Famous Fables in Food and Mirth Across History
A collage of anecdotes on royal tastes and famous figures from Elizabeth I to Lincoln, noting beans for Henry VIII, Napoleon’s bean salad, Louis XV’s costly dish, and Emerson’s plum pies. It blends playful quotes, wedding violence in Greensburg, and snippets of light humor about manners and meals across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rane Aga
Elizabeth
St. Michael
Henry VIII
Napoleon
Louis XV
George Eliot
Brookbank
Utah
Samaer Miho
Lincoln
Cream pitcher envy in a dairy country say locally
A short quip from the Atchison Globe remarks on how dairy communities watch the cream pitcher as a test of fairness, with the line about none who know nothing being eager to learn. The snippet reflects the paper’s wry tone on social behavior amid rural abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Suard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Helmves
Charles Summers
Statesman
Andrew Jackson
Alexander Harullion
Washington
White House
Crookit
Philadelphia Ledger
Puck
Greensburg
Mike Madock
Steve Popovich
Popovich
Frank Gaealets
Annie Gulist
Madock
Dulek
Maddock
Amet
West
Sweet Springs
George G. Vest
Vest
St. Louis
Jane
March
Ais
Dorbin
Somerville
Marsa
Tienven
Mar. Ted
Milwaukee News
Frederick Gas and Electric Co
Markey'’S
Baltimore & Ohio RR
Cara
CHI Feneses NL
Coloma
Strayer
W. Saratoga St
Baltimore
Nowatudouta
United States
Smluix
Oiiver
Pierce
Rosenstock Bros
East Patrick Street
Pau
Victor RewEpres Co
Frederick
Aicr Chu Suppey
Orcheve
Continental Brewing Company
Philadelphia
WM. H. Shipley
North Market Street
N. Market St
Buster Brown
Buster
Cary
Carty’s Furniture Store
E! Patrick St
Fred'’k, Ma
Walker & Bennett
Crossett Or Hess
Lowenstein & Wertheimer
Market and
Patrick Streets
Rosenour & Sons
W. L. Douglas
A. R. Yeakle
Central Hardware Company
Glover
Central Hardware CO
South Market Street
Etchison’s
Morris
W. H. B. Etchison
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