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...Flicker, the owner's 20-year-old son, into a back room. Then Bill began dispensing hospitality. "Well, gentlemen," he cried, rubbing his hands as his astounded victims cringed, "what will it be? It's all on me. You only have to order." Nobody said a word. "Ham and eggs!" cried Bill. "In a moment, sir!" Soon he was cooking and serving ham and eggs. Most of his customers looked ill. A few even spoke up to say they didn't want any. It did them no good at all. Laughing Bill served them. They ate. More...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Great Ham & Egg Holdup | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...delivery man entered with a box of pies. What was the bill, asked Bill? Four dollars and ninety-five cents? He clanged open the register, and tossed the man five dollars. "Keep the nickel," he said. "Have some ham and eggs!" The pieman falteringly said: "Eggs maybe. But not ham. My faith forbids it." "You'll eat ham and like it!" cried Bill. The pieman closed his eyes, opened them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Great Ham & Egg Holdup | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...outbreaks throughout the U.S., and only three minor cases were traced to milk products: one each to cheese, ice cream and eggnog. Still more surprising, only one outbreak (66 cases) involved shellfish. Otherwise, the old standbys in the spoilage and upset-stomach routine were to blame: cream-filled pastries, ham, turkey, chicken and tuna fish salad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Poison on the Plate | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

...brick Tudor house in fashionable North Indianapolis, Ind. Frank McKinney, Indiana's top machine Democrat, and his wife Margaret greeted their old friends. The Trumans went in, washed up and sat at the McKinney's dining-room table for lunch (melon-ball cup, breast of chicken on ham, asparagus, stuffed oranges, hot rolls, black currant preserves, strawberry angel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: The Missouri Traveler | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

Also announced yesterday was the appointment of Frank S. Ham '50, a freshman proctor, as chapter secretary succeeding Judson T. Shaplin '42 8G, Director of Freshman Scholarships, who has served in the post for six years

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Elmer Davis Details Threats To Survival of Civilization | 6/9/1953 | See Source »

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