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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1897
Page
4
Advertising Merits set at 7 cents per square for first insertion, 3.74 cents for subsequent insertions, or 60 for alternate-day inserts. Contractors restricted to their business spaces unless paid for extra. Reading notices priced at 2.5 cents first insertion, 12 cents later or 15 cents on alternate days. New York office listed with Ralph McEmh. Virginia disclaimers on return of manuscripts.
Across eight pages a collage of dispatches reports train wreckers hunted with bloodhounds in Alabama. Details include Bayard's first baggage shipment of 208 pieces with four dogs, and various political and naval notes from the era.
The New York Journal of Commerce states the navy department has long used steel with 60 000 pounds tensile strength and 25 percent elongation for structural uses. It now proposes cheaper, inferior steel for coal bunkers and doors, while torpedo boat hulls demand high strength. Congress is asked to authorize changes in steel contracts.
The Virginian and Roanoke World weigh in on Norfolk hosting the Democratic State convention. Norfolk officials plan to present claims to the State Committee with notable backers including Congressman W. A. Young and editors from The Virginian and Public Ledger. Disputes linger among other cities, but Norfolk hopes for success while critics denounce royal prerogative and divine right rhetoric used to justify power.
A nonpartisan history of the Civil War is urged. The Chicago Times-Herald and Athlanta Journal push for a jointly produced work by United Confederate Veterans and Grand Army of the Republic members. The Nashville exposition is seen as a catalyst to launch this effort, valued as essential and unsectarian.
A Berlin dispatch reported by the Mail and Express in the London Daily Times says the young German Emperor, during the consecration of two new Berlin churches, presented...
The article argues Greece was doomed before conflict began, noting Greece was unprepared and underarmed while Turkey pressed the advantage. It suggests Great Powers favored Turkey with indemnity terms, foretelling Greek territorial loss and a stronger Ottoman posture in Europe.
Bradley Newell abandons iron trade for more profitable ventures as he cites a pivotal invention: roller bearings for car wheels eliminating lubricants. A wheel test reached 170,000 miles without oil. Global newspaper output hits 12.0 billion yearly with vast paper needs and presses.
Yang Yu former minister from China to the United States planted a tree at General Grant's tomb for Li Wing Chang. President McClelland of Pacific University Forest Grove Ore announces a gift of 10 600 from H W Corbett recently named a United States Senator from Oregon. In South Africa a proposal was seriously made to name Cecil Rhodes the namesake for every infant born there amid a parliamentary committee trial.
The message asserts constant advancement and steadfast purpose, describing a great store that grows stronger and serves the masses with the freshest, brightest apparel at bed rock wholesale cash prices. It emphasizes direct maker contact, avoidance of middlemen margins, and advantageous tailoring beyond typical retail.
The ad touts a buying coalition of six large stores offering men and boys suits at extreme values. It promotes One Ninety Eight for full suits, Ninety-Seven and Ninety-Eight price points, and highlights patterns, sizes, and fabric quality while urging immediate shopping across the men’s and children’s sections.
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