Norfolk Virginian, April 16, 1890

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Transportation -- Railroad - MaintenancePopulationDevelopment -- BoosterismMental illness

Onancock.

Dispatch, July 5, 1890

BRILLIANT RECEPTION.

Weather -- DroughtsTourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - FishingTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Resorts

Norfolk Virginian, August 15, 1890

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Farmers -- Other

Hon. W. L. Scott, the ex-Congressman form the Erie (Pa.) district, sold from his farm in [Cape Charles] Northampton county last year $85,000 worth of truck. The farm expenses were $63,000, so a net profit of $22,000 was made.

Norfolk Virginian, November 28, 1890

Norfolk's Progress. Trade Relations With Accomac and Northampton.

reprinted from Cape Charles Headlight, November 25Development -- Boosterism

Norfolk Virginian, May 13, 1890

Untitled

Laborers -- FarmInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Chain gang

Onancock, Accomac county, Va., May 12.

Norfolk Virginian, October 19, 1890

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Fields -- Livestock - HorsesInfrastructure -- Commercial - Other

Onancock.

At the recent pony-penning on Parramore's Island, seventy ponies were sold for the net sum of $4,000.

Norfolk Virginian, October 29, 1890

Untitled

Weather -- Northeast stormsAfrican-Americans -- Racial violence

Onancock.

The water on Main and Back streets, caused by the heavy tide last Thursday, has subsided. A perfect gale is prevailing here yet, however.

Norfolk Virginian, March 14, 1890

THE KILLING OF TWYFORD.

Moral -- AlcoholMoral -- Murder

FULL PARTICULARS OF THE EASTERN SHORE TRAGEDY.

The Parties to the Affair -- Where the Difficulty Originated -- The Provocation and the Shooting, Etc.

[Special to the Virginian.]

Norfolk Virginian, March 5, 1890

Untitled

Fields -- Fertilizer

Onancock.

A car load of Virginia fertilizer, manufactured by A. J. Mears, of Hoffman's wharf, was shipped to points in Georgia last week via N. Y. P. & N. R. R.

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