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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bull gores; 2) a man who dies of shock when his wife threatens him with a pillow; 3) a doctor who falls into a hole in the ice and dies from exposure rather than arouse anyone; 4) a countrymaid who dies after eating the Sanatorium's canned meat. Norwegian humor and pessimism lend distinction to this bleak novel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Again, Knut | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...right, Your Worship," said he. "Mrs. Cratchitt and I, we've forgotten our little differences. I've arranged to pay all her debts. As a matter of fact, I've done pretty well. For 30 years I've had a cat's meat round in the City, and if I do say so I'm a man of independent means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cat's Meat | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...What," cried the magistrate, starting beneath his wig, "you made a fortune out of cat's meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cat's Meat | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

Gram Dunham, 71, wife of Mellie Dunham (Henry Ford's famed Maine fiddler), went into the woods near Norway, Me. with a rifle, killed a buck deer, dragged it home, butchered it for steaks & chops. Said she: "When a family in the country needs fresh meat, a rifle in the hand is worth two fiddles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 11, 1929 | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...each from a reputable animal dealer; 2) both were males, which eliminated any chance of multiplication. While Zoo officials obtained a stay of execution and the lawyers sought the right to defend the condemned, St. Louisans flocked to see a mongoose. Fed on horse, goat and cow meat by Zoo-man George P. Vierheller, the two martyrs grew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: St. Louis Mongooses | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

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