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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
1
Local showers are forecast for tonight and Friday with unsettled conditions into Saturday and Monday in Virginia. Prominent sale event, Stunning Bargain Days at Rucker's, appears in the same notice.
Nellie Nugent and Rama Jane Wheelhouse two white women living in West Hud faced the Police Court for keeping a disorderly house. Each was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to 80 days in jail. Their mother, also named in the charge, was discharged.
June 9 Pekin report of a Foreign Board banquet honoring W. W. Rockhill the retiring United States minister. The event recognized his service amid formal tributes by board members.
Rain fell this afternoon. The new city jail is being painted red. Mr. Jos W Seward received a new automobile in New York costing 4000 dollars. Maude B Stewart, daughter of Officer James Stewart, is ill at Commerce Street home. William A. Kirkham was struck by a bicycle rider on Sycamore Street but escaped unharmed except for a shake up. Pa tersburg Council Knights of Columbus initiated three candidates and deferred their excursion. Memorial Day address by Captain Carter R. Bishop received compliments. Alex Wilson is ill at his Lawrence Street home. Husting Court May term adjourned. June term begins the 17th. Nellie Teresa Powers to perform at A. P. Hill Camp Hall Friday night. earlier info corrected. A new Dinwiddie Courthouse school house at 4000 dollars contemplated. Lyric shows a complete change of program tonight. Mrs. James A. McCann of Prince George county died yesterday. funeral today. Our Coal is Clean, price fair, delivery perfect, Cothade City Coal & Coke Co. Phone No. 57.
The Cockade Picture Theater shows a packed house tonight with new films featuring A P Hill Camp and the Petersburg Grays. The opossum pulling down the Confederate flag scene will be added to the 19th picture and shown Friday and Saturday matinees, while earlier titles Last Days of Pompeii Italian Cavalry and Wreck of the 8 8 Amagon on the Marcum sands remain. All shows tonight priced at 5 cents amid a special sale of Summer Merchandise at Rucker's starting tomorrow.
Deputy United States Marshal Murphy of Richmond served a warrant on John Gary Hatfield, the man arrested during the Taft reception, who is wanted in Savannah, Georgia. Hatfield will be taken to Savannah Saturday to face U. S. Court on the charge of stealing a railroad case from an employee of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad.
Mrs Pamelia Keirsey Williamson dies after dinner cabbage meal believed possibly poisoned by Paris green. Wife of Junius A Williamson, mother of an infant, with father John Keirsey and brothers John Jr and Norman Keirsey as survivors. Funeral at Second Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 4 PM.
In a brief notice Cockade City Coal and Phone No. 57 advertises coal coke and wood delivery for this month. The offer highlights prompt service and local availability.
The Bishop Payne Divinity School board met for its annual session with most eminent clergy present. The group thoroughly reviewed the school’s progress and officers were to be elected this afternoon. Members include Bishop A. M. Randolph Bishop Robt A Gibson and Bishop Tucker of Virginia and Bishop Robt Strange of North Carolina.
The State reunion of Elks opens in Petersburg on Wednesday June 16. Prominent Virginia citizens will attend and Petersburg Lodge will entertain them in Elk style. The Old Virginia barbecue at Coggin's Point on the James River will eclipse any previous event in this section.
A new program at the Lyric tonight features Frank Krona a comedy monald giat and juggler the Kleig four in number musical playlets and two reels of moving pictures with quality orchestrations. The Richmond report says the four Kleis act is the feature and the program is particularly good.
Under authority of the Common Council and Board of Aldermen the Board of Health will appoint a second sanitary inspector. The new inspector will be chosen from the police force and detailed by the police commissioner, serving under the Board's supervision.
An earthquake near Padang Sumatra on June 8 devastated Korinchi 185 miles southeast of Padang killing 230 people and injuring many as a tidal wave swept away native huts.
Roanoke June 9 Harry Freeman held in Christiansburg jail on horse stealing charges is reportedly treated as a social favorite. Guards take him to Episcopal Church services and to homes of society figures where he plays violin, receives flowers and candy, and is lauded as a musical artist. He formerly led a band in Elliston and is said to have driven to Cambia and Radford where arrests followed.
