Famous 1907 bean eater
Happy New Year. Don “Moses” Lerman and Dale Boone are apparently not the first individuals in American history to win fame for bean eating. The Manchester (NH) Union Leader has a column looking back on 1907 articles. One of the articles has the headline “Does He Contemplate Self Destruction?” and is described:
How else would you draw readers into the Oct. 5, 1907 front-page story of “Mark Hoffman, a rural letter carrier and famous bean-eater who has made a wager that he can eat — at one meal — nine quarts of beans, a one-pint jar of piccalilli, thirty-six rolls, one warm mince-meat pie, six plates of ice cream and drink four cups of black coffee.”
No information is provided if the bet was successful.
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