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...squirrel is called by the unflattering name of Sciurns vulgaris. English robins, like U. S. robins, belong to the family of thrushes (Turdidae). "So," concluded the Sun, "American robins are American robins; English robins are English robins; squirrels are squirrels; rats are rats, and pigs is pigs, although English bacon is not American bacon...
...inheritor of one-fourth of his father's 77-million-dollar fortune, including his great racing stable, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congressman from the first (North Long Island) district. He had the support of Democratic bosses against his friend, tall, handsome Robert Low Bacon, incumbent. Congressman Bacon, 48, onetime Harvard athlete son of rich, famed Robert Bacon, was once designated by Anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka as "the wholesome, effective type of future American." Candidate Whitney, twice married, is a grandson of William Collins Whitney, Secretary of the Navy under President Cleveland, great-grandson of Ohio...
Instantly Danish correspondents were on their toes, cabled reams of rumor to Scandinavia's big bacon barons...
...floor. A bath of fire removes the last shred of hair. A cleaver drops and rends the backbone. Exactly 25 minutes is the interim between living animal and carcass ready for the cooler. Twenty-four hours elapse before it is cut into its component parts?hams, bellies (bacons), loins, shoulders, fat and trimming. The hog's destiny is complete except for the bacon and hams which must be cured (one month to three) and sausage which must hang in the drying rooms four months before being passed by inspectors. Of a 250-lb. hog all but 9.38 Ib. goes into...
This is no disparagement of the late Capt. Robert Dollar, a wire-edged Scotch trader if there ever was one. Having known all three men I have often wondered what would have happened if they had engaged in a tripartite deal and who would have brought in the bacon. A venturesome bookmaker might have laid odds at 21/2 to i and take your pick. My money would have gone down on Dolbeer, with many mental reservations...