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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1896
Page
5
A scatter of town items includes church services today and an oyster roast, civic meetings, planned street work, and a fatal naval officer’s sudden death. Records of council sessions, school events, charity entertainments, and Harbor-area notes fill the page with local life.
A damaged ad promotes savings on suites and overcounts for personal use with low prices and profits implied. Levy and Jacks advertise at 20 Bich Street with vague claims of reductions and bargains.
A fragmented ad lists wool blends in colors and fabrics including jackets capes blankets and dress goods. It mentions prices 3.40 and 12.50 and references Be PV BRESLAUER ANTITONY and other shop notes with scattered lines about fabrics and sources.
The notice lists morning and afternoon sermons at local churches with pastors Rev F Bartin and Dr A Bh Owen and a 2 o’clock service ending with evening sermons on Perseforth. It reports election of Wilken Lodge officers including Commander KK Daugherty and secretary J W Veson for the coming term.
The present Board of Police Commissioners holds its final meeting Monday at 7 PM The City Council will hold its regular meeting Monday evening The Tax Court session begins Thursday for the normal term of the court
An old time sale notice from HWAMMILL'S at 320 High Street begins Monday at 10 o clock. Items include dress goods mohair fabrics blankets gloves and various fabrics with marked sale prices all for cash.
Fragmented text shows garbled names places and events. Core items include references to a council, a private meeting, a public offering and a bombing mention with scattered person names and locations. Overall content is incoherent and largely unintelligible.
Park View Reretuds will hold its regular monthly meeting this Sunday afternoon. Rev. Lo Betey will dress. recitations and sizable by the ehtidnon. Speakers will discuss permanentis and beneficial officers.
A fragmentary report from Elizabeth City notes a cold wave with temperatures from 8 to 0 and local activity. Mentions visitors from Hertford Philadelphia and ongoing religious services. Also references Jones Manufacturing Company assets to be sold and a lighthouse tender Violet preparing to take the President and party on a docking expedition.
Lively as a Cricket. Hosteller’s Stomach Bitters promotes motion in kidneys and counters lethargy. It is urged to prevent and relieve renal pain and miseries, improve appetite and sleep, aid convalescence, and speed recovery when organs are impaired. Avoid counterfeit claims before January 5 and buy from Charles NR. Whalton & Co.
The legislature plans reconvening on Monday with the anti-adjournment dispute easing. Senators Hall and others return as committees prepare to push the elections measure and related bills amid allocations and political maneuvering.
Newport News society notes include a Business Men's Association meeting on a proposed incorporation with Representative Powell, and updates on Mrs. Wietler returning to Atlanta. Frank Parker visits, Cheries M H Price Jr resigns to pursue real estate, and warships Raleigh and Montgomery depart Old Point. A school decorum event at Newport News Female Seminary draws praise and civic interest. The political climate is teased with references to congressional speakership drama and possible White House shifts.
The week brings a second meeting at Mrs. O. Baker’s residence and a Christian Endeavor gathering. Local clergy schedule sermons at Berkley Avenue Baptist, Main Street Christian, and Cheche Street M E Church, with pastors staying active and committees to be appointed for the next term.
In Beaufort on Thursday night thieves broke into several principal shops including N W Taylor and W Saunders. They forced back window shutters with a sharp instrument, took money from a drawer, avoided old coins, and focused on cash rather than merchandise. No injuries reported.
A fragmentary advertisement notes the sale of a medical adviser book by Dr Pierce and says copies cost $1.40. It mentions address details and requests readers to send stamps or mail inquiries to the author.
A garbled page reports a public appeal for a fund benefiting a Mormonathletic association, a theft and inquiry about a stolen item, and a fire incident at Miss Mila Potter’s residence. It also notes Senator Pyritely’s secretary leaving for Washington and a schooner Carrie A Lane seen sailing amid a southwesterly gale hindering progress.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Pigs as a pure liquid laxative with health benefits. It claims quick health gains from a tastily acceptable formula, cleansing the system and easing colds headaches and fevers. The product is sold by druggists in 50 cent and one dollar bottles and manufactured by the California Pig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
A notice announces a trustee sale of goods and real estate at 8 Goodman and Wits, High Street, and the northwest corner of County and Cooke streets. The sale follows a deed of trust dated December 27 and seeks payment of debts owed to the sald Goodman. The trustee, Alex Be Warner, states reduced prices for the stock of goods.
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