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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1909
Page
1
Fair and cooler forecast for Virginia with a drop in temperatures. Ruckers Store and other dry goods and discount shops plan to close all day Monday, affecting local commerce.
The Ladies Memorial Association of Tennessee held a meeting to discuss memorial windows for the Confederate chapel. The Daughters of the Confederacy plan to order a new window soon, joining existing windows for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, and Louisiana. A contribution box will be placed in the old church for visitors to donate. Our stores will be closed Monday July 5. Kent Furniture Co. Art China and Furn. Shop. Our Stores will be closed all A Rosenstock Co.
Jefferson City Mo June 2 By the killing of the entire Ragel family a railway company escapes liability for damages in a suit for 15000 by the administrator of the estate. Missouri Supreme Court holds no surviving claimant to pursue final judgment against the company as the whole family was wiped out by the fatality.
Sunday afternoon offers a 25 cent round trip with pleasant twilight and night boating. Steamer Poksnoket departs Petersburg at 6 PM and returns at 10 PM. Sandwiches and cream available at city prices.
Public auction on July 6 1903 at 4 PM in Peters burg Virginia offers the machinery stock fixtures and equipment of a first class bakery plus wagons harness cash register iron safe refrigerator show cases scales and confectionery stock. Sale may be in parcels or whole. Willis B. Smith receiver John D. Watkins trustee Pannill Harrison auctioneers.
A crowded church schedule shows regular prayer and song at Almshouse and multiple churches including Blandford M E Petersburg Mission. Morning and evening sermons, Sunday schools, and special talks feature at Washington Street Christian Church First Baptist Second Baptist Grove Avenue Baptist Chapel and others with notices of Holy Communion, stereopticon views, and invited attendance.
Real estate transfers listed include American Cigar Co. to Seidenberg & Co. with machinery and fixtures on Byrne and Harrison streets valued at 48 550 dollars. James Carter Sr to John W. Carter a half interest on South avenue. Virginia Railway and Power Co. receives property of the Virginia P. and P. Co. from Hill Carter and others. Eliza V. Ingram and husband to Eliza A. Meade for a lot on Third street. W R McKenney as trustee releases a Cedar street lot to Andrew Johnson. Nancy Watkins sells to Mary E. Townsend a lot on St Matthew street for 30 dollars. Art China and Faru Shop.
Holiday Monday trip by the Pokanoket steamer offers vocal and instrumental music, city priced refreshments, and 30 cent Goodland. Tickets cover landing on the Island and 10 cent grounds access for the Virginia Antiquities Association. Steamer departs at 88.13 and returns by 8 p.m. Special four gallon stone lined water cooler offered at $6.50, others from $1.25. Kent Furn Go.
Independence Day will be observed by the postoffice Monday with hours from 10 a.m. to 12 m. Carriers will make one full delivery at 10 p.m. and one collection from Star boxes at 4 p.m. Two 10c Stores will close all day Monday.
The city police offer a fifty dollar reward for Junius Williamson who escaped from the city jail on Thursday night or Friday morning. City Sergeant John B. Evans announces the reward and asks for any information leading to Williamson's capture.
Colored notices list Oak Street A M E Zion Church led by Rev J Harvey Anderson D D with Sunday school at 9 15 a m preaching at 11 a m and 7 45 p m Communion at the evening service. Union Station CO M Church with Rev Hi Hilary preaching at 11 a m and 8 12 p m. Baptist Temple with Rev William E Johnston of Richmond preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m. Gilfield Baptist Church with Pastor G B Howard hosting morning and evening services and baptizing after the morning service. a First Baptist anti tariff faction event in Ramsdell Block featuring Rev George C Stith at 11 a m and 8 30 p m on “The Race with Patience Run” and “Highway Shall be There,” with Sunday school at 9 30.
George Hecox, missing since 1860, travels from the South to East Lee to reunite with wife Mary Canfield Tucker. She had remarried, believing him dead, and supported by an unknown benefactor. Hecox reveals his safe return, plans to settle in East Lee, and resume life with his wife. The tale unfolds amid local paper making in East Lee.
