Death of respected Norfolk printer and police officer
Heather reports the death of Thomas F Walker at age 45 yesterday morning at 11. He was a West printer by trade with work on several city newspapers and served as a police officer for Prohibition Commissioners and their successors. He leaves no family. The funeral is at 3:48 PM from A F Hall & Go's undertaking establishment. Norfolk Typographical Union, of which he was a member, will attend. The rest of the text references an unrelated furniture ad.
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Heather
Thomas F. Walker
Theodore F. Walker
Walker
Prohibition
A. F. Hall & Go
Norfolk Typographical Union
City News In Brief From a Growing Sem poré City
J. J. Jackson visits his old Centerville home. Miss Bettle Butt returns from Great Bridge. Hosea F. Maxim secures thermostat patent. Dr M B Douglass guests with Dr Noah Jackson. Walter S. Barnes dies in Baltimore. City of Portsmouth ferry resumes service. Skeleton washed ashore near Princess Anne Hotel. Moonlight excursion to Mathews county on the Northampton. Epworth League at Cumberland Street M E Church meets. Allen Jenkins of Richmond visits his brother J I Jenkins. About 400 from Mathews county arrive aboard the Northampton. Rev C B Hudgins returns to Athens Ga. Isaac Myers to run new dry goods store for C B Crittenden of Tampa. May Brown oyster cruiser in port with Annapolis party. K B Lewis of N & W railway ill with typhoid malarial fever. Rev J P Barrett addresses Nansemond County Sunday School Convention. Almshouse Committee awards coal wood provisions contracts. Southern States Telephone work on Plume Street progresses. Mrs C J Zeller returns from Norfolk and Richmond tours. Knights of Honor officials visit local lodges.
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J. J. Jackson
Centerville
Bettle Butt
Great Bridge
Princess Anne Hotel
Cape Henry
Mathews County
Northampton
Epworth League of
Cumberland Street
M. E. Church
Allen Jenkins
Richmond
J. Iredell
C. B. Hudgins
Norfolk
Athens
Isaac Myers
Amatadter
C. B. Crittenden
Tampa
Fla
Maryland
May Brown
Annapolis
KB. B. Lewis
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
J. Pressley Barrett
Memorial Christian Temple
Nansemond County
Almshouse Committee
George W. Taylor & Co
John Braithwaite
John Stroud
Southern States Telephone Company
Plume Street
C. J. Zeller
Roanoke
Main Sireet
Roanoke Avenue
George J. Currie
Willam H. Baill
H.M. Hope
RR. Prentis
Knights of Honor
Brambleton Residents Urge Local Improvements
A letter signed by Norfolk Southern property neighbors asks Brambleton Station improvements. They seek clearing Hamlin Avenue, safer Burntable pit, electric yard lighting, and Park Avenue sidewalk paving. Street Committee to report at next meeting. Ship's Daughters plan a fundraiser party today for the sick ward.
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Bila Kramer
Elizabeth City
Norfolk, Virginia
Each and Southern Railroad Company
Hamlim Avenue
Park Avenue
Brambleton
Messrs
A.S. Cooper
CO. J. Jones
C. H. Spann
Park and Highland Avenues
A. C. Plazin
Pollard Avenue
Iarmers
Claiborne Avenue
Rose
M. L. Bright
West Corpra Avenue
Qtean
Misses Pick
Gibbs Avenue
New Store Nearing Completion on Colley Avenue
Atlantic City notes sickness in the ward with updates on Miss Monroe Callis Mrs James Thornton and young Roy Griffin. The report places the new Duncan Bros. store on Colley Avenue close to finish and mentions Forte Street homes in the area. A Syrup of Figs advertisement urges parents to use the laxative for family relief.
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Colley Avenue
Duncan Bros
Monroe Callis
James Thornton
Roy Grffin
Forte Street
Marriage thwarted by Circumstances and Civilry Strife in Suffolk
Suffolk, July 23 Special reports a failed marriage ceremony amid local turmoil. Also noted are ex-Treasurer Wright records examined by town experts, a cyclone’s destruction in Prince George, a postponed marriage, Col. Macleary's father's death, a Suffolk ball trip to Franklin, convicts transported to the penitentiary, and various local social notes including dances and visits.
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Suffolk
J. E. Booker
General Assembly of
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Senate
House
George W. Lecato
James N. Stubbs
Howard Hathaway
Mesers
Norfleet
Withern
C. W. Wright
T. A. Bain
Norfolk
Messrs. Britt and
Vanderslice
Wright
Commonwealth
BE. E. Hollam
John Letcher Gay
Prince George County
Vast Norfolk and Western deal reshapes East Tennessee iron and timber
A Knoxville Tribune exclusive outlines a dramatic plan tied to the Norfolk and Western reorganization. The project merges the South Atlantic and Ohio, Virginia Tennessee Coal and Iron, and the Marietta road into a single system extending from Bristol to Knoxville and onward to Atlanta. Agents, including Newman Erb and James J. Brooks, have paid cash for 42000 acres in Cocke and Sevier counties, signaling serious intent and possible rail and mineral development across the region.
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Tennewee
Knoxville Tribune
East Tennessee
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Cocke
Sevier
Norfolk and Western
South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad
Virginia, Tennessee Coal and Tron Company
Cranberry
Bristol
Ble Stone
James J. Brooks
James J. Brooks & Co
Boston
Mr. Brooks
Aong
John C. Haskell
S. A. and O, Railroad
Mears
Huldekoper
Norfolk and Western Road
Norfolk
Atlanta
Reorganization Board
West Virginia
Elizabethton
Bie Stone Gap
Knoxville
Newman Erb
Unis
Taman
Norfolk and Westerner
S. AL
Bristol , Elizabethton
Y. M. C. A. Updates Fleet and Activities
The Y M C A adds two sliding-seat outriggers to the fleet at the clubhouse and hosts a postponed run last evening from Braodl oak. Reading room expands with New York Journal and Richmond Dispatch. An address on Midsummer Christianity by Dr. Young of Epworth Church is planned next Sunday afternoon, with many YMCA wheel men expected.
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New York Journal
The
Richmond Dispatch
Dr. Young
Epworth Church
Association
July Clearance Sale Pushes Prices Down Amid Vast Offers
An unusually aggressive clearance advertises deep cuts on fabrics, garments, and home textiles. Highlights include Rob Roy Turkey Red Calicoes at 29c per yard, 50c and 85c items marked down to 9c–59c, various pillow cases and sheets from 10c to 55c, hose and hosiery bargains, and large selections of linens, damasks, and tableware with substantial savings through the week.
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Rob Roy
Hermsdorf
Co Partnership Formed For Art School In Norfolk Va
A co partnership was formed on July 21 1996 between A B Walker and Frank J Corwin of this city to operate an art school with departments. Temporary location 49 Wood Street. Portrait painting taught by a swift and reliable method. Tuition moderate. Employment offered to advanced pupils at good salaries. Agents wanted for full information apply to Walker Corwin 9 Wood Street Norfolk Va.
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A. M. Hart
Waterloo
Fauguler County
Valy
Ryland Institute
Annie M. Butt
Norfolk
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
U. S. Marine Corps
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T. B. Waddill
Virginian
East Main Street
Edward
Norfolk Ferry
B. M. Tilley
Waterstreet
Jerl-tr
Justin McCarthy
Iicom
Business Men's Association
A. B. Walker
Frank J. Corwin
Wood Street
Agenta
Walker Corwiwn
Wood At
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