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1.10.125-126 - Petition
Petition with no date signed by some members of the Fairhope Single Tax Association. The building being used as a public school and always assumed to be for that purpose is actually owned by the FSTC. This information has just been brought to the attention of the Town of Fairhope, the school board and the public. The signers of this petition want to transfer the ownership so that it will be maintained only for the public school, and to do othe...
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1.10.127-128 - Petition
Undated petition regarding the wish by some members of the FSTC to transfer the public school building from FSTC ownership to the school board. This is a duplicate of 1.10.125-126, except that it was signed by S. S. Mann and Mrs. S. S. Mann (Mary Mead Mann).
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vi.7.41-42 - Letter
Letter dated 8//8/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels in London, England. Fels has received a letter from Dr. Harris Greeno, mayor of Fairhope, and Fels has enclosed a copy of that letter and his reply to Gaston. Fels warns Gaston to not let it be known that he has these letters. Fels says that major single-tax men from the U. S., Murphy, Lawrence Purdy, and Louis Post, are in England for the Free Trade Conference. Fels gave Post a dinn...
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vi.7.58 - Letter
Letter dated 9/22/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels, writing from London, England, about several issues. Fels thinks Gaston is correct in not responding to Mr. Albright's critical "sarcastic little sheet" The Eastern Shore newspaper, and feels it is too bad that R. F. Powell is so misunderstood . Fels refers to something bad that happened to Powell's daughter and is writing him about it. Powell has been embroiled in some controversy with...
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vi.9.33 - Letter
Letter dated 7/21/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has recently received a copy of the new newspaper, the Eastern Shore. Kiefer wants to know why Mr. Albright has "animus towards" Gaston. Kiefer hopes his comment against Gaston running for the mayoral position in the Town of Fairhope's first municipal election in May, 1908 was displeasing to Gaston.and "on that account you have taken me off your visitng list." ...
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vi.9.42 - Letter
Letter dated 9/15/1908 to E.B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kiefer was thinking of subscribing to Albright's new newspaper the Eastern Shore, but after reading the "ugly and venomous things" that are in the last issue about Fairhope, he will not become a subscriber. Kiefer asks for Gaston's advice in whether or not to respond to the negative article.
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vii.3.40-41 - Letter
Letter dated 4/8/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels in response to his letter written 3/25/1909 telling him about repairs needed for the boat. Fels is confident that Mr. Watros will pull the boat through alright and agrees that it was right to go ahead and make the necessary repairs. Fels asks for a statement of the Fairhope Improvement Company; what property they have, including the boat, what rent each house is bringing, what houses are empt...
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vii.4.6 - Letter
Unsigned letter to the editor of the Eastern Shore newspaper, dated 5/26/1909, from E. B. Gaston. Gaston is responding to the charges in the newspaper that he and R. F. Powell met with F. A. Brossman, Mr. Henry W. Rucker and Mr. Greenbaum in New York at the Single Tax Conference, and misrepresented "things and conditions" in Fairhope." Gaston strongly denies the charges, and challenges the editor to provide proof.
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vii.4.8 - Letter
Letter dated 5/26/1909 to Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio form Henry W. Rucker in Fairhope, Alabama. The Eastern Shore newspaper has published an article saying, while attending a Single Tax Conference in New York, E.B. Gaston and R.F. Powell mispresented conditions in Fairhope to himself, Mr. Greenbaum and Mr. Brossman. Rucker is denying those charges as far as he in concerned.
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vii.5.17 - Letter
Letter dated 3/11/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer. He has received the copy of the "Eastern Shore" and sent it along to Fels.
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vii.5.21 - Letter
Letter dated 4/23/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer commenting on the linotype machine, R. F. Powell, the municipalization of Fairhope. He also asks Gaston to "busy himself" with seeing that at least he receives the "Eastern Shore".
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vii.5.24 - Letter
Letter dated 5/8/1909 to Daniel Kiefer from E. B. Gaston in response to several letters received. He will have Mrs. Williams make a list of parties from whom he has recieved inquiries. He is considering a Typograph Machine as opposed to the Linotype Machine. Bellangee and Wolf continue to oppose settlement of the "school-house" matter. Gaston says he has no fears about the municipalization of Fairhope and tells Kiefer to bear in mind that the Col...
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vii.5.25 - Letter
Letter dated 5/12/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer saying that although he does not see the benefits of the municipalization of Fairhope that he feels secure as long as Gaston is in charge. He authorizes Gaston to purchase the linotype machine. He encloses $1.00 and asks Gaston to subscribe to "Eastern Shore" for him.
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vii.5.32 - Letter
Letter dated 6/8/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer. Kiefer is writing about the typograph machine the Joseph Fels Fund of America, of which Kiefer is chairman, is buying for the Fairhope Courier newspaper. Kiefer gives Gaston his opinion about whether Gaston should publish certain information in the Fairhope Courier. Kiefer allows that he is more assertive, and it might be helping the other party's (Albright) cause by publishing thes...
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vii.5.37-39 - Letter
Letter dated 6/17/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio, commenting on a variety of issues. He asks Gaston if Marie Howland can afford the $8 she has pledged to the Joseph Fels Fund of America. He advises Gaston on how to handle 'cracks' Mr. Albright has made in his Eastern Shore newspaper against the Colony. He says he will forward Gaston money if needed.
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vii.5.4-5 - Letter
Letter dated 1/19/1909 to E .B .Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kiefer writes on a number of issues: the Steamer Fairhope, personalities in the Colony, the need for a linotype machine (possibly a used one), the excellent onions grown in Fairhope, and other matters. Kiefer says Joseph Fels and Bolton Hall want him to raise the $25,000 for the Joseph Fels Fund for America (Fels has donated to the fund already), and he says "I...
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x.9.2-51 - Newspaper Article
Newspaper articles from Baldwin County, Alabama newspapers such as: The Eastern Shore Courier, The Mobile Press Register and The Independent on various Fairhope topics dating from June 7, 1975 through October 24, 1984.
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