Weird Universe Blog — October 30, 2020
Roy Mack’s milk-diet tour
Roy Mack set off from New York on May 2, 1939, intending to walk to San Francisco. To make this more of a challenge, he decided to do this while living on a diet of only milk — about six quarts of it a day. He said he wanted to "prove you can live on milk." The media dubbed him the "human milk bottle."By August he had reached Oklahoma City and had also lost 10 pounds in weight. He maintained this was due to all the exercise, not his milk diet.
I have no idea if he ever did reach San Francisco, because I can't find any news reports about him after Oklahoma City. Perhaps the milk diet got the better of him.
Pittsburgh Press - June 3, 1939
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Category: Food | Publicity Stunts | Travel | 1930s | Dieting and Weight Loss
Hors-d’oeuvre
Hors-d'oeuvre, Jeff Hale,
Some interesting animation from the interface of the Fifties and Sixties.
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Category: PSA’s | Cartoons | 1950s | 1960s
October 29, 2020
Egyptian police parade
Buff men were prominently on display at the 2020 Egyptian police cadet graduation ceremony.We've previously posted about a 1979 Egyptian police parade that seemed a bit unusual. So I'm guessing it's a tradition that these Egyptian police parades are extravagant affairs.
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Category: Parades and Festivals | Police and Other Law Enforcement
I Go Pogo
Your election alternative.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 29, 2020 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism | Humor | Satire | Politics | Comics | 1980s
October 28, 2020
Demoralize Nazis with tea
1940: Stephens Fothergill of London had a very British plan to defeat the Nazis:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Feb 15, 1940
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Category: Military | War | 1940s
Music to Be Murdered By
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Category: Celebrities | Death | Hollywood | Music | 1950s
October 27, 2020
Doctor needs money
An unusual list of what a country doctor in 1924 was willing to accept as payment. I wonder if my doctor would accept some goose feathers and soft-shell turtles as a co-pay?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Mar 13, 1924
I expect a prompt settlement of all accounts due me. If not possible to settle in cash, any of the following named articles will be acceptable, viz.:
Cotton seed, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, billygoats, live catfish over 1 lb. each, bulldogs, registered bird dogs, skunk hides (dry), deer hides, shotguns, cedar posts, watches, gold teeth, diamonds, cream checks, pine trees (2 ft. in diameter, 30 ft. long), automobiles, new or secondhand; peanuts, black-eyed peas, Liberty Bonds, land notes, bacon, lard, country hams, clean goose feathers, soft-shell turtles over 5 lbs. each. Anything that can be sold for cash legally.
I need the money.
I have no idea what "cream checks" are. Google doesn't provide an answer.
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Category: Medicine | Money | 1920s
A Horse with No Name in Latin
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 27, 2020 -
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Category: Animals | Humor | Parody | Languages | Music | 1970s
October 26, 2020
Mini skirts for road safety
1970: Liverpool officer Lionel Piper urged young women to wear mini skirts. In the interests of road safety. Sure, that was it... road safety!
The Hackensack Record - Jan 14, 1970
Young women in the 1970s dressed for road safety
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Category: Fashion | Highways, Roads, Streets and Traffic | 1970s
Viktor Wynd
Read the whole article here. His new book about his collections is behind the link below.
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Category: Eccentrics | Museums | United Kingdom
