Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-08
THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
i VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cell

THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
i VIRGINIA ADVERTISER will soon cell
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters of 8 century ago it grew into lie q ere
alton of wants and needs of the people OF this
section Of Virginia
During ell this period its prominent obi 'ct 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: LIS
inspiration has been the desire to forward the
best interests of the community In winch 1t Is
locsted, and its own prosperity is, as it has been
purposely made, inseparable from that Of the
community it aims to represent. when they
With it's lsbors. While they are poor it expects
to work with them and for them, expecting 10
make their success the measure of its own.
The past of the Gazette is offered as an 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 q complete account, with supernuities
only. only Topped away of all the current news OF the
As the interests of tho people mainly ceptre at
home, no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city md neighborhood,
carefully excluding u IN cen exp ess'1 thst or is
RIUcS az oANs ~
treasured at many thousand hearthslones OF
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing, IS we'll from original sources OF
as from its exchanges, the news Of Virginia, es-
pecially such as relate to the development of the
resources of the State.
Its contiguity to Washington gives the Ca
zette an early precedence over all the Journals
of the State in Intelligence OF the operations OF
the General Government, now OF such vital I'M
portance to the people of the South. The pro-
ceedings of Congress, seldom 80 interesting as
now, will be regularly reported in succinct 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 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
pie.
In its Commercial columns the especial fea-
ture will be p1omptness and accuracy. The
farmers, drovefs 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
ection of The country, carefully quoted.
The continual tavors OF TT ose who have once
used the Gazette IS an advertising medium is u
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise In its
columns. Never before did 1t pay so we'll to tell
tn, public what is for sale.
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