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{{date|1907|1909}}
==Statistics<ref>"Stamp Sales Reflect Growth and Prosperity of Pensacola." ''Pensacola Journal'', January 3, 1909.</ref>==
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*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
**White males: 179
**White females: 175
**Colored males: 133
**Colored females: 120
**Creole males: 2
**Creole females: 10
*Deaths:<ref name="dec07nov08"/> 428
**White males: 111
**White females: 84
**Colored males: 108
**Colored females: 115
**Creole males: 5
**Creole females: 4
*Marriage licenses: 526
*Suits filed in [[circuit court]]: 587
*Exports: $18,680,125
*Building permits:
**Within fire limits: 9 brick, 4 iron
**Outside fire limits: 428 wooden buildings
**Total (including repair permits): 1,028
**Total cost of finished new buildings: $251,870
**Total cost of finished repair work: $18,849
*Fire losses:<ref name="dec07nov08" />
**Buildings destroyed by fire: 37 (19 within reach of water)
**Buildings damaged by fire: 62
**Losses covered by insurance: $56,594.98
**153 new alarms installed (38 box, 105 telephone, 10 still)
*Stamp sales: $61,272.21
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==Events==
*[[April 5]] – Streetcar operators of the [[Pensacola Electric Company]] [[1908 streetcar operators' strike|go on strike]].
==Candidates for office==
:''See [[Municipal elections, 1908]]
==References & notes==
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[[Category:Years]]
