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Lakewood Daily Items

August 11, 1909 JNO. TRUITT SERIOUSLY INJUREDDarlington, Fla., Aug. 2nd.- This evening about 5.00 oclock Jno. Truitt was knocked from a log car off a trussel and very seriously injured. Truitt was sitting on a car of steel which was … Continue reading

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The Lakewood Star

July 14, 1909 SHOOTS Loading CrewGaskin, Fla., July 12, 1909. (Special) -Last week Lewis Holman a man of some 85 years old became aggravated with the loading crew of The Britton Lumber Co. and shot into them with a shot … Continue reading

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The Lakewood Star

July 7, 1909 PICNIC at NATURAL BRIDGE.The picnic at Natural Bridge Saturday in honor of the Fourth of July proved a grand success. People attended from miles around. The Britton Lumber Co. ran an excursion from Lakewood and also from … Continue reading

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The Lakewood Star

June 23, 1909 Mr. J.A. GreendeadMr. J. A. Green, who has been in the employ of The Britton Lumber Company at this place for some months, was found dead in his bed Sunday morning. The cause of his death was … Continue reading

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