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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1897
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment references Baltimore arches, Mt. Popocatépetl, and The Star Spangled Banner. It mentions President McKinley crediting a Spanish mission to Representative Hitt, U S tax ideas in Turkey, a Chicago man claiming alchemy, Prince Constantine, sugar schedules, and press jumbles about Spain and Weyler. It reads as a chaotic mix of political and economic notes with no clear event.
It is noted that many smaller nations rely on English shipyards for warships. Argentina owns six armored vessels with five built in England, Greece and Chile show high English construction rates, and other nations including Japan Spain Turkey Portugal and Germany exhibit similar patterns, highlighting England as a major global shipbuilder.
Paris edition journalist M George Clemenceau argues Cuba will gravitate to the United States, stating Cuba cannot escape American influence as Spain and Europe cannot stop a natural law. He says the island will ultimately come under American control for the welfare of all, with Madrid and this country taking note.
In a Nashville convention address United States Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright discussed 1890 and 1895 coal output in the South, tying growth to miners and rail transport. He praised rising Southern manufacturing and rail expansion, noted lower encumbrance of Southern farms, and cited attitudes against mortgages among white Southerners as factors shaping ownership.
The text notes regional differences in mortgage debt and prison inmate rates, citing per capita figures for 1890. It argues that Southern conditions appear more favorable than other regions, with specific ratios given for South Atlantic and South Central divisions compared with North Atlantic. It also contrasts Negro population ratios across regions.
A compilation of eccentric snippets and social curiosities from various regions. It cites foreign population ratios in England and France, Gibraltar monkeys, hailstones in Mexico, a death in Hartwell, embezzlement slang in Atlanta, the Boston organ sale, Munich trains, a Bizet march adoption, a bathtub luxury, Persia polygamy trends, New York’s fashion observer the Numsperor of the Dudes, global horse counts by region, and the Paris professor Charvot pension reallocation for widows and children.
Miss Mary Isabella Potter becomes the first Episcopal deaconess ordained in the Connecticut diocese, with other brief notes on Miss Chamberlin in London and Miss Stray gaining postnominal honors. A profile of Queen Olga, a Norfolk-born heiress, and biographical notes on Sir Julian Pauncefote are touched with social gossip about London’s ports, ships, and travel stats.
Value improves in the Men’s Suit Department with a major sale on medium and lower grades. High cost garments are culled to prevent stock burden. suits range from 2.33 to 9.97, with patterns, finishes, and fabrics described as durable, fashionable, and bargain rich for budget buyers.
A newspaper ad proclaims lower prices on youth and children’s suits in vivid terms. It touts navy blue Vigilant Diagonal youths' suits up to size 19, various three button sack styles, washable children’s salts, reefers, jackets, and double seats with a wide price range from under 90 cents to 35 dollars, highlighting quality and value.
In this listing a Children's Department sale offers washable suitor suits for toddlers and boys, knee pants in wool and cheviot fabrics, double breasted jackets, and matching outfits. Prices range from 37 to 65 cents for various items, with sizes spanning ages 3 to 16 and selections in striped, grey, and blue designs.
The Great Store advertises strong value in men pants with prices from forty seven cents to four ninety nine, highlighting heavy striped woolen and cheviot options. It claims exceptional buys, including woolen pants at ninety cents and higher quality styles up to two dollars and fifty cents, emphasizing double purchasing power and quality construction.
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