Pinellas County Emerges as Florida’s Rapidly Growing Enclave
An early 20th century portrait notes Pinellas as a tiny but wealthy Florida county with rapid growth and a tourist-driven economy. It traces its break from Hillsborough in 1911, then cites population jumps from 18,814 in 1915 to about 75,000 today, driven by St. Petersburg’s boom and regional development.
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Pinellas
Pineclan
Dudley V. Haddock
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
Pinellas Peninsula
Tampa Bay
Tampa
Hillsborough County
Tam Bay
Florida
St. Petersburg
Quartet Of Golf Cups Gather At Atlanta Athletic Club
The American Open, Walker Cup, British Open and Southern Open trophies rest at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Bobby Jones and Watts Gui contributed three points in the Walker Cup defense. Jones won the U S Open at Scioto and the British Open at Lytham St Anne's, with the British and American Cups to be sent abroad.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Athletic Club
St. Andrews
Amercan
Bobby Jones
Watts Gui
Bobby
Scioto
Lytham and
St. Anne’s
England
Jones
Oakmont
O. B. Keeler
St Petersburg Population Figures From Census and Directory
A fragment summarizes population figures for St. Petersburg from federal censuses and the Polk Directory. It notes 237 in 1920 and 26847 in 1925, then cites a 1947 estimate of about 47 629 and a Polk Directory based current figure around 0 000.
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St. Petersburg
Three Jims, Chums of '61, Renew Bond At Yearly Reunion
In Aurora Illinois three Civil War veterans Jim Harral Jim Moss and Jim Hatch met for their annual reunion. The men who fought with the 36th Illinois Volunteer Infantry shared memories from Vicksburg Chickamauga and Kenesaw Mountain. Harral was wounded at Perryville and later mustered out. Moss lost a leg at Mission Ridge and now farms in Scranton. Hatch became a Methodist minister and lives in Plano. The trio keeps their bond alive with yearly gatherings to recall their wartime camaraderie.
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Aurora
Hill
Illinois
la Salle County
Iride
Jim Harral
Jim Mons
Jim Hatch
Battes Srere
Vicksburg
Chickamauga
Kensaw Mountains
Jims
Jime Antaype & Hospital
Sperman
Harral
Perryville
Moss
Mission Ridge
Hatch
Kenesaw Mountain
Andersonville
Three Jims
Pinellas Coast Towns Shaped by Roads and Growth
The feature praises St Petersburg as a hub and traces Pinellas communities from Clearwater to Safety Harbor and Oldsmar. It notes right of way early adoption, road speed uses, and the region’s rapid development driven by highway and rail transport. It envisions the peninsula becoming one large city as remaining land is settled.
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S. Petersburg
Tampa Bay
Upper Peninsula
Florida
Green Springs
Safety Harbor
Chamber backs vote on county courthouse removal plan
Daytona Beach reports the Chamber of Commerce board endorses an election to decide if the Volusia county courthouse should be removed. A three member committee will confer with Ormond and New Smyrna chambers on the matter.
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Daytona Beach
Volusin County Court House
Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors
Three Way
Ormond
New Smyrna
Sailor Statue Planned for Clearwater Causeway Entrance
Legionnaires planning the district conference in August may find a bronze sailor statue at the new causeway entrance. Legion leaders asked the city commission to purchase the statue and the request was taken under advisement.
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Clearwater
The
American Legion
Legion
Washington county moves county seat to Chipley
By a vote of 1871 to 1232 voters choose Chipley as the new county seat, prompting plans for legislation to issue bonds for a new county courthouse with work set to start by October 1.
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Chipley
Washington County
Vernon
Duval Education Meeting Draws 150 Teachers
At a Duval County Education Association meeting in Jacksonville Hatch supervisor of languages in the polite led a discussion about a new organization. About 150 teachers attended the gathering.
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Jacksonville
Duval County
Ia. Hatch
Polite
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