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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1897
Page
5
July 4 fast approaching as farmers suffer rain. dozens of June arrests. new justices busy. electric road work to start Tuesday. Burgundy events include Battery picnic lagging attendance and a court martial set for the 5th. Miss Lucile Mahone critical. hot spell continues. city offices and streets active with repairs, notices, and upcoming visits.
Those interested should note this. Commodore Farquhar departed for Washington on business. J. H. Saunders returned from Suffolk, Virginia, with Mr. George Jackson. Master W. Munders of Hertford, N. C., visits Mr. R. T. Saunders at 704 County Street.
A newspaper boy endures extreme heat as he workers through morning routes and Saturday returns for breakfast before resuming weekly collections. Callers often force him to repeat visits up to three times, delaying work. Readers are urged to avoid multiple calls and let money remain with family if the boy is out.
A hokey pokey wagon and driver collided with a bicyclist on Glasgow near Hatton Street. The rider refused to yield, the wagon was damaged, and the driver sustained minor injuries. The wagon wheel and wagon were damaged, valued at five dollars, as the driver headed home curiously inebriated.
The Port Norfolk railroad contracted with the Southern to run cars to Primer's Point warehouses enabling travel by road or steamer to reach the wharves. The extension will be finished in sixty days, greatly aiding business and likely boosting local property development.
Last night the School Board failed to meet due to lack of a quorum. Present were D A Williams chairman, John Schroeder, L C Hall and James I Proctor. They planned to reconvene next Sunday night and consider officer elections and the Finance Committee report. The board must report requested figures to the Council at the July meeting, so a session is essential.
Yesterday afternoon James Wagner, a well known Nansemond county resident, entered Thomas Scott's furniture store and fainted from heat. Dr Parker responded and Wagner was moved to Scott's Middle Street home late last night. He weighed near 300 pounds but showed some improvement.
Despite the heat, services under the High street tent ran from early morning to evening with preaching and singing. Rev. Mr. Reese led all day and Mr. C. H. Stuntevant directed the singing at the winding up of six months of meetings.
A man named White, son of Granville White, arrested Thursday night for shooting craps in the street. Several others fled. police have names and will pursue them. White fined $2 and, in default, sentenced to five days in jail. The note adds the family bears a bad reputation.
Funeral service for the little son of Mr and Mrs Claud Hyslop was held yesterday afternoon at their residence on South street. The remains were laid to rest in Oak Grove Cemetery.
A historical note explains kidney function and waste removal. It states every breath and movement creates waste that kidneys filter, with the bladder as the discharge. It warns inactivity leads to disasters and claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can restore activity, prevent kidney diseases and severe conditions like diabetes and Bright's disease.
Ladies items offered in a cash sale including corset covers 127 Ma ladies modesty skirts jong skirts muslin drawers umbrella drawers and gowns priced from 9c to 1600 at cash terms. The ad credits Lawrence & Welton as the vendors.
Official notice reports the death of D. J. Downey, a member of the Regular Army and Navy Union, aboard the U S cruiser Raleigh at Algiers on June 4. Downey, long known in the city as a kind friend and faithful shipmate, was interred at Alglera with fitting ceremonies. The Garrison adopted mourning rules, requiring badges for thirty days and draping the charter for a period in his memory.
In Berkeley, residents attend to affairs as W B Jones recovers at home on Twelfth Street while Ben Jones on Main Street plans a new house in South. Miles B Jones widow received $80 from Metropolitan Insurance. H W Wudgins visits son Captain J R Hudgins on Eleventh Street. G Y Old returns from Eastern Shore for business. Mrs Captain R Wudgins departs with family for Mathews County summer. Bessie Ferreebee visits sister Mrs W J Berkeley then travels to Baltimore. Electric railway advances include a power house with Tunis mill steam plan, a car barn on 10 Street near Chesapeake knitting mills, and two first-class cars delivered. Dr J B Floyd and wife return from Eastern Shore visit. Todd block Berkley avenue facelift includes new front and back dyeing establishment. A select company rode to Ocean View for a hay ride. Mrs S A Upton of Liberty Street leaves for Molenton NC. Virginia Beach railroad opens a branch ticket office at W S Rudd’s cigar store.
Washington July 2 postmasters appointed today for Virginia and North Carolina include Appomattox James Spizgle Thomasburg WW Rosa Chatham Jane Rigsby Cornatzer M E Cornatzer Elkton A J Shaw Franklinton S B Gritt Gift J H Adams Jacksonville Co BG Vose Margarettsville E J Newsom Pikeville W E Hamp Prosperity at J Martindale Republic B C Moley.
The Dalton Argus notes Georgia fields fifty two military companies twelve cavalry troops and two artillery batteries in the state national guard, describing it as a splendid nucleus should war arise.
It claims Electric Bitters restore nervous fatigue and vigor. The vegetable medicine supposedly tones the nerve centers in the stomach, stimulates the liver and kidneys, aids toxin removal, improves appetite and digestion, and is praised as a top blood purifier and nerve tonic. Sold for 60c or $1 per bottle at Bur row, Martin & Co.'s Drug Store.
Commencing Monday Morning June 1ath. Linen homespun suiting in navy blue and linen shades priced at 4½c per yard, 12½c value. Viola crepe cloth in light shades 1c prices, silk foulard 1% cents. Polka dot fabrics and more offered at low weekly prices. A. J. Phillips, 302 Oxford Wall.
Virnelson & Co advertise half price on children hats for Saturday only and invite orders for ice cream for the Fourth of July with C. C. Diggs on High Street. The notice notes June 4th start and closing at 7 PM on Saturdays excepted by Chas QR Welton & Co.
A Few Pointers, Good bicycle suits for $3.50, one at $4 and one at $4.50, worth from $1.60 to $2 more a suit. An 50 dress suit for $5. A $10 suit for $7. These are specialties picked up by chant on our trip North early this week. Presinuer Anthony.
Wire doors and windows in stock and made to order. Refrigerator and mosquito nets available. Leave orders for ice cream for the Fourth of July with C R Wer on High Street. Stan and Os children's straw hats reduced to 50c for Saturday only. W and Virnelson and Co.
G Dun & Co reports mid year trade lull with widespread strikes looming in iron, coal and textile sectors. Prices drift lower as mills curtail output while demand weakens. hopes mount for crop gains and stock removals to lift business after summer. Export activity rises with cotton and iron demand. failures rise modestly in the United States and Canada.
The report notes 1,074 Canadian business failures in six months, liabilities totaling 7.62 million, a slight year on year decline. New England shows rising failures, while Ontario and Quebec see fewer, though angling liabilities shift. A separate Washington Post item discusses Spain’s cabinet crisis and the Duke of Tetuan’s role in royal events.
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