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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1898
Page
4
A Pekin dispatch reports the autonomic Cuban government to be installed today. The collection of scattered opinions mentions Mark Hanna, General Law Wallace, and Senator Quig's reelection bid, while noting wartime anxieties and political maneuvering across the United States.
A Virginian New Year message urges leaving behind 1897, embracing hope and restraint. It calls readers to form better resolutions, remember kindness, and think of neighbors as 1898 begins, wishing patrons a happy New Year.
The outgoing Governor Overrall reports a creditable administration, defending state honor and clamping down on lynching horse racing gambling and prize fighting. Colonel J Hoge Tyler is to be inaugurated with simple ceremony and aims to protect the Commonwealth’s honor and welfare through an honest progressive economic rule.
The administration’s friends acknowledge retrenchment and spending cuts are needed to avoid financial disaster. They urge limiting river and harbor appropriations and targeting pension frauds to save money and prevent a national scandal. The public would welcome reductions that can be achieved without harming essential services.
The New York Herald argues China’s weakness is not in diplomacy but in insufficient land and naval forces, impacting its foreign power status.
The article argues China faces a weak imperial structure beyond the Emperor, with capable troops but dependent on foreign officers. It highlights reliance on European powers for alliance and defense, noting internal jealousy and the likelihood of China failing to become a formidable military power.
A collage notes European tax ideas Danish governance and a horseracing price in Kentucky. It references Osaka as the New York of Japan and a Nuevo Leon schooling policy for left hand use. Also mentions a Dewego New York drug store and political roots of Thomas C. Pate.
The clipping recaps scattered items: Richard Manstiehl mocks war prep as sensational theater. Senator Allison aims to present a Low a editor to the President with blunt rebuke. Marck endures toothache, Wyansyile justice Jerome Bifott earns bar admission at 80. Sage denies retirement. Knights of the Golden Circle figure and a Shoals Ind asylum note. A New York magazine owner plans a damages suit over misattributed verses from a Chicago poet.
The Delineator showcases a compact boys coat in green faced cloth with lace edging and sulrakhoan trim. Fronts are double breasted to the throat, back joins a square yoke, sleeves have roll over cuffs with Astrakhan, and a velvet blue cap is suggested.
Thelesbhara A. Charest, 34, who arrived as a stowaway on the Tritonia from Glasgow, was released by Commissioner Monnighausen in Baltimore. He admitted eluding pursuit and working as a cattleman on a Philadelphia steamer, with a history dating back to 1876.
JIU NDREDS DO Mo is agent for the United States Express Company No 17 Main street Norfolk Va Mr Myrick says FOR SEVERAL YEARS I SUFFERED WITH A CITEON 10 COUGH AND COLD SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY NEURALGIA AND HIRADACHE After consulting several physicians without relief I PLACES ary SELF UNDER THE TREATMENT OF DR FIREY AND WAS CURED BY HIM NEARLY A YEAR WAS ELAPS ED SINCE THEN AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RETURN WHATEVER Of THE TROUBLE L B MYRICK
Dr Piney M D of Norfolk Virginia advertises exclusive access to COMPOUND OXYGEN and Brent Visualizing Treatment with free consultations and eye exams. Offers relief for asthma Ivy fever headaches digestive and throat issues with moderate charges and hours listed.
A man named Tie stowed away on the steamer Tritonia returning to port. Charest drew attention at the Custom house as a six foot four inch cobbler weighing 84 pounds more than his normal 460, claiming hardship from loss of food while secreted on the Tritonia’s cargo. He had secured a job awaiting arrival.
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