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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1937
Page
3
Grace dives into tropical harbor waters, outswims a shark as a crew and two men aboard a steamer watch. She nears the canoe with the fin closing in, reaches safety just one yard ahead, then a brawl erupts aboard while Grace collects ten dollars from a skeptical bettor.
List of Thomas A. Edison credited inventions from 1863 to 1931 spans telegraph devices, repeaters, phonographs, lamps, motors, motion pictures, batteries, mining processes, darkness, and radio. Notable items include the phonograph in 1877, the electric lamp in 1878, and talking pictures in 1913.
A London Answers Magazine writer notes ocean highways need constant repair like roads. Buoys mark danger and guide ships, lighthouses warn of rocks, and lightships stand where buoys and lighthouses cannot. Winter storms hinder maintenance, crews may be cut off for weeks, and wreck buoys are deployed immediately.
Addley Baker, a twenty five year old seaman from Mobile, Alabama, swam for more than 25 hours to secure rescue for the crew of the sinking freighter Tarpon off Panama City, Florida. His daring rescue effort highlights Civil War era maritime bravery as crews faced peril at sea.
Irving Berlin born in 1888 in Russia was the youngest of eight. He came to New York at age four and grew up in the East Side slums. He sang in saloons and clubs before writing songs that built his fame. By thirty six he had 300 published songs including Alexander’s Ragtime Band and My Wife Has Gone to the Country.
A compact profile traces Herbert Hoover from West Branch Iowa to becoming U S president in 1928. Raised by relatives after early losses, he earned money through chores and night study, worked through Leland Stanford University, and built a career as a geologist and engineer before entering politics.
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A brief excerpt notes pride makes us esteem ourselves while vanity seeks the esteem of others, attributed to Blair.
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