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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
1
Fair weather with rising temperatures tonight and Thursday. Local note urges Christmas shopping at Lavenstein Bros. to save money.
Last night’s program praised as excellent with three big features including Jean Goes Wiking and Riches of the Plains from Edison Co. Tomorrow offers Jean goes Foraging and A Mountaineer’s Wife plus two sensational melo dramas. A double feature this afternoon and night presents Bud’s Triumph and The American and the Queen. Also, 20 suburban building lots offered by Southside Realty Co.
Guard James of the penitentiary force escorted five Roanoke prisoners to the State Penitentiary last night. Wm McLaughlin one year for stealing. Joe Whales one year for housebreaking. Charles Taylor 19 given two years for forgery and five more for prior term. Irma Davis 17 one year for stealing from the person. Pomp Scott 60 eighteen years for killing Conductor Spence. Xmas presents of all kinds can be found here.
In memoriam four years since her passing the daughters recall her soothing care and enduring memory. They note flowers may fade but love remains strong as they place flowers on her grave and honor her memory.
Mrs Gertie May Hawkins Phillips aged 21 wife of Willie A Phillips died December 13 1910 at Matoaca Virginia. Funeral to be held Thursday after noon at 2 from Matoaca Believers Hall with interment at Matoaca. Southerly relatives invited to attend.
Mortimer M. Stoddard, deputy collector under Lowry, is named deputy in charge of the Petersburg internal revenue office, replacing H C Willson who resigned. Also in Petersburg notices death of Mrs. Mabel Clair Hardy age 36 with funeral at Trinity M E Church. Several marriage licenses issued for couples, and local society notes including Daughters of the American Revolution meeting, church circle sale, and local illnesses and visits.
In Maiden Mass a man identified as Alonzo V Campbell shot his wife at her parents’ home. After the argument, Campbell declared he had threatened this for long enough and killed his wife before turning the revolver on himself, dying instantly. The tragedy occurred during a family dispute. Special Watches prices noted for Titmus Jeweler and Kent Furniture Co.
Justice Plummer presides as Horace Williamson is discharged after violation of city ordinance. Waverly Clary is fined five dollars for violating city ordinance.
A Decatur letter stated Patrick Rahily formerly of Petersburg was seriously injured, later clarified as not serious. His shoulder was broken in a fall and he is receiving care. brother W J Rahily received the telegram this morning. Rahily, a printer and former Index Appeal employee, has many friends relieved by the news.
At about noon a collision occurred at the corner of Sycamore and Washington streets between Mr L A Rosenstock's automobile and a Washington street electric car. Mrs Rosenstock was in the car but unharmed aside from fright. the fender broke though the automobile sustained no damage. Notice I sell everything in the Furniture Line. L M Moore.
Mrs Gertie May Phillips died after a long illness at her Matoaca home. Aged 21 before marriage she was Miss Gertie Hawkins of Norfolk. She is survived by husband William A. Phillips a daughter her parents Mr and Mrs Richard Hawkins three sisters and two brothers. Funeral is set for tomorrow at Believers hall Matoaca at 2 PM with interment in Matoaca cemetery.
The notice notes the completion of a jewelry line at Kent Furniture Co. It records a business milestone and a location tied to the event, reflecting a brief commercial item in a local paper.
During a regular meeting of St Anne s Benevolent Society yesterday afternoon, routine business was followed by Christmas donations including toys for the Empty Stocking Club and Christmas baskets for worthy persons.
The Appomattox Trust Company has laborers at work taking down walls of their building left standing after the late fire. The company will begin rebuilding once plans specifications and bids are prepared. Some time will be needed to remove debris.
Yesterday afternoon on Federal street in Dinwiddie Wm. Jones, a N. and W. belt line worker, was held up by three black men near Colliers, about a mile and a half from Butterworth's Bridge. They robbed him of $20 and a double-barrel shotgun. Jones, who knew his assailants, did not suspect them and reported the robbery to police.
