Maryland and the Virginias Virginia Fury Fixes Death Penalty for Attacker
Special to The Washington Pret Danville Virginia October 10 Justice was swiftly meted out today in Henry county circuit court when Paul Hairston a Negro not over 18 years of age who on Wednesday criminally assaulted a 14 year old white girl was sentenced to die in the electric chair No further fight will be made for the freedom of the defendant The trial occupied three hours and the jury remained out lean than African minutes A physician who made an examination as to the Negro s mentality reported to the court that while the defendant was probably not normal he was not as simple as not to realize the heinousness of the offense.
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Columbus Day Service and Society Notices in Alexandria
WEWS of Alexandria reports a Columbus Day solemn service at St Marys Catholic Church with a Washington preacher and choral selections. Also wedding news from Lincoln and local honors including Earl Cornell’s Bronze Medal and future Baptist orphanage funding talks in Lynchburg.
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Car of Wheat Runs Wild Crashes Into Chimney and Creek
A Hagerstown and Frederick Railroad electric car loaded with 727 bushels of wheat ran out of control at Funxstown, struck a 96-foot chimney at Antietam mills, demolished part of a stone warehouse, and plunged into Antietam creek. Loss totals $5,000 with 85,000 misreported in the line.
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Virginia Weddings and Memorial Notices Across Virginia
Notes from Lynchburg Spotsylvania Charlottesville and Harrisonburg report multiple weddings including P Cov ir tan with Zada Wlorence Graves and Miss Ethel Maypey et al. Dr John P Irby and Miss Veronice Webb Broaddus wed at Blackstone and Bowling Green. Also obituaries for Mrs S B Herrick Alphous Wright and Charles A Hammer. Medal presentations for 550 locals in Rockingham and Harrisonburg. Stonewall Jackson monument unveiling upcoming in Richmond. A freight brakeman J H Hills dies after fall near Forest.
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Secret society initiation injures man in explosion
Seas, serving in the American army, was seriously injured last night during initiation into a local secret society when a blank cartridge accidentally exploded. The blast tore a hole in his hip.
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Russian Main Forces Overwhelm Austro Hungarians Near Lemberg
In late August Russian troops heavily engaged the Austro Hungarian army east of Lemberg, driving them back as Gen Conrad urged crossing the Narew. With Eighth Army outnumbered by Rennenkampf, the plan shifted to confronting the Niemen army first while adjusting among Mlawa Pultusk and Ailenstein lines.
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