Vegetable diet is appetizing in nut based menus
Edith M Barber describes a sanitarium lunch relying on vegetable foods with eggs milk and cheese allowed but no meat or fish. Diners sample many meat substitutes including nut chops roasts and croquettes and even whole nut meats appear in varied brown gravies.
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Edith M. Barber
A Sicilian Bone to Pick Story Explained
The phrase I have a bone to pick with you stems from Sicily where a father gives a bone to his son-in-law at a bride’s handover. The custom signals a difficult task undertaken by the new husband and signals a grievance to be resolved.
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Italy
Bell Syndicate
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Vegetarian Menu Options Highlight Egg Dishes and Cheeses
The menu features eggs in many preparations including a mushroom omelet. Mushrooms provide meatlike flavor in vegetarians. Mild cheeses like cottage or cream cheese appear in many dishes and salads. Olives pair with cheese, vegetables are widely prepared, and fruits and cereals appear in abundance with custard desserts.
Food customs in a historic meal excerpt
The text describes jellies and ice cream with sauces, fruits, and beverages. It notes forbidden drinks in their usual form, mentions cereal coffee and tea, cocoa, and dairy fruit drinks like buttermilk and acidophilous milk. The passage reflects choices and reactions around meals.
Quirky High Seas Tales From the Brittanie Far Away
Recounted reports from London describe a new drink called apple frappe made aboard the Brittanie using applejack and prune juice. Stories tell of locusts and a rubber plant smoldered by Wadi Haifa who smoked a rubber collar to combat the pest. Also noted is a Japanese freighter sending 200 tons of discarded silk stockings to be unraveled and remade in Nippon.
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Georgia
Andrew Brown
Edwards
Brown
Alexandria
Egypt
Wadi Halfa
Wadi Haifa
High Seas
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Land of
Nippon
Bell Syndicate
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Vegetarian Diet Staples and Simple Dishes on Board
The excerpt lists recipes such as oatmeal and mushroom soup Spanish eggs and nut and rice croquettes prepared during a stay and hints at meals for sailors. It mentions passengers on the Bergenland and a story about a rubber plant cherished by two American ladies from a world cruise.
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Bergenland
Bank President Studying Law Raises Watch on Teller
A bank president voices concern as a paying teller begins law studies. The president wonders if the teller seeks to test his limits or push boundaries within the bank.
Man Hangs On to Same Phone Number 40 Years
Ed ward Elbert, a picture framer and restorer in Brooklyn, has kept the same phone number for four decades. His number began as Main 60 four decades ago under Hugo Tollner, and only changed with the four digit system to Main 40060, a nod to the original digits.
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Edward Elbert
Brooklyn Eagle
Elbert
Hugo Tollner
Pork Roast Guide and Storage Tips From 1933
A vintage tip sheet explains pork should be well done unlike beef and lamb and suggests about 80 minutes per pound for roasting. It also advises wrapping stored linens in dark blue paper to prevent yellowing and slicing cake from the center to keep portions moist for days.
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Associated Newspapers
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Washington Dog Turns Expert Mathematician Edmonds
Princess the English setter owned by Edgar L. Blake in Washington state can add, divide, read license numbers and answer questions. One bark means No two means Yes. The dog correctly answered age time date and simple fractions during reporters’ questioning, proving no trick.
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Wash
Princess
Edgar L. Blake
Blake
Adventurer's Pistol Found in Honduras
Gregory Mason, a University of Pennsylvania archeologist, found a pistol believed to belong to William Walker the 1850s American filibuster. The pistol will be donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Walker was executed in Trujillo, Spanish Honduras.
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William Walker
Nicaragua
Gregory Mason
University of Pennsylvania
Honduras
Mason
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Walker
Trujillo
Seven Largest Cities Listed Worldwide and in US Rankings
The excerpt lists world city populations with Greater London at 8,202,818 and New York at 6,981,915 followed by Tokyo Berlin Chicago Paris Moscow. It notes New York and Chicago top US cities, with Philadelphia third.
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Greater London
New York
Tokyo
Berlin
Chicago
Paris
Moscow
United States
Philadelphia
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