Georgia court sentences former collegian to death for store murder
A superior court jury found Geo Harsh guilty of murdering Willard Joy Hursh, a drug store manager, during a 4th street robbery in Atlanta. The panel deliberated 14 minutes and imposed the electric chair, with no mercy recommendation. Eleven medical experts testified on insanity claims, but prosecutors argued Harsh acted normally and knew right from wrong.
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Geo
Willard
Atporne
Atlanta
Viethorpe
Joy Hursh
Tard Smith
Maneee
Harsi
Thomas
Georgia
Med
George R. Harsh
Harsh
Medicial
Dioe
Ely
Allegly
Wright
Shotty Smith
Jn Ie
Nhsession
Jack Mahoney
Utton
Tren
Rsa
Withese
Oldup
Icrash At Crossing Kills 17 Near Bellevue Ohio
Seventeen passengers on a Greyhound bus were killed and 15 injured when a Lake Shore interurban car crashed into the eastbound bus near Bellevue Ohio after a blinding snowstorm. The wreck left only the bus’s base and involved 33 people aboard.
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Icrash
Bellevue
Ohio
Greyhound
Pittsburgh
Lake Shore
Edward Butler
Cleveland
Costly jewels stolen in daylight burglaries in Wynnton
In Columbus Georgia on January 22 thieves broke into two Wynnton homes during the day, taking more than 5000 dollars in jewels including a 4000 dollar diamond ring, another ring and a diamond center brooch, plus 170 dollars in cash and an automatic pistol. Frank A. Phillips suffered the heaviest loss while Sidney Simmons' home was looted of the pistol. Both residents were away.
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Columbus
Wynnton
Frank A. Phillips
Sidney Simmons
Phillips
Mrs. Phillips
Valdosta Times Changes Hands in Local Press Sale
Valdosta Ga Jan 19 The Valdosta Press Inc led by E L Turner and C C Barnsley acquired the Valdosta Times from its previous owners and Edmun Walker who had recently arranged the sale The new organization takes immediate possession and will publish under the same name The price is not disclosed but said to exceed 75000 The Times was founded sixty two years ago and began daily publication over twenty years ago.
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Valdosta
Valdosta Press, Inc
E L. Turner
Valdosta Times
C. C. Barntley
The
Times
the Times
Edmun Walker
Mr R S Thorpe of Macon Is Dead
Macon mourns R S Thorpe veteran clothing merchant and president of the Thorpe firm in Macon and Lexington Ky He died early Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale Fla after seeking health relief He operated a Macon business for over 80 years Survived by widow a daughter Mrs J H Peavy Fort Lauderdale and four sons J H Virgil S Cecil and Warren Thorpe of Macon
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Macon
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
R. S. Thorpe
Lexington
Florida
J. H. Peavy
Fort Lauderdale
J. H., Virgil
S. Cecil
Warren Thorpe
Cordele Lawyer W H McKenzie Ends Life With Pistol
Cordele Georgia January 19 prominent lawyer W H McKenzie a member of a leading Cordele family shot himself in his home Saturday dying an hour later He had been ill several days and the nurse left to bring breakfast when the fatal shot was fired.
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Cordele, Ga
W. H. McKenzie
Cordele
Good Pastures Lower Cost of Producing Live Stock on Farm
Southwest Georgia farmers seek cheaper livestock production through permanent pastures and efficient feed. Guidance covers selecting lowland lands, clearing and burning brush, and sowing Lespedera Carpet and Dallis grasses. Plans include Three in One grazing systems with bur clover Kudzu rye vetch and oats options.
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Archie Langley
Georgia
Southwest
Georgia State College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
E. D. Alexander
Alexander
Death of Mrs T R Strange Follows Husband in Ellaville
Mrs T R Strange of Ellaville Georgia died at home on the Americus Ellaville highway a week after the burial of her husband T R Strange a prominent Schley county planter. She celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with him in December then both contracted influenza. She was born Miss Mattie Greene a member of a prominent Georgia family and active in the Methodist church W C T A and missionary society.
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Ellaville
T. R Strange
Schley County
T. R. Strange
Americus
Mrs Alumbaugh Convicted Of Libel In Georgia Trial
Savannah reports Mrs BEG Alumbaugh of Macon was convicted of criminal libel for circulating a spurious oath attributed to the Knights of Columbus during the national presidential campaign. She was fined 500 dollars or six months in jail after appearing as a representative of the American Rangers of Macon. Knights leaders testified the oath was false.
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Savannah
Beg Alumbaugh
Macon
Knights of Columbus
Alumbaugh
American Rangers of
The Zealous Reformer Quotation on Mischief and War
A Montaigne line notes that zealots label their mischief as zeal while self interest drives them. They ignite conflict not from justice but for advantage, framing war as a result of their zeal.
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Montaigne
A Texas Wonder Advertised for Kidney and Bladder Ailments
An advertisement promotes A Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel weak and lame backs rheumatism and irregularities of the kidneys and bladder It claims cures in a small bottle often and offers testimonials by mail for $1 25 Dr E W Hall 8679 Olive St St Louis Mo lists druggists as sellers
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E. W. Hall
Olive St
St Louis
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Sen Nn
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State College of Agriculture
W. F. Covington Headland, Ala
M. R. Cameron Butler
W.F. Covington
Headland
Ala
Texas
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