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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1897
Page
2
An ad from Langhalle's Ice Cream Depot asserts they use the best materials and do not solicit tele orders. It emphasizes traveling to any distance to obtain PCM CREAM as offered by Langhallne's and denies making false advertising claims to win trade.
Puzzle style notes describe filling 6,3 gallon actions and pouring between vessels. An ad lists shoe items from Heller's Shoe Store with 63 Bank Street details and price hints. Also a steamship schedule advertises a Bay Line steamer Northamip ton daily 7 00 a m except Sunday with fare one dollar to StObjack Hay and landings.
A damaged OCR item advertises cabinet photographs and photograms with color options. It mentions discounts on orders and references prices and order details in a garbled format. The readable text centers on offering themed photographic products and framed images to customers.
A brief note about Decan View attractions features Eddie Allies imitating a baby in a cradled setting. The report praises his performance as a sharply executed black race comedian, noting a standout act during a December event.
A fragment notes Daisy R and Olabo Lormely among players on the Ocean View roster with mentions of a team event or practice, indicating a local sports listing or notice without full details.
Detective Heppel describes arresting Cannon Smith and Hall on Monday at Church and Main, with warrants read to Smith. The court hall fills as arguments begin, bonds debated, and Cannon’s supporters rally, while defense and prosecution lay out their stark portrayals of a conspiracy against a young wife.
In Lambert's Point Justice Court hear little business beyond the Cannon conspiracy case. John Henry, larceny of shoes, 15 days. Albert Otom, riding a bicycle without a light, fined 1 dollar. Brooke Turner, fruit theft, chose jail or a bath administered. Police Court fines paid. Five sidewalk riders fined 2 dollars each. A fight on York Street led to a wound, one suspect arrested but warrant dismissed amid fraud questions.
Thirty one employees of the Norfolk and Wooster railway pat Lambert's Point were arrested for working on Sun Way and sent to the County Court by Justice Loper. they were bailed. A deed from Norfolk and Western railway company to the city of Norfolk covers a land strip near Goan by street extended. A. C. Griswold & Son transferred all steel in the tailoring shop at 261 and 263 Main street to Susan M. Griswold for 160 dollars.
The Norfolk and Western Biathway Company ordered all land crews and many regular crews to report at the Plat Topenal fields to aid coal shipping from that point West amid strike conditions. Roanoke freight shop and yard workers were also ordered to report to their shops and west end yards to prepare and unload coal cars for return to coal fields.
The Lee Rifles from this city and troops in camp at Ocean View were hosted by Mr. Charles St John of the Oven View Motel for a clam bake last evening. A grand military party followed in the ball room with a press parade battalion drill and a Lareset practice scheduled for Virginia Beach this afternoon and evening. Napfelk military Suffolk Light Infantry widow PL Till Kies of Petersburg to participate.
Godey’s Magazine for August lists fashion and literary features including “Those Blessed ’fyrplese,” “Woman’s Work at the Tennessee Centenniel,” “Onteora,” and “Mountaineering on the Pacific Coast,” with bright fiction and up to date fashions. Cosmopolitan’s August issue highlights include “Shapan’s State and Clientest Actor,” “India Starving,” “The Wars of the World,” “Godfrey de Douillon,” and other pieces. price ten cents.
Foretast and general conditions for Virginia and Washington on July 23, 1897 show continued high temperatures in the interior with southwest winds. Generally fair skies persist with hot interior temperatures and southerly to southwesterly winds. Port calendar notes sunrise at 6 03 a m and sunset at 7 20 p m with high and low water times listed.
United States Weather Bureau observations for Norfolk July 22 list maximum 88, minimum 72, normal 70s, with rainfall 0.62 inches in the past 24 hours and means values for relative humidity and departures from normal.
Wisconsin artist C iknorke, famed for his work, gathers details in Plymouth about the Confederate ironclad Albemarle. He plans a twelve foot square painting at the North Navy Yard, inspired by Lt. Cushing’s torpedo attack and the vessel’s destruction. He visits key sites near Scro Nect North Carolina and collaborates with Peter S. Smith and local locals.
The Norfolk WCTU plans a Labor Bureau offering registered workers and employers screening. Applicants must provide satisfactory references before placement and may be listed on a blacklist if dismissed without cause. The bureau aims to aid domestic workers, including white help, and opens Monday July 2 in morning hours. Local adverts note De Witt's Slavel Salve for injuries.
A fragment notes a Linene Reversible item and questions durability for a day. It mentions The Jefferson and Richmond and a Vin run on the European plan for summer, offering meals with care courses and rooms from $7.50 per day.
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John Griffin of Ohio credits De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve with curing thirty years of agony from piles and skin troubles. The note claims the product treats cuts, bruises, sprains and other skin issues. A showcase of Covan View’s week features finished artists with spotlight on solos and duets, plus spontaneous comedy.
In a crowded harbor scene at the foot of Commercial Street the sloop Mary Jane captained by Smith sits amid about eight hundred hogs and numerous interested speculators. The vessel is surrounded by a throng of boats and dockside financiers amid a busy market atmosphere.
Virginia corporation records announce the formation of a limited partnership named The New York Wholesale Fruit Company. S. Lagaglia, S. Salmiono, Albert Conti, and S. Lagiglia are partners with S. Boveridgin as special partner. Partners contribute cash and plan a Norfolk Virginia business of wholesale and retail fruit dealing. The partnership begins June 9, 1897, with registered offices in Norfolk. Notaries public verify the articles and signatures, and the Norfolk Clerk records the formation.
The Northampton steamer resumes weekly excursions to Oleaving Bay Line wharf returning from Old Point on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at Tayp. Fare is 59 cents for the round trip. End with an ad-like medical missive offering relief from eye pain headaches.
There is nothing as good for colds chest and lungs as Dr King's New Discovery. Trial bottle free at Tarrrow, Martin Moos, with regular price and $1 grand voices at Ocean View this week. George Preston is hard to deal with.
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