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...Gigant, the largest farm on earth, so badly run that Correspondent Knickerbocker estimates a loss in "real dollars, not paper rubles" to the Soviet Government of $750,000 last year. . . . Verbhid or "Camel" where it costs only 67¢ to produce a bushel of grain as against 87¢ at Gigant...
During the Civil War, the Confederates captured most of Jefferson Davis' dromedary herd. But Confederate Colonel Bethel Coopwood of Texas got 14 for himself, sent them over the line into Mexico. The rest were recaptured by the Federals, who in 1866 abandoned all camel experiments and offered the beasts for sale...
...many people the present discussion as to the age of the earth seems as far fetched as those theological controversies which raged in medieval times over such subjects as whether or not a camel could be passed through a needle's eye. The reckoning of the age of the earth is however, not quite such a chimerical proposition, as it would first suggest. Geologists must necessarily have strong imaginations to deal in such immense portions of time, but their conclusions are based on the accumulated results of long research...
...front of the reserved seats at the circus ground, Governor Balzar's elephant suddenly turned upon the camel. The camel balked. Lieut. Governor Griswold lost his grip, pitched head-over-heels to the ground. The crowd cheered wildly. Declared Lieut. Governor Griswold as he brushed himself off: "I knew I should never have anything to do with a camel." (Nevada...
Baritone Reinald Werrenrath will advertise Camel cigarets. Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, having completed a series of farewell tours, will sing 15 minutes every week for Enna Jettick shoes. Stations not included on either of the nation-wide chains (Columbia and National Broadcasting) present local talent paid for by local merchants...