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Norfolk Virginian amid era notes and cotton market updates
A rundown of late 19th century newspaper items notes Norfolk and Portsmouth distribution, public notices and ads, plus a long column on national events. It covers school admissions, streetcar costs, and a surge in cotton crop projections led by Texas and Atlantic states, with commentary on the Defender’s victory in a transatlantic yacht race and market reactions to the 1890s cotton season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valkyrie
Sandy Hook
Interputions
Ted Stairs
Vincistas
Norman Bull
Norfolk Cotton Exchange
Henry G. Hester
New Orleans
Texas
Indian Territory
Atlantic States
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Arkansas
Louisiana
Minnisippi
Tennessee
Jester
Tiraime
Faye
Tor
Henry
Goder