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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1915
Page
2
The piece highlights a tan hemp outing hat with a wide brim and satin facing, sailor and tricorn hats in white hemp with contrasting bands, Norwegian and silk wraps for spring, linen capes with white embroidery, and a new overnight rail bag in black automobile leather. Also advertises LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets to cure a cold in one day.
A list prepared by a women’s committee highlights 75 heroines across education reform abolitionist and social service work. Notables include Louisa May Alcott Elizabeth Blackwell Dorothea Lynde Dix and Mary Wollstonecraft among others from English and American history.
In New York a discussion rails at uniform body standards promoted by University of Pittsburgh for women students. The piece argues that symmetry in limbs is not harmony and that varied, natural physiques should be valued despite gymnasium rules and social pressures.
Secretary of the Navy reports Pensacola will host the largest concentration of war vessels on the gulf and Atlantic coasts. About thirty ships including three submarine flotillas, seven destroyer divisions, mine depot ships, monitors and tugs will arrive from February to March for three months of work and aviation practice.
Dr Richard Lewisohn of New York announces a simplified transfusion method using a small amount of sodium citrate to prevent blood clotting. Experiments with animal blood showed citrate is safe, and the procedure uses a cannula and glass jars to mix blood with citrate, then delivers it through a funnel into the recipient. Two patients reportedly had no untoward symptoms.
New York January 30 The shark sucker a lean barber pole fish with a vacuum cap attached to its back has been added to the Atlantic Ocean collection in the Aquarium. Shown by Mr Greenleaf the fish nurseman the shark sucker clings to moving objects and thrives in baths alongside red hinds black angel fish lobsters and file fish brought from Key West aboard the Mallory line ship Camal.
A new pongee ensemble features a jacket with a simulated plain yoke on both back and front. The skirt is a trouser top style with a belt and straps at each side and two front seam pockets, finished with four buttons per side.
Freddie Fause, son of aan Fause of Colles Point, travels through three mothers and two Atlantic crossings before being returned to his father. He was cared for by Rate Grogan, the McCormick family, and an institution before U. S. consul R A Tenant located him in Galway and arranged his repatriation aboard the Lusitania.
A newcomer feature on cars is a wardrobe trunk mounted on the running board held by bolts and nuts. It includes hangers collapsible pockets and leather construction with dust proofing. The trunk is removed at night for hotel use.
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