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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
5
September's end brings sultry days and cool nights. The School Board meets tomorrow. storms bring more deaths and street washouts. Local visits and travels mark the week as do weddings, jail terms, and labor day plans. Port Norfolk rail issues and navy yard notes mix with civic life, weather, and community events.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock two boys fell overboard from a pump wagon on the Sue while hauling boxes for a Berkley factory. A Franklin tug launched a quick rescue, one boy saved as he disappeared, the other held by the engineer until the tug returned and retrieved him. One boy taken to the Franklin, then moved to the tug, both shaken and frightened. Onlookers feared for their lives as the accident occurred opposite the yard.
Mr and Mrs N A Powers announce the funeral of their child at 8 o'clock this afternoon. The service will be held at Hill Presbyterian Church located at the corner of Hightl and Jefferson streets, extended.
Advertisement lists reduced prices on lawns and silks, ginghams, and dress fabrics, with yardage and remnants in various colors. Also features crash hats, straw goods, and picture frames at cut prices from W E Vinnelhon Co, Charles Reed Welton Co, and Crawford's Furniture and Carpet House.
Paris inventors claim a chemical coating can render solid objects invisible under searchlights. Tests near Brest allegedly show a torpedo boat crossing guarded waters and entering harbor, despite heavy defenses and glare. Naval authorities caution that details and feasibility remain uncertain.
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as cures for bruises sores ulcers boils and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It claims 26 cents per box and lists Burrow Martin & Co as the sellers in Milwaukee. The surrounding text references coal prices and political figures while mentioning various health claims and remedies.
A Paducah special to the Evening Post reports thirteen members of Henry Miller’s family and others on the Metropolis farm near Metropolis Kentucky were poisoned yesterday. Three are dead and eight more may succumb. A farm girl, described as afflicted, hurled rat poison into the well. she admits the act and has been arrested. The victims’ names are not released and conditions are described as terrible.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs colds and lung ailments. It warns against substitutes and claims guaranteed relief or money refunded. Trial bottle available free at Burrow Martin Co drugstore, with regular sizes 60 cents and 1.00.
Portsmouth Adv s card of thanks thanks to Cape Ceo Woo Me Donnell late Superintendent for kindness while employed. Public auction to divide estate listing the King Farm of 10 acres near Norfolk County with fourteen homes and two schools, six miles from town. Seller John C Nipmiever Avellonver.
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