Fort Myers notes and travel musings in a dated Florida diary
A Fort Myers diary entry recounts Edison’s palm lore, encounters with locals, a 35 cent cream request, a humorous post office theft, quail hunting costs, desolate lands, gladiola sales woes, gas prices, fishing lore, and a jaunt into the Everglades exhibit dubbed the Den of Death.
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Eleanor
Mr. Crone
Buick
Pontiac
Mike
U. S
Leo Shellengoski
Ralph Scott
Ft. Myers
Everglaces
Alligator and Crocodile Observations From the Sticks
A correspondent describes alligators and crocodiles, noting their hinged jaws and feeding behavior with flies. The entry mentions local travel, a planned information depot, and various town references. It also touches on fish with teeth, fertilizer costs, poultry, a newborn weighing nineteen pounds, and questions about coverage.
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Montezuma
Washington
Milwaukee
Burlington
Ainsworth
Oskaloosa
Four Mile
Lemmon
Food aid from Iowa Mennonites reaches Europe and a German engineer recalls wartime losses
Mrs. Nellie recounts Iowa Mennonites sending relief food to Europe and notes a letter from Dr Anton Gramberg of Frankfurt University. Gramberg, a former I G Farben engineer, describes past housing destruction from a 1944 air raid and his family's evacuation to Kronberg, now living as a pensioner.
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Wayland
Iowa Mennonites
Sugar Creek
Edwin Freyenberger
Anton Gramberg
University of Frankfurt
Germany
Dr Gramberg
United States
Hoechst
I. D. Farben Industrie
Frankfurt
Gramberg
I. D. Farben
Kronberg
Wash Clothes Before They Become Too Soiled
Advice warns that dirt and heavy scrubbing wear out fabric faster than normal wearing, urging regular washing to extend clothing life.
Family survives in ruined Frankfurt home after wartime losses
In March 1945 American forces seized Kronberg and by June the family’s house was confiscated. A general occupies the premises now and the family, relocated to one basement room, endures scarce food, repairs slowly under harsh conditions. The son studies engineering. daughter remains in science. relatives die or flee in wartime tragedy.
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Frankfurt
Kronberg
Hannover
Elbe
Vitamin A and Liver as Nutritional Sources
The text notes vitamin A is essential for normal development and health of skin and respiratory and eye membranes. It identifies the liver as an excellent source of vitamin A.
Lost and Found Recovers Passenger Items for Pullman
Personal property valued at 125000 dollars including glass eyes alarm clocks and wallets left by forgetful passengers is recovered yearly by the Pullman company's lost and found department.
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Pullman Company
Lost and Found Department
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South 4Th Phone
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