Jury Sentences Simpers to Death for First Degree Murder
Elkton Md March 30 Jury found John Simpers guilty of murder in the first degree in the killing of attorney Kit Constable near Elkton and sentenced him to be hanged. The judge ordered the death penalty and a final date to be fixed by the governor. Simpers cried aloud at the verdict, while relatives and officers struggled to maintain order as the crowd reacted to the dramatic ruling.
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Police Court prisoner escapes during session in Alexandria
An inmate, William Whalen, escaped from the Alexandria Police Court after leaping the railing as officers prepared to return him to the cell room. He had been remanded for possible involvement in a freight car robbery near Franconia. Whalen, Oehlert, and Harrie Robinson faced charges. Whalen fled into Market alley and vanished. later recaptured if possible.
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Prince William County
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Sawmill Explosion Kills Three in West Virginia
A boiler at a small Sandstone Creek sawmill in Mingo County exploded, killing two boys John and Green Sandmann and a man William Henderson. Injured, Frank Burgess and Alonzo Beages, as portions of bodies flew up to 200 yards. The Sawmill owned by Walter Ferrer was wrecked and partly burned. the Sandmann boys were visiting at the time.
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JAIL SE VIENCE FOR GIRL
Miss Ivy Michael of Frostburg appeals a ruling by Justice Chambers that fined her for assaulting Roy Jeffries and jailed her six months for carrying concealed weapons. She fired a revolver to scare away a suitor amid two younger sisters at home. A warrant for assault and concealed weapons was issued. Michael claimed the weapon was not concealed and posted bond.
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Cumberland Md
Ivy Michael
Frostburg
Justice Chambers
Roy Jeffries
Michael
Enormous Profits Indicated in Sale of Teachers Registers
Richmond Va March 3 Secretary Frank P Brent of the State board of education said the board will likely reply to charges by J D Eggleston Jr who claimed Virginia patrons pay high prices for teachers registers The registers are printed by J L Hill Printing Co at 6 to 75 cents a copy and firms offer 18 to 25 cents The multiple list adopted by the board raised costs vs other states influencing the superintendent race Candidates for that post J D Eggleston George A Harvey support the single list with J A McGilvray remaining silent Col Joseph E Willard governor candidate backs the single list which is expected to influence the campaign
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Frank P Brent
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J D Eggleston
Prince Edward
George A Harvey
Rockbridge
John A McGilvray
Department of Education
Joseph E Willard
Remains of Mildred Lee Taken to Virginia Mausoleum
A large Lexington gathering greeted the special train bearing Miss Mildred Lee, daughter of Gen Robert E Lee, from New Orleans. The procession escorted the body to R E Lee Memorial Church, with funeral set for 11 a.m. at Washington and Lee, burial in the Tee mausoleum with family graves nearby. Floral tributes from New Orleans and Lynchburg marked the somber procession.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
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Robert H Lee
New Orleans
R E Lee
Tee
Agnes Lee
G W Curtis Lee
Fairfax County
Robert B. Lee
New Kent County
Mary Curtis Lee
France
Adjutant General of the United Confederate Veterans
William E Mickle
One and Daughters of the Confederacy
Negro's life at stake in Wilmington murder case
Norfolk March 3 The success of James P Rutledge a Wilmington detective arriving here will decide the fate of John Williams a negro condemned to death in Wilmington for a 1897 murder. Williams claimed an alibi asserting employment with Old Dominion Steamship Co in Norfolk. The Delaware board of pardons reviews the case as prosecutors seek truth about his alibi. The city directory lists many John Williams as dying in 1897 in Norfolk Portsmouth and Berkley.
