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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
5
A London free library becomes a sanctuary for Naomi Hellyer, a distraught dressmaker with a imprisoned sister. The sympathetic librarian helps her seek reading on women in prison while exposing harsh social struggles and fragile hope during a summer into autumn after a man’s collapse and a couple’s perilous talk of fate.
A reflective prose sketch describes an ancient northern town with a wide river, a half mile boulevard lined with trees, and a social scene of many girls and few men. The scene notes youths seeking fortunes elsewhere and hints at the law of sins of the fathers shaping fate for women in the town.
The article lauds Charles Daubigny for Bringing spontaneity to landscape, blending impressionist and realist aims. It notes his direct interpretation of nature and belief art should express emotion and soul, with each painting arising from a distinct impulse, and contrasts his vision with later uses of the terms. A final line observes a mile of railway permanent way occupies two and a half acres.
The Pittsburg district coal operators union finalized a uniformity agreement over two days. It sets cash wages, 2000 pounds per tag, semi monthly pay, uniform mining price, and restraints on small screens. A nine member commission enforces penalties and signs on with Read backing the plan.
In Dexter Avenue Colored Baptist Church Montgomery Alabama Deacon P H Patterson editor of a local Negro newspaper was shot in the pulpit Wednesday George Pritchett another deacon is jailed on the charge The church was crowded and a near riot followed The killing is linked to a six month factional dispute in the church
New York saw a record low July minimum of 60 degrees reached at 3 and 4 am on Tuesday, the coldest July day on record. The nearest prior low was 61 degrees in 1891, according to the weather observer.
A Middleton North Carolina company producing gold dust bags of sheepskin for California customers has doubled its workforce due to telegraphic orders following the Klondike discovery. The firm reports rapid demand growth as miners flock to the Yukon.
Maryland Democrats gathered in Baltimore to nominate candidates for comptroller and clerk of the court of appeals, but the gathering aimed to launch a campaign to decide the next U S senator. Senator Gorman dominated the event with a strong showing of support. The platform defends honest money and bimetallism, criticizes the Dingley tariff, and calls for Cuban protections. State nominees were Thomas A. Smith for Comptroller and J. F. Ford for Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
A Washington dispatch reports Britain has taken possession of Palmyra Island in the Pacific. The notice came via San Francisco from Minister Sewall in Honolulu. Officials call the move significant amid annexation talks and await further developments.
The Virginia Populist state convention met in Roanoke with about 150 delegates. General James G. Field was named permanent chairman and praised Bryan and Daniel. The platform endorses the national 1896 St. Louis platform, opposes moneyed influence in elections, calls for flexible currency, supports eight month schooling from state revenue, and adequate teacher salaries. Mund Cocke and Rev. R. V. Gaines nominated for lieutenant governor as factions debated. The session adjourned briefly then resumed with enthusiasm.
Treasurer Hon T Jefferson Coolidge of the Amoskeag Cotton Mills explains the August shutdown after reviewing six months of accounts showing no profit and stagnant goods. He notes reduced mill dividends over the past year as context for the decision.
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