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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1896
Page
4
The Daily Virginian is delivered to subscribers by carriers in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, West Norfolk, and Newport News. Rates: one week one cent. quarterly, monthly and yearly options listed. postage paid in the United States.
A lengthy, fragmented column surveys global politics and press commentary. It notes Spain, Cuba, and European affairs, mentions President Cleveland, and touches on newspapers facing upheaval and financial strain. It also jokes about public figures and literary figures amid a turbulent era.
The Virginian and The Pilot clash over the legalized primary law in Norfolk. The Virginian defends the act as a general law guarding voter freedom while The Pilot accuses it of enabling machine influence and questions party control.
A garbled Virginian text discusses election procedure and party access to the polls. It urges granting electors and party inspectors a chance to nominate a ticket, while criticizing rigid ballot access and urging independence from party control.
A jumble of brief lines references Sir George Nines meeting Latins on the Clyde and a future trip to America, mentions Cuban urgency General, a 60 year old man over 140 pounds, Captain Thatcher of the English Army, a coat factory worker in Cotoma Michigan earning fifty cents a day, and other scattered items about Uncle Germany, Charley Viarduppe, a Brooklynbased life, and Thomas Edison.
Fragmented notes discuss a 3 000 000 loan for Canada to bolster militia and defenses. Mentions Spanish and American trade tensions with Cubs boycott implications. References a Kansas convict history, a vehicle door painted with Excelsior motto hire, and Sutherland county ownership. Mentions Vasco da Gama centennial voyage hints for 400th anniversary around the Cape.
Our store slashes prices across departments to clear heavy winter stock before inventory. Suits for men youths and boys, overcoats and storm coats from fine foreign and domestic cloths, previously priced up to 10 dollars more, now offered at extremely low sale prices. Children’s suits at 1.95 to 2.75 provide quick value, with emphasis on moving stock fast before next season.
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