Petersburg Council approves bonds for citywide sewer project
The Petersburg Common Council debated and introduced a $240,000 4 1 2 percent bond issue to fund a comprehensive sewer and water system expansion citywide. The measure aims to finish the work in one phase, with job growth expected. Financial reports for November show receipts of $40,570 and a December 1 balance of $310,467, with $64,630 spent that month. The plan includes $8,500 for River Street storm sewer and $300 for extra street lights, while a proposal to raise fire department pay was rejected. An ordinance on drinking in public places was referred, and graves maintenance in Blandford cemetery was authorized. Personal taxes payable were deferred to February 10 next year, and police commissioners were advised on vacancies after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. V. Patleson
Finance Committee
Petersburg
Police Justice
River St
Fire Department
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Commonwealth
Reinach
Wheary
Blandford
Young
Birthday Dinner for Charles F Morton by The Kentucky Bells
The Kentucky Bells company at the Lyric surprised their manager Charles F Morton with a lively birthday dinner at the Plaga restaurant. Morton, age thirty three, gave an impromptu speech as the cast and guests enjoyed spaghetti, rabbit alla cassiatore, salad, coffee, mints and cigars. Fifty notable attendees included Corine Poe, Lillian McKeever, J. Keenan, A Lever, J Moore, and others, staying past midnight in a festive, shared celebration. Narcissus and Hyacinth prices noted by W H Harrison Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaga
Kentucky Bells’ Company
Charles F. Morton
Mr. Morton
Tony Mastrangelo
Corine Poe
Jack Green
Lillian McKeever
R. E. Duffy
Marion Seeley
Johnny Keenan
al Lever
John Y. Moore
J. B. Murray
A. H. Barrett
Lyric
After the revival what what at West End Baptist
The mid week prayer meetings at West End Baptist Church will resume tonight with the topic After the Re vs What. Full attendance expected and new members urged to attend. Water bills now due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Baptist Church
Eagles Elect Officers for Petersborg Aerie
Petersborg Aerie of Eagles last night elected officers for the ensuing year led by Past President P H Wells and Worthy President Geo A Bow man. Other posts filled include Worthy Vice President Fred A D Alton Chaplain W R Duell Secretary C G Pleasants Treasurer Geo F Newsom Inside Guvauch an Outside Guard W L Wheel house Physician Dr W P Jones and Trustees J K McNamara W H Raftery J W Wells with annual report noting progress and a sale of windows doors roofing at reduced prices via Southern Lumber Supply Co phone 1310.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersborg Aerie of Eagles
P. H. Wells
Geo. A. Bowman
Fred A. D. Alton
W. R. Duell
C. G. Pleasants
Geo. F. Newsom
Gu Vauchan
W. 1. Wheelhouse
W. P. Jones
John KE. McNamara
W. H. Raftery
J. W. Wells
Aerie
Southern Lumber Z! Supply Co
Salvation Army Tag Day set for December 16
Petersburg city officials urge $500 local relief drive for the Salvation Army Christmas and winter aid. Adjutant and Mrs Cuthbert lead the effort with no local charity, appealing Petersburgers to support the annual fund to aid the poor. Auctioneer James R Hartizon advertises unredeemed watches. December 2, 1916, Petersburg Virginia.
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Salvation Army
Commonwealth OF Virginia
Petersburg
Co. Cuthbert
Gillian
Walnut Hill Homes Selling Rapidly in Petersburg
Walnut Hill in Petersburg is proving a popular residential area as Tri-County Building Corporation completes and sells fifteen homes. Buyers include Mad. Jaret wellbeing Heath Matoax avenue and Mr. John Merver Powhatan avenue, with others like Mr. J. W. Pugh South Boulevard reportedly near purchase. Atlantic Coast Realty Co BR. L. Watson Co and R. O. Egerton Co handle sales, offering easy terms to ambitious buyers. Narcissus and Hyacinths offered by W. H. Harrison Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Hill
Petersburg
Tri-County Builttine Corporation
Mad
Jaretwell Heath
Matoax Avenue
John Merver
Powhatan Avenue
Oj. W. Pugh
South Boulevard
Tri-County Building Corporation
Death of Robert E. Baird, Northampton County leader
Information reached the city this morning of the death of Mr. Robert E. Baird after a brief illness. He was a prominent Northampton County, North Carolina citizen. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Tabb Vincent of Petersburg. Additionally, an unrelated ad for lumber selling at Southern Lumber & Supply Co. appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert EE. Baird
Northampton County
N.C
Mary Tabb Vincent
Petersburg
Police Court Morning Shows Quiet Petersburg Morals
The Petersburg police court docket was empty this morning with no cases for trial, signaling unusually good morals in the city. Auction notice: unredeemed and new Ladies Watch Bracelets in gold filed and solid gold sold by Southern Loan Office, James R. Harrison, Auctioneer, Dec. 6-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Southern Loan Office
James R. Harrison
Marriage of Young Couple at Wesley Church Parsonage
Charles Ross Rimmer of Slatesville NL and Miss Mary Stone of this city wed yesterday at 4 30 pm in Wesley church parsonage. The Rev J B Eccleston officiated. The couple will reside in Slatesville XII C. Herbert R Jordan invites friends to inspect a large Christmas stock. Dec 6 5r.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Charles Ross Rimmer
Slatesville
Mary Stone
J. BR. Eccleston
Rimmer
Xii, C
Herbert R. Jordan
Pilcher
Man and wife sentenced in diamond ring theft case
Bristol, December 3. W. K. Naugher and wife Nellie Naugher were sentenced to 10 indeterminate terms of from three to ten years in the Tennessee Penitentiary after a Circuit Court trial at Blountville Sullivan County. They were convicted of stealing a diamond ring from a Bristol jeweler. Naugher also faced charges of aiding his wife to escape from jail.
