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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
2
4 000 feet of ground floor space with power available divided to suit tenant located near Loton Franklin avenue West End Land Company. Cash price $660.00. Synagogue on Church street opposite Freemason presents a good investment prospect in a busy area.
A garbled OCR shows real estate and rental agents with scattered addresses on Yarmouth, Duke, York, Chapel, Church, Granby, and Main streets, plus stores on Main and Church and banks and offices amid fragmented place names and numbers. The text reads like an area directory fragment with numerous errors and partial entries.
Upright piano offered for sale described as rich mahogany and full scale with latest improvements. The make is claimed good and guaranteed, includes a fine stool and scarf and one year’s tuning. Call and see at 416 Main Street.
Streetcar conductors announce new filer ts on JAN route with fares of fifty cents for round trips and sixteen cents each way daily. Details indicate Norfolk service included.
The midsummer sale by Messrs C EF Greenwood & Bro at 168 Mininglred draws buyers for first class gold and silverware at unusual prices. Eastman Kodaks and supplies available from Greenwood as Norfolk agents. Watches and jewelry repaired by skilled workmen with quality workmanship and guaranteed satisfaction.
Police Commissioners held a special session and dismissed two officers for dereliction of duty. Officer Messick missed six o clock roll call and could not be found on his beat from 12 45 a m to 1 45 a m. Officer Galvin failed to cover beat No 18 at midnight and was absent from roll call on June 12. Substitute officers Holland and George were promoted to fill the vacancies.
A hundred boys from the M M A Boys Gospel Army rode four carloads of trolley cars courtesy of Superintendent Rosebrough of the Street Railway Co. The hour and a half trip featured singing yells and flyers about a July 15 moonlight excursion. Leaders included President Tait and Treasurer Barnard. Lemonade was served back at the building.
A Baltimore Sun dispatch from Newport News dated June 16 reports Navy plans to repair the Virginia built Texas here despite political pressure. Workmen from Portsmouth Navy Yard are removing torpedo tubes for a clean bow and stern as authorities shift to ship material for Brooklyn, amid suspected influence over the visit. The torpedo boat Foote, built by Columbia Iron Works, is to undergo a two hour speed trial under an inspection board at Annapolis.
In Berkley Virginia June 17 1897 editor Virginian objects to Norfolk dailies and General Carhahan claiming the cornerstone of the first Virginia Pythian castle was laid elsewhere. Lee Lodge No 48 K of B asserts its own 1896 hall is the true pioneer and demands proper credit for building and completion without outside help.
A Berkeley parlors ceremony united Dr Henry Clinton Bradford and Miss Lula May Butt in a notables wedding. Rev C W Duke led the service with best man Burruss Corprew and maid of honor Marie Estelle Rutt, as guests praised the event and the couple departed for New York before returning to 66 Brewer Street.
The American Railway Master Mechanics Association ended its convention at Old Point after a session with fewer than 70 of 600 members present. Officers were elected: President Pulaski Teeds Louisville and Nashville. First Vice President Robert Quayle Chicago and Northwestern. Second Vice President J H McConnell Union Pacific. Fourth Vice President W G Morris Chesapeake and Ohio. Treasurer J N Barr Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul. Next meeting place referred to the Executive Committee.
The Young Women's Christian Temperance Union pledges to raise 100 for temple work at a reception on Thursday June 4 at Miss Capps residence 119 Wood Street. Mrs. Graham will lecture next Tuesday evening on her Alaska travels with admission benefiting the fund.
The Class of 97 at Norfolk High School issues invitations for commencement exercises on Friday June 25 at 10 am. The graduate list includes Lillian Gaither Griffith Sadie Watts Jernigan Lole Noble Sterling Gertrude Thomas Louis Winston Nita Armin Wise Charles Temple Bowdoin Clarence Wills Cowper D Lee Hirschler Harry I Hodes and I Kelsey Saul. The exercises are described as very interesting in nature.
