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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1895
Page
5
Gleaned in Portsmouth offers quick notes on police leave, council adjourned meetings, church outings, ads, and local events. The item lists arrests, court and jail activity, charity efforts, family notices, a fireside obituary, and community announcements with a breezy, era-appropriate cadence.
The fifty second grand encampment of the IOOF of the state meets this morning at Odd Fellows Hall. Distinguished officers from Richmond Fredericksburg Martinsburg and Marion attend, with a sittings lasting one to two days. Local theft report notes a thief stole seven pairs of pants from Bloomfield’s Market Square store then hid them in Emuraon’s lumber yard. Police arrest a man for payroll fraud posing as Perkins. Funeral notices and church events follow, including a Baptists picnic plan and several obituaries and small trials.
Suffolk items report visits and departures among townsfolk including W. N. Camp and relatives, a Chunkotuck excursion to Yorktown, recalls of funerals at Cedar Hill Cemetery, and county court actions. Savannah fire on Spanish steamship Ida pauses at Savannah port. suicide by powder dissolvent in Alexandria noted. Community meetings discuss high school stock sale and educational talks by Dr Hawkins.
The Chicago Times-Herald envisions rapid advances in journalism with telegraph and teleprinter use, illustrating reporters drawing and writing, editors directing remotely, and writers using new machines to instantly set type. It predicts printers and typesetters become obsolete, cutting costs and benefiting humanity.
A London beautician uses real hair to craft natural looking eyelash and eyebrow enhancements, drawing high city clientele for delicate operations. Eyebrow shapes and shades vary from arched to bushy as the specialist tailors to individual tastes, promising a striking yet plausible result.
Poona Davis is cited in contempt in a local court charge related to rent for two houses on Ponth Mouhie Street. The filing lists Paue & Coole, 249 High Street, as the filing agents handling the matter.
The report covers deposition of Edmund Murdaugh as professor and election of D IT Morrow to a professorship, Pennsylvania Railroad bond issue with bankers in London, Allentown Iron Company stock move, Lehigh Iron and Steel furnace restart plans, a boxing result in Stanton Abbott versus Billy Duke, and National Guard deployments in Virginia and West Virginia amid coal region unrest with striking miners and non union workers.
A widow, Mia Mattia Chambers, received an infernal machine containing dynamite by mail. It is alleged to be sent by Rev. A J Puller, a rejected suitor now in Raleigh. Postmaster saved her life by exposing sandpaper from the box end. Police investigate as labor strikes demand 20 percent wage hikes at Sharon Works.
Yesterday several colored men arrived to take the strikers’ places and began a bargaining over wages and conditions. The influx, along with rumors of more arrivals, has stirred strong feeling and some excitement, though officials do not expect a serious outbreak.
Promoted as a pure liquid laxative easing constipation and cleansing the system. Claims to ease colds headaches fevers and improve health without weakening kidneys liver or bowels. Sold by all druggists in 50c and 1 bottles and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with the brand name on every package.
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