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Florida as a Miracle City Draws Visitors from Far and Wide
Readers note a wave of vacationers from New England and New York to Florida. The piece highlights modern rail travel with dining and library cars, the Broad Walk along the Atlantic, the Bathing Casino opened July 4, and lavish resort life at Hollywood. It praises canals and inland waterways likening them to Venice and credits engineering for Florida’s rapid development into a Garden of Eden.
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New England
New York
Philadelphia
Central West
Florida
Atlantic
Hollywood
G. W. Beardsley
Venice