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...shall speak frankly and sincerely! The time will never come again when any show of physical force is going to cow the Indian people. I have seen with my own eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Indian Conference: Act II | 12/1/1930 | See Source »

...contains a complete exhibit of old New Bedford and Nantucket whaling days, including whaling implements, ambergris, immense whale skeletons. Many famed people have been interested in adding to its collection. Naturalist-Author Henry David Thoreau (1817-62), who learned to love animals while driving his mother's cow to pasture, gave a warbler and some hawk eggs. Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was interested in the society because he liked hunting and fishing. In 1837 he contributed two stuffed oyster-catchers, gawky birds with gaudy red beaks, black and white bodies. Another famed member was tall, smiling Jean Louis Rodolphe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Third Museum | 12/1/1930 | See Source »

...Delta, Colo., George Bonus won a cow at a theatre contest. Next day the cow calved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Taffy | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

...Centre Harbor, N. H., Daisy, a cow, drank from a 2-qt. pail, caught her horns on a hook, drowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Commandant | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

...Cuero, Tex., S. J. Parker went to look for a cow which had been missing three days. He said he found her stuck in a leaning tree which she had climbed for leaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Climbing Cow | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

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