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On excessive fines charged by the police:

“A communication was presented from Mrs. G.D. Powell, complaining that the bill sent in by the Captain of Police for cleaning up her lot was excessive. Referred to the Committee…

Even though there is evidence that there was rampant yellow fever in 1887, the Council decides to not extend the pre-existing Quarantine to include Key West, which has been rumored to have had an outbreak of small pox.

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(transcription) “Mr. W.N Conoley, representing the Electric Sight Co., addressed the council on the subject of adopting the electric system of lighting the City. He proposed to furnish either arc or incandescent lights. He thought twelve or fourteen…

Councilman Wall presented a communication, enclosing a letter from the Traffic Manager of the Plant r.r. co. inquiring if it was deemed advisable by the Board of health to require certificates of vaccination from passengers from Havana who land at…

(partial transcription) “The communication refereed to stated that Mr. Wood (J.A. Wood of New York) and associates were (all in on to?) acquire lands in the City of Tampa and erect (theren?)Hotel building and asked that the city enter into a contract…

This scanned image features the "St. Mary's Beacon" from October 7, 1852. The Beacon is a local newspaper of St. Mary's County and is based in Leonardtown.

Cabinet card photograph of Scott Maxwell, Overseer of Vaucluse Spinning of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company in Vaucluse (S.C.).

Rebecca Ritter is a sophomore at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She is majoring in English Literature and the Spanish Language, with a minor concentration in Computer Science. She works for the campus newspaper, The Point News, and at the Writing…

Black and white photograph of North Adams rail yard and city from the top of a small tunnel.