Global menus reveal exotic delicacies across continents
A survey of world foods shows frog legs in New York Chicago and elsewhere, plus seaweed Irish moss and other regional eats. It notes marsh rabbit muskrat, sushi in Japan, raw octopuses, reindeer dishes, eel houses in Japan, and various traditional delicacies from Africa Europe and the Americas.
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Gongeaphle Sociery
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New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
New Orleans
Os Angeles
California
Louisiana
United States
Massachusetts
New England
Japan
Tokyo Bay
China
Old customs die hard in Germany
A Berliver Tageblatt analysis notes tenacious German rural beliefs. Bavarian peasants swing at bare fruit trees to spur fruit, while others cross hose over a sick child’s bed or rely on a stuffed owl at the door. A ring and egg test, wagon-wheel crawling, millers’ levy for luck, and straw bands on a pear tree at Christmas are cited. Most are harmless rituals believed to aid health, harvest, or luck.
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Germany
Postmaster General bids for more telephone subscribers
Sir Ringley Wood, England's postmaster general in charge of government telegraph and telephone systems, announced at the Lewisham Chamber of Commerce dinner that newspapers should carry advertising messages to attract new subscribers and retain existing ones. He noted times are tough and resources must be managed, but newspaper ads are a key tool.
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Ringley Wood
England
Lewisham Chamber of Commerce
Dr Pierce’s Pellets Advertised for Liver Bowels Stomach
An ad touts Dr Pierce’s Pellets as best for liver and bowels with a laxative and cathartic use. A humor snippet follows about a man who lost an umbrella and a clerk who asks about the handle while the borrower confesses only borrowing it yesterday.
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Tye
Washington Capital Question Sparks Simple Lesson
A classroom moment shows a pupil asking about Washington D. C. as the capital. The teacher and students discuss the capital status, reflecting a basic geography lesson and the humor of a young learner.
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Washington, D. G
Washington, de Capital
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