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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
1
Virginia continues warm and partly cloudy with conditions favorable for showers tonight or Friday. Strong sunshine and leftover humidity set the stage for possible showers as the week advances.
John Worrell charged as a trespasser is discharged while Geo Williamson fined. Henry Scott jailed for larceny with whipping ordered. Geo Eanes, Arthur MacKay, Geo Thweatt, and Hiram Banks receive ordinance violations or discharges. Moses Stith and R Manson noted for commissions or ordinance matters. Dr Burton listed for ordinance violation.
Rev. Father Buckley assistant rector of the Cathedral in St Augustine was drowned at South Beach while surf bathing. He drifted far out calling for help as Rev. Father Ray of Tampa aided. Both exhausted. Jack Spencer helped Ray ashore but Buckley disappeared. Buckley, a native of Ireland, was ordained about a year ago.
In Rome on June 23 Foreign Minister Tittoni told the chamber of deputies that Italy’s relations with England and France were excellent and that the triple alliance remains unshakable. He said the new Italian armaments offended nobody and denied that the alliance would be renewed before its expiration.
Miss Sarsh Shortt and Miss Willie Slaughter visit friends at Blackstone. The Whits Ribbon Cadet Band directed by Herbert A. Savory advertises engagements. Blandford M E church women prepare Children’s Day program for next Sunday. Mrs. Annie Muggler visits relatives in the city. Public invited to Central Park lawn party by St Paul’s ladies from 4 to 10 pm. refreshments sold. Knights of Columbus promoting a steamer Pokanoket outing next Tuesday night. Free moving pictures at Ferndale park draw large crowds, 10 cents for ride and pictures. Ashby Fleshood, killed in N W freight yard, body shipped to Lawrenceville by Morrise & Son. Mr Andrew H. Allen, New York City businessman, visits family. Board of Aldermen to meet tomorrow afternoon. Hastings Court: Montgomery Davis acquitted of cocaine sale. Ben Stewart improving after fever. Rev Dr Rosebro, former Table Street pastor, visiting. Cullean & Johnston of Richmond plan addition to Petersburg Hospital at about $15,000. Mr and Mrs Gordon McCabe go to Magnolia, Mass for summer. Mrs Frank Wagner ill on Liberty Street, slight improvement today.
Rutherford B. Harvell, once with Petersburg fire department and later an engineer for Levy Peanut, died after a long illness at his father’s Lom Bard Street home. Survived by father, stepmother, brother Richard Harvell Jr., and sisters Susie Prosser and Nellie Harvell. The community mourns the loss of a valued and esteemed man.
At the Cockade theatre tonight the film Egyptian Wedding is shown with a New Song. A note promises a surprise tomorrow and Saturday and urges readers to watch the Progress for details.
The commonwealth prosecutes Wm Wise and D Arcy Archer for the murder of Tom Walker, whose throat was cut near the A L tracks south of Gillstreet on March 16. Archer’s counsel is Ro Gilliam Jr. The knife found at the scene belonged to Wise who allegedly loaned it to Archer. Both men were with Walker earlier. Archer says he left Walker and Wise on Halifax street before the killing.
The State Highway Commissioner reports a convict camp near Falling Creek will move next Monday to a site on the Turnpike near Old Town Creek to build five miles of road from Petersburg once funds are raised. The move depends on Petersburg citizens paying subscriptions by Saturday. Chesterfield County residents have already paid, while Petersburgers have not yet contributed their shares.
Miss Agnes McLymon Buchanan daughter of Mr and Mrs Jas McS Buchanan of this city married Chas Epps Harwell a noted local businessman at the Dinwiddie country home Oak Grove today at 10 am Rev J S Foster of Table Street Presbyterian Church performed the ceremony. Miss Bessie Harwell sister of the groom was maid of honor and Mr Wm Buchanan brother of the bride was beat man. The couple left for a bridal tour to New York Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Howard Godsey, a 22 year old Black worker from Dinwiddie County, died at Petersburg Hospital after being struck by a passing lever on the Norfolk and Western Railroad. An autopsy by Dr. Aulick Burke showed his fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae were fractured, confirming the fatal injuries.
Washington observers protest naval firing near the Indian Head proving grounds. A shell passed over the steamer St. Johna and landed nearby splashing water into the air. The Estelle Randall later faced a similar near miss. Captains say shells frighten passengers, deterring nervous women and children from riding passing steamers.
