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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1916

Page

3

Mary Page is Accused in Pollock Murder Case

Actress Mary Page stands accused of killing James Pollock after Pollock’s intoxication. Her lover Philip Langdon defends her as witnesses clash over threats prior to the crime and her alleged temporary insanity from drink. The trial reveals abduction, flight, and overlapping motives among Pollock, Langdon, and managers.

Mary Page James Pollock Philip Langdon Pollock Mary Langdon Brandon Walton Amy Barton Daniels

Witness Maggie Hale Testifies at Barker Case Trial

Maggie Hale describes her role as a former private secretary to Theodore Barker and details her night at Barker’s behind the Hotel Republic. She relates the plan to lure Mary Page into a party and the botched fire-escape scheme, and identifies a man under the arc light in a red tie.

Maggie Hale Theodore Barker Langdon Texas Barker Barker's Republic Barker’s Sadie Mary Page Mary Jim Broadway Miss Hale Daniels Mr. Daniels Miss Page Old Daniels Mr. Langdon Jim Pollock Page Company

Avoid Catching Cold and Build Heat Powers

Guidance advises avoiding exposure to colds and crowds while strengthening the body. It recommends sleeping out, cold baths, moderate eating, daily outdoor exercise, and careful hygiene to prevent spread and complications. When fever or aches appear seek medical counsel and bed rest as needed.

Care of the Hands in Winter Warnings

Guidance on keeping hands smooth and white after washing. Dry hands thoroughly to prevent redness and chapping. Night treatment uses benzoin tincture mixed with glycerin and rosewater or cold cream, plus loose kid gloves. Daytime mix includes lemon juice glycerin and water with rubber gloves for protection.

Ancient Nebraska Dwellers in Early Times Described

In late tertiary Nebraska a swampy low region hosted camels and flammas with ground sloths and glyptodonts in the west. Mastodons, three toed horses, saber toothed cats, wolves, rhinoceroses, and a horned burrowing rodent populated Kansas and Nebraska with varied fauna.

Nebraska South America Kansas

Secrets Behind A Good Meal In A Town Yard

A troubadour-like exchange in the Pittsburgh Press features a tramp and a housekeeper. The tramp notes a mussed yard indicating chance customers and offers a deal for meals in return for townwide tips on future meals. The odd dialogue hints at social dynamics and appetite.

Pittsburgh Press

What Word Times With Slam

A casual telephone exchange unfolds with misaddressed names and flirtatious banter as a caller asks for Jim but is corrected to Tim and a playful misunderstanding escalates. The fragment hints at a lighthearted, possibly humorous voice exchange between two speakers.

Jim Tim

Despairing Woman Now Happy Mother in Illinois

A Patoka Illinois woman who feared she could not bear a child credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with successful treatment of female ailments and a healthy baby girl. The ad extols the remedy as strengthening and curative for displacements inflammation irregularities backache and nervous prostration.

Patoka Ill Lydia E. Pinkham George Stephens

Dr King’s New Discovery Relieves Coughs and Colds

Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for fall to spring coughs and colds. Claims immediate relief, stops coughing, heals inflamed airways, and soothes raw throat tissues with antiseptic healing. Includes testimonial mention from Franconia New Hampshire.

Dr. King W. ©. Jesseman Franconia

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McClure Frederick Lewis John T. M’intyre Ashton Kirk Essanay Moving Pictures Mr. Pollock Budge Dudley Larry Josh New York Cwell Mrs. Stephens THE Morris Chichester S Pills EK Diamond Brand
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