Witness recounts whistle blasts and walk home route
The deponent describes hearing the Southern Railway whistle near the shops and, while conversing with his wife, leaving the Selig home. He states he walked along Georgia Avenue to Parliament Street, Bass Street, and then to his own home behind 251 Pulliam Street, noting the 120 whistle blew as he departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Deponent
Selig
Georgia Avenue
Parliam Street
Bass Street
Pulliam Street
Deceptive Claims of Guaranteed Morphine Cures Warned
A letter warns readers about so called guaranteed morphine cure sanatoriums like James Treatment, recounting a client who paid for a fearsome promise, suffered withdrawal at home, and regained faith only after proper treatment, urging sufferers to seek proven sanatoriums with real records rather than guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sanatorium Co
James
Sanatorium ads offer alcoholism tobacco cures in Memphis 1914
A fragment from a Memphis Tenn 1914 page advertises cures for alcoholism and tobacco use, claiming successful treatment at a Sanatorium with testimonials. It lists prices for whiskey or beer and tobacco products and notes confidential correspondence and a Memphis department address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy's Springs
Ala
Carlin
Maury St. Hougton
Tex
Shava
Chase James Sanatorium
Slabama Ave
Memphis Tenn
Monroe Ave
McKnight testimony fuels new twists in Frank case
In Atlanta on April 26 1913 Albert Mernight and McKnight testified at the Frank trial. McKnight contradicted defense claims about Franks noon meal and presence at home, while detectives pressed his wife for affidavits. New statements surfaced about a plan to secure a reward and possible new-trial grounds based on newly discovered evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deponent
Frank
L. Rosser
Jim
Beck & Green
Leon Frank
Albert Mernight
Micknight
Stand
McKnight
Washington Street
Franks
Emil Selig
Mr. Frank
Barrett Auks Beware In Phagan Case Hair Reward Debate
The article recalls Robert Barrett a star witness in Frank s trial who sought a $1000 reward for arrest and conviction in Mary Phagan s murder claiming he discovered hair on a lathe and nearby blood spatter that aided the arrest Barrett contends the reward was his due while the defense nicknamed him Christopher Columbus for his alleged discoveries He lived at 549 West North Avenue and testified about hair and blood clots on the lathe and related floors contradicting earlier statements by Dr Roy F Harris on hair origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKnight
BE H, Pickett
Roy J. Graven
Beck & Gregg Hardware Company
Pickett and Craven
Frank
Dorsey
Dejestives
Joan Starnes
Pat Campjbell
Chef Newport
Sanford
Dheas
Georgia
Barrett Auks
Robert Barrett
Woodward
Mary Phagan
Barrett
Lawton Nalley
Roy F Harris
Christopher Columbus
Explorer Barrett
West North Avenue
Phagan
Blood and hair tests challenge Mary Phagan case
The testimony compares blood evidence on wood chips to prove the smear was not Mary Phagan blood. Dr Harris’s hair analysis shows the factory hair differs from Mary Phagan’s in shade and texture, challenging the prosecution claim. The article portrays expert certainty and alleged concealment by Dr Harris and solicitor Dorsey during the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Mary Phagan
Mary Phagen
Harris
Phagen
Mary Phasan
Marys
Dorsey
Harrs
Mary Phogans
Goliciter
Evening Journal
Johnson Saves Cash by Braving Bullets at Martin Street Store
John E Johnson, grocery store proprietor at 112 Martin Street, faced two masked robbers as they demanded the day’s takings. He fought back, exiting the counter with pistol in hand and firing at the assailants as they fled up the street. Police were given a description and detectives pursued the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TB. Johnson
Martin Street
Johnson
Msnac
Hair evidence and trial myths in Phagan case
Reuben R Arnold and Luther Z Rosser argue the hair found in the factory lathe was not Mary Phagan’s and that the state’s case rests on a myth. They challenge Dr Harris’ autopsy notes and question the solicitor’s handling of microscopic evidence and its impact on the trial and public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Mery Phagan
Magnolia Kennedy
Mary
Dla
Harrie
Hary
Phagans
Frank
Supreme Court
Herrin
Haris
Jim Conley
Mary Phagan
Reuben R Arnold Luther Z
Rosser
Positive Cure Catarrh Treatment Free Trial Promoted
An advertisement promotes Gauss Complete Treatment as a free trial to cure catarrh. It urges readers to mail a coupon to GB Gauss at 5947 Main St Marshall Michigan and promises a trial package to prove the remedy’s power. It includes testimonials and appeals to avoid lingering symptoms with a no cost offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallas
GB Gans
Main St
Marshall
Michigan
Gauss
Marabull
United States Commissioner Praises Cure for Catarrh
Edward Mc Lashery, United States Commissioner, writes from Warread Mlun Box 1 praising a catarrh remedy. He claims the medicine cured his condition, states it is the best internal treatment he has tried, and endorses its use for constipation or indigestion. He allows full use of the letter without attribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libarty
Edward McLashery
United States Commissionar Warread
Mlun
Catarrh Everywhere From Pike's Peak To Far Climes
The article argues catarrh is ubiquitous across elevations and latitudes, not limited by climate or geography. It notes cases even on Pike's Peak at over 14,000 feet where signal station personnel endured symptoms, and warns readers not to assume distant or dry areas are immune or that a stopped-up nose is merely a cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagaren
Catarrh
Deafness Cured by Gauss Treatment Reported
Leon Atkin of Box 487 Petoskey Michigan writes that severe hearing loss in both ears required pressing a watch against them to hear. After using a course of Gauss treatment his hearing returned and he can hear a watch ringing fifteen feet away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Atkin
Petoskey
Michleen
Mankinds Benefactor offers free catarrh cure and trial package
An advertisement from Cc. E. GAUSS promises a free catarrh cure with a trial package upon mail request. The sender recounts personal experience with a wife afflicted by cough and consumption, claiming the remedy worked quickly and inviting readers to name him in correspondence.
An Old Soldier Grateful for Treatment Success
A grateful veteran reports complete cure after a sour treatment. He credits the remedy for relieving catarrh and confirms his wife, a graduated nurse, sees the improvement. He recommends the treatment to others and endorses its use through Herbert’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Gaven
Guy
Hberts
Glimpse of the Death Roll and Catarrh Cure Claim
A fragmented notice proclaims deaths from consumption bronchitis and pneumonia and promotes the Gauss Combined Catarrh Treatment with a free trial package offer. It urges readers to mail a coupon to Marshall Michigan for a “common sense” cure claim despite lacking medical evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gauss
Om Noti
Marshall
Certo
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Edgewood and
Ivy
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Sobg
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Hed Thoras
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FBI
Sewell] Commission Co
Whitehall
Decatur
Dorsey Scorched
Cash
Arnold
Mary Phagans
Huwen Hie
Geora
REOMO
de Ortiid
de Cash Cro. CO
Groad ST
Niight
F.O.B
Hendee Manufacturing Company
Peachtree Street
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama
Missisapp
Tennessee
Taille
Provence
Esterch
Thomas
Tasman Avenue
Chieags
Becauss
Eil
Marshell Michigans
United States
Pike’s Peak
Zogener
Mr. Hae
Cc. E. Gauss
Marahail Mich
Mich
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