The Maitland Courier, December 24, 1885
Maitland (Fla.)
<em>The Maitland Courier</em> was a local newspaper published independently by proprietor C. F. Townsend in the town of Lake Maitland, Florida (present-day Maitland). This edition from December 24, 1885, is a photocopied version and some sections are illegible. Featured in this issue are articles on the supposed end of sectional strife in the United States following the American Civil War, the construction of the Seminole Hotel and the Altamonte Hotel, deep-sea dredging, horse breeding, the type of settlers that Florida wished to attract, local happenings, and several advertisements for local businesses and consumer products.
Photocopy of original 5-page newspaper edition: <em>The Maitland Courier</em>, December 24, 1885: Newspaper Collection, accession number 2014.002.020V, room 2, case 2, shelf 10, box GV, <a href="http://artandhistory.org/maitland-history-museum/" target="_blank">Maitland Historical Museum, Art & History Museums - Maitland</a>, Maitland, Florida.
Townsend, C .F.
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Maitland, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
The Maitland Courier, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 24, 1885
Maitland (Fla.)
<em>The Maitland Courier</em> issue published on December 24, 1885. <em>The Maitland Courier</em> was established in 1885 by C. F. Townsend, its editor and publisher. The newspaper was published every Thursday and it's estimated circulation between 1886 and 1887 was 559 to an area of residents with an estimated population of 1,300 by 1887. This edition features articles on topics such as medical and agricultural advice, jokes, the opening of the Seminole Hotel, British Revolutionary War officer Major John André (174-1780), sectional amiability between the North and South following the end of the war, settlers in Florida, the development taking place in Altamonte, an open letter to taxpayers, local events to celebrate the holidays, the staff’s contention with a loud rooster, the comings and goings of Maitland’s residents, decisions made at the last town meeting and the members of the board, scientific experiments conducted in the interest of industrial innovation, weather, temperance, and religious readings.
Original 8-page newspaper issue: <em>The Maitland Courier</em>, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 24, 1885: <a href="http://www.maitlandpubliclibrary.org/" target="_blank">Maitland Public Library</a>, Maitland, Florida.
<em>The Maitland Courier</em>
Townsend, C. F.
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Maitland, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Seminole Hotel, Winter Park, Florida
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Longwood, Florida