Quirky Feasts and Forbidden Potions Across Borders
A bizarre tale contrasts a Austrian farm worker Alois Kratzhuber who ate his boots and died after drinking three bottles of schnapps with notes on exotic substances sold in London ports. It mentions rhino horn powder as a potent tribal boost, bought by Chinese merchants from ivory traders and sold abroad.
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Archibald Fleming
Arctic
Alois Kratzhuber
Alois
London
St. Ignatius
Africa
Asia
Peking Man Teeth Smugglers and Odd Old Country Cures Revealed
The article details smuggling of Peking Man teeth disguised as officers’ clothing and sold as long life pills. It contrasts wild wartime food fads in Europe and Asia with curiosities of old English remedies such as chalk, gun powder doses, and quirky kitchen tips.
Egg color myths and a molded egg salad recipe
A U S Poultry and Egg National Board statement debunks the idea that shell color signals quality, flavor, or nutrition. The article then shares a molded egg salad recipe using gelatin and eggs, with steps to assemble in a ring mold and garnish for serving, highlighting simple guidance for home cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Poultry and Eye National Board
Classic Egg Salad Dressing Recipe Fragrance
A simple egg salad dressing uses six hard cooked eggs mashed with one tablespoon softened butter. Add lemon juice or vinegar a half teaspoon, mustard a teaspoon, Worcestershire a quarter teaspoon, salt a half teaspoon, pepper a quarter teaspoon, and seven tablespoons of salad dressing.
Icebox Element in Pictures by King Vidor
Director King Vidor reflects on the cinema as an artistic medium and explains his icebox metaphor for films that provoke thought after viewing. He discusses the director’s responsibility, budget concerns, and the personal quest to create meaningful worlds through cinema.
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David Selznick
Tve
Prom
Vidor
What gave English its fluency according to Jackson
Hesped quotes a joke on language strength. Jackson quips that fluency and variety come from the alarm clock, implying daily rhythm shapes speech. The exchange highlights a playful view of linguistic influence.
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Jixson
Jackson
Jackie Berg and the Ethics of Boxing Follies
Recalling Jackie Kid Berg a Whitechapel light champ, the piece recounts his late career misfires including a brutal sparring bout with a stranger who later turns out to be a doctor, who admits giving water injections to a fighter by mistake. The tale ends with Berg recognizing the same physician from years earlier.
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Jackie Kid Berg
Whitechapel
London
United States
Jackie
Berg
Ray Arcel
Arcel
Arce
Tony Canzoneri
Ray Aresl
Johnny McHale
Palooka
New Jersey
Medico
Jackie Berg
How To Really Take Weight Off
A humorous account explains weight loss by moving to different locations from downstairs to the equator and Mars. It notes Mars and its moon Deimos offer extreme weight reductions, enabling easy jumps, longer floors, and oddball sports implications for a space resident.
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Mars
Deimos
Space
Woman Collects Rock Replicas of Everyday Foods
Mrs. Erna Clark has a hobby of assembling rock forms that resemble food. Her collection includes petrified wood that looks like roast beef, aragonite crystals resembling cauliflower, and a walnut-like nodule of sandstone. Friends note the inedible rocks look surprisingly appetizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erna Clark
Hawker Siddeley Buys Canadian Titanium Plant
The Hawker Siddeley Group of Britain acquires Canadian Steel Improvement Ltd. of Etobicoke, a titanium forging specialist. The firm also produces precision aluminum and steel forgings, strengthening the purchaser’s position in aircraft material supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawker Siddeley Group
Canadian Steel Improvement Ltd
Etobicoke
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Barbare Lohrman
Jacqueline Johnson
Korea
Harry L. Shapiro
New York Metropolitan Museum
Pearl Harbour
Peking
Medical College
Tientsin
Shapiro
Paris
England
Harley Street
Harbord
Gunton Hall
Norfolk
As Dane Andrews
Bill Schilling
Northfield
China Department
Yesteryear
Im Pictures
Toby
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