the legend of a cook saint named Santa Zita and a celestial kitchen tale. It also explains mackerel sky clouds and two meteor explanations, plus a note on Firecrackers used to incite rain with temple processions and banners for wind rain thunder and lightning in a distant district.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century periodical extols the modern steam engine. It describes lubricating systems, water jacketed bearings, oil circulation, separators, and automatic controls. The piece notes vast horsepower potential and efficiency advances imagined for future engines.
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