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...farmer of the Pennsylvania Dutch country, known and respected from Allentown to Lancaster as a potent "hex-doctor." A seventh son, he believes implicitly in his own powers. He informs a village woman that if she would know which of several suitors to accept, she should put initialed onions beneath her pillow, be guided by the onion that sprouts first. For a lovecharm he prescribes a drop of blood in a glass of water. To keep witches out of a churn he recommends a hot flatiron. Benign, fond of his family, Father Hofnagel spits with loathing at the mere mention...
...used a fearsome instrument called "the pelican," precursor of the Stillson wrench. It always got the offending tooth usually accompanied by one on each side and one above. To keep teeth healthy the 16th Century dentist advised eating a mouse once a month, fumigating the mouth with smoke from onion seeds...
...Chadwick discovered it last year (TIME, March 7, 1932), has been considered an electrically inert combination of proton and electron. Two pictures of the combination have developed: 1) the heavy proton and the light electron bound together much like a dumbbell; 2) the electron hugging the proton like an onion peel. Such combinations should knock protons in certain definite directions. With a camera he invented, Yale's Franz N. D. Kurie showed that the behavior of protons recoiling from neutrons did not follow the calculated patterns. Only deduction tenable was that the neutron is an elementary, indivisible particle...
...cupfuls cubed potatoes 2 cupfuls sliced onion...
Tubbs v. McAdoo v. Shuler. In California Rev. Robert Pierce ("Bob") Shuler, Prohibition nominee for the Senate against Republican Tallant Tubbs and Democrat William Gibbs McAdoo bought three sacks of onions for 90? in San Joaquin Valley. Said he to the onion farmer: "I'm going to take these sacks of onions to Washington, eat 'em every day and blow my breath all over the Senators until they pass laws to allow the growers to make money." Nominee McAdoo's theme song: "Send me to Washington. I'll guarantee I won't need someone...