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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
1
Virginia forecast calls for fair tonight and Saturday with a small temperature change. Rucker's Mid Summer Bargain Sale opens today. Don’t miss the specials offered by Lavenstein Bros.
The electric power and street car interests of Petersburg Richmond and Manchester including interurban lines in Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties, formerly owned by Virginia Passenger and Power Company and allied firms, were transferred yesterday to Virginia Railway and Power Company. John E Harvell remains Petersburg superintendent and R H Moon remains local attorney for the new company. Also noted are local ads for Gill & Hoy and Kent’s Bernstein 3‑Piece Sanitary Metal Beds.
The Norfolk and Western railway reports May earnings up 28 percent from a year earlier. For the eleven months of the fiscal year, net earnings rise by 12 percent.
Special sale offers include ladies wrappers at 69 cents, silk petticoats at 2.95, wash skirts 49 and 98 cents, white petticoats at 29 and 89 cents, and wash and summer cloth suits at rock bottom prices. Large lot of princes and more discounts at 3106 Syc. St. from a leading price leader.
Police Court with Justice Plummer presiding reports Jas Gates fined $2.50 for violation. John Anderson, colored, charged with larceny, continued to May 6. Advertisement notes Vader Hammocks sold at factory prices at Kent's.
A fierce coastal storm drenched Brownsville and surrounding areas on July 1. Boats capsized at Point Isabel and two Mexican fishermen are feared drowned. Homes destroyed, torrents of rain caused panic. Tarpon Beach residents were evacuated to Point Isabel. Parlingen, 28 miles away, was totally wrecked by the storm, the fiercest on record.
Mrs Lavinia Stell Boisseau, wife of Thos H Boisseau, improves after six weeks illness. Her son Jennings Boisseau and Mrs Eva Coleman Boisseau, wife of T McLane Boisseau, are with her. Denis Edward, Rock Hill College freshman instructor, is visiting Mrs Ida D Alton. Miss Lottie May Faison visits Wilson and Farmville, Va. Park View and Swift Creek play ball at Swift Creek Saturday 4 pm. G Wallace Rucker travels to Montreal near Asheville NY for missionary conference. Miss McMahon and Agnes Kanes return to Richmond from Washington Street. Robt Gilliam Jr leaves for Los Angeles to attend Petersburg Lodge Grand Lodge. Gilliam will tour Western cities. Robert G Jones and Albert G West go to Ocean View for a few days. Mrs Emma Roper of Baltimore visits city relatives. Mollie Cook of Norfolk visits on Liberty Street. R F Chambers returns from Tennessee. Jamestown excursion patrons told to expect first class refreshments. lunch for 80 cents. 5-Foot Lawn Settee at special price. Kent Fur Co.
Real estate firm Pyle & Co releases No 17 of the Virginia Real Estate Herald free nationwide. Contains Petersburg area data for home seekers and settlers. copies available on request. Advertisement notes a Sunday trip on the steamer Pokanoket with 26 cents round trip and 25 cent items, Petersburg schedule.
At a recent meeting the A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans ordered copies of all camp pictures for display in the hall. The group planned to march to the Heinemann building arena on Bank Street for a joint photo session. Each member will be numbered with the name shown by number.
A joint session of the Board of Aldermen and Common Council elected Jas E Collier police inspector for milk and food. Willcox and Bond were re elected to the five commissioners and police commissioners. P H Wells became chairman of the Claims Committee. New Overseers of the Poor named by ward with several pairs listed. Crowder Bros. Boys’ Out Price Clothing Sale advertised with Dixie daisy lawn mower bargain. Kent Fur Co.
Dr. E. Payne completed his engagement at the First Ebenezer Baptist Church last night with praise. Dr. W. F. Gresham of Fifth Street Baptist in Richmond will preach tonight, a Virginia Baptist State Convention leader and Lynchburg Seminary board chair. Rav. EK Watts is pastor. Shirt Waists for motormen and firemen arrive. Gill & Hoy Inc offers summer merchandise at half price at Rackers.
Rev D S Henkel preaches on The Lost Christ at Washington Street Christian Church tonight. The service features the song Ninety and Nine sung with stere opticon views and ten pictures. All are invited. Also listed are local ads for Rocker sale at Kent's with porch rockers discounted.