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Norfolk
James P Rutledge
Wilmington
John Willams
Ward
Willams
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Uhis
Delaware Board of Pardons
John Wiliams
Portsmouth
Berkley
Pastor in Police Court in North Carolina Minister Charged
The Rev CW Matthews of Hertford was arrested for drunkenness in Portsmouth Police Court. He urged a fine instead of jail, vowing to return to North Carolina. he was allowed to pay a fine with a conditional warning that a repeat offense would send him to jail. In Richmond, W H Loving, a prosperous farmer near Bowling Green, Caroline County, committed suicide by shooting, the body found later. he had suffered from dyspepsia.
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James Scott
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Ott
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
CW Matthews
Hertford
Baud
Richmond
W H Loving
Bowling Green
Caroline County
Dr Shoop's Restorative promise for heart trouble
An advertisement for Dr Shoop's Restorative claims to cure heart weakness and irregularity by strengthening the heart nerves. It offers free trial by mail, lists books on related ailments, and urges readers to write for order forms and a dollar bottle. The text stresses nerve-based treatment across heart, stomach, and kidney connections.
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Shoop
Shoops
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Wis
Obituary notices from Virginia and surrounding areas
Obituary notices report deaths across Virginia towns including Richmond Petersburg Leesburg Staunton and Norfolk area with ages from 36 to 72. Included are Anne Barrett Gent Reginald Travers Wartha Gibbs Leonard Tatum Philip Pendleton Cooke Constant Moesehler Alexandre Purvis and others with details on survivors and burial plans.
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Wartha
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J R Gibbs
Etterick
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Leonard Tatum
Fortsmouth
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Taylorstown
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Chatham
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Switzerland
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Brooklyn
Robert C Ogden
Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute
J . Slaughter
Galveston
Texie
Slaughter
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Edwin S Hinks
St James Episcopal Church
David Tunsten
Alesandria
Staunton Ward
Robert W Burke
National Valley Bank
Staunton
Burke
Augusta County
Fannie
Alice Gilman
Fredericksburg
the Valley Railroad
Virginia Bankers Association
Mystle
Maryland Obituary and Local News Briefs
Frederick Maryland obituary notes the death of Mary Bureb age eighty near Adamstown and burial plans in Washington. Also reported are Col J W Plattenburg’s death in Cumberland at seventy six, a Civil War captain later blind, and various short obituaries and local incidents from Rockville Sandy Spring Newport News and Fairmont including burglar tools found, a ship captain bond, a conviction under local option law, and accidental deaths in Fairview Cumberland and Great Falls.
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Brady Returns to Pulpit at Trinity Toledo Ohio
Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady, former Philadelphia archdeacon, has accepted a two month rectorship at Trinity Church Toledo Ohio after a year focused on writing. It remains uncertain whether he will stay longer beyond the two months. The Greene-Gaynor case in Montreal was postponed to April 10 to allow further counsel study.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Philadelphia
Protestant Episcopal Church
Brady
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Montreal
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Attempt To Avert Strike By Soft-Coal Miners In Altoona
Altoona March 30 soft coal miners on the joint scale committee issued a resolution to avert a strike. They state operators will meet in Philadelphia April 3 to set the wage scale. If no agreement is reached work may continue after April 1 but no work after April 6 unless the scale is signed. Resolutions signed by W B Wilson Patrek Gilday Richard Gilbert. The miners plan to meet operators next Tuesday to discuss settlement aims.
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Beld
W_B Wilson
Patrek Gilday
Richard Gilbert
Women and fashion trends in 1910 era society
The Boston Herald piece surveys women’s dress and manners across cities, noting gloves, corsets, and reform dresses. It cites a push for women to practice law in Tennessee, discusses widows’ counts in Pennsylvania towns, and cites Audubon Society calls to ban aigrets. It blends fashion, gender roles, and social debate with brief vignettes on notable opinions and regional variances.
Baby faced fashion shifts away from athletic damsel on boardwalk
The article notes Mame Fashion's focus on a baby faced girl as the new summer bonnet style centers on a delicate headpiece trimmed with roses or violets and a scented pompadour bag on a long mull string. It contrasts this with the prior athletic image while discussing college study habits and late night work emphasized by Dr. John A. Scott.
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