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...Scout hatchet, drinking cups, sleeve less sweaters, knickerbockers, an oiled sheet (for a tent), a fox terrier (for luck). No man molested them - neither bandit, desperado, nor escaped Siberian convict. They lived on the land, eating black bread and water, berries, mushrooms, honey, milk. After five years in Russia (they were working on "educational-economics" at famed Kuzbas Colony, some 2,000 mi. east of Moscow when young Spring came to their feet) they returned to Manhattan bearing only a gift towel. They care absolutely nothing for property. Said Dr. Elsie Reed Mitchell: "Once when we slept in a natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Apr. 29, 1929 | 4/29/1929 | See Source »

...Ashmont, Mass., Mrs. Peter Rabbit of No. 91 Florida Street saw a barking Irish terrier jump at her infant daughter in the back yard. She ran to the rescue, retreated before the dog, called Mr. Rabbit. He charged, retreated, called the police. One policeman, two wagons with experts from the Animal Rescue League, and 1,500 neighbors finally captured the terrier in the Rabbit bathroom. None of the Rabbit family was hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Rabbits | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

Meanwhile a shaggy Irish terrier crouched outside the Ambassador's Paris bedroom. "Whiskey" was the dog's name, and no amount of lobbying could make Ambassador Herrick change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Death of Herrick | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

...tell whether the King's mind will completely recover or not makes the general anxiety the more acute. All his most personal belongings have been taken to Craigwell House to help him recover: his famed stamp albums, his collection of gramophone records, most of them jazz tunes, his terrier, and Charlotte, the parrot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Royalty | 3/18/1929 | See Source »

...collie victory broke a reign of terriers, which had lasted since 1922. To win first place Laund Loyalty had to be judged best collie, best working dog, best brace (teamed with Bellhaven Stronghold II) and best team (with Bellhaven Stronghold II, Bellhaven Brilliancy and Laund Lindbergh of Bellhaven). Second-best-dog was Eden Aristocrat of Wildoaks, a wire-haired fox terrier owned by Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bondy, of Golden-bridge, N. Y. Third was Herewithem J. P., a pointer, owned by Robert F. Maloney of Pittsburgh; fourth, King Pippin of Greystones, a Pekingese owned by Mrs. C. Hager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Reign of Terriers Over | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

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