Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-20
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T,,hr ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
VIRGINIA ADVERTlSEK will soon ce'-
brate its centennial year. More than three
quarters of century ago it grew into lie Gre
alton of wants and heedS OF the people Oh ILLS
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 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 thecommunty IN which 1t IL
located, and its own prosperity is. as it has been
purposely made, inSeparable from that OF the
community it aims to represent W hen they
grow rich it hopes for a reward commensurate
with its labors. While they are poor 1t expects
to work with them aud tor them, expecting TO
make their success the measure OF its own.
The past Of the Gazette is offered as an lndex
Of its future. 1t has never failed TO avail ltseil
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 the current news OF the
world.
AS the interests of the people mainly centre at
home no pains will be spared to chronicle HI
matters occurring in the city and nelghborhood,
carefully excluding unseemiy expressions or
gross narrative MS unfit tor Journal that Is
Treasured at many thousand hcarthstones OF
Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing, as we'll from original sources Of information
rs from its exchanges the news OF Vlrglnla, eS-
pecially such as relate to the development of the
resources of the State
Its contiguity TO- Washington gives The Ga
zette al 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 so interesting as
now, will be regularly reported IN succinct form
for its columns, but all matters of especlal inter-
est in Virginia will be given in detail and the
full text Of eli bills Of local interest will egivcn.
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-
!. In its Commerc 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 tho subjects of business transactions in this
section Of the country, carefully quoted.
The continual tavors OF til ose VINO have once
used the Gazette rs advertising medium is
warrant for saying that it pays to advertise IN its
columns Never before did it pay so wcll to tell
the public what is for sale
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