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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1895
Page
5
Local items report the high school commencement set for tomorrow, bicycle races at Port Norfolk, and notes on the street railway and supervisors. Also covered are jail additions, thefts and arrests, church activities, a color parade, accidents, and a ferry road incident. The Portsmouth baseball team returns midweek after losses, with various community events and obituaries noted.
Fragmented OCR lists various items and prices including soap, ink, and insect control products. Mentions Fairbank and Hooper brands with rough pricing per can or item. Overall note appears as a short goods catalog or advertisement from a local Port Norfolk page.
Berkley Lodge No 107 held Sunday night services with a sermon by George H Ray and Rev J N Quisenberg addressing young men. Local social notes report visits by Miss Livia Parkinson, Mrs John D Poreman, and Mr Charles Driller Jett traveling to Suffolk for a planning position. The town committee and council discussions on city charter and annexation continued with plans for August meetings. Also advertised were California liquid laxative Syrup of Pipa and local merchant notices.
The piece argues against silver as a monetary standard, asserting it would curb capital investment and misstate silver costs. It notes New York savings deposits and loan activity, contrasts production costs of silver and steel, and cites oranges from Florida and Princeton’s large history in a broad, editorial voice.
A fiery plea promotes an American goods week across Springfield and other cities. It urges displaying only American products and labor to shift consumer demand away from foreign imports, with July first week proposed as the national celebration. Also noted are reports of a Frankfurt restaurant waiter tipped by a wealthy patron and a Seventh Day Adventists case in Canada facing prosecution for Sabbath observance.
A fragment suggests a political figure nicknamed the calamity howler departs amid hunger or lack of support, warning that the party reliant on calamity rhetoric may collapse, with implications for New York World coverage and public opinion.
Public school officials in Washington note fewer teaching vacancies this year, a rarity in years. They explain marriages reduce vacancies as many teachers forego matrimony to support parents during hard times, while earlier reports praise new methods and a forward shift in education, equipping youth for life’s struggles.
Detroit News notes the political debate over a Democratic tariff supporting a tin plate mill. The piece frames the McKinley tariff as a grave threat and frames the mill as a test of tariff policy in a period of political contention. The comment reflects partisan economic anxieties of the era.
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