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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
2
A vintage testimonial promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for women. It claims to restore regular function, cleanse impurities, and improve digestion and complexion. The piece touts no need for local treatments and notes sales of a medical adviser book with postage details.
We present a compact inventory of properties with rooms, improvements, stores and dwellings on streets such as Duke Bute York Yarmouth Church Main Water and Commerce. Several locations note rooms and oil improvements and several stores or offices with specified street addresses.
Eye specialist Dr. Week is located per y with free stations offered. References to FB and Hy Sele at 15 percent Main atreat appear in fragmented notes.
A city board debate centered on permitting oyster floats near the harbor. Pack ers protested an order restricting sails while officials weighed public health and economic impacts including potential shutdowns and job losses. Observations noted that Norfolk oysters compete with Eastern Shore and Monticello supplies, risking broader supply disruption.
Cotton exporters dismiss Savannah claims of Southern Railway bias, citing fixed rates by the Southern Tariff Association and Norfolk’s port advantages for trans Atlantic shipping. Superintendent Norman Bell credits ship facilities and coal loading as boosting shipments and profits.
A stabbing near a station left JOEL Dlow wounded in the left shoulder and back while Dr Spelsht attended at the scene. Earlier, a westbound streetcar collided with an eastbound car at Mat and Church street, derailing onto a different track with no injuries or damage reported. Officer Weat interviewed Pryor who was detained nearby after the incident.
Fragmentary report describes a severe snowfall affecting streets and alleys, creating darkness and inconvenience. The text references a disagreeable press tone and describes the scene as unlovely and difficult to traverse.
The police visited the quarterly inspection yesterday and found about ten nuisances in the city mainly choked sewers clogged ceas pools and burst hydrants. Most issues were abated. remaining will be reported to the Mayor and action taken.
The Star of the South presents a periodical featuring Fulton notes and valuable information. It highlights a charming mix of stories and poems within a mimeographed section, offering a glimpse of the publication’s content and tone.
At an empty directors meeting yesterday the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank listed officers W H Wales Jr president W S Spraties vice president and W H Wales Sr cashier as feigned facts not formally recorded.
TOC LA COLD IN ONE Day Wake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Sp 8 to 9, Thu, Sat 7m. Dominion Steamship rate Norfolk to Old Point and Hampton set. Crowell ad and photography studio offers tall portraits and water color cabinets at Campbell studio block.
The Board of Police Commissioners met with Mayor Mayo and members Dawes and Johnston present. The chief’s December report noted good force condition, many arrests, and plans for more police boxes and improved floors and health conditions, with several officers sick but returning to duty.
Firefighters fought a blaze at seven o'clock yesterday morning on Bo Mewar street. Two occupants, described as men of color, were in the building when flames spread to the upper floors. A stairway fire and steam caused confinement of the residents. damage estimated at $100.
Distressed patients seek relief from back pain and urinary retention using patent mixtures sold by Walker & Williams and others. The ad touts remedies for male or female use and cites endorsements from Dr Harris of Harris Springs. It also promotes Wine of Pills and mentions Beecham’s products.
Local items note A L Nelms moving from Suffolk, Nellie Bult visiting Baltimore kin, and various residents traveling or entertaining. Firemen at Brambleton War social, marriage cards issued for John Carroll and Maldley A Jones, and choir changes at Leemason Street Baptist and Christ Church. Funeral of Samuel Young yesterday. judges Dut on gunning trip. Pillip to open new furniture line on Church Street. Larrabee takes over voice department at Ryland Institute. Star course entertainment tonight with Mr J Edmund Coy. remarks on Cooke stories from Cincinnati Tribune. Chorus, solo and duet performances planned by Arion Lady Quartet and Whyndl ring. Dr H M Johnson to speak at YMCC meeting. Strangers urged to attend.
The editorial urges readers to distrust quack cures and fake patent medicines. It criticizes Dr. Shrady and Professor Phelps for endorsing Paine's Celery Compound, noting testimonies of relief for overworked, disordered sufferers and urging scrutiny of medical claims.
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