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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1914
Page
5
President Wilson signs a bill authorizing a volunteer army of 1,000,000 troops. The president acted minutes after approval by War Secretary Lindley M. Garrison. Volunteers from any unit may be accepted with officers in charge, placing troops on similar footing to regulars, with the president retaining power to disband after hostilities.
Collapsible water towers used by the Berlin fire department are five feet long when closed but can be extended to project a level stream of water up to the eighth floor of a building.
Morris Levine fifty living at Corcoran's Hotel on Sixth Avenue and Twenty-eighth Street shot Harry Startz at 324 East Twenty-third Street. Startz was badly burned when Levine poured vitriol on his face after a failed attempt on Startz's life. Levine and Startz both in metal business. Levine wounded self in stomach and kidney and taken to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition. Police officers witnessed Levine with two revolver wounds. Startz's burns treated at East Twenty-second Street station.
Scientific tests show women outperform men when large muscle groups are used, while men excel in tasks requiring small muscles. The findings imply gender differences in occupational performance based on muscle group involvement.
A correspondent explains the government method for predicting weather. Telegraphed reports from 200 observers twice daily feed a Weather Map showing high and low pressure regions. Forecasters compare two maps to predict conditions for the next day or two across the United States and Canada.
The war minister Enver Pasha hosts dinners with unusual rules as his secretary wires invitations and he enters only after all guests are seated. He orders european musical pieces to be given Turkish titles and the Damah’s influence shapes his courtly rituals.
A Mrs. M. Summers of Motre Dame, In, invites sufferers of rheumatism sciatica lumbago backache and related pains to write for a free home treatment. The ad claims the remedy purifies blood loosens stiff joints and reenergizes the system with no climate change needed.
Sugary sale listing offers boys suits of all sizes for 1.00 and knee pants also in all sizes. Muslin underwear gowns skirts drawers and chemise worth up to 1.50 each, remnant dress and wash goods silks at half price.
A vintage advert promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic. It claims quinine and iron bolster the whole body, drive out malaria, and enrich blood, with a 60 cent price tag.
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