| Material Information |
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Title: |
The Chipley banner |
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Physical Description: |
Newspaper |
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Language: |
English |
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Publisher: |
C. Tharp & Co. |
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Place of Publication: |
Chipley, Washington County, Fla Chipley, Washington County, Fla |
| Subjects |
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Subjects / Keywords: |
Newspapers -- Chipley (Fla.) ( lcsh ) Newspapers -- Washington County (Fla.) ( lcsh ) |
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Genre: |
newspaper ( marcgt ) newspaper ( sobekcm ) |
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Spatial Coverage: |
United States -- Florida -- Washington -- Chipley |
| Notes |
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Review: |
In 1882, the small West Florida community of Orange was founded in anticipation of a railroad to connect the farming area with markets in the Florida cities of Pensacola and Tallahassee and cities in Alabama and Georgia. Shortly after the railroad arrived, the town was renamed Chipley in honor of William D. Chipley, vice-president of the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, a notable figure in the political and economic history of the area, and an aggressive lobbyist for railroad land grants. The town's first newspaper, the Intelligencer LCCN: not known to exist, edited by J.C. Langley, was also begun in 1882. The paper was renamed the Chipley Banner LCCN: sn95047263 in 1893 and published under this name until 1943 when it merged with the Washington County (FL) News LCCN: sn81000810, also published in Chipley from May 1931 and continuing under that title today (ca. 2007). "The town that was built on a railroad," Chipley is the county seat of Washington County, located inland in Florida's Panhandle south of the Alabama state line. The current Washington County News is a weekly published by Maurice Pujol and owned by Chipley Newspapers, Inc. With a circulation just over 2,000, the paper is affiliated with the Holmes County (FL) Advertiser LCCN: sn95047240, published in Bonifay, Florida, also published by Chipley Newspapers, Inc., and owned by Pujol.--E. Kesse, University of Florida Digital Library Center. |
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Additional Physical Form: |
Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection. |
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Dates or Sequential Designation: |
Began in 1893; ceased in 1943. |
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General Note: |
Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (July 15, 1893). |
| Record Information |
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Source Institution: |
Historical Newspaper Catalog |
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Holding Location: |
University of Florida |
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Rights Management: |
All rights reserved by the source institution and holding location. |
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Resource Identifier: |
oclc - 33427638 lccn - sn 95047263 issn - 1943-8826 |
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Classification: |
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System ID: |
HNC0000028:00001 |
| Related Items |
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Succeeded by: |
Washington County news (Chipley, Fla.) |
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