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Mississippi's husky Aubert C. Dunn, 39-year-old War veteran who in 1934 defeated Rev. W. Lycurgus Spinks for his House seat, uprose to boom in a bullfrog voice: "I have not been boisterous since I became a freshman in this Congress. ... I have been the recipient of so many kind and courteous favors from my senior colleagues, until it makes me feel fainty. ... I want you to go with me to a place down at 311 D Street, NW, in the city of Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Manger Birth | 4/6/1936 | See Source »

...Seventy miles an hour for $495! That's going some! 1912 Metz '22. Metz 'Bullfrog' will be in front of Leavitt's today at 12 o'clock." Advt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THROUGH THE YEARS | 3/8/1935 | See Source »

...chimpanzee costs between $500 and $600 depending on how "civilized" the animal may be. Monkeys range from four to seven dollars. Hens, ducks, etc. are all bought at regular market prices by the pound. Pigeons and turtles both range from a quarter to eighty-five cents and a Louisiana bullfrog costs a dollar. Oppossums are $4 a pair and copperheads are $3. Crayfish and snails both cost about a nickle each and salamanders are 25 cents each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY MAINTAINS LARGE COLLECTION OF ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH | 9/25/1934 | See Source »

...sized chimpanzee costs between $500 and $600 depending on how "civilized" the animal may be. Monkeys range from four to seven dollars. Hens, ducks, etcetera, are all bought at regular market prices by the pound. Pigeons and turtles both range from a quarter to 85 cents and a Louisiana bullfrog cost a dollar. Oppossums are $4 a pair and copperheads are $8 each. Crayfish and snails both cost about a nickel each and salamanders are 25 cents each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Zoos Consisting of Almost Every Known Living Organism Maintained Throughout University by Research Fanatics | 9/27/1933 | See Source »

...time to study botany is when a boy loves to pick dandelions and bring them to his mother. . . . The time to study biology is when a boy throws stones at a bullfrog and climbs trees for birds' nests. . . . The school will train boys to do something today-not only tomorrow. Boys, if trained in this way, will never fear College Board exams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Like Lima Beans | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

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