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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1897
Page
5
Daily notes fall weather, travels, and social morsels in Portsmouth with mentions of marriages, visitors, arrests, and public projects. Reports show harbor activity, labor day plans at Virginia Beach, new streetcars, housing expansion, and town improvements including churches and a school.
The Lavon Day football season opener is set for Monday at V000 a.m. at League Talk with Suffolk and Mortymouth as evenly matched rivals. Officials urge fans to attend and support the players for their hard work.
Catalog of fabrics hats and trims with prices and vendors. Emmitt Deans advertises fabrics at 20 Wiehe Street while Vinn Nelson Co promotes crash hats in all sizes. Charles R Welton Co lists dotted Swiss fabrics in new shades reduced from old prices. A J IMLS under Oxford Hall features various fabrics and ribbons.
Yerterfay Pur vel of Cotte Plies was struck when a wheel burst, injuring him severely with facial injuries and eye damage. Pel and frame shop Crawford's Furniture advertised goods and noted low prices, while Lawrence & Welton and Viuntlson & Co. were mentioned in the ad listings.
Morris Boskay, a Hebrew, arrived Thursday from South Africa with two small children. His wife allegedly fled with $3000 cash and jewelry, leaving Boskay to support the family. In his absence, one party’s wife who cared for a child later went insane and was placed in an asylum. The Hebrew congregation on High Street arranged care, but Boskay answered a letter and the father and children are reconciled.
Yesterday morning a crowd of black workers were at work on the street rail. A leading man named Peter Tan spoke to one of the new men, an altercation ensued with Ravage Deanne, and a fight occurred with shovels and blows. A man named Savarese was struck and fell, with others touched by pain and confusion amid the scuffle. One rumor claimed Scott was hit in the head, though details remain unclear.
Bucklen’s Arnica serves the world for sores ulcers skin eruptions and rheumatic pains. It claims to cure pimples or no pay guaranteed. Price twenty four cents per box. For sale by Hurlan Martin and Co.
Public notice for a real estate sale dated September 1897 in Norfolk county. Details mention a tract with improvements including six miles from a named town, with houses and outbuildings, and several farm features. Names and exact locations are partially illegible but indicate a sale of estate property and associated parcels.
For sale on Glasgow Street and Tondon Street between Pearl and Cooke in Portsmouth Virginia. Listings describe 20 by 49 foot and two additional lots with rear access. Price listed as 3200 dollars with information from W Watson of 4 W Vish Street.
The text shows a damaged mixed advertisement with garbled product names and prices including honey ginger ale butter and tea offers. It lists unclear phrases and nonsensical shop lines, making exact items and values hard to determine.
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