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1.10.117-122 - Letter
Letter dated 10/6/1907 to E. B. Gaston from James Bellagee. This is a long letter and it is difficult to decipher where it starts and ends, it may be a draft. Mr. Bellangee is expressing discontent over Gaston's handling of the Fairhope Courier. He says that as editor of the Fairhope Courier Gaston has weight and influence with the outside world and that greater circumspection must be used in the future. "We can all pull together for affirmative...
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1.10.123-124 - Letter
Undated, unsigned letter to E. B. Gaston, editor of the Fairhope Courier critical of one of his publications.
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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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1.10.140 - Note
Back side of folder containing James Bellangee's papers concerning a 1905 amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Constitution and the contentious publication of the issue. Note says "came to personal blows." E. Q. Norton of the Daphne Standard newspaper E. B. Gaston of the Fairhope Courier newspaper James Bellangee Mobile Daily Times newspaper Unknown who wrote this note on the file folder or when.
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1.10.59-63 - Letter
Letter to the editor of the Fairhope Courier from Anne B. Call. (There is a tally of a vote dated 1/23/1906 on the back of one of the pages of the letter so presumably the letter was written at this time approximately). The letter is in response to a criticism of a letter written by her father, James Bellangee, by the editor, E. B. Gaston. The subject is the method of taxation for public services. Mrs. Call cites passages from Progress and Povert...
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1.10.67-68 - Letter
Letter dated 2/22/1907 to James Bellangee from E. B. Gaston telling him that he is returning his article as it does not see to be calculated to benefit Fairhope and would call for an explanation from Gaston and further comments from Bellangee. He has also had other communications that he will not use (in the Fairhope Courier).
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1.12.11 - Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper dated 5/16/1921 from Anne B. Call, requesting the People's Railroad Company to "outline to the public what steps they intend to take to take the Railroad really safe for public travel and when such steps may be expected to be completed." She asks for the response to be printed in the newspaper. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call
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1.12.40-48 - Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor from Anne B. Call discussing the current status of the People's Railroad. Call discusses safety issues, the current condition of the railroad, her correspondence with the Alabama Public Service Commission, her investigation about the possibilities of securing liability insurance and workman's compensation insurance, actual usefulness of the small car service as opposed the benefits of a larger car/cargo carrier, her disagree...
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1.12.54 - Letter
Letter dated 3/27/1923 to E. B. Gaston from Anne B. Call. Both individuals have been engaged in a back and forth via the pages of the Fairhope Courier newspaper discussing the future of the People's Railroad Company, and Call is really to call it quits if Gaston ceases also. However, she clear the board with comments about what she considers to be Gaston's misunderstanding of her letters. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call.
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1.14.19 - Newspaper Article
Newspaper article dated 2/1/1929 reprinted in the Fairhope Courier (originally published in the Birmingham News-Age Herald) entitled " Editor Is Personification Of Soul Of Fairhope, Vagabond Declares, E. B. Gaston Has Found Gold at Rainbow's End, Single-Tax Colony On Eastern Shore Of Mobile Bay Has Been Scene Of Labors For More Than 30 Years" by Milford W. Howard.
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1.14.56 - Letter
Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier responding to an editorial which stated that "some people . . .seem to consider it almost a sacrilege to make a tree give way to the purpose of the people." The editorial is referring to the removal of trees and shrubbery in order to have a ball park on the beach. The author of the letter feels that many have been robbed of the beautiful wooded beach and that a more suitable location should hav...
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1.2.107-111 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting MInutes dated 5/22/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Topics: The well has been dug to the approved depth and digging has stopped. Now pipe will be driven (by volunteer labor) until water is reached. Authorized sending the Courier newspaper to public libraries in leading cities around the country with the request that they be saved and bound. The St. Louis Public Library is in receipt of the e...
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1.2.39 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated December 19, 1894 C.L. Coleman gave a report on lumber. Members desiring to build should select where they purchase their own lumber. J. P. Hunnel moved that the Secretary be instructed to write Mann Press Co. and order materials necessary to get out the Courier as they had proposed to furnish the same and allow it to be applied to their stock carried. Mr. Pollay reported wor...
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1.6.115-119 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 2/6/1896 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Results of 2/6/1896 election results and were verified by William Stimpson: S.S. Mann - President A. H. Mershon - Vice President E.B. Gaston - Secretary C.L. Coleman - Treasurer S. Vander Meulen - Supt, Lands and Highways H.C.C.Schakel - Supt, Pulbic Services A.J. Cullen - Supt, Industries G.A. Mershon, Supt. Public Health Wharf Committ...
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1.6.131-135 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 3/2/1896 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Wharfinger Schakel reported Wharf receipts of $33.60 for February, 1896 ($24.75 for freight and $9.45 for passengers). Secretary's report Treasurer's report Wharfinger reported hitching posts have been set near the head of the wharf. Two pilings which had been washed away have been replaced. The Wharfinger reports a board is needed on th...
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1.6.166-168 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated April 27, 1896. Mr. Stimpson reported securing 2 lamps, oil can and oil for Association Hall. Moved and carried to reimburse him. Mr. Stimpson also reported that he had been successful at securing subscriptions toward expenses for issuing the Fairhope Courier but still needed to speak with several members. Wharf committee reported. Committee on special edition of the Fairhope...
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1.6.178-180 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated May 25, 1896. C. L. Coleman reported that the Wharf was complete. He had done everything but fix car for carrying watermelons and suggested Mr. Kearns do that. E. B. Gaston reported amicable settlement with Mr. Cherry. He also read a letter from Mr. Thad. McNulty claiming charges on his buggy while in possession of the Wharfinger. S. Varnder-Meulen reported getting the Press ...
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1.6.48-51 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting MInutes dated 11/18/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. All members present. George Pollay reported the land south of the gulley has been platted and he submitted a new map. J. J. Springer, the new editor/manager of the Fairhope Courier, reported on the state of the Courier's finances as operating at a deficit. He recommends working to increase advertisements, and to also contact other reform newsp...
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1.6.67-74 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 12/16/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. The matter of hiring a wharfinger was discussed, and the detailed job description was presented. The job includes everything from keeping reports, handling freight, keeping logs floating in the Bay away from the wharf, maintaining the road to the wharf, meeting boats, and many other duties. The secretary was isntructed to post the bids for the...
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