Training ship Mohican to recruit 150 boys for voyage
The Mohican, overhauled at Quiare Island Navy Yard, is to be commissioned under Commander Brook and will recruit 150 apprentice boys from the Pacific coast for a mid January start on a world cruise. The crew will travel among the South Sea Islands as the American navy expands its presence abroad.
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Aval News
Shvarship Mohican
Quiare
Navy Yard
Training Service
Hebe
Proximo
Brook
API
Marlon
Sea Islands
Chica
Elobe
Department
Mohican
Pawlile
Winslow
J. BB. Bernardou
Baltimore
Nota
Florida
Petrelt
Port ‘Antonio
Port Au Prince
Petrel
Hong Kong
Canton
Rieghards
Mare Island
A. H. McCormick
Armor Factory Board
Navy Department
Oregon
A. S. Barker
J. Ti. Borneardon
Ensicn W. Bagley
J. A. Tarton
Brooklyn Navy Yard
North Atlante Squadron
Iowa
Texas
Brooklyn
Board of Inspection
Edwies
Prentis Place Advertises Electric Car Line Benefits
The notice highlights Prentis Place with an electric car line extending through the property. It claims advantages for inventors and home seekers, noting a five room grade school planned, city water already supplied, and plans for mine buildings after.
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Prentis Place
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Salvation Oil proposed as universal remedy in Detroit ad
In an advertisement a Detroit reader praises Salvation Oil as a supreme liniment for sprains bruises and pains. The letter from Mrs Frank Juff 518 Gratiot Ave claims fast relief after a sprained ankle and endorses continued use for various aches. Other local outlets Cannon's Pharmacy and a drug store at 385 South Street list Salvation Oil for sale.
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Frank Juff
Gratiot Ave
Detroit
Mich
Monumental Methodist Sunday School Elected Officials
At the annual meeting held Wednesday night Monumental Methodist Sunday school elected officers for the coming year. John TW. Hall named superintendent with J A Deans as assistant. C Awdrey Roane secretary. Thomas C Owens first assistant. John W Leigh second assistant. W J Stevens treasurer. L Mek Jacke Ukravian and John Adams as keepers. Walter R Vinnelson assistant librarian. Miss Lella Lee organist.
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Monumental Methodist Sunday School
John TW. Hall
John A
C. Awdrey Roane
Thomas C. Owens
John W. Leigh
W. J. Stevens
L. Mek
Jacke
John Adams
Baward Hawks
Walter R. Vinnelson
Wbrariane
Lella Lee
Thomas Scntt
More Plugs Needed for Firefighting in Suburbs
The article urges the Board of Supervisors to supply more fire plugs as suburbs near the city are heavily built with light wooden houses and currently lack water access. It notes one steamer, one hand engine, and limited hose reels, stressing water supply as the key to effective firefighting and safer housing districts.
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Board of Supervisors
Polk County Notes Highlight Local Jail Admissions
John Thompson, colored, jailed for stealing geese Christmas Eve. Lena Ester jailed fifteen days by Justice Aineworth for stating an undershirt. Cases of Tobe Jones and Francis Plummer continued. Col. R. E. Grissett of the Landmark ill at home.
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Norpolk County
John ‘Thompson
Tve
Lena Ester
Jalil
Justice Aineworth
Tobe Jones
Francis Plummer
Col
R. E. Grissett
Landmark
Colored group buys Cherrystone property for normal school
A Petersburg, Virginia report notes a syndicate of colored people purchased the Cherrystone property on Virginia's Eastern Shore to establish a normal agricultural industrial and mechanical school for training colored youth. The project will operate under the Protestant Episcopal church in Bishop Randolph's diocese.
