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...Jersey cow called Molly Lewis and her daughter Sylvia, from whom Charlotte Gibson learned nothing...
...circuses are actually sea lions. True seals, which belong to the family Phocidae cannot be taught to toss or juggle a ball. California sea lions make the best circus performers; the Stellers are too big, too pugnacious. An adult Steller bull weighs 1,500 to 2,000 lb., a cow up to 1,000 lb. California bulls weigh up to 1,000 lb., the cows...
...rights to their small plots of sand. To the City they pay nothing for licenses. But they readily admit that they weekly net somewhere around $50 each, after rent and assistants' fees of $25. Most famed of the beach's seven oldtime artists is a barrel-chested, cow-eyed Calabrian named Dominick ("Nick") Spagnola who has sculptured next to the Steel Pier for 17 years. Self-taught, he pioneered floodlighting, cement statues, the personal sketch. Ten years ago, against his better artistic judgment, he installed easel and paper sketching pads to meet modern competition. He has sand-modeled...
Last week a new $1,000,000 white granite mint, built like the legendary San Francisco hillside cow (five stories in front, three behind) was dedicated in that city by Mrs. Ross. Covering a city block bounded by Buchanan, Hermann, Webster and Duboce Streets, the box-shaped mint squats on the scalped dome of live rock which made that block a real-estate liability until the Government took it. From the sidewalk visitors must climb 175 steps to the huge sliding bronze front door where bas relief dollars two feet wide greet them. A storage and assay depot as well...
...concerned to the company's annual dinner in Manhattan. Six passengers showed up, as did 36 citizens of Port Jervis, including the mayor, police chief, forest ranger and county treasurer. Only one rescuer failed to appear-recluse Thomas Lyman. Found at his lonely cabin tending his only cow, he disconsolately refused because "She's a good cow and I can't leave her. She's awful sick...