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Florida letters detail St Cloud life amid early winter
Mrs Humphreys writes from St Cloud Florida noting near Christmas warmth frost and wind damage to bananas and fruit while tomatoes peppers and eggplants survive. She describes a Dec 6 birthday picnic at Alligator Lake Campground with Har ry McKay. local arrivals and radio listening at WBDO station. Thanksgiving dinner at Brick Lake Canal with a large group and a 20 pound pig and 12 pound turkey. She mentions the Merry Mack boat bass haul and notes South’s lag in rail infrastructure and growing truck traffic as Florida builds roads to handle tonnage.
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Saint Cloud
Pla
the News
New Castle
Florida Peninsula
Miami
Alligator Lake Camp Ground
Harry McKay
St. Cloud
Hogue
McKay
She- Range Township
Andre
Dave Mayne
Mr. Newton
Fenton
Newton
Ray Newton
Ellwood Ity
Isaac Newton
WBDO
Winter Park
Fla
Ed McConnell
Georgia
Mom
Frank McConnell
Coats
Brick Lake Canal
Penn
Haworth
Cox
Iowa
Kline
Michigan
Ogle
Skillinger
Mcconnell
McKar
Kenny
Lester
Shannons
Beaverdale
iPa
Kemp
Kissimmee
Tampa
Interstate Gcommerce Commission