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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
14
President Wilson declined to intervene in the death sentence of Nathaniel Green, a Black man convicted of felonious assault last Christmas night in Washington. Green will be hanged Monday, the first execution for such a crime in the District of Columbia.
June 6 Associated Press reports a coffin with a white man’s body found in Montgomery West End railroad yards by Grover Cone and Mickey O’Neal. The coffin later disappeared, then reappeared in a railroad shop among lumber. Authorities seek a link to a mysterious man reportedly murdered three weeks earlier in the yards as bloodhounds track suspects.
The Belgian government is negotiating with Paris bankers for a loan of about 120 million dollars at 4 percent interest.
The Montgomery Advertiser details a wedding at the bride’s Burton avenue home with ornate decor in white and green. The ceremony featured H W Hopke singing Because and Mrs. John D. Carter on piano. Bride Mrs Creed Taylomn of Mobile and groom Mr McCoy, with Rev F M Duvall officiating, plan a Tennessee trip after June 16.
A couple searches for a reliable maid as Mrs Ellison’s references back a candidate. A middle aged Irish woman is hired after Warren questions her fit and Mary promises to start work soon. Helen ponders the harsh fate of aging servant girls and their limited options.
Local ad notes millinery specials after supper and displays men s cotton socks in black tan and colors at 10 cents a pair and pure silk and fancy lisle socks worth 25 cents, offered at reduced prices.
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