Washington June 9 Postmaster General Hitchcock decides to discontinue the new green special delivery stamp and revert to the blue stamp showing a messenger on a bicycle. The mix‑up with the green stamp caused many letters to escape treatment as special delivery matter. The blue stamp will begin immediately and a new postal card of better paper is in preparation. The present four year contract expires December 31 next.
Justice Plummer presided. Irvin Beal and Chas Lee were fined $10 for city ordinance violations. Nellie Nugent received a $50 misdemeanor fine and 80 days in jail. Emma Jane Wheelhouse faced a $30 misdemeanor fine and 80 days in jail. Mary Wells was discharged. Archie Johnson, colored, fined $2.50 for city ordinance violation.
Mr. Thos. P. Wright a former Petersburger died at his Baltimore home two weeks ago from injuries leading to pneumonia. A native of Petersburg he ran a local plumbing business for years. Survived by his wife who was a Miss Branch of this city.
This morning at 10 o'clock at the parsonage of High Street Mu church Mary Mancos was united in marriage to the Rev Paul Jamrik. The ceremony was performed by Rev d K Jolliff. Both spouses reside in Prince George county. The groom serves as pastor of the Congregational church at Disaputanta.
Yesterday afternoon at the bride's mother's house on North Market Street Miss Justine Pickrell joined Robi W Prichard Jr in marriage. Rev Father O Farrell performed the ceremony with Miss Virginia McKenney as maid of honor and Mattie Bragg Prichard as bridesmaid. Best man was Herbert Bragg Prichard. The couple left for Hot Springs Virginia afterward. The bride and groom are noted as esteemed in Petersburg society. Also an advertisement notes coal and coke supplies at summer prices with delivery by phone.
A musical benefit event at Halifax Baptist Chapel on Friday June 11, 1909, at 8 15 p m features Miss L Blick of Richmond College performing a piano solo, Miss Estelle Prosser reciting, and instrumental duets by Miss Olara Titus and Miss Grace Titus with Richmond College quartet. A separate notice mentions Rucker's Sale offering bargains up to 25 cents at 5 cents.
In New York James Brady allegedly left St Andrew church with a gold chalice and paten under his coat. A crowd of 150 worshippers confronted him at mass time injuring Brady and forcing police to intervene. Brady claims he had just arrived from Blackwell’s Island to see Father Evers. Magistrate House held him on $3,000 bail for the grand jury.
The Mauretania raised the world record for a day’s run by a trans Atlantic liner to 673 nautical miles. The new record was reported via wireless message, ending at noon Monday June 7 after leaving Queenstown for New York on June 6.
Wheeling West Virginia June 9 at least six men burned to death four fatally injured and ten seriously hurt in a furnace accident at the Martin's Ferry Wheeling Steel and Iron Company. About fifty workers gathered near the furnace when molten iron erupted sweeping many into the onrush. Forty to fifty injured and missing workers fled as panic spread. All victims were foreigners and manager Frederick Zimmerman was badly burned while trying to save others.
Seaford Delaware June 9 Nathaniel Conway a former coroner of Sussex County now living in Seaford has found a fortune in a small safe bought at public sale over 30 years ago. He stored the safe in his stable then moved it to his office unable to open it until this week when he broke the lock and gold coins spilled out attracting a crowd. He declines to reveal the amount but says he will live in luxury the rest of his days.
The American College in Rome held a thanksgiving mass in honor of its golden jubilee. Archbishop William H. OConnell officiated with remarks praising the college. Auxiliary Bishop Corrigan compared the American College to other English speaking colleges in the city, noting its rapid rise and significance.
Italian stranger Jos Fioria called at Rt. Rev. Bishop Bucka’s Albany residence and, flourishing a revolver, threatened to kill the bishop. The clergyman was away. Fioria, believed distraught, disposed of the weapon before police arrived.
Embroidery flouncing remnant sale offered at half price with earliest buyer advantage. Ladies muslin underwear items, gowns, skirts, drawers and special sets priced from 25c to $3.98, some slightly soiled but bargain priced. Numerous undergarments at special weekly prices feature embroidery trims and crossbar details.
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