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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1897
Page
6
Monticello visitors return home after pleasant calls. A man from Richmond was found ill and aided after lying on a porch. A 1900 era discussion on currency and gold and silver standards closes with a note of constitutional authority.
A collage of Norfolk notices records city life through brief items. M. C. A. boating season closes. many residents travel, visit relatives, or return from counties. Deeds admitted, an engineer updates coal and wood water issues, and civic groups prepare meetings. A kerosene lamp explosion at the Florence Crittenton Home caused minor damage before fire crews arrived.
Intelligence confirms Deputy United States Marshal A. A. Teplew died Monday afternoon at Manteo, likely from heart trouble. Body forwarded to Burlington for interment.
Chilhowie Virginia merchant Mr St Greeve certifies he suffered consumption and was given up. After trying many remedies and years of coughing he used Dr King's New Discovery and was cured after two bottles. He praises it for colds and consumption and notes local success stories. Free sample bottles offered at Burrow Martin & Co drug store.
New York August 31 Today's stock market showed great irregularity with many prices holding steady despite large trades. Sugar led moves, range nearly eight points as traders bet on tariff clause effects on sugar from bounty nations. tobacco rose, rails largely immobile while bonds and money market held firm amid mixed futures and a brief note on the E. B. Cuthbert & Co. suspension.
Norfolk market notes show fish and meat prices for various cuts and weights. Listings include No 2 and No 3 mackerel in kegs, herring varieties, pot and barrel shipments, mess pork and pork products, bacon and ham, with prices ranging from 2.50 to 12.00 per unit and notes on market strength and advances.
Maritime brief lists vessels to and from West Hartlepool and other ports. Wildawell Wills and Fannie C Bowen coal cargoes entrusted to brokers Wm Lamb & Co. Fannie C Bowen and Frank W McCullough at Hampton, Pilgrim Pendleton to coal, andrafts to Stonington and New Bedford with coal and lumber. Barge Mayflower to Hoboken, several vessels sailing to Norfolk and Philadelphia. Mary and Tell loaded with brick through James River. Note: Mary and Tell sunk near Sturgeon Point wharf on August 6.
Yesterday morning Walter J. Simmons and Henrietta Stephens were married in a private ceremony at the bride’s home 333 Boush street. The Rev. Edward Mack of the First Presbyterian Church officiated.
A vintage advertisement touts Miedrie Bitters as the best vegetable medicine to restore a nervous system, tone stomach nerves, stimulate liver and kidneys, and purify blood. It claims improved appetite and digestion, calling it a superior blood purifier and nerve tonic sold for 50 cents or one dollar at Burrow, Martin & Co. Drug Store.
Last Saturday saw several industrial mishaps at Port Norfolk including two men injured with finger injuries at a factory and another man badly burned by a gasoline lamp. Two laborers on the electric line suffered hand and foot injuries and a belt line track upgrade was reported. A driverless wagon incident caused minor damage to a mule road crossing. Baptismal rites at Mount Herman Baptist upheld church life. Commuters chased a Coast Line express in rain while a parasol mishap amused onlookers. Local officials praised new houses rising in Port Norfolk and Pinners Point.
An excerpt touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for liver disorders and related symptoms. It contrasts this “tried and popular medicine” with irrational remedies and asserts speedy, complete relief. Endorsed effects include reduced sallowness, coated tongue, indigestion, constipation, headaches, nausea, and shoulder pain.
The advert touts animal extracts as highly effective for nervous disorders epilepsy locomotor ataxia heart decay and women's health with a free medical advice book. It promises quick improvements within 24 hours and lists products Cerebrine Medalline Cardine Ovarine Thyroidine Purculin and mentions sales through Wash Auton Chemical Co Washington DC and Walker & Williams 103 Water Street.
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