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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1897
Page
3
A testimonial promotes S.S.8 as a purely vegetable blood remedy that supposedly cures deep seated blood diseases by forcing illness from the system. A Newark, New Jersey, man recounts substantial improvement after one bottle, claiming his red spots faded, weight returned, and skin cleared.
Excerpts argue whites committed outrages against Indians with impunity, citing the Catawba as a stark example. The piece asserts government policy aims at extermination, detailing historical depopulation and loss of lands, faithfulness of the Catawba, and the enduring injustice faced since colonial times.
The New York Times reports across the country hints of improving business. Governor Flower, returning from a Western tour, states the West shows real though not dramatic improvement with a firmer undertone and waves of forthcoming prosperity. He cites farmers paying mortgage debts, rising Western confidence, and demand for crops abroad, while warning against exaggreated pessimism from Eastern critics.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a plantation setting and a self-ordained figure. The text is garbled but hints at a male figure who had established himself in authority on the site, with scattered references to people and events and a possible vigil-like or disciplinary context.
A plantation mule refuses noon work despite abuse and finally defeats his driver at the bell. Uncle Sam, a new hand, tries to lead him to the gin house but the mule holds his ground until the owner and onlookers joke that the mule is “striking for higher wages” after twenty years without an advance.
Travelers Guide notes schedules for Norick and Southern Railroad and connections. Daily nail and express from Norfolk to Wigabeth City Edenton Mackey's Ferry Mantego Belhaven etc connects with N S S RR steamer for Plymouth Jamesville Williamson Windsor on alternate days for various Chowan and Scuppernong river landings. Connections at Belhaven with Virginian Dare for Marthleyville Bath Creek Aurora Washington and nearby towns. Elizabeth City linkage with New Bern steamer for Roanoke Island Ocracoke Landing Oriental and New Bern. Through freight and passenger service information and agent contacts included.
A new bicycle tire idea places inflated bulbs along a base tube inside the casing. These bulbs are filled from a central air line and connect through the pump valve rims. Each bulb has a long neck acting as a valve and can be removed to repair a puncture, with water space fed by remaining bulbs.
The passage warns that variations in a doctor’s treatment and a druggist’s substitutions can decide life or death. It urges patients to insist on Scott’s Emulsion and to demand exact prescribed medicines without replacements.
Tendent Ament GM announces steamer tickets to all points North East and West with baggage checked to destruction. Staterooms reserved on application at No 77 West Main Street or on board. Freight will not be received torn forward that day. For further information apply to W Randall, Agent. Call except Sunday. Salle
Freight and passenger sailings listed for Newport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth. Timetables show departure times from Old Point and Bay Line, with connections to Suffolk and Suffolk routes. Services include lines to Portsmouth, Bay Line Wharf, and local depots, with notes on prepaid freight and daily schedules subject to change.
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