Norfolk Virginian, May 2, 1889

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Architecture -- CourthousesWeather -- Rain stormsMoral -- MurderMoral -- Alcohol

Onancock.

A movement is on foot to move the courthouse from Drummondtown to Parksley.

Dispatch, February 22, 1889

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Infrastructure -- Public : TownsTransportation -- Water - Channel and harbor dredgingTransportation -- Railroad - Barges and floatsInfrastructure -- Public : Fire companiesTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Other

Peninsula Enterprise, December 7, 1889

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Moral -- Property crime

Three negroes were committed to jail last Saturday for stealing a keg of whiskey from car at Parksley station, to await the action of grand jury.

Norfolk Virginian, February 22, 1889

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Moral -- VigilantismTransportation -- Water - StrandingsInfrastructure -- Public - Government : Life-saving service

Onancock.

Norfolk Virginian, April 25, 1889

Death of "Aunt Maria."

African-Americans -- Work - Business And professional Women -- Work - Outside the home

A Woman Who Made Three Million Cakes and Purchased Her Freedom.

Onancock, Va., April 24.

Norfolk Virginian, December 22, 1889

Some Big Pork -- How They Raise Hogs on the Eastern Shore.

Fields -- Livestock - Swine

Norfolk Virginian, June 12, 1889

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African-Americans -- SocietyMoral -- Other violent crimeMoral -- Alcohol

Norfolk Virginian, May 28, 1889

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Moral -- MurderMental illness

Onancock.

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