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| − | ==Statistics<ref>"Stamp Sales Reflect Growth and Prosperity of Pensacola." ''Pensacola Journal'', January 3, 1909.</ref>== | + | ==Notable events== |
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| + | *Date unknown – a new [[Pensacola City Hall]] is completed at 300 South [[Jefferson Street]] on the east side of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. The building currently houses the [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum]]. |
| − | *Births:<ref name="dec07nov08">Figures were released in January 1909 and covered December 1907 through November 1908, inclusive. Please replace with full 1908 figures if available.</ref> 627 | + | *[[April 7]] – Streetcar operators of the [[Pensacola Electric Company]] go on strike. |
| − | **White males: 179
| + | *[[April 12]] – National Guard troops are ordered into Pensacola to protect strikebreakers and restore order. |
| − | **White females: 175
| + | *[[May 13]] – Streetcar operators' strike ends. |
| − | **Colored males: 133
| + | *[[July 28]] – [[Leander Shaw]] is hanged by a lynch-mob in [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] for the rape and murder of [[Lillie Davis]]. |
| − | **Colored females: 120
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| − | **Creole males: 2
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| − | **Creole females: 10
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| − | *Deaths:<ref name="dec07nov08"/> 428
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| − | **White males: 111
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| − | **White females: 84
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| − | **Colored males: 108
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| − | **Colored females: 115
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| − | **Creole males: 5
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| − | **Creole females: 4
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| − | *Marriage licenses: 526
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| − | *Suits filed in [[circuit court]]: 587
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| − | *Exports: $18,680,125
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| − | *Building permits:
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| − | **Within fire limits: 9 brick, 4 iron
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| − | **Outside fire limits: 428 wooden buildings
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| − | **Total (including repair permits): 1,028
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| − | **Total cost of finished new buildings: $251,870
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| − | **Total cost of finished repair work: $18,849
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| − | *Fire losses:<ref name="dec07nov08" />
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| − | **Buildings destroyed by fire: 37 (19 within reach of water)
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| − | **Buildings damaged by fire: 62
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| − | **Losses covered by insurance: $56,594.98
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| − | **153 new alarms installed (38 box, 105 telephone, 10 still)
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| − | *Stamp sales: $61,272.21
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| − | ==Events==
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| − | *[[April 5]] – Streetcar operators of the [[Pensacola Electric Company]] [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|go on strike]]. | |
| − | *[[April 11]] – National Guard troops are ordered into Pensacola to protect [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|strikebreakers]] and restore order. | |
| − | *[[May 13]] – [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|Streetcar operators' strike]] ends. | |
| − | *[[July 29]] – [[Leander Shaw]] is hanged by a lynch-mob in [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]] for the rape and murder of [[Lillie Davis]]. | |
| − | *A new [[Pensacola City Hall]] is completed at 300 South [[Jefferson Street]] on the east side of [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. The building currently houses the [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum]].
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| − | ==Deaths==
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| − | *[[August 9]] – [[Emma Lucy Varner Sanders]]
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| − | ==Candidates for office==
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| − | :''See [[Municipal elections, 1908]]
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| − | ==References & notes==
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| − | {{reflist}}
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