The Iced-Hot Dish of Hung Ho and the Veggie Ivory Plot
A narrated tale follows Hung-Ho, a master Chinese cook, and a Western narrator with a plan to exploit an edible vegetable asbestos. They seek fame and riches through an unprecedented iced hot dish, travel to the Orient, and prepare for a dramatic courtly tasting in Chin fu Hsien with officials, juees, and cooks watching.
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Hung-Ho
Vancouver
San Francisco
Hung
Earth
Ii-An
Huog-foo
Dom
Hunog-Ho
Manchuria
Son
Orient
Chin-fu-Hsien
Confucius
Z-An
Joss
Cult of
The Iced Hot Dish Challenge Ends in Mayhem
An experimental feast in Shan-Tung Province spirals into disaster as Hung Ho and the narrator clash over a ceremonial ice cake. A judge proclaims Hung Ho guilty of greed, the crowd riots, and the narrator is rescued by a missionary, escaping into safety with tales of a dangerous secret sold for ten cents a box.
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Hung-Ho
Hung-Shan
Hwung-Ho
College of Judges
Shan-Tung
Confueius
Angel Man Sermon Sparks Family Jest in Brooklyn
In a Brooklyn parish tale, a young Episcopal minister at a Long Island church becomes the center of banter when a wealthy spinster hosts Sunday dinner. Her siblings tease about his sermons and looks, prompting the minister to cheekily invite them to judge his “leaks” and sermon quality.
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Long Island
Spbster
Minster
Angel
Lister
Tme
Brooklyn Fagle
Madison Square Garden Tops Tax Lists for Half Year
Promoter Tom Rickard reports MSG as the nation’s largest taxable property hosting varied amusements led by boxing. From Sept 1920 to Mar 1921 the venue remitted 172,391.88 to the federal government plus 105,618.18 in New York state and city taxes. Total attendance reached 910,402 with boxing drawing 270,076 fans and five amateur tournaments yielding 23,068 attendees and 2,789.10 in federal tax.
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Madison Square Garden
Tom Rickard
Uncle Sam
New York State
New York Morning Telegraph
Humorous Hoosier Author Retells a Chautauqua Tale
An Indiana writer recalls a humorous moment at a Chautauqua where another lecturer spoke on health and dentistry. After the teeth lecture she joked about reading to the exhausted speaker, who then proudly produced a full set of false teeth, ready for use.
Beetle Collection Reaches 150000 Species in British Museum
The British Museum lists one hundred and fifty thousand beetle species represented in its collections. This vast catalog underscores the museum's extensive entomological holdings and diversity of beetle life.
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British Museum
Harfleur once great port of Normandy
After England’s conquest Harfleur became Normandy’s principal port with dukes and merchants backing its rise. Henry V sought to annex the duchy, seizing Harfleur and expelling 1600 families, building St Martin’s tower as English control lasted thirty years. The 1445 uprising led to English retreat by 1450, and Traiffleur still marks November 4.
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England
Harfleur
Normandy
Herbert Ada Gibbons
Harper's Magazine
Enry V
Tits Central
Seine
Traifleur
Albatross Causes Steering Trouble On Australian Vessel
An albatross collided with a vessel in Australian waters, lifting the forward rudder lock and causing the steersman to steer off course at ten knots. The rudder freed after five minutes, but later damage led to the ship's withdrawal for repairs. The bird spanned ten feet wing to wing, narrowly missing the glass wheelhouse as the skipper initially mistook it for newspaper.
Armor design through history mirrors early forms
The passage notes that humans have worn armor since ancient times and highlights the striking similarity between modern armor and early designs. It argues that despite advances, contemporary plate and rear linings show little improvement in withstanding severe ballistic tests, remaining largely akin to portly styles.
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Rqe
L.J. Knotts & Sons
West Denton
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
The
United States Mail
Baltimore
Harriet Knight
Hochschild Kohn & Co
Baltimore, Md
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle, Prest
T. F. Johnson
Fair Grounds
Harrington
Del
Georgetown Band
Thompson Todd
BE. J. Saunders
Goldsboro
Poly Midway
Murphy & Windsor
Constawitz
Robert R
del Fox
Sadlersville
Gladis N
Betty B
Geo. J. Sutton
Worton
Silver Wonder
Mollie Setzer
Delaware Stock Farm
Bridgeville
Colquette
J. M. Harrington
Felton
Ochs March
J. Harry Massey
Leipsic
Helen Oliver
Smith & Co
Toronto
Canada
May Bird
David Williams
Shift Fast
Southern Girl
John Seeley
Ashburn
Geo. E. Sutton
Rustelock
Dewey Crosley
Clayton
Brownie Girl
Ed. Williams
Federiisburg
Lady Chate
Ington
Wilmington
Kent & Sussex CO. Fairzassociation
Cardus
Cooper, Wright & Cooper
S. F. Bowser & Co
J. L. Everngam
Denton
Singer Sewing Machine CG
Easton
Wurauce
Calvert C. Merriken
Denton, Md
John Irwin
Maryland
BUICK
Flint
Michigan
E. H. Hirs
Detroit
Denton Auto Company
Nisi
Charles B. Harrison
C. Harvey Stanford
Lessie Stanford
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
No. Chy
Earch
Lawrence B. Towers
True Co
Lawrence i. Toes
West
J. H. Pollard
Orphans’ Court
C. Edward Anthony
James W. Pinder
Adme
Lucas
Norristown
Sarah E. Cohee
Charles M. Turner
Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Incorporated
Annapolis
Claiborne
T. C. B. Howard
Gay Street
G. Lacy Butler
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