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...Detroit Free Press, a reputable daily, announced that one Daniel F. Tucker of Yale, Mich., exhibited at a poultry show "a cat having the face of a fox and the bark and habits of a dog." It was said that Mr. Tucker is having pamphlets printed, explaining the breeding process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 17, 1923 | 12/17/1923 | See Source »

...expect to bray like jackasses, and bark like dogs, crow like roosters, howl like wolves, kick like mules, run like lightning, lie like Satan-all for thee. And now, may faith, hope and power remain with thee until every vote is counted," et cetera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Hottest | 7/2/1923 | See Source »

...previous Grand Guignol productions. R. U. R. is opening in London shortly. A robot with a genuinely English accent should be the height of something or other-ingenuity, perhaps. The outdoor show business at Coney Island is almost in full swing. Hot dogs sizzle along the boardwalk-barkers bark-"the only genuine saltwater taffy" clogs conversation everywhere. The most popular new attraction at present at Coney is said to be a ride-The Caterpillar operated by the owners of "The House of 1,000 Laughs." John Barrymore is at present in Morocco, perhaps preparing for Othello. Theatre tickets in Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre Notes: May 19, 1923 | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

Contents of a crocodile's stomach (research conducted by the Royal Zoological Society of London) : Eleven brass arm rings, three coiled wire armlets, one glass bead necklace, 14 arm and leg bones (not all human), three spinal columns, one length bark cord (used by colored porters to carry bundles), 18 stones of assorted sizes, several porcupine quills. (The crocodile lived in Tanganyika Territory, British East Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Apr. 21, 1923 | 4/21/1923 | See Source »

Discovered by F. O'Brien! We'll film his cannibal savages So no one can say he's lyin'!" So should have sung, if they didn't, the crew of the old-time whaling bark Narwhal, which set sail from San Francisco recently with a complement of some 20 adventurers who had heard of the money magnates make in the movies and didn't see why they shouldn't make some themselves. They incorporated themselves as the Mutual Trading Company and expect to be gone eight or ten months, filming hula-maids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cruise of the Narwhal | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

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