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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1897
Page
6
Opera and theater news mix with local notices in Suffolk Virginia. A traveling company plans a December engagement at the City Hall Theatre while Miss Plinabru seladay Kelley and Mr Ernest Garrelton Goodrich announce a quiet wedding.
A $4,000 judgment from Randolph County Missouri title case paves the way for slander lawsuits arising from a long livestock dispute between Noah Kingsberry and John Zimmer. Kingsberry wins $1 damages in one suit while Zimmer pays costs. two additional slander suits linger with potential compromises and further trials. The matter centers on possession of cattle and a dispute over a hog’s ownership and accusations of character by Zimmer and others.
Report notes the castle’s construction began about 200 years later than previously believed, revealed by workmen during repairs. A new fire escape uses a friction lever to regulate descent. Two New York men claim an electro dental mallet for tooth filling hardening with a sliding central bar activated by current.
The piece describes a mock duel on bicycles where English and French wheelmen use foils and masks with eye projections. Competitors wear cut eyeglass costumes and rubber knee pads as they circle at close range and strike, scoring points when a rider is touched on the chest.
A Reading dispatch profiles four near centenarians Dan I Shulls age 88 Daniel Selley 87 William Allgaier around 89 and Amos Whittiput 81 who meet daily since childhood. All are widowers with separate homes and boarders. The youngest dreamed he would live to 101, a vision that strengthens his belief despite advancing years.
A heated debate centers on a typed memorial from Walsall constituents rejected by the Speaker as a breach of the rules. The piece argues for official use of typewriters, noting Britain and the United States lag behind in adopting the device and citing Mr. Maine as the first to introduce it.
Dispatch reports a white city mule in Columbia’s force stables has caused three drivers to suffer paralysis or death since ownership began. Esminger died after early stroke, Roof crippled, Darby survived but warns others. Superstition grows among workers as more drivers fall ill.
Early reports from London suggest a powerful syndicate is forming to acquire Klondike mine claims as Prince and German interests consider buying up claims. The chatter points to vast speculative valuation, though no claim is deemed impossible to unearth.
In Berkley communications advertise an alert for orders by six. Dock Griffin, former student of Berkley Military Institute, started as bookkeeper with his brother at Windsor. Mrs Young to present The Great Gatastrophe Thursday at Gold Fellows Hall with several talented performers. Washington District Democrats meet Friday with speakers including Major Hoge Tyler and Senator Harry Maynard. Tug Atlantic City under repairs. Fred Hovland ill. Mrs M M Wisinton recovering. Lower town flooded with water rising to inches, mills overflowed, lumber damaged, access cut, and fences blown down. Cisterns filled with salt water and high water marks near April level.
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