Tow Town or Sufi E Suffolk Will Twitty is Dead
Suffolk Va May 8 Special Will Twitty is dead a beloved minister's son and the community grieves. He died at 5 am at his mother's home on Gray Street after six months of illness advancing from consumption. He was nearly 21, worked at the Bank of Commerce in Norfolk, and leaves four sisters and one brother. Funeral Sunday at Main Street M E church with local and Norfolk pallbearers.
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Will Twitty
Annie Twitty
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P. P. Causey
Kenneth McLeod
Norfolk
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James F. Twitty
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Everlyn
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Humphreys Digestive Ailment Cure Ad
Humphreys No 10 claims to strengthen digestive organs and cure dyspepsia or bilious conditions from heavy meat meals. It promises rapid relief for stomach cramps, heartburn, and indigestion and offers free mail order samples through local druggists or physicians.
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Humphreys
Pat Eas
Petersburg News Briefs From May Day Events And Obits
May 8 Petersburg reports a civic exhibit by Norfolk YMCA youths at Muse Academy on May 2. Also noted are the sudden death of Mr. James Tennessee at his residence, Confederate Veterans meeting at the County Courthouse, and lodge representatives to the Grand Lodge in Staunton. Dems nominate Junius Johnson for supervisor. independent Democrat AL Young opposes Pr. W. Daniel in Mampleton district.
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Speciap
Muse
Fliday
Norfolk
M.C
Nearfolk Association
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Ole Ridinary
Janes Tennessey
AL Wise
Ph. F. Lee
Confederate Veterans
Luneybergy Countey
Convention of
Sashville
Tennessee
Grand Lodge
OL Wetlows
Virginia
Staunton
James LW. Clanks
Trom Monroe
Adingod Water Dunnett
Appomattox
Revenue prachinew ship Chess stranded off Charleston
The United States revenue prachinew ship Chess, from Charleston to Liverpool, anchored off the harbor with substantial damage after a collision with a sailing vessel. The foretopmast and jibboom are gone, upper woodwork on the port bows stove. No casualties reported. the captain declined a fence and expected to enter harbor tomorrow.
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United States Revenue
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Danville Board Plans Meeting on Tobacco Tax Increase
Danville Virginia district reports a planned May 6 meeting of tobacco board representatives from Virginia and North Carolina to oppose a proposed two cent per pound tax rise on manufactured tobacco. Delegates have been appointed and a large anti tax convention is expected in Danville next Saturday.
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Martineville
Virginia
North Carolina
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Banker Found Dead in Richmond Va May 8 1897
A Metropolitan Bank president and Beth Aemina congregation director Mr W Nelson was found dead by gas in his Richmond home. He had suffered illness and likely took his life to end his pain. Coroner, funeral plans undetermined, he was seventy seven, foreign born, once a merchant tailor, leaves no family. Judge Lees letter endorsing Chicago platform discussed in political circles. Two colored convicts arrested for assault near the Capitol and a robbery case with $10 seized from John Collins.
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AV. Nelson
Metropolitan Ghak
City Bank
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Nelson
Bie
Taylor
Neowss
Nelson Wie
America
Senmitor Daniel
Fitaler
Discovery of Early American Settlement Unearthed
A fragmentary Raleigh News and Observer account discusses a long hidden royal charter implying an early European presence in America. It cites 16th century explorations by D Ay llon and debates the true site of the first settlement near the Cape Fear coast before Jamestown and St Augustine.
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Tee Daity
Hunestown
Raleigh News and Observer
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United States
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St. Augustine
Fla
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Jonh Syith
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Royal
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America
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Spain
Spanish Colony Attempt at Guindape Point Remembered
Judge Walter Clark summarizes a colonial saga from 1626 led by a Spanish adventurer who chartered ships took 600 colonists and named a Guindape peninsula San Miguel. The expedition failed amid harsh winter disease and mutiny, with later English Jamestown comparison and renewed Spanish interest a century later.
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Salut
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Age and charm in marriage across eras and cultures
A provocative exploration of how age affects perceived attractiveness and marriage prospects in Russia and Europe. The piece cites court anecdotes and literary examples, noting older men still deemed charming while younger women are pursued, and questions when personal appeal fades with time.
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George Eliot
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Aime
de Stool
de Roce
Henry Russell Emerges as Leading Owing Magetish Composer
Henry Russell, born at Sherner on December 84, mt, stands as the oldest Owing Magetish composer. He has composed and published more than Su songs, marking a prolific career in the field.
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Sherner
Small Spot May Hide Cancer Cure Claim
A Swedish style advert promotes S. S. S. as a purely vegetable blood remedy for cancer and blood diseases. It warns local treatments worsen pain and asserts the treatment reaches disease through blood, claiming no minerals or drugs and offering a mailed booklet from Swift Specific Company of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta
Georgia
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