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Bristol
W. K. Naugher
Nellie Naugher
Tennessee
Blountville
Sullivan County
Naugher
Local Church Notices And Social Updates In Petersburg
The A P Hill Camp meeting is planned for Thursday night. Tipton announces a new refinery. Stribling will lead prayer at See Fond Presbyterian. Albert Mergan shows improvement after illness. Du Pont may move finishing plant from Carneys Point to City Point. no confirmation. Ettrick School Improvement League meets tomorrow at 7 o clock. Dr Burke’s son Autrick recovering from surgery in Petersburg. Mary Low White Missionary Society sells fancy articles Friday at W G Malone’s shop on Washington. W O BRK Society meets at Good Shepherd parish house with Rev Peyton addressing. Mothers Club of A P Hill school meets Thursday December 1 at 2 pm for important business. Baraca and Philathea union at Wesley M E Church December 7 at 8 pm with musical program. Prince George farmer reports sowing wheat on large land areas for Hite zeme. Rev Dr Russell of St Patrick’s named Bishop of Charleston. elevation early 1917. Petersburg express reports 374 quarts of whiskey received and delivered this month. Women’s Missionary Society of First Baptist sells useful and fancy items tomorrow at Eanes & Co store on Sycamore Street. Christmas shoppers urged to patronize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
W. E. Eanes & Co
Sycamore St
Freeing Mrs Marshall in cruelty case shocks Easton
Mrs Rose Virginia Marshall and husband Frank W Marshall faced trial in Easton Maryland on charges of keeping their imbecile stepdaughter Grace Marshall imprisoned in a small room and neglecting her. The jury acquitted Mrs Marshall amid wide public attention after Grace was found in deplorable condition at the Marshall home near St Michaels about a year and a half ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Rose Virginia Marshall
Frank W. Marshall
Grace Marshall
Marshall Home
St. Michaels
Bukharest Under Siege as Teutons Close In From West
In Bowmania the forces of the recndtval powers move toward Bukharest as the capital is encircled from the west and northwest. Roumanians and Russians struggle to stem the advance while rail access remains limited to the east. Macedonian fronts see gains for Seydians and retreating Bulgarians. Western front artillery duels persist though major battles fade. Berlin reports Russian attacks largely fail. Petrograd claims heights captured on Moldavian front. Lumber firm ad at bottom.
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Bowmania
Bukharest
Jorthwest
Tergovisten
Petroaity
Tmocohti Aml
Bukhar
Voraneshka
Berlin
Cerna River
Grunishte
Budimirtsa
France
Belgium
Sayville
Eight held for murder in Crawford lynching case
In Abbeville South Carolina eight men were held for trial in the circuit court after a preliminary hearing on charges of murder tied to the lynching of Anthony Crawford a negro. The group named J W Elkin Samuel Adams Jess Cann William Cann Samuel Cann Eugene Nance R Grant and RB Ferguson faced warrants served yesterday while Ling Finlay George White Jr MR Casey Jim Dawson John T Cheatham Lester Cann and JS Banks were released. Sheriff Burts and jailers testified at the hearing as Governor Manning had ordered an investigation into the lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville, & C
Anthony Crawford
Hammond
J. W. Elkin
Samuel Adams
Jess Cann
William Cann
Samuel Cann
Eugene Nance
R. Grant
R. B. Ferguson
Ling Finlay
George White
M. R. Casey
Jim Dawson
John T. Cheatham
Lester Cann
J. 5. Banks
Manning
Abbeville
Crawford
Burts
Railways boost car service powers for relief plan
The American Railway Association reconstituted its car service commission with Fairfax Harrison as chairman to cooperate with the Interstate Commerce Commission on car service. The group also raised the per diem charge for using another road's cars from 45 to 75 cents. Auction notice follows: Diamonds, Watches, Silverware and Toilet Sets to be sold nightly at 7.30 by Southern Loan Office, James R. Harrison, Auctioneer, December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Railway Association
Car Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fairfax Harrison
The
Southern Railway
Southern Loan Office
James R. Harrison
European War in Pictures at Strand Theatre Tomorrow
The Strand shows the high attraction European War in Pictures Tomorrow and Friday. Wilbur H. Durborough brings from the German front 8 500 feet of film showing aerial scenes and the devastation behind the lines. The PROGRESS urges readers to see the motion pictures for an educative and eye opening view of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Theatre
