Letter from Southport Girl Describes Local Life
A reader in Southport near Fanning's Bayou shares news of a busy mill shipping lumber to Pensacola and abroad. She notes naval stores by Jog trains, the upcoming fishing season, fat oysters, launches to St Andrew, gulf bathing, a large local school with Tama and Lama in grades, and her wish for education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
Fanning’s Bayou
North Bay
Pensacola
St. Andrew
Gulf
Tama
City Tax Books Now Open for Due Taxes
The city tax books are open and taxes are due. Wattex Coox serves as City Tax Collector.
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Wattex Coox
Base bean yields compared by color in harvest note
White and Lion Velvet beans will yield three times as much as the speckled bean. Price listed is 1 dollar per peck and 83.50 per bushel.
Hay Price at One Dollar Per Hundred at the Barn
Postmaster J. P. Schell notes hay is priced at one dollar per hundred as advertised at the barn.
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J. P. Schell
March Mobilization on the Mexican Border Revisited
The passage compares 1846 U S border mobilization to a new move against Mexico citing Secretary Dickinson and the aim to protect foreign property. It labels big business and the slaveholding class as the driving force behind imperial ventures and opposes extending slave labor or peculiarly owned institutions through government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mexico
Dickinson
Dunn-Coleman Co Offers Lowest Paint for Homes
Dunn-Coleman Co markets paint for houses and general wagon and buggy finishes. The ad promises low prices and a wide selection, highlighting affordability and breadth of stock for home improvement needs.
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Dunn—Coleman Co
Dunn-Coleman Co
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Chipley
W. J. Schell
Insurance
F. B. Callaway
Buell Cook
Lama
Vuxona Buvayrey
B. Blake
T.G. Yates
Dr. Wilson
Im Chipley
Logue Bat Building
Star
T. L. Wells & Bro
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