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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1895
Page
8
Dr G M Carasso of Genoa reports 37 of 43 pulmonary TB recoveries using inhaled peppermint oil vapor, creosote rinse, and hyper alimentation. He claims sputum clears, cough eases, and fever subsides, with recoveries lasting five to six years in many cases.
Fragmentary opinion argues riding bicycles by women is morally wrong and would undermine society. The text contends the same rule should apply to men and condemns cycling as depraved and vicious, while noting progress toward an ideal future is slow and wavering.
The article notes intense nationwide attention to the currency question focusing on free silver at 16 to 1 with gold. It highlights Coin Publishing selling nearly 500,000 copies of Coin's Financial School and Sound Currency distributions by the Reform Club, including Coin's Financial Fool by Barney White and A Financial Catechism by Pred Perry Powers. The Sound Currency address is 62 William Street, New York.
The Quincy police detain George Thirms for eccentric claims. He once served as head engineer on the steamer City of Savannah, wrecked near Massachusetts in 1854. Thirms survived 87 of 128 divers, with injuries including the loss of ribs and skull trephination. Now 60 plus, he displays cheerfulness and is a G A R member who served on the ironclad Essex.
The article honors Cornelia Walter Michnarda Richards as a pioneering female editor of the Boston Transcript, marking her seventy fifth birthday and recalling her rise after serving as Lynda M. Walter’s amanuensis and later editor while the paper built its local Boston coverage.
A South Carolina suffrage prosecution features speakers led by Mrs. Virginia D. Young and Mrs. Viola Neblett along with Miss Laura Clay and Miss Helen Morris Lewis. The event showcases five or six epocels and volunteers, aiming to prove suffrage elevates women’s moral and social status.
Fragmented OCR describes a maritime style court case with references to witnesses, decrees, and court procedures dated in June 1303. It mentions parties, testimonies, and various locales, including references to port towns and legal actions by a court in a historical setting.
A catalog note lists various children sizes of ribbed hose in black with options such as lose seamless and regular finishes. Prices per pair range from 1 to 12 cents with quantities noted from 10 to 109 pairs.
Sale notes offer 60 pairs of ladies hose and 199 pairs of various hose styles in fast black, unbleached, brown, navy, gray, and white. Prices shown as two cents per pair for multiple items and a 124c per pair for others. Contains numerous misspellings and fragmented phrases.
Posner’s offers a selection of ladies hosiery with sale prices for 100 pair lots. Prices range from 25 cents to 50 cents per pair, featuring striped, dropped stitched, fast black, and colored hose in multiple sizes and styles.
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