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Petersburg
Dee
Cherrystone
Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Church
Nor- Tok
Keith
Supreme Court of Appeals
Richmond
Sunersedeas
Weyler Peels Honored Protest On Spanish Troops
Madrid dispatch reports General Weyler praise for the attack on him by President McKinley’s message to Congress. He says attacks affect him not, and protests the Crown over insulting remarks about Cuban troops. Lewiston dispatch notes Maine cotton mills likely cut wages early next month as mills in Fall River Lowell and Manchester follow.
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Madrid
Weyler
Cuba
McKinley
Congress
Hilm
Weyter
Genom Js
New York
Lewiston
Conmercial Advertiser
Maine
New England
William D. Pennell
TMK
Fall River
Lowell
Manchester
Old Man and Young Wife in Versailles Wedding
Versailles Ky December 20 The most romantic wedding in Versailles history took place at 2 pm as J F Hagein New York multi millionaire and turfman married Miss Pearl Voorhles of Versailles niece of his former wife He is a white bearded 74 year old veteran and the bride 48 Miss Voorhles wore a simple blue cloth and white silk gown trimmed with point lace in this quiet ceremony
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John A. Scott
William Steadt
Davenport
Scott
Pythias
Davenport Lodge
St. A
Mr. Scott
Uaul
Anl Marinbys
Silek
A A. J. Pields
Brothers of Lodges
Stout
Versailles
J F Hagein
New York
Pearl Voorhles
Elty
Suffolk card party eclipses holiday entertainment
In Suffolk a New Year eve card party hosted by State Senator Thomas H. Barnes drew top locals like Sheriff A. H. Baker and Farmers Bank cashier W. H. Jones Jr. The Farmers' Bank plans a new building next year and two watch night services are set for tomorrow. A fox hunt near Paul's Branch ended quickly and monuments for Frisbee and Kilby are being erected.
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Suffolk
Thomas H. Barnes
A. H. Baker
W. H. Jones, Jr
The
Farmers’ Bank
B. EB. Holland
J. M. Rabey
John A. Gunn
Sublk
Ick
No. 10
Main Street
East Suffolk
Suffolk Pox Club
Paul
Berkley Notes and Local Appointments and Visits
Community updates from Berkley include Miss Nannie Jones visiting Mr. L. C. Jones on Main Street, W H Harris joining Roper Lumber Co. of Gilmerton, Ryland Institute students returning January 3, and the Tonle Lumber mill to pause next week for repairs. Also noted are new electric lights at the Baptist church, a watch service at Malin Street Christian church, and various townsfolk’ s travels and illnesses.
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Court Street
Minnie Moore
May Ellen Lawless
Margaret Gaskina
Beese
Mr. Paton
Union Wll
A. B.!owen
Irene Etheridge
A. Hutchins
Nannie Jones
Sumter
L. C. Jones
Air
W. H. Harris
Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Company
Roper Lumber Company
Gilmerton
Ryland Institute
Tonle Lumber Company
James Eley
South Norfolk
Bapst
J. W. Teberts
Windsor
Mattie Persons
Berkley Military Institute
Misa Ada Roberts
Bb. A. Sawyer
T. 8. Bernard
Chestnut Street
Princess Anne Courthouse
Liberty Street Methodist Sunday School
Paul Pradley
Klondike Quartette
Norfolk
R. C. Willams
BE. Ll. Willams
The
Christian Sun Co
Raleigh, Nn. J
Town
8. M. Smith
City Court Hearings Highlight Violent Case and Real Estate Transfers
In a City Court session, Edward Mason faced charges of feloniously shooting Eva Mason and assaulting Ella Carson. Eva lies in critical condition after surgery at St Vincent's Hospital. Other rulings included continuances and fines, with real estate transfers listed in the Clerk's Office. A charter was granted to Ackerly Printing and Bookbinding Company in the Court of Law and Chancery.
