Portsmoth Roll of Honor in Public Schools September 1597
Public school lists for September 1597 across districts name many students including Elizabeth Bar mest Anita Boswell Mary Carlin Margaret Ives Ethel Only Katty Pringle Fannie Pett Else Vincent Edna White with others in Second and Third Primary and district groupings. A youth Lois Peddeman aged about 18 was shot through the left hand by a pistol accident while at 220 County street and treated by Dr Culpepper. a balloon ascent by Professor Edward Fredley at Columbia Park is announced with free electric car entry and a whitewash train of the Seaboard Air Line to demo rapid painting. five women and two men were arrested for occupying a house on King street with five days in jail default fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Barmest
Anita Boswell
Mary Carlin
Margaret Ives
Ethel Only
Katty Pringle
Fannie Pett
Else Vincent
Edna White
Willie Tves
Elmer Thornton Itu Curlin
Mary Maupin
Qlumble Story
Jesse Story
Mary Williams
Ruthle Willams
George Betty
Maattie Cross
Agnes Earnest
Blanche Hughes
Jonnie Mitchell
Nellie Holland
Grace Curtin
Nannie Cross
Wille Richardson
Lois Peddeman
County Street
Tme
W. G. Culpepper
Justice Rustic
King Street
Parker
Jai Se Amuch
Pythian’ Hall
Berkley Public School
C.H. Godfrey
Jones’ Railway
Rick Trotman
Pine
Chestnut Streets
Logen
Charles T. Barry
North Street
Ellizabeth City
Sallie
Colonna
James F. Tatem
Chestnut Street
Edward Rudd
Miss Maud
Branning
N.C
Ada Owenton
Evelyn Reed
Jim Bean
Market Hall
Sn Lawisbury
Lewis
Norfolk
Local society notes and street updates in Norfolk
Invitations are issued for weddings of Ida Many to William Jarvis at 318 Booth Park Avenue on the sixth at nine. Hessie Norman wed Tenry Willis at Park Avenue Baptist on Tuesday the 26th at five. Old Maids Convention attendees to meet at Park Avenue Baptist leisure room Saturday night. Mr W W Crowder erects a new residence on North Park Avenue. Oyster supper at Moore’s store draws many patrons. Mercy and Help Committee of McKendree Epworth League pleased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth &. Slade
Ida Many
Wiliam Ja. Jarvis
J. K. Dutton
Booth Park Avenue
Dennis Ferebee
Maltby
Highland Avenues
Hessle Norman
Tenry C. Willis
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Poama
M. Baker
West Brambleton Avenue
North Carolina
Park Avenue
Tirts Street
Norfolk, Virgnia Beach and Southern Railroad
Claiborne Avenue
W. W. Crowder
Norfolk and Western Railroad
North Park Avenue
Moore's
Indies of the
Mercy and Help Committee
McKendree Epworth League
Central Avenue Baptist Church Considers New Building
Mrs Lizzie Downing visits from Northampton county while central Avenue Baptists plan to examine the feasibility of erecting a new church. A committee will study advisability as enthusiastic attendees gather after services. A literary and musical entertainment at Lekles Memorial features Miss Margarette Crandall and Mr Geo Carter with recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Downing
Northampton County
T. Mathews
Campe Avenue
Central Avenue Baptist Church
Tehoarse
Lekles Memorial Church
Margarette Crandall
Geo. Carter
Specini Sale of Hosiery and Domestic Items
Sale notice for hosiery, portieres, and chenille table covers with discounted prices. Listings include ladies Balbrizzian hose, chenille portieres, and chenille table covers with set and per yard prices. Local merchants J A Phillips, W E Virnelson, Anderson Thompson, J S Crawford, and Charles R Walton & Co referenced for fall hats and home goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specini
Audience Shows Mor Dainty Etheridge in Solua
Mr Mor dainty Etheridge was present and fairly captivated the audience with solua. The event provoked much applause. Refreshments were served as the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordaint Etheridge
Solua
Cotton market and receipts show small declines and steady close
Warm dry weather spans the cotton belt as Liverpool futures slip a point and New York contracts fall 1 to 7 points. Estimated New Orleans receipts total 12,000 to 14,000 bales, with U.S. port sales yesterday at 44,402 against last year. Futures for October to March range from 6.20 to 6.92, with 164,700 bales sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
New Orleans
London
United States
Laval
Quitetat Fe
New York
Oaly
Partilly
Philadelphia
Bates
Cross
Great Britain
France
Great Brita
Amusing 1897 Letter From Tennessee Land Office Reader
