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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
3
The scene follows Frank clinging to Mary and his sister as hunger and illness grip them. Mary and Mrs. Howard shield Frank while he dies in bed with Mary confessing his final words. The chapter shifts to the Corner Mall where a cottage and village life frame the next events.
Billy Hender discovers his mother Mrs Bender dead and his sister Mary grieving beside Frank and Mrs Howard. As villagers arrive to help, Mary offers to go with Alice, while Mary and Elle mourn and the town debates who will care for the orphans and baby.
Billy persuades his mother to allow him to take the children for a short time even as the town mourns a burial. The scene centers on Ella weeping beside her mother’s coffin while Mary remains stoic, and Alice’s attendance is contingent on Billy staying home to care for her.
In Chic opes the Campbell mansion hosts a wake of grief after Ella Howard lies in a coffin as villagers and kin gather. Mary, her sister Alice, and Mrs. Campbell face poverty and torn loyalties while Hannah and Wannak weigh care for the child amid the bereaved household.
The Cuban constitutional convention’s Washington visit is praised for social engagements and a firm stance on the Platt amendment. It notes U S non intervention unless Cuba faces foreign attack and outlines planned coaling stations to safeguard independence and access to the Gulf. Secretary Root signals Cuba can hold diplomatic ties, while a commission will draft a future economic treaty. In Jacksonville, relief efforts continue with tents rising, meal and clothing aid expanding, and preparations for more government tents to ease street homelessness as the city cleans and recovers.
Burlington passenger train No 3 derailed near Thayer a ravine eight teen miles east of Creston. The freight engine backed onto a siding to avoid collision but the passenger engine plunged 30 feet down an embankment killing the engineer and injuring many aboard.
The Alaska Packers' Association reportedly offered options on its plants to a syndicate seeking to consolidate salmon interests. The firm valued its outfit at 12 million dollars as talks aim to form a $32 million merged entity with common and preferred stock and debentures. The Alaska operations stretch from Chilkoot Alaska to Seattle over about 900 miles. Major American financiers are said to back the deal and are pledged to the consolidation.
A circular from H W Pour Co announces organizing the United States Shipbuilding Co under New Jersey law to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding Drydock Co Union Iron Works San Francisco Bath Iron Works Ltd Hyde Windlas Bath Crescent Shipyards and Samuel J Moore Son n Elizabethport and Canada Manufacturing Co Cartaret N J The combined capacity is estimated at 380000 tons annually with over 5 million dollars in potential profit and capital stock to 96 billion.
Daweon dispatches dated April 28 announce the royalty cut to 5 percent with certificate proof required at the boundary or risk dust confiscation. Miners protest. Beef and eggs prices rise, but supplies ample until navigation opens. Tacoma builds a cold storage plant for 80000 dollars. Sluicing begins on several creeks with conservative cleanup estimates of 25000000 dollars.
Pekin May 9 China will request power to obtain a loan to cover the indemnity as soon as its amount is known and asks for an extra 20 million taels annually as ministers proposed. The foreign ministers plan a collective note to China stating a joint indemnity of 450 million taels would be demanded and ask for payment method. A reply is expected by week’s end.
Mise Bonnie, an employee of the state penitentiary, was struck and assaulted while gathering mushrooms near Lansing. She regained consciousness, escaped the old well, and reported glimpsing a small man she could identify. Bodine died soon after. searching parties scour the area.
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