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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1913
Page
8
Verkhoyansk in northern Siberia is cited as the coldest inhabited city with an annual average near eight degrees above zero and winter lows reaching eighty five below. The article notes its Arctic climate, yet clear air, Russian administration, and Yakut residents amid extreme cold and brief summers.
The Tombigbee river and its branches are not expected to change much in the next two days while the Alaparoe river continues to fall, according to local forecaster Albert Ashenberger.
In Rome on April 5 an avalanche near Domodossola trapped two hundred laborers and engineers working on the Furka pass. Several deaths are reported as rescue efforts continue amid cold conditions across Italy. Snow fell overnight on Vesuvius.
Major Woodruff buys 1.25 million sacks and 0.5 million feet of lumber to reinforce levees. Three hundred cars of earth were used at Beulah to bolster the levee. Preparations aim to hold two more feet of water than in 1912 with continuous patrols and strengthened weak points.
The forecast notes 36 degree protection for 36 hour shipments toward the northeast with moderate western temperatures. The text also questions the small group claiming to be overworked despite labor-saving machinery and notes invalids often outlive a sick worker.
Fair and cool weather dominates the nation from the Rocky Mountains to the middle Atlantic with a high barometer area. Freezing temperatures reach Nebraska and light frost in northern Texas. Brisk winds and precipitation occur in the lake region and northern Atlantic states from a low barometer area. A Pacific low brings rain and warmth to that region as the high pressure moves eastward. Mobile will stay fair tonight and Sunday with warmer forecasts.
Berlin reports the Frankfurter Zeitung urges an international conference to curb European military expansion. It says no rival nation can propose the meeting and that the United States is best positioned to lead, with President Wilson’s inaugural address cited as warrant for action.
L J Glenn of Atlanta was arrested in Houston on orders from Atlanta police. Mrs C WPidcock, also of Atlanta, held as witness. Wires urged Glenn be arrested and not let out of sight. Glenn, a former Atlanta architect, faced divorce suit by his wife. details tie to Mr Pidcock and a Moultrie home project.
Testimonials from J W Forbiss T L Adams Mrs J C Finfreck Q D Durham praise Digestit for relief from indigestion and dyspepsia after trying the product. The Brown's Digestit treatment is guaranteed and offered with Digestit Elixir for constipation or liver torpor. Van Antwerp's advertisement.
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