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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1898
Page
3
The infant son of Mr OG Wyawl and Mrs Of Jennings died after severe burns suffered when his clothes caught fire. He had been in constant care for over a week and died at 7:30 pm Thursday. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
The best salve in the world for cuts, ulcers, sores, rashes, skin eruptions, chaps, chilblains, carns and all skin maladies. It guarantees perfect satisfaction or money back. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by Curran, Martin, & Co.
In police court Justice Tomlin handled a docket including C. F. Fowler a Georgia man running an employment bureau without a license. A revolver was found on him. He was fined 20 dollars and jailed 15 days but the jail term was remitted on appeal leaving the fine. Additional locals faced drunkenness larceny and public peace offenses with modest fines.
The renowned preacher Rev T DeWitt Talmage testifies to the strength restoring effects of Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. He urges confidence in the medicine for invigoration after overwork and for those weakened by disease, offering offices in New York and assurances against substitutes.
The cotton trade faces chaos as Savannah exports lag and Norfolk gains, with charters done at sharply reduced rates to meet foreign demand. Analysts blame ruinously cheap Savannah to foreign port rates for lower receipts and a 140,000 bale loss at Norfolk, signaling a poor outlook for next season.
Letter from TR Bennett, pastor of Melhendree Church, applauds the Mercy and Help Committee of the feckendree Hpworth League for its charitable work. He lists committee officers led by Mrs I. Barwell and notes many other workers aiding door to door relief during the season.
The season features AMUN MENTS with John Mason and Marlon Nave Dean in a lavish new production at the Tremont Theatre and Academy of Music, plus Otis Skinner in Prince Rudolph at the Star Theatre. New songs and elegant costumes accompany acclaimed performances and all seats are on sale with typical prices.
Local notes report Senior German Abe at Montifiore Vall Jase night and various church sermons in Norfolk. A Baltimore schooner damaged in Patoman river near Tillyan Tedd and towed to Quantico. Legislative actions discuss extending Norfolk and Atlantic Terminals timelines and a bicycle tournament planned for next spring.
New Orleans reports Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement indicating higher movement into sight than the same week last year. For the season to date receipts total 2,975,720 bales, with imports and stocks rising, while raw cotton exports and domestic consumption also show gains across regions and mills. The world visible supply sits at 4,400,44 bales, with American cotton making up most of the amount.
The ward markets performed today as merchants laid in chores supplies for customers yet the streets show severe jolting sections that threaten to jar travelers. Abnormal depressions on Traimbleton avenue opposite Mozart and West Highland near the Norfolk Terminal cause violent shakes when passed at speed. In other news Rev Purman W T Martin of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist church has resigned his charge and Mr Alexander Smith is mentioned in relation to the report.
Jan. 7 report from St Michaels Avoros says the British steamer Conrinula from Wilmainton to Ghent was towed in disabled by a South German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm III. The Kaiser Wilhelm III shows severe damage including a cracked bottom cylinder and hollow piston rods. The tow covered eighty miles from the pickup point.
An advertisement touts Salvation Oil as richer in honesty and virtue than any finiment, citing Mrs A Fiedler of Philadelphia who endorses it for rheumatism and bruises. It warns against substitutes, prices Salvation Oil at 25 cents, and lists local pharmacies Cannon's Pharmacy Alfred West Robt Holmes Co and Telazond's Atlantic City Drug Store.
The steamship Madura, Captain Farr, from Cardiff December 83 en route to Wilmington, has put in her machinery disabled near the Azores on January 7. The vessel, identified by crewmembers as American bound, reports no further danger as repairs are underway.
An advertisement promises a home remedy, Electric Bitters, can cure constipation headaches fainting spells sleeplessness melancholy and nervous troubles. Describes it as a purely vegetable tonic that purifies blood and tones the liver and kidneys. Claims relief for many ailments with guaranteed results and available at Burrow Martin Co. drug store.
Dr William Nast, a pioneer of Methodism, was honored in Cincinnati recently to mark his birthday. The event drew local church members and longtime supporters who praised his decades of religious and social work.
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