Florida boom differs from 1920s crash in calm Florida
The article contrasts today’s Florida land and condo surge with the 1920s bubble, noting solid financing, year‑round living buyers, and developments near water. It warns buyers to beware contracts and fraud amid rapid coastal growth and recalls regional newspaper notes on soybeans and Mark Costello’s Decatur stories.
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Florida
Arizona
Illinois
Daily Which
Cape Canaveral
Florida State Senate
Alan Trask
D-Fort Meade
Murphy Stories and Costello’s Writing Career
Dave Felts writes about the impact of language in fiction. Mark Costello’s stories such as Murphy Stories and Murphy's Xmas have appeared in literate journals and Best American Short Stories 1969. Costello teaches creative writing at the University of Illinois.
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Mark Costello
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University of Illinois Press
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Martha Foley
David Burnett
Creative Writing
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University of Illinois
Cape Girardeau Women Plan Meat Boycott Action
A Cape Girardeau group led by Jeanine Beaumar will picket stores and urge housewives to boycott meat during the national meat boycott week. 23 women will join the action on April 18, directing protest at middlemen and retailers while supporting farmers.
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