Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-17

rl1Hn ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
i VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon Gel
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters of century ago it grew into lite 4 ere
alton of wants and needs OF the people OF tnls
section of Virginia.
During all this period its prominent OBJECT mas
been to advance the interests OF the people o1
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
best interests Of the community in which 1t Is
located and its own prosperity is as 1t has been
purposey made, inseparable from that OF the
community it aims TO represent. nen they
grow rich it hopes for q reward commensurate
with its labors. While they are poor it expects
to work with them and TOR them, expecting to
make their success the measure OF It's own
The past of the Gazette is offered rs 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 OK OK
perience of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATURES will be added.
THE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPERS OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
u,sh usily complete account, with superhuitcs
only Topped away, OF all the current news oil the
world.
AS the interests Of the people mainly centre I
home, no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and nelgh oorhood,
carefully excluding unsecmly expl esslons or
gross narrative rs unfit for u journal that Is
treasured at many thousand hearthstones OF
Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present
ing IS we'll from original sources OF information
rs from its exchanges the news Of Virginia, es-
pecally such rs relate to the development OF the
resources of The State.
Its contiguity 10 Washington gives the Ga
zette an early precedence over all the JOURNALS
of the State in intelligence OF the operations OF
the General Govern ment now Of such Vital I'M
to
ceedings OF Congress, seldom so interesting as
now, will be regularly reported 10 succlnct form
for its columns, but ell matters of especial inter-
est in Virginia will be given IN detail, and the
full text Of al bills of local interest will given.
From the State Capital it will receive early
and accurate accounts of the proceedings Of the
General Assembly and of ali the operations OF
the State government likely to interest the peo-
Pile.
In its Commercial columns the especial fea-
ture will be p1omptness and accuracy. The
farmers, drovers 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 will be furnished,
and the prices and position of the stocks, which
are the subjects Of business transactions IN this
section of the country, carefully quoted
The continual favofs OF rose who have once
used the Gazette rs an advertising medium is
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise Units
columns. Never before did it pay so well to tell
the public what is for sale.
DAILY.
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