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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
3
Alan faces separation from Joyce as he plans to confront her father and arrange support. He vows to return to her but fears the impact of Veronica's presence and their past on their future. Joyce clings to hope yet braces for a painful goodbye as darkness settles.
Alan Mackenzie plans to emigrate to Australia after a turbulent entanglement with Veronica Joyce and the former wife he loves. He anchors a five hundred a year provision for Veronica and the boy, while arranging an exit from England and a final note to Joyce. The chapter ends with his unresolved farewell to both women.
Joyce collapses after her final interview with Alan as the couple face a ruined marriage. Veronica learns Alan loves another woman and bears their broken tale as the father withdraws, while the child remains a fragile link between them in a harsh, sorrowful life.
A true story from Youths' Companion about an earl's daughter who, shunned by family and penniless, supports herself with lace making and riding, studies medicine, and becomes court physician in Korea. She ultimately earns a living through grit and ambition, proving strength beyond aristocratic banquet life.
In Pittsburg August 19 the Wellsville steel strike grows hotter as new hires are lodged by the mill and fed by a local restaurant. Non union men flee a mob at a Broadway lodging and are chased to a restaurant with a brick hurled into their room. Forty Lisbon tin workers travel to Wellsville to aid strikers while Sheriff Noragan assists police. President Shaffer weakens from strain as the strike stretches into tomorrow. In Sherman Texas August 19 the Caldwell murder hunt continues with posses sweeping 100 miles. 5000 men are said to be on the trail as arrests yield few lasting results and officials brace for mob violence.
A New York Sun item observes three large city millinery stores owned by a single man under different firm names. He started in a side street under his own name, then opened new shops in fashionable areas every few years, none bearing his name. The piece suggests the tactic may mislead buyers about rival prices.
An elaborately carved ivory toothpick labeled as formerly belonging to Oliver Cromwell is displayed in a window near the British Museum. The notice claims Cromwell used it before signing the death warrant of Charles I.
The Islander, a Canadian Pacific steamer on the Alaska route, struck an iceberg at 2 am Thursday and wrecked near Douglass Island. Estimates say 65 to 80 aboard perished, with many survivors arriving on the Queen. Captain Foote remained at the bridge and perished with his ship.
The Call reports C M Hays will resign as president of Southern Pacific. Samuel Morse Felton, president of Chicago and Alton, is named as successor with Chicago as HQ. The Union Pacific is implied to have absorbed the California system and will direct policy from Omaha.
The remains of James Lat Fisher of Weimar came home Saturday night from Globe Arizona where he died the previous Sunday. A volunteer who served in the Philippine campaign, he was born in this area and is buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery with grave care by local friends who cherished him as a brave soldier.
In Beaumont Texas on August 19 El Beaumont well No 30 erupted after a gas show from 12 to 4 pm as drillers prepared to pull pipe then surged as an oil spout. The flare delayed gate closure and alarmed the crew as casing and pipe hung above the surface.
In Mexico City on August 19 the government moves to end gambling by warning officers they face dismissal if found in gambling houses and to stop new public house licenses after September 10. Public employees are advised gambling will lead to dismissal. Merchants and bankers back the action, echoed by a Chicago drive.
Emmett Turner, a Gainesville farmer, died after his team ran away while hauling hay. Turner was thrown between the horses, dragged for five miles on a rough road, and his body was found with gruesome injuries, including a mashed head. Authorities describe the incident as a tragic farming accident.
The Mallory steamship Sabine arrived from New York at noon yesterday without delay from the storm that unsettled the Nueces, which arrived Saturday. A Key West report said the Lampasas, which sailed last Wednesday, reached there at 6 AM Saturday. The Nueces will sail for New York on her return trip this morning.
A saloon owned by L. B. Howell in Waxahachie Texas was robbed Saturday night with 155 dollars taken. The day combination was left on the safe and no entry signs appear on doors or windows. Investigators believe a skeleton key allowed access and the motive remains unclear.
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