Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-12
TIME ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AM
i VIRGINIA ADV ERTISEk will soon eel

TIME ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
l., VIRGINIA ADV ERTISEk will soon cell
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters of century ago it grew into life . Gre
alton of wants and needs OF the people OF this
section of Virginia.
During all this period its prominent object mas
been to advance the interests OF the people OF
whose life it is the daily chronicle It's fortunes
have been their fortunes; it has shared their
prosperity and suffered in their disasters. Its
inspiration has been tho desire to forward tho
best interests of the community in which it is
located and its own prosperity is. as it has been
purposely made inseparsble from that OF the
community it aims to represent when they
grow rich it hopes for reward commensurate
with its labors While they are poor 1t expects
to work with them and tor them, expecting to
mako their success the measure OF its own.
The past of the Gazette is offered as IN index
of its future. 1t has never failed to avail itself
promptly of all the improvements which come
with the greater growth and more extended eX-
perience of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nish daily complete account, with superhultles
only Topped away, OF all tie current news Oh tho
world.
I.s tho interests of the people mainly centre al
home, no pains will be spared TO chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and neighborhood,
carefully excluding unseelnly expressions or
gross narrative as unfit for a journal that IS
treasured at many thousand hearthstones OF
Virginia
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing, us we'll from original sources of information
MS from its exchanges, tho news oi Virginia, os-
pccialiy such rs rotate to tho development OF the
resources Of the State.
Its con!iguity TO Washington gives the Ga.
; zctte an carly precedence over al the Journals
of the State in intelligence OF the operations OF
the General Government now oI 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 succlnct form
for its columns, but all matters Of especial inter-
est in Virginia will be given In detail, and the
full text of all bills Of local interest will DO 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, drovcrs and commercial people OF tie
State know they MAY DEP ID upon the
Gazette.
Early and reliable reports of the Grain, Cattle,
Grocery and other Markets will DO furnished,
and the prices aud position Of tho stocks, which
are the subjects of business transactions IN this
ection OF the country, carefully quoted.
The continual favors OF those who have once
used the Gazette us an advertising medium is 81
warrant for saying that il pays 10 advertise in its
columns Mover before did il pay so well TO tell
the public what is for sale.
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