Garden of Eden U S A A memory of winter drift to Florida
A veteran narrator recalls enduring harsh New England winters and the dream of a warm Florida escape. He recounts travel from New York to Jacksonville, Tampa and Charleston, the dramatic climate shift, and the moment he chose to never endure another northern winter. The piece frames Florida as a modern Garden of Eden within the United States.
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Prudence Island
Jack Frost
Florida
Boston
St Augustine
Jacksonville
Cathoad
Tiverton
Charleston
Fort Sumter
St. John River
Sunshine State
New England
Palatka
Tampa
Rhode Island
Palestine
Oscar returns to old plant seeks job and saves for war bonds
An ex machinist, Oscar, who retired on pension, visits his former plant now producing war equipment and asks for his job back. He signs the Payroll Savings Plan to put 20 percent of his pay into War Bonds, urging others to save at least 10 percent.
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Oscar
Bataan
Naval Hospitals Show Scale and Spirit of Wartime Care
An observer surveys U S Navy medical facilities from San Diego to island bases noting growth from 900 to 5000 beds, tidy wards, Red Cross support, and convalescent barracks. He recalls operating rooms, amused patients, chess, reading, and the shared resolve of young sailors from Texas to California.
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San Diego Hospital
Pacific
Red Cross
The
California
Texas
America
Presidio
Naval
Caribbean
Navy
Tax Collector to Auction Unpaid Bristol Taxes January 1943
The Bristol Tax Collector announces a public auction at the Memo Hall Burnside Memorial Building Bristol on Friday January 29 1943 to sell tax lien estates for 1941 and prior years. Descriptions and amounts due appear in the assessor’s plats and notices from December 29 1942 with cash terms.
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Bristol
Memo
Burnside Memorial
Gialber A
Tate
Board of Aszressors
Mortgagee’s Sale Of Personal Property In Warren Rhode Island
Public auction to be held January 7, 1943 at 1 PM Eastern Warren Rhode Island premises 76 Child Street by order of the mortgagee. Items include merchandise furniture fixtures and all goods and chattels described in the mortgage deed dated May 25 1942 recorded in Book 7 Page 178 of the Warren Rhode Island records. Attorney Charles Z Alexander for the mortgagee. Warren RI December 26 1942.
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E.W.T
Warren
Rhode Island
Child Street
County of
Bristol
War Bonds drive urges and helmet cost details
A wartime public notice promotes soldier protection and thrift. It explains a steel helmet price of 520 dollars and urges citizens to invest at least ten percent of income in War Bonds each pay period to meet the community quota, under the U S Treasury Department.
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Ireland
U.S. Treasury Department
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Capt
Halsey Chase
Jungland
New York
Ats Harbor
Atlanta
Hatteras
Salvador
Nunes
Mt. Hope’ Ave
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street Tel
Ulysse Forget
Wareren
Cpropay
Pictorial Review
Pictorial Review of
of i. Toe
Pathfinder
Christian Berale
Daniel A. Poling
Parents
Flower Grower
Home Gardener’s Magazine
Poultry Tribune
Isues Bog World 3
Better Cooking
Nature
AFD
America’s
Naval Hospitals
Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Colharst
Eee
Ie Town
Charles Z Alexander
Dorchester Mutual
L. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
Providence
George M. Wilbur & Sons CO
Main St
Constitution St
District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Granam
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
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