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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1897
Page
2
Norfolk emerges as a booming cotton port and lumber hub, detailing rapid population rise, trade figures, and freight growth. The Virginian trade issues, post routes, and canal projects are highlighted, with emphasis on Pocahontas coal, trucking, rail expansion, and the canal system linking Norfolk to national markets.
A year summary details Lambert’s Point coal clearances by William Lamb & Co and vessel totals, plus clearing house figures from 1888 to 1896. It notes Norfolk and Portsmouth banking capital at 2.5 million, bonded debt, and tax driven real and personal valuations across wards Brambleton and Atlantic City, with cotton receipts rising to 721,376 bales and local fertilizer production and trade insights.
A fragment notes rapid growth over the past fifteen years in an unnamed industry sweeping through towns from Suffolk to Wilson. It cites population figures and mentions aggressive New York driven commercial supremacy affecting places like Edenton Plymouth and Murfreesboro, amid broader regional expansion.
Mr J Carcoran suffered years of dry catarrh with faintness and ringing in the ears. After trying many medicines and doctors without relief he saw the advertisement and found breath and symptoms improved. William McPherson of Berkley VA endorses the treatment for catarrh of the nose throat and ear as entirely satisfactory.
A historical report details Portsmouth progress, noting $150000 investment in official staffing, enlargement of S A L shops, and 983 miles of track ending at Portsmouth. It cites warehouses, rail projects, and factory investments totaling millions, with real estate activity over $2 million and prospects for new factories on 2000 acres of Portsmouth Company land.
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