Today -100: May 6, 1920: Of camel humps, deportations, and diphtheria denialists

With the price of meat at astronomical levels, Parisians are experimenting with serving lion and camel hump. The latter is on sale now (believed to have been sourced from a private zoo; not the first time Parisians have chomped their way through zoos), but chefs are debating how one cooks a camel.

Secretary of Labor William Wilson decides that mere membership in the Communist Labor Party is not sufficient grounds for deportation, unlike the Communist Party, because the former is willing to take power through elections. Palmer’s Justice Department is pissed off at WillWil.

Andrew Walker of Newark, a Christian Scientist, is found guilty of manslaughter for allowing his 9-year-old daughter to die of diphtheria. A Christian Science healer who treated her over the telephone told the court that there’s no such thing as diphtheria. Walker will be fined $1,000

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