Stony Creek Va December 13 fire destroyed Mr. E L Lees large cotton gin today shortly after noon with about five thousand dollars worth of cotton in the gin lost. The report notes heavy loss and includes local items: memorial service for Rev. F M Edwards at the Methodist church next Tuesday night and various local updates including travel, business plans, and a drowning accident involving Moses Reece.
The vestry and congregation of St John s Episcopal church will tomorrow night extend a reception to their new pastor the Rev Pembroke W Reed late of Berkley Invitations have been sent to vestrymen rectors and prominent members of other Episcopal churches in the city to join in the welcome Mr Reed has a very important field to work but will be actively supported by a vestry and congregation fully alive to the work
Chas Gilliam a man with aliases who stole a laundress weekly washing on Commerce street and fired a gun at several people in Ettrick was convicted after a hearing before Justice Dunstan in Chesterfield county. He received twelve months on the county roads.
Sam Dailey a former employee of Mrs. Emiline Bernhard is arrested in Kansas City after information from John Feagle. The Bernhard farm killings occurred 20 miles south of Kansas City last week, involving her son George, Thomas Morgan and James Graves. Inspector Boyle led the arrest for the police department.
The normal school for Sunday school officers meets at Second Presbyterian Church this evening at 8 o’clock to study the Sunday lesson for next Sunday. The topic is The Key Stone Fact of the Christian system. The meetings are open to the public with strong invitation to all officers and teachers.
Petersburg High School benefit recital features Hannibal A Williams presenting King Henry IV parts at the D. M. Brown School Friday night. Lovers of Shakespeare are urged to attend for an enjoyable evening.
At the Chamber of Commerce board meeting William M. Martin of Petersburg was unanimously chosen Secretary to replace J Gordon Finney who recently resigned to resume law practice in Alexandria County. Martin begins in January and is hailed as a progressive local citizen. Bartlett Roper Sr. resigns from the board. he is president of Virginia National Bank and has long led commercial growth in Petersburg.
Blandford Lodge No. 3 A F and A M elected officers for the ensuing year led by Worshipful Master C L Guthrie Senior Warden Rev Dr W C Taylor Junior Warden John W Hays Senior Deacon Henry Jones Junior Deacon Virgil St oud Secretary L J Gills Treasurer Rt Wor W Presson Tiler Wor Joseph Weillane Chaplains Rev W A Haynes and Robt steward Property Committee CG Williamson R T Matteson and James Y Branch Stewards C H E Williamson and Jas Y Branch Blandford Lodge installed over 150 years ago and first chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland.
In Richmond on December 14 the State Department of Health urged open windows in cold weather to prevent colds. Commissioner Williams says fresh air is essential in winter as in summer, and that keeping the body warm with ample clothing matters more than sealing rooms. He cites a midnight inspection of a large apartment house where no windows were open, noting residents risk colds and lung trouble from a lack of fresh air.
This morning at Mrs Adelia Lewis residence on Bank Street Miss Maggie McNamara married Grover Leigh Wells with Rev Father O Farrell officiating. After the ceremony the couple departed for a bridal tour. The bride was a popular sales lady at Lavenstein Bros department stores while the groom worked at Petersburg Laundry.
Boston December 13 The Wellesley College faculty halves Saturday matinees and operas and imposes a penalizing class for poor spelling and punctuation. A student with three misspelled words or three punctuation mistakes in a theme must join the class, deemed essential for earning a degree.
Charleroi Pa Dec 13 A gello Bernado was blown to pieces today in the Charleroi Coal Works by a premature explosion of a quantity of powder. His batteries failed to work when he attempted to fire the shot and he was endeavoring to fix the cable when the explosion occurred. Job Williams a driver was passing at that moment and was instantly killed. Bernado was a trained miner and the apparatus he used was of the latest pattern.
Salem Maasha Salem Maasha advertised sample suits bought at 50 percent discount. The garments are guaranteed all wool, tailored with satin lining in this season's colors, priced from 15.00 to 18.00, and pushed to move quickly.
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