Wilbur H. Derborough
von Hinedenkirp
Hixne
Pam
Durborough
Suit in Hastings Court in Virginia Feed and Grain v Norfolk and Western
In Hastings Court Judge Mullen presided today over Virginia Feed and Grain Company versus Norfolk and Western Railway Company for 599.07 over losses of 101 bales of hay shipped in a carload across the railroad’s land to DuPont. After witness review the jury was instructed. Plaintiff’s H R B Gilliam. defendant’s Morton Townsend. Jury verdict for plaintiff, subject to court decision. demurrer set for Friday at 10. Lumber ad below cost from Southern Lumber & Supply Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Fudge J. M. Mullen
Virginia Feed and Grain Company
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Dupont
H. RB. Gilliam
Church convention in St Louis to boost membership
December 5 report from St Louis notes pastors and laymen at a Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America convention focused on increasing church membership. A forthcoming Auction Sale of unredeemed pledges at the Southern Loan Office is announced for December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Federal Commcil of Churches of Christ In America
Southern Loan Office
Foxhall P. Keene Hurt in Hunt Accident Near Farmington
Foxhall P. Keene, noted New York sportsman, lies semi conscious at Harford Hunt Club near Farmington Maryland after an accident at the annual joint hunt meeting. His wife Mrs Keene is shaken but not fatally injured. Keene disappeared from the field during a fox chase and was found unconscious in bushes near a fence, horse reportedly fell at the i fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Foxhall P. Keene
New York
Harford
Farmington
Keane
Keene
Americans on board a torpedoed steamer
The Italian steamship Palermo carrying twenty five Americans was torpedoed off the Spanish coast. One American sailor died in a Palaf del sugell hospital after being wounded. three others were seriously wounded. Palermo sailed from New York on November 15 for Genoa and Spezia with a cargo including horses and munitions. The ship was armed with two three inch rifles for defense.
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Madrid
Paris
Palermo
Palafesugell
Spain
Lando
New York
Genoa
Spezia
Gibraltar
Hartfield, Solari & Co
Navigazione Generale Italiana
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Winfree at 73
Mrs Elizabeth Winfree widow of the late Christopher Winfree died last night around 11 at the home of her niece Mrs J Smithey 617 A Grove Avenue after a brief illness She was 73 years old and well known in the city The funeral will be held tomorrow at 11 from the residence Rev C B Bryan rector of Grace Episcopal will officiate She had long been a communicant at Grace Episcopal Merton C Stout & Co Tailors 1331 2 Sycamore Street ad shows suits and overcoats from 15 to 40 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth, Winfree
Christopher (Kitt) Winfree
Jd. Smithey
Grove Avenue
C.B. Bryan
Grace Episcopal Church
Winfree
Forger Makes His Getaway In Oyster Bay Escape Call
Armed with a requisition and grand jury indictment Foster Davis a negro forger was arrested in Oyster Bay and prepared for transfer to New York but a telegram announced he had broken jail and escaped. Davis is wanted for forging a $125 check and for a more serious charge at Rocky Mount N. C. Chief Ragland was later struck by a car injuring his ankle. Diamonds to auction nightly by Southern Loan Office James R Harrison auctioneer.
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Foster Davis
Oyster Bay
Ragland
New York
Davis
Rocky Mount
N. Igc
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Narcissus
Hyacinth
W. H. Harrison Co
Eagles
Howard, Waltham
Elgin
Hamilton
James R. Hartizon
Walnut Hill Homes
Rapoly
Robert E. Baird
Southern Lumber & Supply Co
A. P. Hill Camp
CG. V
C. W. ‘Tipton
R. Stribling
See Fond Presbyterian Church
Ofelock
Albert Mergan
Dupont Company
Carney’s Point
N. J
Ettrick School
Iprovement League
Little Autlick
H. LA. Burke
D. Willcox
Lalong
Mary Low
W. O. BR. K. Society
the Good Shepherd Church
P. W. Peyton
St. John’s Church
City Point
Mothers’ Club
A. P. Hill School
Baraca and
Philathea
Wesley M. E
Prince George
Dr. Russell
St Patrick's Church
Washington, D. C
Charleston
S. C
Northrop
Russell
Bukhares
Pilcher's
the Jeweler
Foxhall
P. Keene Hurt
Mrs. Elizth Winfree
Merton C. Stout & Co
Sycamore Strest
Odd Fellows
W. T. Slaughter
R. E. [ Gill
Forger
David Alexander
Aventioneer
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