Word: goldfishing
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...Francisco Bernard Goldfish, brother of Film Producer Samuel Goldwyn, had his name changed to Fish, He explained that Brother Samuel had copy righted the name Goldwyn, adopted after he joined forces with Producers Archi bald & Edgar Selwyn in 1916. A third brother, Ben Goldfish of Chicago, has already become Fish...
...claimed to be 350-500 years old. Smallest was an unidentified fish. Loudest was Susie, the Sebastopol goose. Most desperate were 462 squeaking canaries lodged in a crate exhibit. Most indifferent were two Llamas, who chewed cud quietly for five days. Most valuable per pound were two lion-headed goldfish valued at $500 each. Youngest were a litter of white mice born just as the show closed. Most popular was a baby elephant known variously as Bozo, Buddy and Buck. Least popular was a timid young skunk, which was shunned by all until officials explained that it had been deodorized...
...accidents marred the exhibition. A Manx cat whose owner was watching the mice broke away, snarled once at the mice, then dashed off in the opposite direction, startling a turtle, annoying a tiger cub, distracting the attention of an elderly man watching the goldfish. A pelican, taken from its cage to pose for a news-camera, wandered over to the 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...
...Manhattan Dr. Edward L. Mann appealed for a health education campaign among the foreign-born, cited his own knowledge of a case in which a mother attempted to cure her infant daughter of whooping cough by feeding her a live goldfish...
...first time since the Germanic Museum has been open to the public, the large tile tank in the northern court of the building will be filled, and provided with fauna and flora in the form of large, "pond-size" goldfish, and Japanese water-lilies. The announcement, which was made yesterday, indicated that the operation would be completed within the week. The lilies and a dozen fish have been ordered through the University Maintenance Department from a New England conservatory, while an anonymous donor has given four additional goldfish. The latter are peculiar in that they must be given a private...