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Also have written a letter to my friend Zanetti of Columbia who has been made Colonel. - Wrote them each a letter congratulating them.
Friday [[underlined]] April [[strikethrough]] 16 16 [[/stirkethrough]] [[/underlined]] ^[[17]] - 1942. Have had a succession of [[underlined]] violent [[/underlined]] rain. So that some parts of our Florida Garden has caused inundation on the lower towards the sea. Some parts near by and further show worse X . - 
[[left margin vertical]] X and looks like small lakes [[/left margin vertical]] 
This rain will do good to some of our trees and flowers.
It started [[strikethrough]] yesterday [[/strikethrough]] from early morning and continued all day and night.
[[underlined]] April 17. [[/underlined]] Same violent continues, from early morning till late in afternoon. Decided damage has been
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done yesterday and today. This was Miami's heaviest April-Rains in 30 years. Two building's were ruined. Vegetable crops were Drowned out Record showed 8 inches and over.
This afternoon Celine went to station to brig Nina's husband, Nina and her daughter. - The weather is excellent now.
Afterwards. [[strikethrough]] Nians [[/strikethrough]] Nina's daughter [[blank space]] and her husband ^[[blank space]] arrived here, and stayed till late, when they went to Fairchild's Garden where they occupied the separate little building for sleeping there.
[[strikethrough]] 1924 [[/strikethrough]] 1942 [[underlined]] April 21. [[/underlined]] ^[[strikethrough]] [[19]] [[/strikethrough]] 
The newly weds came to our "Coconut Grove" property, this morning