Word: cat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Several years ago a Cleveland bank won undeserved fame by sponsoring a California Ranching Company, consisting of a cat and rat ranch--the cats to eat the rats, the rats the cats, and the cat skins to be had free. The bank was forced to remove the sign, because potential investors obstructed regular business. But former Mayor Thompson of Chicago is now desirous of carrying the virtue Faith back to her high estate...
...study of the way in which eruptions on the skin are caused by poorly 'dyed furs. In the fur business it is necessary to dye fitch to represent sable, goat for bear, muskrat for seal, nutria for beaver, rabbit for seal, beaver, otter, mole, chinchilla or sable, and house cat for skunk or sable. The substance of importance in the process of dying is paraphenylendiamin, which is also the basis of most dyes for human hair that are now on the market. When oxidized this becomes quinone, which is a direct irritant. In the presence of moisture, as from perspiration...
...When he went to the state Legislature he took a letter of introduction to the Speaker of the House: '. . . Like the singed cat, he is better than he looks...
...Whispering Wires", at the Plymouth Theatre is another of those popular mystery plays, which depends more on mechanical devices for its effect than on any inherent dramatic qualities. It cannot be as seriously criticised on these grounds however, as its predecessors, "The Bat" and "The Cat and the Canary",--the mechanics are not quite as essential, and incidentally the results are not as terrifying...
...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...