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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1898
Page
4
A kaleidoscope of notes from around the globe notes oysters in Baltimore, saloons in New York, and India cost estimates, with Kaiser criticisms jailed editors and talk of a Paris or London hotel expansion. Political chatter, rail and Arctic expeditions, Cuba tobacco, and a New York Dispatch dispatch describe global curiosities and local newspaper follies.
A satirical view notes New Yorks social elite shrinking from the four hundred to a seventy five after a social upheaval. It mocks Queen Astor and the exclusion of prominent families while suggesting efforts to reform or rejoin the diminished circle. The piece references Ward McAlister and Astor as enduring symbols of high society.
A Baltimore style notice reviews Dictares from a Pastorium a 145 page collection of sixty one poems by Reverend Morton Bryan Wharton pastor of Freemason Street Methodist Church Richmond. The review notes the verses were rarely intended for publication yet offer devout tributes to friends graves and war time figures and praise Wharton's masterful lines including Jeptha's Vow lines on Tennyson and The Women of Canaan. The work is dedicated to Ty. Tanks Nolt of Graham North Carolina and the piece explains the origin of the title Pastorium as a term coined by Wharton to describe the home of a pastor.
The Baltimore American reports on the U S public domain as estimated by the General Land Office. It states the domain holds 185 017 802 acres with major portions from western cessions Louisiana purchase Florida and Mexico treads Alaska purchase from Russia and other acquisitions.
The article outlines state and territorial allocations from the Louisiana Purchase, Mexico Cession, and other acquisitions. It lists which regions formed states or territories, notes disputed areas, and highlights land office records, unsurveyed acreage, and reserved lands including railroad, Indian, and school lands, stressing public unfamiliarity with General Land Office data.
The Duke of Newcastle ships hundreds of pheasants to London marked shot by IMs Toya Highness the Prince of Wales. Bayard entries a Wesley medallion to Brandywine Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington Delaware. Charles Daniels long NY Supreme Court judge and ex congressional rep suffers a health setback. Seaman Philip F. Carter convicted of first degree murder aboard the Indiana at the Brooklyn navy yard. Berlin Post notes Behring anti toxin maker earns a monthly royalty of 17 500. Dr Rioux Pasteur Institute questions the extent of his discovery.
A Doss united Fong Coat for boys features cadet blue Thussian Breen and dark blue hues with Astrakhan velvet bands. The design from De Nneator shows three box-plaited panels NW back and three front, a silo collar with stole ends, fur sleeves, and a velvet cap to match.
Special offer for One Week solid gold spectacles fitted with lenses to suit your eyes. Pers always moderate. Mall orders to J M P Trotter drug Glat, manufacturer’s agent and manufacturer of Trotter’s never failing Headache and Neuralgia Waters, corner Main and Church streets, Norfolk Va.
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