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There’s always room for Jell-O! This dessert is so well-loved that an entire week, February 13 Hair Loss Hospital – 19, is dedicated to it. Follow along as Tidbits dishes up the jiggly facts on Jell-O! • REPAIR • REFRESH • In 1845, a New York inventor and industrial• RECLAIM ist named Peter Cooper secured U.S. Patent Call to learn about 4084 for a gelatin powder, a tasteless, odorless Hair Loss Therapy! substance found in collagen. Cooper extracted it by boiling cartilage and bones of cows and 701-739-2403 pigs. Cooper seemed more interested in pro2600 DeMers Ave. ducing a powdered glue and in developing a Grand Forks, ND locomotive steam engine, and didn’t pursue It only Takes One Pint the marketing of his product.

To Perk-Up Another • In 1897, LeRoy, New York residents became the Person’s Life! official inventors of Jell-O. Pearle Bixby Wait and his wife May were running a cough syrup all donors and laxative tea business in upstate New York. receive a free May was experimenting with gelatin, adding cholesterol screening sugar and flavoring and came up with a fruity David Kent CELEBRATING dessert that she christened Jell-O. The couple National Boss’ Pizza Blood Donor Month!

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• Frank Woodward was a high school dropout who already owned his own business in 1886 at age 20. In 1899, his Genesee Pure Food Company was a successful business that produced GrainO, a roasted cereal substitute for coffee and tea.

Woodward also invented and sold his own medicines, including Sherman’s Headache Remedy and Raccoon Corn Plasters. He nabbed the Jell-O business for a mere $450, about $12,000 in today’s dollars. A year later, Jell-O gelatin was for sale to the public. Dressing his salesmen in fancy suits, he sent them door-to-door with samples of the new confection.

• Woodward launched an advertising campaign by placing a 3-inch ad in the “Ladies Home Journal” at the cost of $336. By 1902, sales of Jell-O were $250,000 (about $8 million in today’s dollars).

By 1906, that number topped $1 million ($30.7 million today). In 1904, the company began distributing recipe books, printing 15 million copies with illustrations by famous artists such as Norman Rockwell. Jell-O was a household word and well-known as “America’s Most Famous Dessert.” An angelic four-year-old named Elizabeth King became the face of the 1904 ads. Elizabeth, the daughter of one of Woodward’s ad artists, was featured holding a tea kettle in one hand and a box of Jell-O in the other, affirming that, “You can’t be a kid without it.”

• Unfortunately, Woodward didn’t live long enough to enjoy his prosperity. After suffering a slight stroke, his health quickly declined and he died in January, 1906 at 49 years of age. His son stepped in to manage the business. In 1923, Genesee Pure Food Company became the Jell-O Company, and two years later merged with the Postum Cereal Company, the company founded by Charles Post, who brought us Grape Nuts in 1897. ...continued

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• In the early 1900s, thousands of immigrants coming to the United States through Ellis Island were welcomed with a snack of Jell-O, along with a metal gelatin mold.

• In 1934, a catchy little jingle was created by a prestigious ad agency, Young & Rubicam, and the ad was first featured on a brand-new radio show.

“The Jell-O Program” aired on Sunday nights and starred comedian Jack Benny, who was the first to sing the little ditty, “J-E-L-L-O,” touting the dessert as “Delicate, Delightful, and Dainty.” The company sponsored Benny’s program until 1942.

• Lime-flavored Jell-O was added in 1930 and by 1938, with the addition of cherry, there were six flavors available.

• When you think of a Jell-O salad, fruit flavor with added fruit, marshmallows, or whipped cream probably comes to mind. But in the 1960s, the company introduced savory flavors for use in salads. During that decade, a woman hosting her bridge club might serve celery-flavored Jell-O, stirring in canned tuna, hard-boiled eggs, sliced olives and peppers, diced tomato, and some Italian salad dressing. The Italian Salad flavor or Seasoned Tomato Jell-O recipe might call for the addition of cabbage, green pepper, or cooked pasta to be dished up at a neighbor’s cocktail party. The Mixed Vegetable variety was often prepared in a fancy mold, combining the mix with asparagus, spinach, celery, and pimientos. How about the Bologna Ring molded salad? It called for Jell-O, stuffed green olives, beef bologna, chopped cucumber, chopped hard-boiled eggs, and tomato wedges.

