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...claimant reported that the November 25th storm caused him and his wife to rescue 120 mink worth $10,000, who were drowning. The town of Shandaken reported that the cloud insemination experiments brought severe floods and property damage...
...Mink coats and freezers...
...hollered and whistled, Caston had his musicians hoot back. He has lured Denver adults-at-large into the tent with special family concerts: the whole family goes in "under, one umbrella" for $1.20. Last season the umbrella worked so well that extra seats had to be installed. For the mink-and-Cadillac set, Caston made the opening concert of the season and the annual fund-raising ball two of the big social events of the Denver season...
When Henry Kaiser bought a mink coat for his wife during the war, he was astonished to hear that it would take three weeks to make. "But I can build an oceangoing ship in a week," he protested. Answered the storekeeper coldly: "Mr. Kaiser, you are a great man. I am only a furrier...
...real success was based on a personal touch. A man came in to buy a coat for his wife, tried in vain to describe her proportions-until he spotted the store's 6 ft. 175 Ib. owner. "That's her size," said he. Goodman donned a mink, paraded around the store, and made the sale...