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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1913
Page
26
A relief committee in Galveston appeals to the Treasury Department for aid to destitute flood victims. The petition cites hundreds starving and dying in the affected area and asks revenue service cooperation. Revenue Agent Windom, stationed in Galveston, is ordered to work with the relief committee.
A 21 year old Black man named White was lynched by a mob in Campville Florida. The victim was found under a bed in a boarding house owned by Mrs Vanlandingham late last night. He was arrested and later seized by the mob who hanged him from a tree this morning.
Mr and Mrs Francis B Sayre visited Dr Barnardo s Home for Orphans in Stepney East End London spending the day studying settlement work. They toured the Barnardo home and observed the care and upbringing of the children amid a warm reception from hundreds of youngsters.
Mrs G M Muntz announces the coming marriage of her daughter Vivian Theresa to Henry George Wagner. The wedding is set for St Matthew's Church Wednesday December 17 at 7 30 p m.
Senator Root of New York delivered a forceful speech in the Senate warning that the administration currency bill would inflate the money supply by up to 1.8 billion dollars, erode foreign confidence, and pawn the credit of the United States. He cited Europe as an armed camp and argued that the bill would unleash financial peril and depose trust in U S securities while condemning a proposed bank deposit guarantee.
Montgomery officials appoint T W Oliver C G Abercrombie of Montgomery and Hector D Lane of Courtland to judge the state corn contest awards. They will meet at the capitol December 23 after contestants submit statements.
The page lists train times for Alabama and Tennessee north routes, Mobile and Ohio connections, St Louis Chicago limited services, and coast line schedules. Notable entries include Mobile Bay Shore trains, Louisville and Nashville southbound and northbound with early morning departures and evening arrivals, plus New Orleans Mobile and Chicago services with multiple No. 1 and No. 2 designations.
An instructional piece urging women to examine themselves honestly, identify irritability, and reform through mental discipline and daily routines. It emphasizes self inquiry, reading, pure thoughts, and maintaining calm, balanced living with controlled meals, breathing, and orderly daily habits.
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