I hope wherever he was going with a valise filled with a doughnut, three chestnuts and a pint of whisky, it was to have a good time.
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Halloween 1901, Page 1 headline: "SCORES POISONED BY EATING CRULLERS"pic.twitter.com/1F8qLMOl90
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'Fatal results, he said, were liable to happen to some who might eat the pastry' http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/10/31/101085078.html?pageNumber=1 …pic.twitter.com/nt6ln7W27e
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1893, women's pages of The New York Times: a response to comments "on the deficiency of humor among women."pic.twitter.com/C0k1LExcWO
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ahhh this is why the women's column showed up when i searched for doughnuts.pic.twitter.com/5joIfYej8X
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November 3, 1903, was a big day for doughnut news in The Times.pic.twitter.com/DKRZImNbTm
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'Testimony comes from New England, and in the matter of doughnuts that part of this country has never been orthodox'pic.twitter.com/hVXKiRLr2r
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By reference to Washington Irving, The Times concludes that the prince did not eat a donut http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1907/09/07/104708219.html?pageNumber=8 …pic.twitter.com/05zeoJBHh4
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There's a good, century-long debate in The Times archives, apparently, over the difference between a donut and a cruller.
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OK, back to the donuts, with a slight detour: seltzer.
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