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...workman trimming a big tree in Tuscarawas Park at New Philadelphia, Ohio one day last week, suddenly gasped and stared. There, in a rain-filled crevice, 40 ft. above ground, alive and wriggling, lay a 7-in. catfish. Goggle-eyed with wonder, the sawyer carried it down, threw it in a nearby lake. The catfish swam swiftly away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Fish up a Tree | 2/6/1933 | See Source »

Replied "Steamboat Bill": "Out of the river. It's a catfish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 4, 1932 | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

...Secretary invited "Steamboat Bill" aboard the towboat for dinner, had the 45-lb. catfish served for breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 4, 1932 | 7/4/1932 | See Source »

...fish exhibition and was diving for one of the lion-headed goldfish when interrupted by a goldfish gillie. One of Exhibitor Donald S. Crowe's bear cubs became ill from an ice cream cone, recovered. A stray dog was nipped by a Pekingese. A race between two catfish-like creatures turned out badly when one of the creatures refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Pet Show | 11/30/1931 | See Source »

...than most such contests, N. Y. U. i). Georgia last week drew 65,000 spectators, ended much the same way as last year's game and by the same score (7 to 6) after Mott had run back the second-half kickoff for a touchdown and after Vernon ("Catfish") Smith had place-kicked the winning point and made the tackle, on fourth down with a few minutes to play, stopping N. Y. U.'s Bill Abee a foot from Georgia's goal line. Penn's unbeaten team went to South Bend to play an intersectional game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Nov. 16, 1931 | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

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