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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1895
Page
4
Partial OCR shows a Norfolk Portsmouth weekly with subscription prices and delivery details. Rates listed include five dollars per year, three dollars for half year, and one dollar per month. Advertising rules mention no overlong ads and honest business. The weekly has eight pages delivered by mail post.
A collage of notes on mail subscription options for the Norfolk Virginian, Lord Salisbury's Turkey policy, a $26 million shipbuilding contract in Glasgow, a Portland meat market deal, land bids from a Brooklyn agent, and various local rumors. It also references women opposing saloons, textile trade stats from Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania Democrats defending tariff reform amid wage gains.
The piece critiques tariff policy and wage increases in manufacturing, citing New York Herald data. It contrasts Union veteran loyalties in Louisville with former Confederates, and reflects on Reconstruction era sentiments and party dynamics. It also comments on literary figures Hawthorne and Hawthorne descendants, noting a stylistic link to Nathaniel Hawthorne and family movements.
Orders are being booked for fall and winter measure made suits and overcoats in the annex tailors shop. Early orders capture the choicest designs as many imported novelties cannot be duplicated later.
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