Word: wilde
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...habits and characteristics of the animal but anyone observing the intelligence, grace and friendly charm of the otter as demonstrated in the "short" cannot fail to be impressed with its possibilities and desirability as a pet. May I therefore suggest that anyone interested in the preservation of wild animal life seriously consider the merits of the otter...
...Ohio the river which gives the State its name went hog wild, first broke all records established in the 1913 flood, then proceeded to top the even more disastrous inundations of 1884. Full of foam, mud and debris, the Scioto River swept down on Portsmouth, which seven years ago threw up a $750,000 sea wall of steel & concrete to keep the Scioto and Ohio away from its doors. Last year to the 62-ft. wall was added a supplementing levee of sandbags and Portsmouth stayed dry. This year the flood was not to be cheated...
Eight years earlier but more advanced in technique was "The Great Train Robbery," genesis of all wild westerns. For the first time the possibilities of the camera are exploited and it is allowed to move about and follow the characters' actions. This was one of those first films where some audiences were known to get up and run from in front when a train was seen approaching...
Despite the opening horseplay, at last week's Duck Dinner every diner except one was dead serious about the problem of North America's diminishing wild ducks. The lone, tipsy dissenter held up proceedings for ten minutes while he argued with great gravity that the press of urgent civic problems made duck discussion trivial if not unpatriotic. Earnest conservationists listened with growing restlessness as other speakers deplored the duck decrease, bemoaned the fact that since most ducks breed in Canada there is little the U. S. can do about it. The audience wanted something constructive. They...
...South Portland, Me. last week Veterinarian John Francis Ford told what happened when he transplanted a tomcat's sex glands to a rheumatic 14-year-old shepherd dog. "In two weeks," said Dr. Ford, "the rejuvenation took effect. The dog went wild. He was full of pep. He was all over the place. I never saw anything like it. He wagged his tail so hard that he knocked three loose rungs out of my front stairs banister. Twice I locked him in a cage outdoors. Both times he broke loose. Then I tied him. He chewed himself free...