Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-23
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
1881

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The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, begun in
| 1893, is the oldest newspaper il the State and
the only daily published in Northern Virginia.
It has survived, with few exceptions, all the
public presses in America which saw with it the
dawn of the nineteenth century. It lives, too,
not in decay, but full of life and vigor,
giving sll the news, telling the truth without
fear, favor or affection, trenchng on the privacy
| of no mans home, but full to the brim with all
| public information, and giving daily honest
! judgments of public men snd public measures
1t furnishes the news kilograms of the New
York Associated Press and of Reuters European
agency, being. with but three exceptions, the only
paper between Baltimore and Richmond that is
thus connected with the great fountsins of the
worlds news.
With the coming year all the long tried and
improved methods of making standard news.
paper will ba continued, with such additional
facilities as past experience justifes the propre-
tor in believing will add to the Capacity of the
| Gazstte to serve its readers. It expects to ren.
der faithful service to the city, the state aud the
country by candid criticism OF men and events
in the interest of the people OF the Common
wealth Of Virginia.
To meet ali the demands upon it, the Gszs,te
will be made WASHINGTON and Rich.
MOND NEWSPAPER, as we'll as an ALEX.
ANDRIA JOURNAL The Richmond and
Washington news of past years has left little to
| improve, but Yet greater effort will be made to
| insure absolute perfection in these departments.
The city of Alexandria will find ss usual its
daily history in each evenings ISSUE and the
intelligence ofthat section of the Commonwealth
which nature has bound to Alexandria by the
| curvature of its mountains or the courses of its
rivers as we'll as that portion linked to us BY the
| iron bands Of railways, will be s,siduously
chronicled
The Business sud Commercial column. or .bs
Gazette will be filed with the earliest and most
! exact commercial news, edited with such naino.
| taking care as will render an error, where even
slight errors are dangerous, impossible.
The Cattle Markets of all tho leading points Of
| the world whose rates affect this market will be
quoted, and regular statements OF the Baltimore
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria sales
| of cattle will appear.
The Flour. Grain and Produce movements
| will be noted daily and the sales OF the Alexsn.
| dria and neighboring markets given with accu.
racy and dispatch. The Grocery and other msr.
kets will receive constant attention. and the
money or stock markets of the country epito-
mized for its columns, full details being given
to sll stocks, &C., which fnd investors in this
| section of the country.
| The advertising columns CT the Gazette otf.r
inducements which experience has shown to Of
ford greater returns for small Investment than
| any other which can be made.
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