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the horse briefly stopped in front of the building he first attended school in, then after it was remodeled into a city hall, and then ran all but five meetings of 61 years as mayor. The caisson arrived at
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779:"Mayor John H. Land Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information"
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590:Frank Davis
572:2014 April
337:J. J. Combs
321:John Jewell
310:J. D. Fudge
294:December 31
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728:References
546:2014 March
348:E. J. Ryan
285:Multi-Year
211:Background
178:politician
175:Profession
161:Republican
126:1920-11-05
289:January 1
82:In office
51:In office
20:John Land
754:Archived
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201:Florida
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305:Years
246:Career
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