A Sunday outing on July 4 offers a round trip for 25 cents aboard the Pokanoket. Depart Petersburg at 6 PM and return by evening. Sandwiches and cream will be served at city prices.
Lynchburg Virginia July 2. John Walsh 19 son of L W Walsh secretary treasurer of the Lynchburg Foundry Q Company is missing from home and it is believed he may have gone north. He is tall with a stooped shoulder dark hair hazel eyes wearing a blue cast light pants arrow hat and tan shoes. He is an assistant secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association.
Steamship service advertised for Sunday with prices listed in cents. The note mentions 25 cent fares and departure at 6 PM returning at 10 PM, with a tease of city prices and a line urging to leave Peters Burg.
Police Court quiet this morning. Abingdon death of Malcolm Gibson, 18 months, grandson of Mrs. Almond. Mrs. Imogen Kell visits sister Mrs. Edmunds. Lyric Theatre closes for summer after tonight. manager Moss to Pittsburgh. reopen Sept 1. Mrs. Lillian Gill and Miss Collett visit Waverly. Butcher family leaves for Raleigh to visit Dr. Oulbreth. Mrs. Pearce injured in fall from electric car. doctors Gamble and Smith. Mr. Charles Maule of Portsmouth in city. J Stanley Gray leaves for Harvard summer normal. returns August. Colored Baptist Ministers Conference ends until October. summer outing July 5 at Mt Level. First Ebenezer Baptist anniversary well attended. sermons by Dr. J B Howard, Rev J B Brown, Rev Y Browder. supper to close Monday.
A Sunday afternoon outing on July 4 aboard the steamer Pokanoket leaves Petersburg at 6 P.M. and returns at 10 P.M with tickets 25 to 26 cents. Also advertised is a 6-foot lawn settee for 4.26 dollars and Kent Fur Co listings.
Freehold New Jersey July 2 a report from the Applegate household near Freehold records the birth of a fifteenth child in the Applegate family. The baby girl born late in June becomes the seventh daughter in the brood of Mr and Mrs Charles Applegate. The Yates family in Trenton previously noted a thirteenth child born on the 13th of a month.
Summer sale highlights include nursery refrigerators and Ed dy Ice Chests. Vador Ham mocka and Hand Woven exten wide shades offer sun protection. Orex Rugs and Blue Flame Wick Oil Stoves showcase home comfort. Stores close all day Monday July 6.
Ela Ginglas, a 18 year old lacemaker born in north Ireland, testifies in her defense in Judge Brentano's court after being accused of stealing lace from former employer Agnes Barrette. She claims the charge is manufactured and plans to reveal alleged attacks at the Wellington Hotel. Support from Woman's Christian Temperance Union and other groups backs her case.
Special fast train with ventibulated coaches departs Petersburg at 8 45 a m July 6 reaching Norfolk at 10 65 a m Return leaves Norfolk at 7 00 p m and arrives Petersburg at 3 00 p m D H Bosley F W W Jones D P A Pla 32980 jy8
In Quitman Georgia on July 2 Mrs T N Jones was killed almost instantly by her 16 year old daughter Misa Oors Lea Jones who playfully snapped an old pistol toward her mother The weapon fired striking the head and scattering brain matter The daughter was seized by convulsions and is in critical condition.
Salem Maasha advertises patterns in edgings and insertions at 5 to 10 cents per yard with dozens of val insertions sold by the dozen yards. Embroideries offered in 18 inch lengths from 15 to 39 cents per yard with some pieces slightly soiled. prices range 23 to 59 cents per yard.
A noisy sale listing offers 16 and 12 1-2c embroideries and edgings, 10 to 12 1-2c qualities, 50c shirts, 60c children parasols, $1.25 umbrellas, and assorted men and women undergarments. Highlights include match sets, shirt waist fronts, bands for princess dresses, and various hosiery, corset covers, and lisle thread garments. The rundown presents prices and item groups typical of late 19th or early 20th century catalog copy.
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