New York July 1 Max Walk alleged chief of a gang that stole about 200000 dollars in goods from Adams Express Co over three years was arrested at his New Rochelle home. Five other men await trial for participation in the theft. Walk faced charges for entering the company office and posting labels with an accomplice’s address on packages. The goods were delivered to the accomplice who disposed of them.
The 7 year old Emma Haas lies critically injured at home after a night attack in the woods near Hillsdale. William Sothern is held in Anacostia Precinct on suspicion of attempted assault as crowds fear lynching and police guard the station. The crime occurred as she walked home from a Hillsdale grocery at about 4 pm. clothing torn and injuries reported.
Authorities uncover an anarchist plot to assassinate the Russian Emperor during a forthcoming European trip. Adolf Wang, linked to the Maj General Beckman murder and suicide, belonged to a group scheming the czar’s death. Nine Russian anarchists were earlier arrested. two were found in the palace.
Excursion offered Monday July 5 departing Norfolk Virginia by rail. Round trip price set at $1.50. Details list the excursion as a special railway event with scheduled departures and return.
Ocean View Cape Henry Virginia Beach service advertises a fast vestibuled coach train leaving Petersburg at 8 45 a m on Monday July 6 arriving Norfolk 10 65 a m Returning leaves Norfolk 7 00 p m arriving at Petersburg p m Authorized by C H Bosley F W Jones D P A 229 30 iy2 3
In Hastings Court Judge Mullen completed the June term criminal docket and pronounced sentences. The civil docket closed with the Walker versus A. Lawbieh damage suit set for trial July 10 and 12 at Rucker's, with Lawne and Snit inge at 6 at Rucker's.
In Pottaville on July 1, Joanima Fosia shot Pietro Slantlo three times at close range. The powder burned the victim’s shirt. Slantlo died instantly. Fosia fled the scene.
Junius Williamson slipped through an eight by twenty inch hole in a floor panel of the Canal street temporary city jail the escape occurred last night or early today three fellow prisoners Roe Buck Clark and Fisher witnessed nothing Williamson who is suspected of murdering his wife and indicting for forgery fled from the building to a shed then to the ground Williamson has a Texas wife in Marietta and was married in 1906 after his alleged crime.
The Riverside Club hosts its usual Saturday afternoon hop from 5:30 to 8 PM with crowds enjoying tennis and music. A six o'clock reception will follow, with a committee including Mesdames Townsend Crowley Drewry Fanshaw and several Misses named.
Maud Freeland 15 and Homer Goodall 21 rode 80 miles to wed, aiming for Huntington license. They reached Branchland too late for the train, then faced the irate father who arrived on horseback and took charge. Goodall taught school. Freeland was his former pupil from near Ironton, Ohio. Regular $1,560 Camas Cota now 91.00 at Kent's.
New York on July 1 reports the found body in the Hudson River may be Leong Ling the alleged killer of Elsie Sigel. Coroner and police note strong resemblance in height weight and facial features but formal identification awaits autopsy and measurements. Coroner McDonald and officers lean toward Leong Ling while ruling out a definite conclusion for now. Clinton W Bell who found the body notified police and the body was taken to a Bronx morgue for examination.
Market page advertises nursery refrigerators and Eddy Ice Chest billed as ice savers. Vador ham mocks and hand woven extra wide porch shades named The perfect shade. Crex rags noted for summer floor covering. Bine Flame Wick Oil and The Reliable Kind stoves highlighted by ENT furn 00.
Newark New Jersey July 1 The Atlantic Engineering and Construction Company once awarded a 10,000,000 contract to build a Savannah to Chattanooga railroad was adjudged insolvent today Pierre K Cook of Jersey City was named receiver. The sole asset is the railroad contract to be paid in bonds of the Savannah Augusta and Northern Railroad
A very choice assortment of patterns in edgings and insertions offered at yard and dozen prices. Embroideries in various widths and qualities, including some slightly soiled pieces and broken lots, with prices from 23c to 39c per yard. New match sets, shirt waists fronts, and princess dress bits offered at low prices along with men’s neckwear undergarments and parasols.
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