Word: coralled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cornerstones that bear the name of James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, he is proudest of the one under the new post office in his native Bath. He laid that one himself, in 1931. The trowel, suitably engraved, hangs over his mantel. He will take it with him to Coral Gables, Fla., where he plans to pass the rest of his days...
...home, with plenty of leisure to read the MED-to-MUM volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica he had brought with him to while away the time. But about 3 a. m. one night of dirty weather they struck the reef of Timoe. Luckily the schooner wedged herself on the coral; they were able to launch a boat, get everyone safely ashore. Next day when the sea went down they salvaged most of their stores. Hall, tempted by Timoe's isolation to make a long-planned "experiment in solitude," thought of staying there six months, then thought better...
...Seeing at a distance one coral atoll belonging to the Republic of Mexico...
...merchants divided a $500,000 yearly payroll. Spongers from the Bahamas pried into the clear green waters with their long poles, brought up $375,000 worth of fine sponges each year. Shrimp fisheries boomed. And when Henry Morrison Flagler extended his Florida East Coast Railway on stilts across the coral keys in 1912, Key West was an important U. S. port handling cargoes that increased to $65,000,000 yearly...
...Coral or kernels of red corn to stop nose bleed or other hemorrhages...