• Although you can pick from many varieties, including melon, pineapple, mango, cranberry, peach, tropical fusion, and blueberry pomegranate, the two favorites seem to be lime and strawberry. ...continued

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• Jell-O went to the movies in 1923, when it was used in the making of legendary director Cecil B. DeMille’s epic silent film “The Ten Commandments.” Jell-O was used to create the special effect of keeping the Red Sea parted as the Israelites escaped Egypt. In the beloved 1939 classic, “The Wizard of Oz,” Jell-O was used to produce the changing colors of the “Horse of a Different Color” in the Land of Oz scenes. When animal rights’ groups objected to the horse being actually painted, the crew made a paste of Jell-O and spread it on the horse’s coat to create six different colors – green, blue, orange, red, yellow, and violet. Because it was so time-consuming to keep changing the colors on a single horse, four separate horses were used. The only difficulty was that the horses loved the flavor of the gelatin and continual retouches were required as the animals licked it off their hide!

• Without sugar, Jell-O would be colorless, odorless, and flavorless powdered gelatin. So how much of this dessert is sugar? It’s nearly 90% sugar! In 1925, Jell-O received a patent for a sugarless gelatin dessert they called D-Zerta. That was replaced by the present Nutra-Sweet Sugar-Free Jell-O in 1984. About 40% of all Jell-O sold these days is the sugar-free variety.

• There have been dozens of Jell-O flavors introduced and discontinued over the years. Cotton candy, bubble gum, maple sugar, and cola were some that didn’t last long. Clear back in 1918, Jell-O tried out a coffee flavor that was shortlived. The Imitation Apple variety’s time was also quite brief.

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• According to the myth, Castor and Pollux were the sons of Leda, the Queen of Sparta; however, the Greek god Zeus was the father of Pollux and King Tyndareus of Sparta was Castor’s father. Pollux’s Babylonian name was Lugalirra (The Mighty King), while Castor was known as Meslamtaea (The One who has arisen from the Underworld.)

• The brothers were very close, as close as twins, although Castor was a mortal human being, while Pollux was the immortal son of Zeus. The pair embarked on countless adventures together, and on one of their escapades, Castor was murdered. The grief-stricken Pollux begged Zeus to allow him to go to the world where Castor was, and Zeus united the brothers in the night sky for all time, forming the Gemini constellation.

• The two brightest stars in the constellation represent the heads of the brothers. Each has a line of stars forming the bodies. Although they appear relatively close together, Pollux lies about 34 light years from Earth, while Castor is 52 light years away. Just how far is a light year? A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. That rate is about 186,000 miles per second, 671 million miles in an hour, which is 5.88 trillion miles in a year.

• In the Northern Hemisphere, Gemini is best viewed from winter to spring, while the Southern Hemisphere has a better view in the summer months, although it appears upside-down to Southern astronomers.

• Ancient seafarers considered the pair of brothers as the protectors of sailors. Chinese philosophy views them as the representation of nature’s opposites, Yin and Yang.

• Every year, sometime between December 4 and 17, a giant meteor shower known as the Geminids appears to radiate from the Gemini constellation.

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• According to astrologers, those born under the sign of Gemini are very bright and analytical.

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• The Gemini constellation is one of 48 described by the astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. It’s one of the 12 zodiac constellations, and one of the 88 modern constellations we know today. Eighty-five of its stars can be seen with the naked eye. It takes its name from the Latin word for “twins,” named for two brothers in Greek mythology.

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By now we know just how much our Social Security checks are going to be for this year, after the deductions for Part B. The average dollar increase is $92 per month for singles. The Part B deduction has gone up $21.60, mostly due to the price of the new Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, for a total of $170 per month. The drug costs $56,000 per patient per year. And we're all going to pay for it, whether we need it or not. © 2022 King Features Syndicate. All rights reserved.

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The news now is that the price of that drug has been cut in half, to $28,200 per year, after pressure was brought to bear on the manufacturer when it was revealed that Medicare might not pay for it at all. Additional pressure came from doctors who were suspicious the drug didn't actually work and who wanted their own tests run on it. Since it must be given via IV in the hospital or doctor's office, it falls under Part B instead of the Part D drug plan.

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And what of our Part B costs, given the lowered cost of Aduhelm? Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra ordered Medicare to look again at the premium we're being charged for 2022. There is the smallest chance it might be lowered, which has never been done before.

Last year it was estimated that our Part B premium would be $158.50 this year. If that $170 is cut back to that amount, it would net us an extra $11.50 per month.

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• On Feb. 27, 1860, President Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil Warera photographer Mathew Brady. A relatively new art form, the photograph (or daguerreotype) showed a beardless Lincoln just moments before he delivered an address at Cooper Union.