A Johnson City resident in 1897 contests entry forfeiture, jesting on wheat booms and land values. The letter laments long delays and harsh homestead rules, praising Uncle Sam yet noting the isolation and hard work of prairie life. It amuses the General Land Office in Washington as reported by a St. Louis Globe-Democrat telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Ofee Hermann
Johnson City
Tene
Kansas
Jonson City
Tenn
United States Land Office
Wa Kooney
Kax
Kaadoin Chat Srl
Jack Rabbit
Talo
Mother Earth
Washington Telegram
St. Louis Globe-Democraat
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Healed Longstanding Piles
J C Merry of Spencer Missouri testifies he cured years of stubborn piles using DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve after thirty years of trial with other remedies. He offers to verify his claim by correspondence. The item also notes P&O steamer China once completed the Australia Colombo leg in eight days over 3290 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Merry
Spencer, Mo
DeWitt
J. M. F, Trotter
K. L. Walker
Truitt & Smith
Australia
Colombo
China
Bearish pressure steadies in mixed market action
New York and Chicago stocks see bears drive prices down with heavy selling, while some leading issues like Chicago Gas and Sugar show renewed declines. Traders note short-covering attempts fail to shift the overall trend as professional selling and international factors keep prices under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bears
Chicago Gas
Southwesterns
Europe
Amesay
Bank of Engigaola
Paris
Atch’son
Eerie
Montel St
Ko Mo
Gen Elwe
Livy
Gesyitsen
New York Money Market and Commodities Update
New York money on call steady at 2 447 percent with least loan at 3 percent and closing offered at 2 0 7 1 2 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4 8 4 5 for demand and 6 4 9 8 for sixty days. Government bonds firm. state and railroad bonds weak. wheat and oats spot weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Asia
Wholesale Notations Provisions Market Quiet at Norfolk 1897
Norfolk provisions market report dated October 14 1897 lists prices for Pish Mackerel Herring Family Roe Potomac and North Carolina cuts in barrels kegs and bags. Includes bulk meats bacon lard cheese and groceries with specific per unit prices and quality notes across multiple items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
North Carolina
Potomac
Smithfield
Western Dairy
Liverpool Fine
New York State Dairy
New
Kerésone
Flour Market and grains prices in regional trade notes
Market notes show firm conditions in flour and grain trading with multiple grade prices. Best Patent Family 35.86 and winter wheat beat Family at 5 756, choice straight at 5.00, white corn 43c, mill feed steady at 14.00 to 14.60 per 100 pounds, hay prices $13.50 to $12.50 for No 1 and mixed. Fish and other commodities listed with cents-per-pound rates. Local loaf prices range 4.36 to 6.05 depending on grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chicago
Mens’ Park
New York
Minnesota
Western Creamery
Elgina
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Centennial
California
Franklin Standard
Keyrayne
Amerccan
Peanut Market Prices and Live Stock Report
Market notes show varied peanut prices for fresh and shelling categories with several grades listed. Live stock demand remains firm with strong prices for heavy Western cattle and good hogs, beef cattle ranges, and reasonable sheep and pig prices. prices per head and per pound are given for multiple classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Shipping News From Atlantic Ports Reported Arrivals and Cleared Vessels
The record lists numerous ships and barges cleared or arrived at New York Newport News Boston New Orleans and other ports. Vessels include Indralema Fortuna Bardonia Curley Massapequa Miramar Vittoria Tamayo Swirl Cactus J H Leeds Maud Sherwood Gen E S Greeley Chas P Notman and more with cargoes of coal lumber kanit or coke and fish scrap. Several barges and tugs are noted with tow duties and coal shipments as the maritime traffic continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al German Stmp
Pisa
Fendt
New York
Newport News
Indralema
Campbell
Swansea
Schr
Fortuna
Chase
Boston
West
Lehr. Murray
van Diver
McPhearton
Sehr
F. G. Irwin
Riggin
Bardonia Curley
Curley
Washington
Hoboken
Lawrence
Norwich
Massapequa
Cook
Hamburg
Enargo
Miramar
New Orleans
British Strip
Vittoria
Wetherill
Tampico
Tamayo
Maheo
Nantes
Norfolk and Western Railway
Swir
Cactus
Wiley
Bermuda
John Booth
Emmona
Saco
Manson
Crapo
J. H. Leeds
