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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1896
Page
5
The city reported burst water mains, ongoing streetcar and electric road charter proposals, and several public updates. Capt. Hayward Clark and daughter returned from Florida. skating, excursions, and river activity drew crowds. Mary Myers was interred in Cedar Grove Cemetery. court and church meetings outlined deficits and repairs. police and city council reviewed incidents and bridge plans.
The Ladies Auxiliary held their monthly meeting this afternoon at 4 o clock with expected attendance for important business. The Blues had a three lightly attended meeting last night. The Reds are called to meet in the association rooms. The W O T will hold their regular noontime meeting at the YMCA today at 12 o clock.
Local merchants advertise deep discounts to clear stock. Levy & Jacobs offer furniture and carpets at reduced prices with a big selection of goods for home furnishing. Ereslaver & Anthony tout all wool clothing and colors at low prices. A Phillips promotes life cut jackets and dress goods at Under Oxford Hall.
The Calvary Baptist Church held its annual meeting on a Sunday in January 1896. Officers’ reports showed the church finished the year out of debt with funds to the treasury, and new officers were elected including church clerk William H. Ronan and treasurer John Phoncypson. Other positions filled were secretary Wilton L. Bist, missionary treasurer Thomas Winder, and assistant organist Miss Aditls Word. In a separate incident, a delivery wagon was hit by a telegraph pole on Court Street near City Hall, wrecking the wagon though the horse escaped harm and the driver was uninjured.
A public spirited resident offers $1,000 for a free bridge across the creek if Planer's Point residents can reach Portsmouth. council debates restoring a route and addressing local transport needs amid sparse turnout.
Hinty Remenherodd notes Mr. Charles H. Sturtevant, beloved Wright Memorial Sunday School teacher, drew about 200 pupils aged 4 to 8 to a class. The children presented him with a handsome lounge as a token of appreciation, which he accepted with much feeling.
Advertises Syrop o of Pies as a permanent remedy for habitual constipation, claims informed buyers will abandon other laxatives, and notes a fitness entitlement with every one dollar purchase by CHARLES R, WELTON & co.
Orders to place the Texas out of commission and remove stores to man the crew. 703 names on the roll. Remains of Commander Kingsley arrived from Yorktown and were laid in state before being sent back to Yorktown and Annapolis. Executive officer at Keox reports Kingsley intended leaving for Washington. he died in his room before departure.
New York on January 4 reports Mrs. Anton Phelps Stokes funding a Lenox mansion project. her concern for laborers echoes in plans for a reading room for Italians in New York City’s station district. Signor Antonia Arrigu coordinates support, with a long term lease, 1500 volumes, maps, and Italian newspapers. The facility aims to serve workers during dull periods, with separate rooms for children and adults, and minimal fees.
On a Saturday near Besunan station four miles from Suffolk, Lainen Brinkley of Corapeake NC was struck by a southbound freight on the Norfolk and Caroling road and killed instantly. His party, intoxicated reportedly but not drunk, traveled home from Portsmouth in separate carts when Brinkley's cart halted on the track and was struck. His arm was broken in three places and wreckage scattered. His son and another cart followed about ten yards away. Brinkley’s body was brought to Suffolk for burial. funeral held near Corn peaike. He leaves a white wife and six children.
Lively as riches or sleep, the kidneys and stomach are aided by Hostetter's Stomach Glitters a tonic claimed to prevent and relieve kidney disorders and dyspepsia. It asserts relief from urinary issues diabetes gravel and bladder weakness while improving appetite sleep and convalescence.
A gas leak at the Petersburg Club on Sycamore Street caused a fierce explosion about 9:30 AM. Porter William Rives and Arthur Pointer Jr. were burned. windows and room structures were damaged. the blast rattled nearby buildings and left debris across the front yard. The incident follows a separate fire at Crewe’s Norfolk and Western storage, while local court matters and church notices fill radio? The club comprises Petersburg’s wealthy business leaders, and investigations into gas handling are ongoing.
January reports from New York and Waterbury describe record cold with temperatures plunging to 20 below zero in places. Winds up to seventeen miles per hour whip through harbors freezing waters and hindering vessels while early hours show frigid lows across the region.
The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reverses a lower court ruling, holding that Gen Schofield, then secretary of war, could order the arrest of Maj Armes a retired U S Army officer. The decision affirms military custody and habeas corpus relief.
Knowledgebrings comfort and improvement to personal enjoyment as Syrup of Figs is marketed as a pure liquid laxative. It emphasizes mild action on kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them, claims to dispel colds headaches fevers and constipation, and notes availability from druggists in bottles priced 50c and 1. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company whose name appears on every bottle. Do not accept substitutes.
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