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Edward Mason
Eva Mason
Ella Carson
Mason
Hirah Hubbard
Lower Church Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Marla Broomekin
Charles Whitrow
Deepstal
B. Dominieka
Court OF Law and Chancery
Hanckel
Ackerly Printing and Bookbinding Company
J. P. Ackerly
C. E. Norton
BG. Nirchinger
PF. L. Shearn
H. G. Peace
William TW. White
Rishard
Tunstall
Westover Avenue
Colonial Avenue
Ghent
Fort
T. C. Hurst
John T. Bensten
Colley Avenue
Atlantic City
Special New Year Offer for Medical Treatment Rate
A bold holiday pitch offers patients treatment at 35.00 per month with medicines included if they apply before January 1. The rate is half the usual and less than a quarter of specialist charges, applicable until cured but not available after New Year’s Day.
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Aenro
Dr LB Firey Office Ad Promotes Free Consultation
Dr L B Firey locates at 314 Main Street offices 1 and 2 over Frank and Sons, offers eye ear nose throat care. Specializes in catarrh treatment with claimed record of success. Free consultation and medicines for patients.
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Main Street
Frank& Sons
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Electric Railway
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Cannon
Norfolk County
Boire
Leigh
Wirselot
Norfolk and Lambert's Point
W J. Naxter, Jr
J. D. Lownsbery
Tread Creek Turnpike
Lambert's Point
A. W. Cornick
W. H. Russell
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W. W. Silvester
Grantor
Lewisaville
Junius
J. BE. Bowen
JL. M. Silvester
Virginian
Portsmouth Daily Transcript
D. D. Piske
Sam T. Hand
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Roanoke
Hs Neures
Central Methodist Church
Ray
Monumental Methodist Church
Serviers
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Alonzo Collins
County Guvet
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Armaworth
Collins
Navy Yard Notces
Wilmington
L. R. Christie
Vine
Norfolk Baptist Church
Christie
Colored Normal School
Dr.pierces
Barnes
Hank
Bo Freetca
Fox Uight
George A. Frisbee
A. Upshur Kilby
Franela Thomas Jones
Gates County
N. C
Sufvelle High School
Gusa Cobb
Marvin Wl
Jesse Marble
Terbert Oliver
Henry Potter
Paul Roberta
Moody Stallings
Olis Smith
George Smith
Siewaod Wiggs
Wenry Wright
Ernest Taliiston
Ernest Saunders
Robert Harrell
Tatton Oyster
Horsee = Pierce
Urle Newsome
Tom Thompson
Iala Jones
Ellen Riddick
Lavinia Smith
Bernice Goodrich
Alain Joyner
Vie Deford
Georgie Monell
Mamiz Holland
Wile Almond
Grover Willens
Ninon Willams
Sam Stallings
Walter Price
Ruby Keller
Belle Spivey
Frank Dennis
Fret Phillips
Odett Tarnes
Ethel Byrd
Amanda Palmer
Mauttie Marble
Mamie Marble
Christian Church
Julien Wilson
Robert J. Norfleet
Lynchburn
Susie Gilliam
Everett's
Lizzie Baker
James J. Franklin
Buse Urquhart
Henderson
Union Central
Br‘fore
Woodward & Elam
Nolitz
Newport News
Hampton
R. EK. Drew
A. Ashby
Rusk
Philadelphia
Thomas Temple Powell
Lexington
Berkley
Alvoertinos Moe
Norfolk Virginian
Bank of Herkley
la Norktoy Ave
All O'Club
Bank OF Berkley
Clty Hall Square
Mie Vietini
Artee Gragston
G. Coleman
Durham
Bir
Shy
Herbito
Doxsen
Menso
J. G Sutton
G. Sutton & Son
New Berne
W. H. Terry & CO
Southern Farmer
Oincienati
DR. LB. Firey
Watte Hardware Co
White Hardware Co
Chas. M. Stieff
Main ST
Norfolk, Val
Henry MacLachlan
Electric Company of
Wisin
Moison Bratom
Savities Bank of Norfolk
Station Aid Sueperintendent
Cove Street
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