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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1897
Page
2
Munyon's Medical Institution at 1505 Arch Street Philadelphia offers mail treatment with many doctors and stenographers replying privately and confidently. No fee is charged for diagnosis or medical advice though remedies cost mostly 25 cents per vial. Address Prof. Munyon for treatment by mail.
The conclave members are asked to meet at Main street at 7 o clock for a divine service at Epworth M. B. Church to hear a sermon by Rev. WJ Young as a special to the order on July 1. W. B. Che Seribe</S>
Mrs Gordon of Norfolk Va has been chosen by Norfolk officials to represent the city at the Tennessee Centennial and Confederate reunion in Nashville. She plans to attend with a party and remain through May and June, returning to Norfolk for a time before resuming duties. Col Tilton requests retirement. Misses Lane and Mason travel, while a Naval Post Band provides music at events.
The Select Council met last evening with no business beyond agreeing to concur with the Common Council on a substitute resolution due Friday. Aldermen Cooper Freemat Greenwood Sneahs Jones Lowenlere and Williams attended as minutes were read and approved. The Wright investigation was expanded with an Anderson resolution, two bail applications granted, and the body adjourned. Special officers reported J Mallory charged with cruelty to a horse and fined five dollars plus costs after a trial. Witnesses described blood along the road from injuries to the horse reported during a snowstorm. Cornelius Anderson was arrested for trotting and mistreating a lame horse and later bailed for appearance Monday morning.
The Southern Railway launches a fast daily New York to St Augustine service starting January 1. It departs New York via the Pennsylvania Railroad at noon daily except Sunday, reaches Savannah by the next morning and St Augustine in the late afternoon. The train includes Pullman sleepers observation cars and modern dining cars. The line aims to boost Florida tourist business this winter.
President Wollman of the Seaboard Aly Line Bays says Harris Lithia Water is the best lithia water he has used and calls it a valuable remedy. It is sold by M. J. Dodson, Druggist, Atlantic Hotel, and Burrow, Martin & Co.
The city mourns the sudden death of Charles D Owens vice president and General Manager of the Atlantic and Danville Railroad. He was found dead in his home after suffering a cold, with heart failure diagnosed by a coroner’s inquest. Owens, aged 63, born in Charleston, had long been prominent in railroad circles and planned to be buried in Savannah.
Elie Barret, a ninety year resident of Norfolk born in Porto Rico, died peacefully yesterday afternoon at his home 38 Toll Street after a life rooted in the city. He came as a child fleeing San Domingo upheaval, worked as clerk for a French firm, married Mary Bonnawad, longtime organist of St Mary’s, and later served as account clerk at the State Bank of Virginia before retirement.
Fragmented obituary items list individuals and dates with church and residence details. Names include ELIA PARROT and BRINKLEY, with service times at St Mary's Catholic Church and Fourth Street Baptist Church. Dates show early January 1897 and a funeral on Sunday evening.
The wholesale tobacconists firm at 95 Ronoks Avenue dissolves by mutual consent as Mr John Stroud withdraws. R B Ward will suspend the firm’s affairs and continue operations, collecting bills and paying claims as they mature.
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