Advertising Rates And Subscriptions In The Virginian
Advertising rates are listed as seven cents per square for first insertions with subsequent insertions at 12 to 15 cents. Contractors may not exceed their cuie, and certain notices require special payment. Subscriptions refer to notices in relation to advertising. Special representative Ralph Me He Le is listed for New York. The Virginian states it cannot return rejected communications or manuscripts.
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NEW _ YORK
Ralph
Hele
Stoom
Times
New York City
Prospectora deelape and tariff talk span nations
A garbled 19th century column covers Alaska prospecting rumors, bread prices in London and Paris, a new Alvine dealer in Chicago facing prosecution, and Dun's review noting sixteen iron works and fifteen woolen mills opening. It derides tariff politics, mentions John J Sullivan for Boston mayor, labor commissioner Carroll Wright, and comments on Canadian trade supremacy, Weyler’s Cuba, and railroad ownership in Brazil. It ends criticizing Dingley Reed tariff passage and Maine’s punitive duties.
Caroling Day Draws North State Visitors to Winchester Fair
The 17th of September will be Caroling Day at the Shennandoah Valley Agricultural Society fair in Winchester. A large crowd from North Carolina is expected, with the cornerstone laying for a monument in Stonewall Cemetery honoring NC soldiers who fell or died in hospitals. Rev. Dr. James Thorviettwof of an Episcopal church in western NC will deliver the address.
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Shennandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Old North State
Old Town
Winchester
Stonewall Cemetery
North Carolina
James Thorviettwof
Cornerstone
Possible Mayoral Clash in Greater New York Nominated by Citizens' Union
The piece discusses a looming mayoral contest in Greater New York with Seth Low nominated by the Citizens' Union amid opposition from Platt and Tammany. It notes potential three cornered races, party maneuvering, accusations against Demas and Wimberly, and a protest over patronage practices by Hanne and McKinley, reflecting mood around appointments and integrity debates.
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Greater New York
Citizens’ Union
Seth Low
Columbia College
Senator Platt
Matt
Low
Tammany
Platt
Plitt
Beatles
French Reaction to Prance-Russia Alliance Wavers
The alliance between France and Russia sparks mixed reaction as Paris readers question its aims. Editors note uncertainty over whether the pact is offensive or defensive and speculate on Russia backing France against Germany. The average Frenchman remains unsure and less jubilant as details remain unclear.
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France
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Paris
Europe
Russia
Political debts and New Orleans appointments stir Republican circles
The article alleges Mark Hanna pressed for McKinley loyalists to secure Louisiana delegates at the St. Louis convention. It claims Demas was promised naval peer status and other posts in exchange, while asserting McKinley is responsible for Hanna’s debts. It notes opposition to Demas’s New Orleans mayoral appointment and Treasury protests.
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Mark Hanna
Repub- Hen
Presi-dent
Henry Dennis Naviunteer
New Orleans
Wrrooklyn Magle
St. Louis
Mark
Volleeter
Hanci
Mark Hannan
McKinley
Hanna
Major McKinley
McKaley
Demas
Maynr
Lod
Notes and Opinions on Plague, Rails, Healers and Gifts
A Baltimore Sun note estimates plague victims in Poochow this year near 40000. Maryland Siret Co makes steel paper weights as rails for India and commemorates a ship with full cargo to Calcutta. Rails also for Argentina at eight and a half pounds per yard. In Georgia, a divine healer claims cure for a lame man with a mysterious tongue utterance. President Faure gifts Russia include dolls for Grand Duchess and an olive branch in gold, plus two biscuit busts and a marble bust of the Emperor and Empress, with Latin motto Pax concepta format tempus on the ribbon.
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Poochow
Maryland Siret Company
India
United States
Calcutta
Argentina
Baltimore Sun
Atlanta Constitution
Presidenut Faure
Russia
Mame
Faure
Alexander III
St. Petersburg
Tratkowsky
Fler Maiesty
Autokolsky
Personalities and items from an era of letters and notices
A nostalgic column sketches figures like Baron Hirsch adviser to fortune hints, Robert Barr on work habits and independence, Bernard Bettmann taking a Saenger jubilee presidency role in Cincinnati, Theodore Reynolds buying a rare Shakespeare edition, J M Sjodane sailing to Sweden with papers for King Oscar.
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Baron Hirsch
Millonaire
Robert Barr
Bernard Bettmann
Cincinnati
Saengerbund
Cincinnat
M. Bettman
Ciitizen
Theodore Reynolds
Monson
Mass
Shakespeare
Exper
Reynolds
J. M. Sjodaine
The
Desert News
Salt Lake City
Sweden
West
Oscar
Mr. Sjodmire
Utah
Fenton ONe More Week Mens Suits Sale Notice
A garish catalog-like ad declares limited stock of men s suits and pants in various styles and fabrics at deep discounts. It touts hundreds of items including genuine Manhattan Madras shirts, straw hats, and silk banded textiles, urging prompt purchase before prices end.
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Reed
Carolina
Greater
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Louisiana
Wimberley
Louisiana Lottery Company
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Harrison
New York World
New York Times
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Cohen
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Wanna
Hood
Hood’s
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Burk & Co
Wien
Mantattan C. Madras
Patgi Iei
Baltivore
ASW
Chas
WM. Steiff
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Norfolk, VA
Henry MacLachlan
Middleton Early
G. S. Reid & Co
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Portland
ACME
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Water Street
Batchelder and Collins
Old Dominion Paper Co
NEVI
Cook, Clark & Co
Childre
He Elestic Company
Edison System
Current 2
Ihovells
Hrosh
American System
Muath
Savings Bank of Norfolk
Superiniumdient
Cove Street
Jy Li-Ly
Virginia Lithia Water Co
John S. Etheridge
Berkley, VA
Ethridge
Wren
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