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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1896
Page
5
A long list of city items from Portsmouth notes a range of incidents and social updates. A boy sought by police for theft, a citable assault with a timber, boat and bridge concerns, civic court actions, drownings narrowly avoided, and local excursions. Weather, markets, and local residents are mentioned amid updates on schools, fires, and public works.
A tramp attacked by James Delks, a Norfolk and Carolina railroad brakeman, was forced off trains multiple times and fatally run over after the latest shove. The tramp fled into the woods, later dying at home in Pinner's Point. an inquest followed. Separate items note London census figures and a Syrup of Figs promotional line.
Lawrence and Welton announce a grand midsummer clearance with heavy discounts on ladies wear garments, underwear, corsets, children’s dresses, and gents shirts. Multiple vendors offer reduced prices, with a closing sale note by Breslauer and Anthony and J. S. Crawford’s furniture line. Also mentions Cham berlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and local price notices. Nevada gold and silver totals cited.
A Raleigh dispatch reports Senator Butler attacks Senator Pritchard as no longer friendly to silver and advocates the gold standard. Butler claims Pritchard has repudiated previous pledges, inviting political consequences. The piece also covers Democratic and Populist dynamics, electoral forecasts, and local civic updates.
Mrs Mary Gray and daughters Annie Manson and Janet plus granddaughter Janie Cherry visited Norfolk relatives. Mrs Winston, visiting Massachusetts kin, returns with cousin Miss Lizzie O Drew for summer. North Carolina towns report teachers meeting in Lewiston and Populist fusion talk. Roanoke river dyke breach floods Burges Urquhart farm causing at least 15000 loss. A crazy negro boy jailed. doctors and officials frequent the region. Confederate monument statue progress. unveiling planned August 14 with speakers Senator Hate and G Watts. Elizabeth City notes drowning incident, Nag's Head excursion, and local civic activities including factory stockholders meeting and court fines. Weather hot. Roanoke crops damaged. railway and church events detailed.
Edenton and Perquimans county notes report visiting relatives from Wis Oh homme and Norfolk resident W L New in town. Local figures Minke O Lempe and Miss Claud Woodard mentioned. A contractor Tare sade Anenchanee Stille on Wolter street has a new project for Tollaseny Work. Weather described as turning unusually warm with several names and places referenced in fragmented fashion.
In a clipped, arch voice a London analyst weighs the intoxication of rank and power surrounding the Russian czar and court. The piece nods to Alexander III lineage and the mythic weight of Moscow while warning that absolute rule risks self restraint and wider loyalty.
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