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Object ID |
1898_Courier |
Object Name |
Newspaper |
Description |
Fairhope Courier newspapers for the year 1898. Some papers have incorrect dates, volume or issue number, including the January 1st issue which incorrectly shows 1897. The paper was published once per month from January 1898 through July 1898. Beginning with Volume V starting in August 1898, the paper was printed twice per month on the 1st and 15th. Thirty-eight issues were published in calendar year 1898 and most were six pages. These historic papers are scanned using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in pdf format and are keyword searchable using the "find" or "search" function in your browser. The 1898 Couriers are full of interesting information about Fairhopers and their activities, crops, weather (including temperatures), news of the Spanish-American War, letters from Fairhope supporters, reprints of journal and newspaper articles relative to the single tax movement, interesting advertisements and many other topics. The February 1, 1898 edition has five pictures of early Fairhope,. These photographs are available in much better condition in these FSTC Archives Photos collection. Much information is printed about the Chicago Single Tax Club summer meeting (called a "picnic") where E. B. Gaston was invited to speak about Fairhope and hopefully get support and donations for land purchases. This was not successful for Fairhope as the Chicago club questioned how the single tax principles were being demonstrated in Fairhope and attached conditions on their monetary support which the Fairhopers could not accept. The December 15, 1898 edition is interesting for the letters from supporters like William Morphy, A. White, John H. Blakeney and others, as well as a listing of donations to date for the purchase of 320 acres. The Colony's option to buy this land ends in early 1899; the land was purchased on December 27, 1898 (see the January 1, 1899 edition in these archives: Courier_1899). From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection. |
Date |
1898 |
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