Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-06
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rs,Hh ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND
i VIRGINIA DVEkTlSER will soon cei-
brsle It's centennial year. Moee than three
quarters of u century ago 1t grew INTO lite Gre
alton OF wants and needs OF the peOplo Oh Luls
section Of Vilginia.
Euring all this period its prominent object mas
becl. to advance the interests OF the people OF
whose life ii is the daily chronicle. Its fortunes
have been their fortunes; 1t has shared their
PROSPERITY and suffered III their disasters. is
inspiration has been the desire TO forward the
ocs! interests Of the community n which y Is
located, ard ts own prosperity Is, as II has ocen
purposeiy made, lnseparablo from that OF the
community it sims TO represent. " non they
grow rich 1t hopes lor q reward com nehsuFatc
with its abors. w nile they aro poor 1t expects
to work with them and Tor them, expecting 10
make their success the measure OF its own.
The past ut the Gazette IS offered rs m index
of It's future. 1t has never failed TO avail itsel
promptly of ali the improven. en!S which come
with the greater growth and more extended ey.
pnrence Of journalism. Every year NEW
FEATU RES will be added.
TIE GAZETTE MEANS TO BE THE
NEWSPAPER OF VIRGINIA. 1t will fur
nIsh daily q complete account, with suporhultles
only Topped away, of all the current news oi the
world.
RS the interests of the people mainly centre at
homo, no pains will be spared to chronicle all
matters occurring in the city and hborhood,
carefully excluding unsecmly eNpi esslons or
gross narrative Us unfit Tor journal that Il
treasured at many thousand hearthstones OF
Virginia.
Especial attention will be devoted to present.
ing rs well from orig iIal sources Of information
~ from its exchanges, the news of Virginia, es-
pocialy such as relate to The development ot the
resources OF the State.
It's contiguity TO Washington gives the Ca
Zctte an early precedence over Ill the Journals
OF the State in Intelligence OF the operations OF
tho General Government, now Of such Vital I'M
poTtance to the people OF the South. The pro-
ceedings ol Congress, seldom SO interesting as
now, will be regularly reported IN succnct form
for its columns, but I'll mat.,rs Of especial inter-
est in Virginia will be given i'll detail, and the
full text OF aii bill OF local interest will given
From the State Capital IL will receive early
and accurate accounts OF tho proceedings OF the
Guneral Assembly and of ali tho operations Of
the State government likely to interest the pco-
Pile.
In its Commercial columns the especial fea-
ture will be p1omptncss and accuracy. The
farmers, drove1s 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 BIO furnished,
and the prices and position OF the stocks, which
arc tho subjects of business transactions in this
ection of the country, carefully quoted.
The continual tavors OF those who have once
used the Gazette as an advertising medium is u
Warrant Tor saying that i, pays to advertise IN its
columns. Never before did ii pay SO we'll to tell
the public what is for sale.
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