Paradise Key to Royal Palm State Park A Florida Natural Spotlight
Paradise Key in the Everglades, now Royal Palm State Park, is highlighted as a primeval, island-like refuge with unique flora and fauna. The article credits Florida clubwomen led by Mrs. W. S. Jennings for securing state protection in 1915, describes key species, landscape features, and migratory birds, and notes nearby access via auto highways from Flamingo and Florida City.
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Oyal Palm State Park
Florida
Paradise Key
Everglades
United States
Everglade Keys
Keys
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Paradise Keys
Royal Palm State Park
Hverglades
Paradise “Key
Federated Club Women of
W. 8. Jennings
State Federation
Flamestead
Florida City
East Cape
Dade County
Miami
Paradise
Roystonia
Regia
Antilles
West ‘Indies
Nature
Heliconius Charitonius
Park
Garich
West Indies
Texas
Lower Creek
Oklahoma
Ponce de Leon
Sevérgiadés
Jonathan Dickenson
Moving Telephone Pole Ten Feet Without Interrupting Service
A local telephone company moved an entire pole line of 480 poles ten feet to one side between two eastern cities. Six workers in two gangs used five lifting jacks to raise poles in stages and slid the first pole on a ten foot plank to the new hole. The passage also cites Burritt as a genius via language mastery earned from blacksmith toil, noting his 18 languages and 22 dialects.
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Guist
Mathews
Elihu Burritt
Mary Fricke
Bornman St
Belleville
Ill
Mrs. Fricke
Peru
Gourmet Recipes and Whittier Verse From A Storied Page
A collage of kitchen recipes including Royal Soup and Pressed Beef Flank with detailed steps and proportions. It also features a poem fragment attributed to John G Whittier urging steadfast truth, ending with a brief flourish about whispers and tempests.
Summer Meats and Classic Preparations in Home Cooking
A collection of methods for chicken veal and lamb dishes including broiled chicken with butter, breaded veal cutlets fried to brown, and a chicken dish with potatoes and paprika. It also discusses mayonnaise dressing using olive oil and a method for whisking an emulsion with egg. The guide emphasizes freshness and proper seasoning.
Fiber length in wood species not fixed says test lab
United States forest products laboratory findings show no single fiber length for each wood species and that within a tree fibers vary more than between species. Fiber length does not clearly determine wood strength as the longest fibers may come from weaker material.
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United States Forest Products Laboratory
No Mercy for the Flirt Dream Moral Tale
Cortlandt Bleeker discusses a dream at Piping Rock about a modern girl who dies and stands before St Peter. The figure wears a sheer gown, boasts lovers without fault, and seeks entry, but St Peter condemns her to the flames she judged for her scoffers.
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Dream
St. Peter’s
St. Peter
Something New to Mother Dear Old Lady
An elderly mother struggles to keep up with fashion as she mends a pair of costly lisle stockings bought by Bob. The stockings feature lace designs and resemble runs, but she repairs each one despite the high price of eight dollars per pair.
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Johnny
Bob
Sixty Year Old Apple Tree
In 1858 a Missouri farmer transplanted a lone apple tree from his farm to follow Greeley’s advice and go west. The tree thrives, still producing apples annually as it stands in the orchard. The caption notes the humor that sometimes replacing one bad habit with a worse one is possible.
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Missouri
Greeley
Mihi Dish Attracts Chinese Taste For Newborn Mouse Honey
A description notes an extraordinary dish called mithi made of shye newborn mice dipped in honey, reflecting a peculiar culinary fondness among the Chinese.
Samson Pulls Down Temple Amid Crisis
A dramatic line recalls Samson destroying the temple as onlookers mourn the scarce buildings, exclaiming in shock at the collapse and the toll on the city’s structures and resources.
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Samson
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Tivolad
Royz al Palm
Steath Park
John Dicknson
Sherina
KITCH
E. B. Browning
John G. Whittier
Post Office
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs Co
Jordan, Minn
Brad
Postum Cereal Co
Ina Battle Creek
Michigan
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