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- Permanent Link:
- https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00048734/00052
Material Information
- Title:
- The Ocala banner
- Uniform Title:
- Ocala banner
Ocala banner (Ocala, Fla. 1883)
- Alternate Title:
- Ocala daily banner
- Alternate Title:
- Daily banner
- Alternate Title:
- Banner
- Creator:
- Ocala banner
- Place of Publication:
- Ocala, Fla.
Ocala Marion County Fla
- Publisher:
- The Banner Pub. Co.
- Publication Date:
- 12 7, 1906
- Frequency:
- Weekly[<Jan. 3, 1890-Mar. 5, 1943>]
Weekly[ FORMER Aug. 25, 1883-Dec. 28, 1888]
Daily (except Sun.)[ FORMER Dec. 30, 1888-<Apr. 29, 1889>]
weekly
regular
- Language:
- English
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Newspapers -- Ocala (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Newspapers -- Marion County (Fla.) ( lcsh )
- Genre:
- newspaper ( marcgt )
newspaper ( sobekcm )
- Spatial Coverage:
- United States -- Florida -- Marion -- Ocala
- Coordinates:
- 29.187778 x -82.130556
Notes
- Abstract:
- The Ocala Banner was founded in 1883 as a successor to the Ocala Banner-Iacon, itself the product of a merger between the East Florida Banner and the Florida Iacon. In 1890, the Ocala Banner became a daily. Over the years it bore alternate titles: the Banner, the Daily Banner, and the Ocala Daily Banner.
Situated in rural Marion County, the Ocala Banner covered farming, business, and civic issues in Ocala, where the Freeze of 1895 had devastated the citrus industry and paved the way for diversified agriculture and the growth of tourism.
The most important of the early editors of the Ocala Banner was Frank E. Harris, a veteran of the Confederate army, who ran the paper in the 1890s. Other editors included T.W. Harris, who had published several other newspapers in Ocala, and C.L. Bittinger, who before moving to Florida had served as a commander in the Grand Army of the Republic.
In 1895, the Ocala Evening Star surfaced as a rival to the Ocala Banner. Beginning in 1897, it also appeared in a weekly edition, the Ocala Weekly Star. During an address to the Ocala Rotary Club, R.N. Dosh, editor of the Evening Star in the 1920s and 1930s, recalled that the “Star first saw the light of day in the press room of the Florida Baptist Witnessâ€, founded in 1884 as the weekly press organ of the Florida Baptist Convention, a branch of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Former competitors, the Ocala Evening Star and the Ocala Banner joined in 1943 to form the Ocala Star-Banner, which remains the daily newspaper of Marion County.
- Additional Physical Form:
- Also available on microfilm from University of Florida.
- Dates or Sequential Designation:
- Vol. 17, no. 12 (Aug. 25, 1883)-
- Numbering Peculiarities:
- Issues for 1884 later called new ser., v. 2.
- General Note:
- Editors: T.W. Harris, F.E. Harris, C.L. Bittinger.
- General Note:
- Publisher varies: Frank Harris & Frank Harris, Jr., <1913
- General Note:
- Description based on: New ser., v. 2, no. 14 (Dec. 1, 1883).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- University of Florida
- Holding Location:
- University of Florida
- Rights Management:
- This item is presumed to be in the public domain. The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not claim any copyright interest in this item. Users of this work have responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions may require permission of the copyright holder. The Smathers Libraries would like to learn more about this item and invite individuals or organizations to contact Digital Services (UFDC@uflib.ufl.edu) with any additional information they can provide.
- Resource Identifier:
- 18660476 ( OCLC )
002052272 ( ALEPHBIBNUM )
sn 88074815 ( LCCN )
sn 88074815 ( LCCN )
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