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1.2.35 - Meeting Minutes
(this was written on same page as earlier minutes) Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association Executive Council dated Dec. 15, 1894 in Battles, Ala. August Dellgren, Chairman pro-tem presiding. Moved and carried unanimously that the south portion of the track just purchased of Mrs.Tatum be the first plotted and settled upon. Plans for laying off this land were submitted by Brothers Pollay and Tuveson but laid over to next m...
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1.2.36-38 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Executive Council of Fairhope Industrial Association dated December 17, 1894 in Battles, Alabama. E.B. Gaston appointed a committee to purchase Bowen lands. He reported he had secured a price of $1.25 per acre on the single 1/4 section lying immediately next to Miss Tatum. Mr. Bromberg, attorney, was asked if he would not in consideration of our buying and paying cash for the first 160 acres and proposing to buy with...
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ii.12.27-28 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 8/12/1894 from Henry C. C. Schakel, Ind. He did not mean in his last letter that the association should guarantee him employment or that he would not join if the colony did not guarantee a certain fixed rate of wages. He understands it is the intention of the association to cooperate in matters of general concern and that it will be duty of executive council to manage and carry out the business of the associatio...
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ii.4.61 - Letter
Letter to Ernest B. Gaston, Des Moines, Iowa, from C. L. Ferree, Jamaica, Iowa, date 06/16/1894. He is inquiring whether he might get any employment in the Association inside the next 4 to 6 months if he should buy a share of stock and pay in full now. Have any physicians joined yet. Also would Mr. Gaston advise a family of less than $500.00 in money to join the colony.
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iii.2.94-95 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston on October 8, 1894 from Geo. J. Buyan. Toronto, Ont. He is very interested in the Fairhope Industrial Association and has questions about the stock shares and employment.
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iii.5.3 - Letter
Letter dated 1/9/1895 to E. B. Gaston from J. Axel Haggstrom of Chicago. Haggstrom has not been able to sell his farm in Nebraska and he is out of work, so he has not made his payments to the Fairhope Industrial Association. He enclosed a $.10 penalty and asks what chances there are of work in Fairhope in a "saw mill, garden farm or anything."
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iii.9.16-19 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston on January 3, 1895 from F. C. Frost, Carleton, Neb. He has limited means right now but will come to Fairhope when circumstances improve. He writes about the greedy, brotherly love and religion. He encloses money for copies of the Courier. Several families may ship together and would Gaston inform them of the price of mules and what size teams are wanted there and if they can be sold for cash. Will there be empl...
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iii.9.51-52 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston on December 17, 1894 from S. D. Wood of Connelsville, PA saying that he is a dentist and would like to join the colony but guesses that there is no work to justify him as yet. He is a former member of the Topolobampo Bay Colony but left because one man dictated that there would be no place set apart for the worship of God.
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iv.1.97-99 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 5/7/1897 from Wm Brown from North Wilmington (near Boston). He notes the population growth and cost of land in his area and ability of people to make money off of selling the timber on the land. Asks for extra copy of the Courier for his brother. Notes the prospect of a saw mill in Fairhope and plans to move to Fairhope in future.
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iv.6.64-66 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Guy Savage of Marshalltown, Iowa dated April 5, 1897 saying that he met Dr. Mershon who has told him much that has heightened his interest in the Fairhope Colony. He is a teacher and if there was an opening in that line it would be an inducement for him to become a member of the Fairhope Colony. He asks Gaston to let him know if such an opportunity opens up.
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v.3.13-14 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from a Benjamin Dixon of North Volney, New York, requesting information on lot costs and available work in the Fairhope Colony. He is lame and can not stand, but able to do office or desk work.
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v.3.49-50 - Letter
A letter from Florence Fitton of Buffalo, New York, written to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier requesting a sample copy of the Fairhope Courier. She also asked how far Fairhope was from Mobile and about the elevation. Her father would like to know if a man , with no money, could make a living and what employment was available. She also asked if there was a chance to get land after being there six months.
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v.3.63 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Jas. H. Francis noting Fairhope Courier received but two pages stuck together and unreadable. Wants to know if an invalid engineer could find enough surveying work to make a living.
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v.4.18-21 - Letter
Letter dated 10/29/1898 from W. W. Hall in Douglasville, Georgia. He is interested in moving to Fairhope, but has no money. He tells of his hard luck story, and ask many questions about Fairhope, most specifically about fishing.
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v.4.62 - Letter
Letter dated 9/26/1898 written to E. B. Gaston from A. M. Howell of Salix, Iowa subscribing to the Fairhope Courier, saying that he is trying to get out of debt and asking if there is work in Fairhope.
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v.5.125 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Willis M. Myers, the editor of the Southern Co-operator published by the Mutual Interest Association. He is resigning as editor of the Southern Co-operator due to the others involved not being "wide-awake" enough to suit him. He would like to know if it would be possible to come to Fairhope and work for the Fairhope Courier. He notes his qualifications and only needs the bare neccessities for a wife and two c...
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vi.10.45-46 - Letter
Letter dated 5/8/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Erwin Craighead, editor of the Mobile Register newspaper, who is clarifying how Mrs. Clara Gaston is being renumerated for the articles about Fairhope she has submitted to the Mobile Register for publication. She is supplying news and neighborhood letters and the pay is different for the type of submission.
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vi.8.44 - Letter
Letter dated 7/1/1908 to E. B. Gaston from John A. Green in Mobile, Alabama, asking Gaston if he knows of jobs available in newspaper work.
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vii.5.41 - Letter
Letter dated 7/14/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kiefer is forwarding some interesting printed material to Gaston. Kiefer comments on letters he has received from James Bellangee and George Bancroft, both "tales of woe" about their financial circumstances. He says these two men would not be good "samples to place in Fairhope's show window for the passers by."
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vii.5.43 - Letter
Letter dated 7/19/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio, discussing Mr. Ring's plans to settle in Fairhope. Kiefer comments on letters he has received from three Fairhope Citizens: Bellangee, Ruge and Bancroft, and discusses the difficulty of making a living in Fairhope. Kiefer thinks it is unwise for anyone to settle in Fairhope because of this problem.
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