In St Michaels Md on June 23 a young white woman, nude and weighted with an iron pot and bricks, was found floating in Back river by two crabbing boys. Beaten to death with a club, her identity is unknown and authorities investigate. The case unsettles the resort town amid crowds and heightened inquiries.
Starke Lodges of Masons Blandford Petersburg and Powhatan join for a joint stated communication tonight. The festival of St John the Baptist will be celebrated as Most Worshipful Jos. W Eggleston Grand Master attends. All Masons are invited to meet him.
Cyclone wreckage in Brown county reveals a storm cellar where Charles Dilson, his wife, and their 12 year old daughter were marooned for two weeks. They survived on raw potatoes for six days, digging to air but lacking water for two days. Rescue crews had searched for them after the home was destroyed and believed they had fled.
An earthquake struck Grass Valley California at 11 26 pm with a lighter tremor at 11 40 pm. Reports spread from Marysville Nevada City and Colfax. No damage reported. Reno Nevada also felt the quake affirming a rare event in the region.
Mrs Fannie Kirthsale of Newcastle Pa receives a cable from Saville Spain that her husband has been shot and killed. No details given. The couple married that month. He lived in Pittsburg and left May 28 to claim an estate reportedly left to him.
Bradstreet's notes gradual business improvement in Petersburg and Richmond area with mixed signals. Paper and pulp see rising orders but prices remain unsatisfactory. fruit and vegetable receipts fair with moderate demand and low prices. Trunk and bag industry modest gains and building active mainly in housing, aiding material demand. weather favorable for crops. retail trade seasonally dull. collections fair and some lines better than weeks past.
Detroit, June 23. Dr. Hills Cole of the New York State Department of Health urged fear of tuberculosis before the American Institute of Homeopathy. He blamed feather dusters for spreading germs and called for a damp cloth as a substitute, arguing one-seventh of world deaths come from consumption.
Chicago four banks unite with merged offices while keeping separate names. Continental National Bank holds stock in the new arrangement and brings $70,000,000 in deposits, American Trust and Savings Bank contributes $32,550,000, with both keeping distinct identities in a single building. Continental National president Reynold declined Taft’s Treasury offer.
The legislative commission selecting a site for the Edward Ward Carmack memorial has chosen a location above the south entrance to the State Capitol grounds in Nashville. A $25,000 memorial is planned with subscriptions being received.
Miss Ellen Glasgow, Richmond author, is seriously ill at Hot Springs Virginia after returning from a European tour. She was accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Patterson, another noted Virginian woman. Condition reported as improving after concerns about health and trip.
News from Victoria reports rare birds have been found on Riangla Island by Warburton Pikes and W E F Burton, two noted sportsmen. The discovery includes the little auk, formerly thought extinct, signaling a remarkable avian find in British Columbia.
Pittsburg Pa June 25 The United States Steel Corporation refused to confer with employees of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company The company notified that from July 1 workers will not be recognized as union men President E W Pargny of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company said no conference will be held and mills would run during a potential strike He prepared for many workers to take the place of those who walk out claiming to be nonunion Pargny known as a top strikebreaker in steel circles
In Chicago on June 283 Deprived of movement by paralysis John Bennett witnessed his wife Una ble to move a chair under a gas jet near him and tie a rope The wife then hung herself while Bennett’s cries went unheard until a neighbor found the scene and life ended for both.
Judge W BR Bennett of Fayette county circuit court applies for permission to carry a revolver under the new law. He says threats to his life from dangerous men stem from sentences he has pronounced, noting Fayette and McDowell counties hold a large share of state penitentiary inmates. It is reported he has long carried a .44 in his hip pocket, even while holding court.
Rudolph Hansman of Baltimore, who wrote a note to his wife confessing intent to drown himself in Hampton Roads, was found walking on Main Street by Detective Purnell. He would not discuss his letter read on a ferry steamer. He is in sound mind and was taken to Union Mission for care by his organization colleagues.
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 28 a Slav named Mike Mozingo reportedly threw a boiling kettle at a baby after being refused food by Louis Paul's family. The child was badly scorched but the prognosis is unclear. The incident reflects a violent response tied to a dispute over meals.
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