What Strange foods Have You Eaten
Percy Waxman recalls a life of collecting tastes and describes odd eating adventures from childhood in Australia to travels in Samoa, New South Wales, and the Mediterranean. He recounts hunting a butcher bird, tasting kava, roasting a kangaroo, baking diamond snakes, bandicoot, fried octopus in Ischia, and a failed Mocha coffee encounter in Aden.
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Percy Waxman
New York = ‘Tribune
Australia
Melbourne
Diamond Creek
Samoa
Apia
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bandicoot
Indy
Mediterranean
Ischia
Gulf of Naples
Aden
Salaamed
Lost Four Bits Then Lost Four Bits More at DePauw
A humorous anecdote from DePauw University recalls a poorer fraternity brother who bragged of wealth but spent freely. After injuring his toe in a scuffle during class football, he sought a physician and returned home with a somber claim that he had lost four bits, highlighting fraternal banter over money.
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DePauw
Secret Vegetable Trust Behind Market Leaks?
Whispered claims hint at a hidden agricultural pact controlling prices. Sources allege a covert alliance among traders to corner supply, with talk of a rival market and secret networks. No concrete proof offered.
Fragmented jaw drop line hints at quick twist
An Indianapolis News fragment notes a man’s astonishing reaction as his lower jaw dropped and he twisted a small object twice, described as two bits a twist.
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Indianapolis News
Color Harmony in a Quirky Cigar Request
A young wife asks for a box of cigars for her husband's birthday the next day. The salesman questions whether he prefers thought or dark and the wife replies that he has a blonde mustache.
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Les
Ready for Winter Soldier Boys Brace for Border Duty
Eight carloads of winter clothing including overcoats blankets sweaters heavy underwear and fur lined gloves sit on a Des Moines Brownsville siding for Iowa troops. Guardsmen expect to stay on the border or in Mexico through winter while rumors swirl about broader prep for the regular army and National Guard. The army is supplying three uniforms and new guns to the guard as it readies for possible future needs beyond current posts.
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Elysian Fields
New South Wales
Des Moines
Iowa
Brownsville
Mexico
United States
Congress
National Guard
Regular Army
War Department
Army
Ames Prediction: Vast 1916 Corn Crop Estimated
Government forecast places Iowa corn at about 373 million bushels in 1916, 14 percent of U S total and 70 million higher than 1915. U S corn output is seen at 2.71 billion bushels with Kansas drought prices at 77 cents per bushel and a national valuation near 287.21 million dollars. Potatoes in Iowa projected 10.5 million bushels, one third below 1915, while U S total potato crop is about 215.6 million bushels.
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Ames
Iowa
United States
Government Crop Bureau
Towa
Seed Corn Proclamation Declares Iowa Seed Week
Governor Clarke issues proclamation designating the first week in October as Seed Corn week in Iowa. He notes best yields come from seed corn selected before the first serious frosts and announces special campaigns in state schools to promote the effort.
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Des Moines
Clarke
Iowa
Destructive Fire Damages Creston Businesses
A two story frame building housing Carter Coal caught fire causing about 20000 in damage. The blaze spread to Matthew Conway’s implement store causing around 14000 in damage. Bradford Coal company offices and shed were also destroyed in the incident.
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Creston
Carter Coal Company
Matthew Conway
Bradford Coal Company
Apple Crop Short In Iowa And Midwest
Iowa apple crop this year is estimated at 3.5 million bushels, about half of last year’s 7 million, per Wesley Greene secretary of the State Horticultural Society. The Midwestern harvest is also reduced, with national yields unlikely to match last year’s high output.
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Dees Moines
Iowa
Wesley Greene
State Horticultural Society
Middle West
Beyond the forests of Transylvania a fair land calls
J M Dodington writes from Kolozsvar that Transylvania beyond the forests holds charm and danger amid markets and mosques. The region thrives under big landowners, gypsy bands, and a longing to break from Magyar rule and unite with Roumanian kin beyond the Carpathians.
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Carpathians
Kaiser Franz Josef
Transylvania
Transylvanian Alps
Roumuania
Hapsburg
J. M. Dodington
Europe
Kolozsvar
Lucerne
Florence
Rome
American Hardware the Best
American-made hammers lead the world in quality and price with the adz eye feature boosting practicality. Manufacturers can compete globally but must send capable representatives to demonstrate superiority to dealers and workers. Global hardware shortages boost demand, especially in Latin America, China, Russia, Australia, and South Africa.
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Latin America
China
Russia
Australia
South Africa
Leslie’s
Plain Talk in a Comedy Scene of Love and Wit
Heiress declines marriage to Mr Ardup though she likes him. He bluntly admits he would marry her immediately despite not liking her. The exchange ends with a curt farewell as they part.
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Mr. Ardup
Ardup
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Dora
Transylvanian Forest
Tziguny
Brasso
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