Mamma's Affair Brings Connie Talmadge to Palace Screen
Connie Talmadge stars in Mamma's Affair a sparkling comedy at the Palace Theatre Thursday and Friday with Kenneth Harlan Effie Shannon and George Le Guere in support The play within is Warren Butler's Garden of Eden prologue and Eve seeks help from Adam amid a plot of nerves and conflicts surrounding a wealthy widow and a planned wedding The film is a First National release lauded as among Talmadge's funniest and most engaging works.
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Voor Harmon
Connie Talmadge
Palace Theatre
Mamma
Pels
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Appea
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Effie Shannon
George le Guere
Rachel Barton Butler
Harvard University
New York
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Serpent
Thad Mytlle
Cascarets Advertised As Gentle Nighttime Laxative
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a candy like laxative that cleanses the bowels by morning with no upset or griping. It claims they work while you sleep and cost ten cents a box. Children love Cascarets too.
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Cascarets
Blood Purifying Tonic Promises Health Restore
An old advertisement extols a blood purifier product SS S S S that claims to cleanse waste from the blood, relieve joint and skin troubles, and strengthen the body. It urges readers to consult the chief medical director for advice, offers a free illustrated booklet, and directs readers to obtain the tonic at drug stores.
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Swiftific Co
Athata
Smee
Seaboard Air Line Seeks Labor To Fill Striker Gaps
The Seaboard Air Line advertises locomotive engineers firemen trainmen and other labor classes in today’s paper signaling readiness to fill striker gaps. Officials imply strike breakers will be used if unions walk out to keep trains moving amid a tense national dispute. Public opinion in Athens views a strike as harming workers already unemployed and disrupting essential transportation services.
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Seaboard
Athens
Ameeri gowns and American trade in Egypt in 1919 1920
The passage notes Ameeri gowns worn in Egypt and shows how American buyers and exporters expanded trade after World War I. It mentions a surge in luxury imports including automobiles, wheat and flour, and Egyptian long staple cotton. It also describes American tire makers, coal contracts from English strikes, and American exporters establishing branches in Alexandria and Cairo, with mixed success but growing interest.
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Egypt
America
Alexandria
Cairo
Fight for Egyptian Trade With America
American businessmen in Egypt struggle to preserve wartime trade gains as European competition returns. An agency of the US Shipping Board and branches of the American Express Company boost American presence, with local firms and the American Chamber of Commerce coordinating to aid manufacturers and shipowners against European rivals.
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Casiro
Egypt
America
Europe
United States Shipping Board
American Express Company
American Chamber of Commerce
United States
Japan
Student Special Train October 29 to Columbus and Athens
The College Band and Student Organization announce a special train on October 29 with stops at Ly Athens Ly Madison Ly Monticello Ar Macon Ly Macon Ly Ft Valley Av Columbus. Depart Columbus 11 59 A M CT returning 7 00 P M central time with the same stops. Tickets go on sale Friday and Saturday October 28 and 29. Return valid on all regular trains until Sunday midnight or on the special train leaving Columbus 7 P M Saturday.
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Athens
Madison
Monticello
Macon
Ft. Valley
Columbus
Columbu
Dodson's Liver Tone Says Calomel Harms Health
An old advertisement warns against calomel as dangerous mercury causing sickness and lays out Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute. The copy promises quicker liver cleansing with no salivation or side effects and endorses giving it to children.
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Dodson
Mothers Promote California Fig Syrup as Safe Laxative
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to cleanse a child’s liver and bowels. It claims a teaspoonful relieves constipation, sour bile, and colic within hours, promising a return to a well and playful child.
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California
Liquor Car Goes Backward Race Near Athens Driver Escapes
Kephus Vaughn drove a Dodge fitted with whisky toward Athens then fled when police blocked the road. He wrecked the car into a telephone pole near College Avenue, leaping out as officers approached. They recovered two gallons of whiskey and reported suspected drinking at the time.
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Athens
Kephus Vaughn
Charlie Seagraves
College Avenue
Mr. Vaughn
Vaughn
Barrett Street
City Detectives Capture Fugitive Alex Cheney
City detectives arrested fugitive Alex Cheney, a Black man, early Wednesday and jailed him on charges of assault with intent to murder a Black man named Brown. Brown has recovered. Cheney awaits trial in the January term of the superior court.
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Alex Cheney
Brown
Cheney
Fragmentary Athens item hints at 1519 events and a palace
A garbled note references Athens in 1519 with a letter and a palace scene. Names and details are unclear but imply a political or courtly moment. The text is heavily corrupted, leaving the core event difficult to confirm.
Body 19 Identified in New Jersey and Long Island finds
The unidentified body found in a Long Island pool was identified in Jersey City by morgue officials as Bertha Baker. A New Jersey man confirms the identification while a referee incident at Princeton draws attention. Historical notes mention Ed McMullin and rough play affecting Swarthmore games.
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Long Island
Bertha Baker
Foot
N. J
A. Mra
Jersey City
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