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Newspaper

Petersburg Daily Progress

Location

Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1909

Page

2

Proper Use of Money and Trust Real Estate Sales in 1909

Public notices advertise a March 20 1909 Hastings Court sale of parcels from Harry Myers Widow vs Harry Myers Heirs and a March 11 1905 deed of trust sale in Ettrick Chesterfield County with two acres, a store dwelling, and two outbuildings to be auctioned April 1 1909.

Hastings Court Petersburg Harry Myers Lombard and Old Church Streets Blandford Lombard Street Old Church Street Prince George County John Munt Maggie Jackson Bernard Mann T. Pannill’s Este RO. Gilliam Ettrick Chesterfield County van Main River Roa John Lemoorea William N. Orr W.T. Sherman Wm. H. Beck R. O. Egerton W. H. Beck H. W. Goodwyn Circuit Court Richmond and Petersburg Egerton O. W. Goodwyn Pannills Sons Irginia Circuit Court of Dinwiddie County Lula Beasley Daniel Stuart Sutherland Dinwiddie George J. Rogers Daily Progress Virginia A. M. Orgain George Mason

Auction Sale of Mahogany Furniture and Housewares

Public auction at 312 Washington Street on Monday April 5 1909 starting 10 30 A M selling Upright Streff Piano mahogany sofa octagon table carved claw feet chairs rockers divan pedestals wardrobe bureau washstand bedstead chest of drawers dressing table and more including iron beds felt mattresses floor coverings and kitchen furniture Sale is cash and final Dr Edwin J Nixon and Pannill Harrison note index copy April 2 3 4

Washington Street State of Washington R. J

Vanderbilt and Smailing Sailors Star in Bold Uproar on Deck

Reporters swarm the deck as Mr. Vanderbilt and Miss Rutherford dodge questions about grand opera and future plans. Mrs. Orbitt avoids detail while puffing, as couples retreat to private staterooms and the ship prepares to sail.

Mrs. , Sr Lnte Miss Beatride Rutherford Puff France Paris

Dying Friend’s Apparition Haunts Insurance Official

William A. Moore of Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance recounts a spectral message heard at the moment his friend Richard P. Romaine, Windsor Locks Paper Company president, died. The unauthenticated vision followed by a whispered voice prompted Moore to seek an explanation for the strange contact.

W. A. Moore Tield William A. Moore Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company Moore Richard P. Romaing Windsor Locks Paper Company Mr. Moore Romaine Lr. Rowaine Reed

Woman in trousers shocks crowd at Paris racecourse

At Au teuil races a young spectator wore a bold fashion, a skirt split to reveal Turkish trousers. The garment, tight and velvet trimmed, drew mixed attention but widespread disapproval for its ugly, strange look.

Paris Auteuil Sachwonan

Bride of Fourteen Edges Into Adulthood With Dolls

In Philadelphia a fourteen year old bride, Mrs Walter Malogey, paraded in long dresses while holding dolls in her parlor at 5717 Polar Street. She laughed she would not give up her dolls even after marriage and recalled marrying Feb 16 in Camden. Her mother, Mrs Bonner, objected to the marriage due to the girl's youth, creating family tension as the new couple settled into their home.

Philadelphia Walter Malogey Polar Street Camden Bonner Marryi

Torch of terrific heat pierces steel with new welding torch

A Cleveland inventor introduces a oxygen and acetylene torch claiming 6200 degree flame. It allegedly welds aluminum previously impossible and can cut through two inches of solid steel in under a minute and pierce twelve inches of hard steel in under ten minutes, far faster than a saw.

Cleveland Ohina

Poultry stock for sale from Symonby Gardena

Symonby Gardena offers fresh hatching eggs and baby chicks from Barred Buff White Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns. About fifty cockerels of these breeds also for sale at $1.00 to $2.00 each to make room for young stock. Call 346 or visit by electric car from Ferndale Park. deliveries in city. mh25-3m

Rhode Island Ferndale Park

Milwaukee Court Fines Woman Over Skirt Length Debate

In Milwaukee District Court Judge Neelen ruled on a risqué etiquette dispute. Patrolman Becker testified that a skirt could be raised only to a certain amount on a damp night, and May Walters was fined five dollars for passing the stage patrol.

Milwaukee Wis Neelen M May Walters Becker Msg

Sag Harbor Woman Sacrifices House for Tree

Mrs. Russell Sage bought the Seaman property for $10,000 to build a public library in honor of her grandparents Col. and Mrs. John Jermain. The house could not pass the trees, so she ordered the house torn down and moved in pieces to save the shade tree.

Russell Sage Sag Harbor L. Hb L. l Seaman Col John Jermain Woman’s Village Improvement Society

Rain of Catfish and Minnows Hits Mayfield Kentucky

Sunday morning a rain of catfish and perch minnows covered the S C railroad track in Mayfield. A boy gathered enough to fill a wash basin after a heavy rain shower blown from the southwest by hot winds. the report attributes the fish fall to a stream or body of water southwest of the city.

Kentucky Mayfield S. C

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R ‘Sally Union Street W. J. Burleigh Brown & Smith Sycamore and Washington Streeta Union Ave Union Avenue T. Pannill Chao Dinwiddie Farm Martin Mary Frances Anderson Ruth Street Rowanty Magisterial District Hawerton Ragsdale DeWitt Mayes W. D. McKenney Z. Fe Oliver Liberty Street Etersburg Telephone CO Goldress C. M. Giuliami Truster Petersburg Gas House Coke Cockade City Coal and Coke Co Burlingame Burlingame Underwriters S. 12Th Street Richmond, Va Messrs E. E. Hinckle R. T. Matteson Whitehorne & Scoggin T. A. James Sycamore Street Vanderbilt William Kk, Sr Symonby Gardena, Jae Hall & Picardat E. Eicheserg Bank St E. Gill Hinton WM. E. Ramey Nold i Ghas. M. Walsh Our Millinery Department A. Rosenstock & Company Crowder Brothers Millinery Department Grove Avenue Old Street
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