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When great numbers of dead & dying wild ducks were found drifting forlornly on the lakes of Alberta, the Calgary Fish & Game Association was inclined to blame alkaline water, summoned the University of Alberta's Professor William Rowan and two other naturalists to investigate. Professor Rowan & associates quickly exculpated the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Choking Ducks | 10/2/1933 | See Source »

The great, wooden-floored warehouse is neatly piled with bunches of tobacco leaves. Buyers inspect them, fingering them, and measuring them with their eyes. The auctioneer, at one end of the room, starts to chant. Coat off, hat on the back of his head, hands on his hips, he sways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Brighter Leaf | 9/19/1932 | See Source »

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