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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
5
Felice Bournier, a French maid, fell under an elevated train in New York losing her left hand and two rings, including a diamond. Onlookers watched as the limb disappeared among the crowd below, with investigators seeking the severed hand and jewelry.
Hot Springs Arkansas offers Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a trusted laxative remedy for constipation and sluggish liver. The ad promises gentle cleansing without calomel or violent laxatives, claiming benefits include clearer skin and fresher breath, with nightly use and mail orders from Hot Springs Chemical Co. 25 cents.
Col. Sir William Dunn lord mayor elect and Sir William Treloar former lord mayor of London visited Washington meeting Speaker Clark and later President Wilson after viewing the house from the speaker’s gallery.
B J Lister of Canadian Pacific ships visits Mobile on company business. C H Manh of Louisville & Nashville travels with Shriners' Dallas bound train from Mobile to Houston via Philadelphia route. Charles Brantley, street car conductor, arrested on Monroeville warrant and to be taken to Monroe for trial. Arthur Hansen, Pensacola runaway, held in county jail with no word from his father.
The Lyric's house is crowded nightly with the Marx brothers in Mr. Green's Reception plus five reels for five cents on Sunday. Dreamland Theatre presents The Prisoner of Zenda with James K. Hackett in a lavish film adaptation and Higley Harrington players in Rip Van Winkle.
Mrs J S Laney is hosting a Government Street Methodist Sunday school class house party on the parsonage lawn near the church Saturday evening May 10 from 4 to 8 pm. Mrs W R Metzger of New Orleans arrived Monday to spend several months with Misses Rosalie and Carrie Gab.
An advertising notice promises instant relief from eczema rash and dandruff using ZEMO. It touts a 25 cent bottle, claims complete cure of dandruff as eczema of the scalp, and cites a supervisor endorsement from Sanders Engraving.
The bill signed by Governor Forsythe guarantees one full day of rest each week for employees in all industrial and mercantile establishments across Massachusetts. Exceptions apply to newspaper workers janitors bakers drug clerks and those caring for fires and machinery.
A joint meeting of the entertainment and publicity committees of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League is set for Monday at noon. The group will discuss plans for entertaining delegates to upcoming conventions, including the Southern Poster Advertising Association in May and the National Dairy Food and Drug officials in June.
Lieutenant J. D. Park, a military aviator from San Diego, died near Oliver nine miles north of Santa Ana after a mist caused disorientation. He landed near Olive school house, sent a message to Glenn Martin in Los Angeles, then crashed into a tree on a descent from a low hill and died at the scene. He was attached to the Fourth Cavalry, serving with other army aviation units.
First Lieutenant Joseph D. Park of the Fourth cavalry, a Rhode Island native, was assigned to the army aviation service last September and died during a long distance reconnaissance flight near San Diego. His death raises the aviation toll to nine lives, including seven commissioned officers and two instructors, amid records set and missions against Moros in the Philippines.
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