Prosecution to contest emotional insanity plea in Strother case
Trial details reveal the prosecution will attempt to show by Dr De Jarnvat that the Strothers were sane at the time of the killings. The March 4 session opened with testimony from witnesses about the defendants mental state and timing of the crime. Judge Grimley weighed defense objections as further testimony examined the sequence of events and alibis. The proceedings also reference the recent Tillman resolution on canal powers and a humane appeal for Dr King’s New Discovery with endorsements.
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de’ Jarnvat
See- Strother
Stamette
Saperin
State Hospital
Philip Strother
Har
Commonwealth
James Strother
Grimley
Triplett
Washington
Tillman
Oliver
Carmack
Catarrh Care Patent Pills Ad Incomplete Copy
Fragmentary ad-like text promotes Catarrh Care pills for blood and system cleansing. Mentions Toledo and a price of 7c per package, with unclear dosage and claims of long familiarity and honorable conduct.
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Toledo
Stay of Execution in Spartanburg Ventor Case
March 4 news notes a stay of execution granted today in a case related to Spartanburg. Details are garbled but reference to court action, the judge, and the potential impact on the defendant are mentioned. Also appears to cite Shuford Drug Co advertising stomach and liver tablets with promotional language.
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Gro
Spartanburs
Vantor
Shelton
T You & Cent
Jeac Shuford Drug Co
Leonard shows shortage of 1000 dollars at Southern Railway
A Salisbury report via long distance call says Hugh A. Leonard, a Southern Railway ticket agent who vanished from duty ten days ago, is short about $1000. Railroad detectives had been investigating the case before his disappearance and did not reveal their findings.
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Salisbury
N. C
Hugh A. Leonard
Southerm Railway
Leonard
Allcock's Porous Plasters Questioned By Market Imitations
Caution is urged as imitations closely resembling Atlene's Masters appear on the market, but they lack the genuine qualities of Allcock's. Allcock's remains the original safe porous plaster and the best external remedy. buyers are advised to insist on Allcock's. Lexington KY March 2. No change of venue is planned for Judge James Hargis's trial for the alleged assassination of Dr. B D Cox, set to begin Monday at Jackson. Defense counsel W A Young says he will not participate unless troops are sent by the governor to Jackson to prevent a violent court fight in which judges and lawyers could be murdered.
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Atlene
Allcock
Lexington
Maroh
James Hargis
B. D. Cox
Jackson
W. A. Young
Beckham
Hargis
Health in the Canal Zone Tempts Skilled Workers
The Panama Canal’s high wages lure young artisans toward skilled labor. Many fear fevers and malaria, but users of Electric Bitters report protection from malarial influence. Bitters purportedly cure blood, stomach, liver, and kidney troubles and weakness, sold by S. Martin & Co., 50 cents.
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Canal Zone
Panama Canal
S. Martin &Co
Tornado Devastates Washington Arkansas Town Destruction Reported
A violent tornado ripped through Washington Arkansas last night, leaving near total destruction and leveling much of the town. Calm downsides include reports of evacuations as residents assess the damage and seek aid.
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Weemney Hope
Ark
Washington
Insanity Plea in Court Deliberations in Strother Case
In Culpeper Virginia March 2, Dr Charles Lark described the defense strategy for an insanity plea for the Strother brothers arguing the act came from an irresistible impulse amid provocation. Testimony suggested mental derangement could follow insults without disease, and the defense rested with options to call further witnesses.
Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Ad and Court Denial
An advertisement for Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy promises relief for indigestion and related symptoms with a money back guarantee. Separately, the Supreme Court denied John Armstrong Chanter of North Carolina a writ prohibiting New York courts from interfering with a contemplated visit to New York.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John Armstrong Chanter
North Carolina
New York
Seaboard Officials Meet in Hamlet to Introduce Leader
Seaboard Air Line railroad officials from all branches gathered in Hamlet North Carolina on March 4 to meet President W A Garrett and General Manager Z J Whittlesy. Whittlesy outlined policy and inspection trips were planned with Garrett and other officials.
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Hamlet
N. C
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Cers
Traffic Department of the Road
Z. J. Whittiesy
Whittiesy
Seaboard
Talk It To Death and Ship Subsidy Vote Outcome
Democratic Senators reportedly reached understandings to effectively delay the ship subsidy bill. The accord emerged from a Senate floor conference between minority leaders and opposition House leaders Sharp Williams and Swagar Cherley. A note on a separate union incident reports Lang Nesbitt shot in the Buffalo Cotton Mills spindle room but not seriously wounded.
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Washington
Senate
Sharp Williams
Swagar Cherley
House
Lang Nesbitt
Mitchell Bryant
Union
Esterday
Bufalo
Nesbitt
Fant
Negro Woman's Kick Sparks ICC Complaint In Tennessee
Washington reports on Georgia Edwards a Black woman in Chattanooga filing with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway sold first class tickets to Black passengers in dirty cars. She seeks cars and accommodations matching first class fares. The record also notes other notices and ads from March listings.
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Washington, D.C
Geora Edwards
Chattanooga
InterState Commerce
Daniel Jst 18 in deathly Cotton King incident on Seventh Avenue
In New York on March 1 Daniel Jst 18, nicknamed Cotton King, lies seriously injured in his Seventh Avenue apartment. Dr Henry P Loomis gave oxygen as Sully, aged 45, remains in dangerous condition with a weak heart. His wife cites mounting worries over finances and bereavements, fearing what would happen if he dies.
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New York
Daniel Jst
Cotton King
Seventh Avenue
Sully
Henry P. Loomis
Fr. Sully
Tata
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Favored By Mothers
Chamberlains Cough Remedy is praised for coughs colds and throat troubles with a pleasant taste and no injurious ingredients. W S Pelham of Kirksville Iowa says it has been his leading throat remedy for over twenty years and notes its success in croup. Sold by Shuford Drug Co.
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BF. Crocker
Esa
Justice of the
Martinsbrg
Hiowa
Shuford Drug Co
Chamberlain's
W. S. Pelham
Kirksville
Tiowa
Sai
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Washington, D. C
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Mr. Roosevelt
Castoria
Culpeper
Chaslark
Strother Brothers
Clark
James Strothers
Woods
Clare
Keith
Hickory Coal
Hickory N
Devoe
Devor & Co
Norfolk
W. A. Barret
Seaboard Air Line
T. F. Whittley
Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railway
Ae A Aor
Garret
Tyner
Voskyi Bekalbska
Martin & Co
Hickory
Children
Fletcher
Y. MC. A
Utica
Y. M. CA
Baliaing
Jt. Woolley's
Smouting
Bucklen
Mar UN & Co
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Case Committee On Rivers and Harers
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Lee
Yokohama
Jeremma Mullins
Odessa
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Mecomb Brothers
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