Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-25
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i VIRGINIA ADV ERT1SERw will soon CO..

rNHh ALLAN LRlA GAZETTE AND
i VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon CO..
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters of 3 century ago it grew into lie crc-
alton OF wants and needs or the people OF Lnls
section Of Viz GINA
During sill this period its prominent object mas
been to advance the interests Of the people OF
whose life it is the daily chronicle. Its fortunes
have been their fortunes; 1t has shared their
prosperity and suffered in their disasters. Its
inspiration has been the desire to forward the
bees. interests Of the community in which it IL
located and its own prosperity is, rs 1t has been
purposey made, inseparsble from that Of the
community it aims to represent. W hen they
grow rich It hopes for reward commensurate
With it's lsbors While they are poor it expects
to work with them and Tor them, expecting to
make their success the measure of lts own.
The past Of the Gazette is offered rs an index
OF its future. 1t has never failed to avail itself
promptly of all the improveme nts which come
with the greater growth and more extended e1-
prrience Of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPERS OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nsh daily complete account, with superhuities
only Topped away, of all the current news OF the
world.
As the interests of the people mainly centre at
home, no pains viii be spared to chronicle all
matters occ1rrng in the city and neighborhood,
carefully excluding unseemly expressions or
treasured 1T many thousand hearthstones OF
Virginia
Especial attention will be devoted to present
ing, rs well from original sources OF information
MS from its exchanges, the news of Virginia, es-
peciaily such rs relate TO the oeVeopmeht ol the
resources Of the State.
Its contiguity to Washington gives The Ga
z.tte an early precedence over all the JournaIs
OF the State IN intelligence of the operations OF
the General Government now VI such Vital I'M
portance TO the people of the South The pro-
ceedings OF Congress, seldom so interesting as
now, will be regularly reported in succinct form
for its columns but all matters of especial lnter-
est in Virginia will be given in detail, and the
full text of all bills Of local interest will be given
From the State Capital it will receive early
and accurate accounts OF the proceedings OF the
General Assembly and of all the operations OF
the State government likely to interest the peo-
pie
In its Commercial columns the especial fea-
ture will be pIomptness and accuracy. The
farmers, drovers and commerclal people OF tie
State know they MAY DEPEND upon the
Gazette.
Early and reliable reports of the Grain, Cattle
Grocery and other Markets will be furnished,
and the prices ana position OF the stocks, which
are the subjects of business transactions in this
section Of the country, carefully quoted
The continual tavors OF rose who have once
used the Gazette IS al advertising medium Is d
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise lnits
columns Never before did it pay 80 well to tell
the public what is for sale.
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