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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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The Lakewood Star

September 4, 1908 TERRIBLE COLLAPSINGAwful Particklers BelowRocking Hollow, Sept.1, 1908- Amos Gosling and his family were driving from his place to Ramkatt yesterday when an awful accident befell them. They were crossing Muddy Creek when the accident occurred. The old … Continue reading

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Lakewood Daily Items

July 30, 1908 More About Doc Corker. Horse Recovered Today.Liberty Bend-July 30, 1908. Doc and some of the boys went out this morning and brought Doc’s horse in. They had a lot of trouble finding him. The bridge had went … Continue reading

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The DeFuniak Herald – January 1944

January 13, 1944 Weddings Miss Anna Knepper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Knepper, to Lt. Elvin Mason Gurnea, USNR, at Seymour Johnson Field, North Carolina. The groom is a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Miss Audrey Miller, daughter of … Continue reading

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The DeFuniak Herald – August 25, 1910

Miss Kate McKinnon died yesterday morning at her home in DeFuniak Springs after a lingering illness. She was a sister of Messrs. John L. and Alec McKinnon, and leaves many relatives and a host of friends to mourn her loss. … Continue reading

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DeFuniak Springs Herald and the Breeze December 28, 1972

How DeFuniak Springs Acquired Its Name By Anna Reardon, Staff Writer The man for whom the town of DeFuniak Springs was named, was a Frenchman, according to his grandson, Colonel William Q. DeFuniak of Santa Cruz, California. He is thought to … Continue reading

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The DeFuniak Herald

February 28, 1935 Three more arrests in the hit and run death of Judge Pearce’s death. Bascomb Guilford has been arrested for the second time, and the mail carrier’s father John H. Guilford was indicted for attempting to bribe Della … Continue reading

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