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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
4
A Shiner Texas entry mentions the post office, insurance, and a Haiti born crank predicting war with Japan. It notes bank failures continuing despite claims otherwise and reports visits by William J Bryan to Texas. Nevada Governor Sparks calls a special session over labor troubles urged by President Roosevelt with troops threatened.
Editor Beaumier of the Hallsville Herald was shot on the sidewalk in front of the Herald office. His wife, Mrs Beaumier, fired the shots from an upper window and was arrested on bond as detectives investigated the fatal event. The couple, married about ten years, leave three children. Beaumier had led the paper to notable success.
Mrs Beaumier was placed under 2000 bail after an examining trial in Halletsville Texas where her husband editor W R Beaumier was fatally shot. The sole witness, C F Lehman owner of the Herald, testified he saw Mrs Beaumier enter the office and later leave with a pistol after shots were fired. The grand jury convenes March 16.
A local newspaper man, Mr Beaumier, died by suicide after his wife Miss Nannie Thomas, whom he married in Temple in 1898, took his life yesterday. The tragedy leaves three young children fatherless and casts a heavy shadow over the community.
F A Worthings of Monee .88 announced plans to relocate to Lamar county where he has purchased a farm around January 10. He has filed his resignation as constable of precinct 3, and a successor will be appointed at the February term of the commissioners court.
Community column reports local letters by "'Schoolboy' and others. Farmers lag in plowing with some unable to work for two weeks. Visits include Paul Otto family from Boundary School, A Bohot family, Theo Buesing of Oak Grove with typhoid, Prof. Gus Jaroszewski and wife from Green's School visiting brother, and newborn baby boy for Win Daroszewski and wife. Cadil returns from Los Angeles area to visit relatives before resuming trip.
The fragment notes Frank Stock and Schmidt with a misfortune involving a valuable horse. It mentions visits to the home of Stock by Charley and a reference to the Gonzales area and a January 1 1908 date. It preserves a mournful tone about youth and loss.
The issue includes two letters centered on Mai and Maduro. Readers see reflections on current events and personal perspectives shaping the week’s discourse.
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