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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1895
Page
5
Portsmouth headlines recap a wide set of local matters including Justice Haynes office incident, near-drowning rescues, sewer-hole mishaps, and upcoming council meetings. Reports cover court actions, civic projects, weathered streets, and social events involving city officials, veterans, and the port area.
L Brower leaves for Isle of Wight to visit wife relatives. Suffolk considers electric road feasibility to Newport News via Darcetts Neck. Local cases include property transfers, a sale of Burrows tract, charity fund-raising for Ballot Groomen, and debates on bicycle sidewalk licensing. Community antics include a swim wager and a church sermon by D B Austin.
Defenders sailing against Valkyria in a coastal contest near the port tack. Valkyria kept course while Defenders crossed and then edged ahead after a prearranged crossing. By finish Valkyria trailed by about eight minutes and forty nine seconds as Defenders cemented a clear win.
First test of electric locomotive No 1 built to haul through the belt line tunnel reached sixty one miles per hour on a heavy grade, engines say equal to seventy five on level track. Baltimore officials and General Electric Co representatives observed, with two more locomotives under construction for delivery soon.
An upcoming talk by Thomas Lixon of New York at Nea's Opaca House on Monday night September 9 outlines a discussion titled The times of Heaven and Hell in Modern Babylon. The notice praises a tonic claimed to aid digestion and nerves, promising restoration of strength after illness and convalescence.
The Norfolk and Berkley Sunday School Association meets at Chestnut Street today after noon. Elizabeth City visitor Miss Wood of Elizabeth City visits Dr Ch M Morgan's family. Y M C A unit meets at Hance Perry’s North Street home this afternoon at five. Members urged to attend. Mr UG S Berry to provide box of fine faces. Williams and wife returned from Boston. Miss Pattie Morgan visiting the Morgan family on Mulberry Street, Shawbure. Dr George H Ray visiting his father in May. Rev W A Singmaker to preach at Armstrong Memorial at 11 this morning and 7 this evening. Rev Dr George H Ray to preach at Union Street M E tomorrow morning at 11, and topic The Profit of a Lost Soul. Dr Moves drug store on Ghost Hut Street closed. attentive to customers. Subscriptions not arriving, report to 33 Main Street or residence.
Elizabeth City items report no cases at Mayor's Court despite the morning shower. Services are set for Sunday across churches. A cotton factory shed project advances, and Mr W E Vapnendiel nears completion of a new residence on West Main. The colored fair committee is active preparing for fall events. Local baseball is dormant with players away. Steamer Nenesa back on the line after a three week gap. Mrs Dr J S I, Soeford of Washington DC visits depart today to return home.
The California Fig Syrup Co markets Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative valued for comfort and health. It claims to cleanse kidneys, liver, and bowels without weakening them, curing constipation and dispelling colds and fevers, with bottles at 60 cents and one dollar sold by druggists and stamped with the company name.
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