Maud Sherwood
Kelley
New Tedford
Greeley
Blake
Providence
Chas
P. Notman
Jewitt
Wildcroft
Cassop
Pont
Newpont News
Tass Harbor Light Station Notice of Bell Substitution
The Lighthouse Heard reports that around October 27, 1897 a far bell operated by machinery will replace the hand struck bell at Tass Harbor Light Station. For fog or foggy weather the bell will strike every ten seconds. The fog bell house is a small red building near the bank edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tass Harbor
Mount Desert Island
Electric Bitters Promised To Aid Female Health
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervous sleeplessness melancholy and dizziness. It claims health and strength are guaranteed and lists Burrow Martin Co. drug store as the seller offering fifty cents and one dollar bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrow, Martin & Co
Berkeley News Briefs and Town Council Actions
The Berkley list notes mail, postponements, and local incidents. Complaints about schoolyard property damage, a barge pump action, and a shooting injury are reported alongside a Market Hall ball and a Chester Street development plan. The Town Council discusses paving front of Berkley Avenue Baptist, curb work at Clinton and Berkley, plank roadway on Washington Street, tax reductions, streetcar fenders, and armor plant talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Keeling
Jones
Miller
Williams
Tilley
Parks
Whetstone
Martin
Berkley
John M. Morgan
New
Berkley Avenue Baptist Church
Cltton Street
Berkley Avenue
Washington Street
Lee
Mulberry Streets
R. W. Brooks
Street
Norfolk Council
Berkley Council
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Mesara
A. H. Martin
C. H. Williams
J. A. Jacobs
C. W. Rockafeller
John Ti. Foster
R. M. Phelps
Divorce Decree Dissolves Marital Bonds in Norfolk County Court
Portsmouth Va October 1897 Terry certifies a decree entered September 11 1897 in the Circuit Court of Norfolk County dissolving the marriage between John A B Gordon and Margaret Gordon. L M Silvester chair of the Circuit Court of Norfolk Co. Oelhaal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Terry
Circuit Court of
Norfolk County
John A. B. Gordon
Margaret Gordon
L. M. Silvester
Circuit Court of Norfolk Co
Oelhaal
Berkley Tax Notice for 1807 Collections Delayed
Berkley Massachusetts 1897 tax notice states tax books for 1807 are in collection and all unpaid taxes in October will incur penalties. Address given as Pine and Chestnut streets and signed by W. S. Rudd Sergeant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkley
Chestnut
Rudd
A Blessing For the Ladies With Brazilian Balm
An old time remedy advertises Brazilian Balm as a cure for soreness, pain, bearing down, and various troubles. It claims a 50 cent to one dollar bottle works quickly and a strong solution used as an injection benefits Mrs. Gee of Wilmington, Delaware, and others, asserting superior results to many prescriptions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary EB. Herbert
Fourtil District
Becond
Virginius Butt
Gracie Armistead
Katie Barrett
Balle Croughton
Mage Ihunt
Leone Mitt
Admrting
Alilene Powell
Pannie Spindle
Marie Ennis
Grace Z2ingenhal
Linzie Moody
Louisa Tiawr
Chira Garriss
Bertha Schiffer
Maud Leeds
Didtred Grant
John Kneeburg
Adolph Kneeburg
George Potrich
Russell Beaborn
Ruth Grimes
Cleveland Herbert
Fannie Turner
Wilson Pendleton
Sydney Morecock
Ruth Boyce
Essie Beazley
Worthy Jonesy
Rena Tabb
Margaret Niemeyer
Lizale Hart
Bert Dillard
Anlee Armstrong
Columbia Park Company
Edward Fredley
Columbia Park
Seaboard Air Line
Bram
Jeon
Klondike
Columbia Navigation and Trading Company
City OF Columbia
North Niver
Wellesday
ST. Michael
Dawson City
San Francisco
Seattle
Old Dominion §. 8
Columbia Navigation and Trading Co
Wall St
Raymone & Whmitcomd
Chestnuet
Mercer
eu-St
A J. Phillips
Oxford Hall
Hawes Hall
W. E. Virnelson, & CO
Anderson & Thompson
J. S. Crawford
Charles R. Walton & Co
Acthyily Geneod
ImNaction
Cordova
Norfolk Virginian
Dales
Seaboard
Norfolk & Western
Norfolk & Southern
Atlantic & Danville
Norfolk & Carolina
Southern
Groveriees
Laguayra
Inva
Port Rico
Taylors
Virginia
Shipping News
Pmoremonth
Tug Chowan
Strathfellan
Antwerp
Stmp
Greenbrier
Montauk
Allied
Warwick
Key West
Barge Coal King
Benton
Barge Volunteer
New Haven
Lehr
Galatia
Oliver S. Barrett
Poston
Hpad Light Station
Surfolk
Berkley Aves
THE
Bank OF Berkley
W. H. Lane
Liberty Sts
Derkley
Walee & Williams
W. H. Terr Burrow
MARTIN ‘@ CO
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