The eleven month old child of Mr and Mrs Benton BB Simpson died last night at their Tanner's Creek district Norfolk county home. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 31 o'clock from the residence.
An AS letter from a Norfolk merchant reports a con man named William Loctmain posing as a New York Tribune representative. The victim says he lost SAG in the deal. Loctman is noted to have previously swindled a Broad Street merchant of an unspecified amount. Authorities are pursuing the swindler and expect to arrest him soon.
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a seasonable medicine for languor exhaustion and sluggish liver. It claims rapid relief from bilious fevers indigestion and dizziness with a one dollar bottle price at Burra Martin & Co's Drug Store.
Forecast shows showers in Virginia Friday afternoon clearing by night with variable winds and northwest shift. North Carolina expected general rainfall with variable winds. Port calendar lists sunrise 4 45 am sunset 7 28 pm high water 11 56 am and midnight low water 6 50 am and 6 pm.
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Norfolk reports 24 hour observations with a maximum temperature of 91 and minimum of 70. Normal 70. Departure plus 4 from normal and plus 118 since January. Rainfall 0.04 inches in 24 hours. Mean humidity 86. Observer: J. J. Gray.
Weather reports note rains in Louisiana Alabama and Georgia with trace in Texas and hot general conditions. Liverpool cotton sales reach fifteen thousand bales on the spot versus 10 000 last year while futures in New York rise modestly and the Bombay movement shows mixed weekly receipts and exports. United States port receipts yesterday totaled 1010 bales, down from last year and 1895.
Mr D Pendleton father of Mrs J P Grandy died at 1 o'clock yesterday morning at 98 Grace Street. The funeral will be from the residence tomorrow at 8 50 o'clock. The remains will be taken to Elizabeth City North Carolina for interment.
The barge formerly the schooner Brave was sold today by John Rooney & Co. of Baltimore to Mrs EF Williams of the West Norfolk Lumber Company. It will be used in the lumber trade. De Witt's Little Early Risers pills advertised. Names listed include D G Sterling J M F F Trotter R L Walker Truett & Smith.
Notices announce gatherings for Atlantic Lodge No BH and Improved Order of Red Men to honor a deceased brother, plus a stockholders meeting for a building association and Masons in good standing. Details include dates, times, and officers. obituaries reference Brother J. Franik, with invitations to sister lodges.
The funeral for Dr Edward H Poin dexter was held yesterday evening at his residence 278 Boush Street conducted by Rev Beverly D Tucker D D of St Pauls church. The remains will be forwarded to Richmond this evening for interment.
The colored camp meeting near Princess Anne avenue and Church street ended last night after being ongoing for two weeks.
Washington Lodge No 2 T C C Fr elected N G Peter Dickson Wi GL A E Seibert James H Hill secretary George Wy Hill financial secretary EL C Wood house treasurer J W Bassett chaplain A L Bramble S PL G as officers for the term with listed roles.
W B Johnson of Newark credits One Minute Cough Cure with saving his child from croup and claims the remedy has helped thousands with croup pneumonia bronchitis and other throat and lung troubles. Endorsers include D G Sterling J M FP Trotter R G Walker Truett and Smith.
In East Week this item notes a man with 100 CIEs, another with 30 eres, and a third with 0 eres, each selling at the same rate and receiving equal proceeds. It states a family division: son 42 6 7 acres and daughter 67 1 7 acres, asking how much each got. The piece also advertises VWeller's Patrol Shoe at IWeller's One-Price Shoe Store on Bank street.
Spa Bab SIMPSON LUCILE, ten months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben ton J Simpson, died at their home in Tanners Creek township Norfolk county last night. The burial will be from the residence Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Stands at the head August Bogel of Shreveport La and J Z Campbell of Safford Ariz extol Dr King s New Discovery claiming it cures rough and is a reliable remedy for Consumption Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles offered at Turrow Martin Co s Drug Store and other local outlets.
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