The characters / Recurring character
Julia Shumway
Julia Shumway is recorded in 2 distinct stories.
Reveal identity notes · spoilers
The framing newspaper article is explicitly credited to Julia Shumway of the Chester’s Mill Democrat, the same name and newspaper role documented in Under the Dome. Owner/manager of the Chester’s Mill Democrat, explicitly Republican despite the newspaper’s title.
Also recorded as By Julia Shumway, Julia, Nancy Newspaper (Joe’s nickname).
Stories and supporting passages
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Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
The Newspaper Article [From the Chester’s Mill Democrat: June 12, 2008] WOMAN JUMPS FROM BRIDGE, MIMICS BROTHER’S SUICIDE By Julia Shumway MOTTON—After prominent psychiatrist John Bonsaint committed suicide by jumping from the Bale River Bridge in this little central Maine town a little over a month ago, friends said that his sister, Sheila LeClaire, was confused and depressed.
The framing newspaper article is explicitly credited to Julia Shumway of the Chester’s Mill Democrat, the same name and newspaper role documented in Under the Dome.
Under the Dome
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
Which was misinformation, since ownership and management—both hats worn by the formidable Julia Shumway—was Republican to the core. The masthead looked like this: THE CHESTER’S MILL DEMOCRAT Est. 1890 Serving “The Little Town That Looks Like A Boot!” But the motto was misinformation, too.
Owner/manager of the Chester’s Mill Democrat, explicitly Republican despite the newspaper’s title.
Read the passage Spoilers · Story context
“Nancy Newspaper wasn’t taking pictures at all, y’know,” Scarecrow Joe said. “I was standing right behind her. Pretty foxy.” “Yeah,” Benny said, “but I still wouldn’t want to be him. Until this shit ends, the cops can do pretty much what they want.”
Joe, who stood behind Julia, confirms her photographic claim was a bluff. Nancy Newspaper is his joking epithet for the same woman.