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Newspaper
Chipley Banner
Location
Chipley, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
4
Pensacola's 1910 population stands at 22,982 up from 17,474 in 1900. Nationally, cotton ginnings total 8,764,163 bales by November 14. The south reports record corn yields with every state showing increases.
The piece notes over 1 600 regular wireless telegraph stations plus many amateurs. It stresses teamwork for industrial progress and cites population and hog counts: 1880 US 49 million hogs and 50 million people, 1900 about 76 million people and 67 million hogs.
A promotional claim extols Washington County as the best on earth and invites people to move there, emphasizing a lack of money or price barriers in advertising the region.
The text lists population figures for the United States plus the Philippines and Porto Rico at 103,992,752 and for the United States, Alaska and Hawaii at 93,471,748. It notes Guam and Samoa are not included. It also names New York, Chicago and Philadelphia among the world’s ten largest cities and states eight American cities exceed half a million in population.
The Lake City index lambastes a court for excluding head blows as evidence, arguing the indictment charged body blows and the dead victim’s injuries prove the crime. The piece laments how such technicalities discourage respect for law and the courts.
The list outlines Blount’s platform including direct election of senators, tariff for revenue only, graduated income and inheritance taxes, regulation and valuation of railroads, restrictions on corporate capitalization, publicity of campaign funding, no foreign territorial acquisitions, a solid Democratic South to limit black influence, trust destruction, federal funding for hard roads and river harbors, intercoastal canal plans, and responsive governance. It emphasizes honesty, people’s needs, and ability as requisites for a satisfactory public servant. The piece notes a funeral in Kyneaville and local notices about residents and events.
Bradford residents host and visit relatives across nearby towns. Mrs Rosetta McDuffie of Geneva Ala visits kin, Miss Mittie Register and Mittie Danial extend stays, Rev Parker misses Bridge appointment, George Newton from Chipley visits, Elma Riley from Wausau visits Cowford, and Bevis the organist plays among locals.
The undersigned intend on the first day of January 1911 to apply to the Governor of the State for patent incorporation of the Bears company. Any party who may prepare a memorandum with them a share is requested to contact.
A readable fragment notes a proposed corporation with a name to be determined. The board of directors is to convene and approve business activities mainly purchasing owning selling leasing and disposing of timber and lumber products.
A Florida legal notice details stock subscriptions and corporate governance. It names incorporators Gust Dew and board members B. P. Casker, A. J. Loudermilk, and others, outlining officers, stock totals, and the 20 year charter term. It records notarization in Washington County with J. Loudern...
Fragmentary text shows a notary public in Lowndes County Iowa authenticating a notice of invention and patent intention. It references names, dates, and execution for legal action but the details are garbled and unreadable.
William A. Blount campaigns on merit opposing Ring politics and the push to perpetuate the United States Senatorship in Jacksonville. He frames his bid as a stand for independent leadership and reform against entrenched interests.
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