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...between the native's devotion to his tribal law, which stipulates that possession is a sacred right of the possessor, and the Soviet dicta that possession is the right of the neediest. Less stylized and re- lieved of its propaganda content, the feud between Kima and a rich local fur trader might have been a great story. In its present form it is interesting principally because it was made in the Taiga. Good shots: slow thinking Kima consulting with the Soviet officials; his fight in the snow with the treacherous trader...
...cold cow gave ice cream. Jim. Pete and Dick, trout, were fed New-Year's dinner with a silver spoon. Copycat Mortison. Early this year it seemed Winsted's animals might be spreading when from Waterbury, Conn, were reported some chicks which had hatched out in fur instead of feathers. Investigation proved this to be the work of a copycat, however, not a real migration of fabulous fauna. One Louis Mortison, reporter for the Waterbury Republican, apparently thought he could obtain for Waterbury the same sort of publicity that Stone's stories had brought Winsted. He named...
When William Waldorf Astor died in 1919, he owned more New York City real estate than any other one person?something in the vicinity of $60,000,000 worth ?a fortune founded in the fur business (and, says legend, in Captain Kidd's treasure; by the first John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). Another oldtime furrier was one John Gottlieb Wendel, who retired about the same time as John Jacob Astor and who, like Astor, put his money into Manhattan realty. Last week died Mrs. Rebecca Wendel Swope, next to last of seven grandchildren of John Wendel. Miss Ella Wendel...
...31?Opening of International Fur & Hunting Exposition; in Leipzig. Germany...
...31?Opening of International Fur & Hunting Exposition; in Leipzig, G.ermany...