Global Tastes of Exotic Foods Across Cultures
A survey of unusual foods from around the world notes Americans’ appetite for frog legs as millions are eaten in New York Chicago and other cities. It details seaweed and sea crops in Asia and Europe, Japan eel houses and Congo pygmies eating locusts, Madagascar grasshoppers, Corsican truffles, Basque fried worms, and Iguana meat in Mexico, with cultural context and regional delicacies.
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Niland Generaghle
Willligton
U. CI
Wau Deryjee
New York
Chicago
China
Ely
Log Angeles
California
Louisiana
United States
Massachussente
New England
Tapan
Tokyo Bay
Maryland
Baltimore
Wether
Belgian Congo
Madagascar
Nice
Naples
Spreewald
Germany
Bilboa
Spain
Mexico
Old Customs Die Hard in Germany
A Berliner Tageblatt reflection notes tenacious German country beliefs across the year. It details practices from Bavarian farmers swinging axes to avert barren trees and other superstitions such as crossed hose beside a sick child, a stuffed owl guarding doors, a gold ring over an egg to predict hatchings, and a miller’s New Year ritual. The piece observes most beliefs are harmless remnants of old rites tied to prosperity and patience.
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Germany
Christiere
Postmaster General Sir Kingley Wood Calls for More Telephone Subscribers
Sir Kingley Wood, England's postmaster general in charge of government telegraph and telephone services, announces a campaign to boost telephone subscriptions. Speaking at the Lewisham Chamber of Commerce annual dinner, he urges newspapers to carry advertising messages as a key method to attract new customers and retain existing ones despite tight times.
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Kingley Wood
England
Lewisham Chamber of Commerce
Dr Pierce Pellets Labeled For Digestive Relief
Ad claims Dr Pierce’s Pellets aid liver and bowels with a single pellet for a latative, three for a cathartic. This compact promotional text emphasizes digestive relief and uses period advertising language to push a dosage claim.
Double Trouble Umbrella Mystery Baffles Clerk
A fussy man tells an information clerk he lost an umbrella he borrowed yesterday. The clerk asks about the handle, but the man cannot recall, highlighting a simple frustration in the small theft inquiry.
Geography Simplified and Whimsical School Exchange
A classroom moment shows a student quipping about Washington D. C. being the capital, prompting a teacher to clarify the joke. The exchange reveals lighthearted humor about geography and language within a school setting.
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Washington, D. C
Washington, de Capital
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South America
West Indies
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Philippines
Germids
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Boston, Mass
Milott
Bayer
Younghub
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Mass
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Score & Bowne
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