The following is from the “Report of the Archdeacon of the Western Convocation” from the Journal of the Forty-sixth Annual Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida, held in Fernandina, Florida, May 1 – 4, 1889, page 22. The Archdeacon was P. H. Whaley. The DeFuniak… Continue reading
The following note appeared in the American Nut Journal, published in Rochester, New York, in January 1921: [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
The following report appeared in The San Jose Scale: Its Occurrences in the United States by L. O. Howard and C. L. Marlatt, published in Washington by the Government Printing Office, 1896, pages 19-20. Prof. Rolfs was in charge of the experiment station in DeFuniak Springs when he discovered the… Continue reading
This proposed railroad was reported in Railway Age Gazette, published in New York, on January 28, 1910. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
This was in Poultry Success magazine, November 1921. McCaskill used advertisements similar to this for many years. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
William Jennings Bryan was one among many nationally famous people who spoke at the Florida Chautauqua. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
This is the only known reference to a “national health and sanitary convention” being held in DeFuniak Springs in March 1886. This item appeared in Western Kansas World on January 16, 1886. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
These advertisements for the Chautauqua Hotel appeared in the Pensacola Commercial. The date of the ad above was December 3, 1884, before the first Florida Chautauqua Assembly. The date of the ad shown below appears to be March 8, 1885. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
The Chipley Banner published this advertisement for the DeFuniak Springs Business College on January 28, 1899. [Contributed by Robert Daniel]
The Billboard was a weekly magazine published in Cincinnati, Ohio, that listed events across the country. The following listing for DeFuniak Springs appeared under the heading “Street Fairs and Carnivals” in the issue for September 15, 1900. A similar listing appeared in 1901, showing the dates for the street fair… Continue reading
