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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
4
A Boston man calls for establishing schools to train newsboys in elocution. The piece notes the ongoing Cuba crisis, Weyler’s actions, and the rescue of Evangelina Cisneros via a New York newspaper, praising American resolve and the rescuers.
Reports nationwide describe a severe drought easing as rains finally fall across regions. Farmers, families, and livestock faced hunger and thirst while wells ran dry and fires threatened forests. Volatile weather earlier left many desolate, but recent showers restore some relief amid ongoing hardship.
A sketch features Tecumseh Sherman son of a late general as a bright, lively candidate and Lewis Nixon, a naval architect of Virginian birth and Naval Academy graduate, described as highly accomplished. Nixon studied at Croonwich royal school and led his class, later joining the Navy Department construction bureau in Washington to design and supervise battleship construction.
The Augusta Chronicle notes L. Sherman and N. Nixon as exemplars of Southern talent and leadership. It praises young men as the country’s future, highlighting shipyards, new navy vessels, and Tammany’s interest in political roles for industrial figures. It argues the South will lead Twentyeth Century progress.
The New York Journal speculates on Governor Atkinson of West Virginia weighing clemency for his wife as she faces forgery charges. Observers note differing views from Governors Mount and Stephens on a governor’s right to pardon a spouse, with debates about law versus higher principle.
Fragmented notes discuss poetry, journalism, Klondike ventures, kite assisted travel, and a Philadelphia born painter nearing a century. Mentions Henry O Tanner and Luxembourg Gallery, plus a Lincolnshire mill hand entering Talloll University and winning a trackery history scholarship.
Misson- TL Governor Lon V Stephens and his wife will ride at the head of an upcoming St Louis bicycle parade. The event promises pageantry, with local mention of attire and ceremonial apparatus. The item blends lifestyle notes with unrelated commentary on health, fashion, and literary snippets from Dorothy Wordsworth.
A bustling sale offers 28 full outfits including sack coats pants and vests in dark grey twill tweed and wool blends. Throughout the display are listings of child and mens suits in navy blues and cheviots with varied sizes, patterns, and prices, plus promises of low, non repeatable prices and quick sellouts as the store touts its value and quality.
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