Global appetites for unusual meats flood American tables
The piece surveys exotic foods from frog legs in New York and Chicago to seaweed in Massachusetts and Japan, noting imported frog ranching, Chinese delicacies, Korean dishes, Madagascar beetles, and Corsican eels. It traces cross continental tastes and traditional foods enjoyed around the world.
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National
Seer Rees
Society
Washington, D .C
WND
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
New Orleans
Los Angeles
California
Louisiana
United States
Massachusetts
New England
Japan
Tokyo Bay
China
Belgian Congo
Madagascar
Nice
France
Memories of Old De Lancey House in Scarsdale
A century old De Lancey House on the Boston post road near Mamaroneck housed James Fenimore Cooper’s wedding to Susan De Lincey on New Year’s Day 1811. The home, now altered with gas pumps and glass storefronts, remains a fine example of Colonial architecture and recalls Cooper’s early writing from nearby Scarsdale.
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Boston Post Road
Mamaroneck
James Peter de Lincey
Caleb Heathcote
Sears Gale
Susan
James
Fenimore) Cooper
William Cooper
Cooperstown
de -Lancey
James Fenimore Cooper
de Lancey
Scarsdale
Cooper
Peter
Fenimore Road
Westchester County
Tompkins Road
White Plains Post Road
New York Times
Confiding Memories Amid Christmas Sadness
An aged professor and a young man discuss gloomy reflections at Christmas. The senior notes that the saddest thoughts arrive when reading of a girl’s marriage to the man who once received a diamond ring, still paying off the installments.
Natives First Exchange on Holiday Rooms
A brief dialogue notes travelers asking about affordable resort rooms while a native reply points out that many rooms are occupied by locals. The exchange hints at lodging scarcity for visitors during holidays.
Denmark Plans Great Bridge Across Storstroem
The Danish government plans a record long bridge over Storstroem straits costing about 10 million dollars. The structure would span nearly 10 900 feet with a single railway track and an 18 foot roadway. Completion is set for 1939 or 1940. The note ends with an unrelated fruitless pineapple remark.
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Denmark
Europe
Storstroem Straits
Will we ever have a machine to do our thinking for us
A reader questions whether machines can replace human thought and extends the idea to politics as a machine aiding decision making. The piece reflects on the allure and limits of automation in intellect and governance.
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New Guinea
South Pacific
Maryland
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Weiner
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Philippines
DE Lancey House
Fenimore Cooper
Bride
Bayer
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfeld, N. J
Harold F. Ritchie & Co., Inc
Scott
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Madani
Procter & Cambie
Mores
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