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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
1
A quiet free library scene follows Naomi Hellyer and a sympathetic librarian as she reveals her sister is in prison. The pair form a cautious bond. Naomi hides hardship while a distant family tragedy unfolds in Ruth and Ruth's fiancé’s life, culminating in a cliffhanger.
A riverside town with a broad walk called the boulevard of the enoys along its bank. The town is quiet with few young men left to seek fortunes elsewhere. many girls linger on the riverfront while happy and social, despite a lingering comment on the laws of population and fate.
Daubigny brought freshness and spontaneity to landscape art, combining impressionist zeal with realism. His works express a direct interpretation of nature, balancing spirit and matter, emotion and technique, with each painting reflecting a distinct motive and execution. A mile of railway permanent way occupies two and a half acres of land.
The true uniformity conference of coal operators in the Pittsburg district concluded after two days of talks. The agreement covers wages 2000 pounds per ton, semi monthly pay, check weighmen, uniform mining price, abolition of company stores, and a 10 cent per ton penalty for violations distributed among signers. A nine member commission will enforce terms, with limited miner participation.
A deacon, P H Patterson, was shot in the pulpit of Dexter Avenue Colored Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama on Wednesday. George Pritchett, another deacon, is jailed on the charge. The crowded church sparked a near riot as factional quarrels from six months prior surface in this deadly event.
The weather observer in New York reports the coldest July day on record with a minimum of 60 degrees at 4 a.m. on Tuesday. The prior near record was 61 degrees in 1891, as the city marked an unusually cold morning.
A Middleton New York company that makes sheepskin bags for gold dust reports heavy telegraphic orders from California customers after the Klondyke discovery. The firm operates with double force to meet demand.
Maryland Democrats gathered in Baltimore to nominally pick comptroller and clerk of the court of appeals but used the meeting to launch a Senate campaign led by Senator Gorman. The platform defends honest money, opposes the Dingley tariff, calls for Cuban relief, and lists nominations: Comptroller Thomas A. Smith and Clerk J. F. Ford.
A Washington dispatch reports Britain has taken possession of Palmyra Island in the Pacific. The brief cable from San Francisco, relayed by Honolulu, notes only the seizure and prompts officials to watch for further moves that could affect the annexation question or Britain’s naval plans.
The Virginia Populist state convention met in Roanoke with about 150 delegates. General James G. Field was named permanent chairman and praised Bryan and Bryan’s ally Daniel. The platform backs the St. Louis platform of 1896, opposes money influence in elections, calls for flexible currency, and supports eight months of free schooling funded by state revenues. Cocke and Rev. R. V. Gaines nominated for lieutenant governor. The gathering was divided. adjournment passed for 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Hon T Jefferson Coolidge, treasurer of the Amoskeag cotton mills, says the mills will be closed for August after reviewing six months of accounts showing no profit and no movement of goods. Dividends at the mills have been reduced over the past year.
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