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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1916
Page
4
Petersburg Daily Progress lists publication details, price structure for single copies, display ads, funeral and marriage notices, and local line rates. It notes delivery by carrier or mail, and class mail status at the Petersburg post office.
Debate over a dry route across the continent highlights regulatory costs and distribution woes. Ten’s blame for high living costs is questioned as middlemen deny fault amid shifting markets. Giant trees, some 4,000 years old, may pass into U S government hands, pleasing nature lovers and Californians. November marks a peak in U S shipbuilding with 98 of 10 vessels American built, signaling postwar growth in shipyards and tonnage. Attorney John Garland Pollard travels to Washington confident in a Democratic gubernatorial bid, joined by Ellyson and Westmoreland Davis canvassing for support. A Confederate reunion in Washington next May draws heavy interest, with plans for a national veterans’ gathering to feature a presidential address and a veteran parade.
In Petersburg discussions move toward a new concrete viaduct over the Appomattox replacing the old Bishop Bridge. Railroads back the action with a $100,000 commitment to the project and a possible relocation of the river terminus. Debates touch national suffrage stance and political alignments surrounding Elihu Root and Hudson.
The annual effort to persuade Congress to buy Monticello resumes via the Daughters of the American Revolution who want the site transferred for preservation as a memorial to democracy. The owner would sell to the government for $500,000. High living costs and various investigations are debated as possible causes. Premature talk of Wilson’s third term and a 1920 Progressive bid by Hiram Johnson are noted amid Republican party disarray.
Dr Henry Van Dyke resigns as United States minister to the Netherlands praised for diplomatic steadiness during wartime. The piece recalls his Princeton English professorship, Dutch ancestry, and roles as moderator and influential preacher amid college and university circles.
A Petersburg narrator recalls a sales pitch by Reynolds-White Co about Colonial Heights growth with sidewalks sewers and macadam paving. The firm claimed to build and sell homes with a cash down payment and rent-like balance, promising custom designs, and noting ongoing construction and a $200000 concrete bridge project nearby. The speaker paid $275 and planned to begin work on a chosen lot, skeptical but eager to join the development.
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