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  • Article: Distinguished citizens of the Treasure Coast. Stuart News, 1 Jan 2000. p. B1-B3

    Short biographies of prominent citizens in Martin and St. Lucie Counties.

    Hubert W. Bessey
    Frances Langford and Ralph Evinrude
    Dennis S. Hudson Sr.
    Maggy Hurchalla
    John Jensen
    A.P. "Bert" Krueger
    Ernest F. Lyons
    Alto "Bud" Adams
    Douglas E. and Mary Austin
    A.E. "Bean" Backus
    Clem C. Benton, M.D.
    Edwin Binney
    Peter P. Cobb
    Gardner Cowles
    Frank and Elliott Mackle
    Charles T. McCarty
    William B. McChesney
    Louis Pio
    Clyde P. Platts, M.D.
    Capt. Thomas E. Richards
    William B. Matheson
    Richard Victor McHardy
    Edwin A. Menninger Sr.
    Vincent James Navitsky
    Dr. Julian D. Parker
    Joseph V. and Permelia Reed; William and Francoise Barstow
    Curt Emil August Schroeder
    Lorene Stokes
    Frank A. Wacha Sr.
    Gertrude Walden
    Ross and Mabel Witham

  • First page of the issue of the newspaper concerning the 1926 Stuart celebration of the establishment of Martin County.

  • Description of the newly renovated Hotel Commodore, in the building formerly occupied by the Peacock Arcade.

    Stuart News, 6 September 1956, p. 4
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  • Published in the Stuart News (29 June 1932). Marion M. McGee (1885-1933) took the office of Sheriff on 1 December 1926, and lost to C.E. Christensen on 9 Nov 1932.

  • Published in the New York Herald (6 May 1894), page 15 and the Times Union (19 May 1894), page 20 notes the refusal of the US government to grant a post office named "The White City" to the residents of White City, Florida. It details the reasons behind the naming of the city: 1. Louis Pio, the main promoter of the colony, worked there, and 2. the plan was to exclude African Americans from living or working in the community.

  • Special edition of the Stuart Daily News, 30 Nov 1936, Vol. 11, no. 277. Features photos of the area, descriptions of attractions and opportunities, and ads for local businesses. Articles include:
    Hobe Sound Development is in Forefront
    Florida Taxes are Lightest
    Nature Lovers Reap Benefit of Florida Man's Hobby at McKee Jungle Gardens
    Tournaments Feature the Season at Port Sewall
    Party Halts Inlet Project
    150-mile Waterway is to Open in February, 1937
    Headquarters for Yachtsmen
    Two More Houses Underway at Jupiter Island
    New Log Recreation Lodge in Fourth Street Park

  • Apparently a special edition of the South Florida Developer (vol. 1, no. 1, 21 July 1925). Internal pages are headed "South Florida Developer." The front page details an automobile accident between John E. Taylor and Henry Smith; fictious name of businesses and people are used.
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