• On Feb. 23, 1885, a 19-year-old man named John Lee is sent to the gallows in Exeter, England, for the murder of a rich, older woman. However, the gallows equipment malfunctioned three times and Lee was not dropped. He was then sent back to prison.

• On Feb. 25, 1890, Vlacheslav Skryabin, foreign minister for the Soviet Union who took the revolutionary name Molotov, is born in Russia. Molotov advocated the use of throwing bottles filled with flammable liquid and stuffed with a lit rag, and the famous "Molotov cocktail" was born.

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• On Feb. 26, 1903, Alexander Winton, driving his Winton Bullet, sets the first speed record ever achieved at Daytona Beach, Florida. Built in 1902 the "Bullet Number 1" drove a measured mile at over 65 mph.

• On Feb. 22, 1946, George Kennan, the temporary American ambassador in Moscow, sends an 8,000word telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state. Kennan's analysis provided one of the most influential underpinnings for America's Cold War policy of containment.

• On Feb. 21, 1952, men's figure skater Dick Button wins his second Olympic gold medal. Button captured his first gold prize at the 1948 Olympics, becoming the first American to ever take home the men's title. Button retired from amateur skating in 1952 and went on to perform with the Ice Capades as well as graduate from Harvard Law School.

• On Feb. 24, 1969, after a North Vietnamese mortar shell rocks their Douglas AC-47 gunship, Airman First Class John L. Levitow throws himself on an activated flare and tosses it out of the aircraft just before it ignites. For saving his fellow crewmembers and the gunship, Airman Levitow was later awarded the Medal of Honor.

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CHEDDAR CHEESE

Did you know there is a day set aside just to honor cheddar cheese? February 13 has been designated National Cheddar Day, and Tidbits is ready with these “cheesy” facts!

• Cheddar cheese has its origins in England in the village of … you guessed it…Cheddar! The village is near the Cheddar Gorge caves where cheese was stored. According to legend, a milkmaid left a pail of milk in the caves some 800 years ago and returned later to find the milk curdled into a new substance.

• The Cheddar Gorge caves remain a constant temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, the perfect temp for cheese to mature.

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• It used to be that in order for a cheese to be classified as “cheddar”, it had to be produced within 30 miles of Wells Cathedral, located in Wells, a village 9 miles from Cheddar. Originally, cheddar was hard, white, and sharp-tasting. These days, cheese makers create a variety of strengths.

• The process of cheese-making involves separating curds and whey with the use of rennet, an enzyme complex derived from the stomachs of newborn calves. “Cheddaring” involves kneading the heated curd with salt, cutting it into cubes to drain the whey, and stacking and turning the cheese.

• Cheddar cheese is naturally white, and yellow cheeses get their color from an additive. Those cheddars produced in the New England states, such as Vermont white, do not include additives.

• What’s the difference between mild and sharp cheddar? Aging! The longer a cheese is naturally aged, the sharper and more pronounced the flavor.

Mild cheddar is aged for two to three months, while extra sharp could be aged a year. Strong cheddar is matured for 15 months and more. ...continued

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• It’s no surprise that Wisconsin is the U.S. leader in production of cheddar cheese. The state produces more than cheddar – they make more than 600 different varieties of cheese, about 3.3 billion lbs. out of the United States’ total of 13.25 billion lbs.

• Here in the United States, we love our cheddar, but apparently not as much as we love mozzarella cheese, which edged out cheddar for the most popular slot. The average American consumes about 10 lbs of cheddar cheese every year.

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• What does an alligator in a chef’s hat frying a turkey have to do with cheddar cheese? In 2018, a trio of Louisiana residents created the largest cheese sculpture in the world, an alligator created from a single block aged cheddar cheese. Final weight was 3,121 lbs.

• Upon the occasion of her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840, Queen Victoria of England received an unusual wedding gift – a wheel of cheddar cheese weighing more than 1,000 lbs.

• Jesse Williams opened America’s first cheese factory in 1851 in Oneida County, New York, using several of his own inventions in the manufacturing process. Fifteen years later, there were 500 cheese factories in New York alone. By the time Williams died in 1864, Oneida County was producing over 8 million lbs. per year.

• British explorer Robert Scott was a naval officer who died trying to be the first to reach the South Pole. Supplies on his 1901 expedition to the Antarctic included 3,500 lbs. of cheddar cheese that had been made in the Cheddar caves.

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• The 1964 New York World’s Fair spotlighted a Wisconsin cheese weighing 34,591 lbs., a cheese requiring the milk of the equivalent of 16,000 cows.

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