Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-31
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THE ALE&AN DRIA GAZETTE AMI
| VIRGINIA ADV ERTISER will soon cello.
br"te its centennial ycar More than three
quarters OF century ago it grew into life Gre
aton OF wants and needs of the people of thi:
section Of Virginia.
During all this period its prominent object mas
Deem to advance the interests of tne people Of
whose life 1t is the daily chronicle. Its fortunes
have been their fortunes it has shared their
prosperity and suffered in their disasters, Its
inspiration has been the desire to forward the
bcs! interests Of the community in which il *
located and It's own prosperity is, as it has been
puFp"seIy made, inseparable from that Of the
community 1t aims to represent. When they
grow rich 1t hopes for reward commensurate
with 1t: 4abors While they are poor it exp ec,s
to work with them and for them, expecting to
make their success the measure of its own
The past OF the Gazette is offered as an indey
OF Its future. 1t has mover failed to avail itself
promptly Of all the improvements which com
with tho greater growth and more extended cr T..
perlenee Of Journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. Il will fur
nisn daily complete account, with suparau;,ios
only Topped away, of ali the current news of tho
world.
AS the interests of the people mainly centre a,
home, no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring III the city and neighborhood
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
gross narrative as unfit for u journal that is
treasured ut many thousand hearthstones of
Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing, rs well from original sources of information
as from It's exchanges, the ncws of Virginia, es
peciaIly sucn AS relate to the DEVELOPMENT Of the
resources Of the State
It's con!iguty to Washington gives .ha CIV
z"tto M early precedence over all the Journals
of the State in intelligence o! the OPERATIONS Of
the General Government, now of such yitsl i'm.
poTtance to the people Of the South The pro-
ccedlnSs Of Congress, seldom So interesting y.
now, Will be regularly reported in succinct form
tor It's columns, but all matters of especial intor-
est in Virginia will be given in detail, and the
.uIt text OF al bills of local interest will be given
FROM the State Capital it will receive early
ana accurate accounts of the proceedings of the
General Assembly and Of all the operations of
the State government likely to interest the reo
pie.
In Its Commercial! columns the especial ,es
ture VIII be plomplncss and accuracy. The
Farmers, drovcrs and commercial people of tie
State know they MAY DEPEND upon the
Gazette
Early and reliable reports of the Grain, Cattle
Grocery and other Markets viii be furnished
and the prices and position Of thu stocks which
are the subjects of business transactions in this
section OF the country, carefully quoted.
The continual iavors of those who have once
used the Gazette as al advertising medium is
warrant for saying that pays to advertise mi;
columns Never before did it pay So well f. ,o,l
the public what is for sale.
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