Horseshoe Luck and Ancient Beliefs Across Cultures
A compact survey traces the horseshoe superstitions from ancient Greece and Rome to English fairs, noting Greeks and Romans did not shoe horses and instead hardened hooves. It recounts the shoeing introduction by William the Conqueror, Japanese straw sandals as rivals, and a Sandown Derby tale of hooves without nails, plus a Jewish Talmud anecdote reinterpreting Eve’s apple as a kernel of wheat and the Garden of Eden symbolism.
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Lancashire
Nelson
Nero
Ilver
England
Wiliam the Conqueror
Puch
Marden
Japan
Gabriel
Paradise
Eden
Charles Winslow Hall
National Magazine
Women and Home Front Plan for Voluntary Rationing
In New York plans for voluntary rationing parallel to wartime needs are urged by the Food Administration. A proposed weekly per person allotment includes meat 2½ lbs, butter 6½ lbs, fats 1/2 lb, wheat flour 1/2 lb, sugar 4½ lbs, with milk unrestricted for children and full milk for youngsters. The plan supplements the Home Card and expands participation across households.
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Idea
U. S. Food Administration
America
Food Administration
England
United Kingdom
New York City
Electric Sparks in Cancer Treatment Demonstrated
A French specialist, Dr. De Keating Hart, demonstrates fulguration for cancer after tumor removal. Sparks from a high voltage instrument are applied to the surgical cavity, transforming surrounding healthy cells to resist recurrence while not affecting diseased tissue. Careful extirpation of the cancer is essential before treatment.
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de Keating Hart
Hart
POTATOES AT WAR FEED. FARMERS SURGE PLANTING AND SOUP RECIPE
Government estimates show over 700000 extra potato acres planted last year as the United States pushes potato stocks into commerce. A tested wartime potato soup recipe uses three potatoes one quart milk two onion slices and several seasonings. The process involves cooking mashing and mixing milk onions fat and seasonings then simmering and serving.
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WLP
United States and Administration
Nalion
United States Food Administration
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First National Bank
Indiana, Pa
Illinois
David Ellis & Son Penn Roller Flour Mills
DELCO
Delco-Light
the Domestic Engineering CO
Dayton, Ohio
Lightcap Electric Co
Fords
Wilmer Stewart
Indiana
New York
Equitable Life’s Liberty
Liberty
Equitable
The
Life
S. W. Guthrie
General Agent — Equitable Life
Wer
Harvey H. Johnston
Hugro
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