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Show - ; f Strange as It Seems by John lUx 1 ) AT1HBMB feStf? t Roithill,N.C ttAvfhn.Tincttm 11 J mts MYTH SfwW4 PTOMAINK POISONING Strange aa it seems, you or your friends probably never have had ptomaine poisoning. Scientists know that such an ailment la practically practical-ly mythical. Ptomaines occur only in foods which have reached a loathsome state of decay which you wouldn't touch anyway. Other, more virulent, products of bacterial action are the real villains of spoiled food. AUSTIN MOONLIGHT Forty-five yean ago city fathen of Austin, Texas, made a deal. They traded a narrow-gauge railroad for a forest of tall towers to cast toft light over the city. Today these 29 towers each contain six 1600-candlepower 1600-candlepower mercury vapor lights capable of illuminating four city blocks. |