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character labels: Austin from Boston, fluke from Dubuque, groan from Bayonne, keeno from Reno, leery from Erie, mute from Butte, noisy from Boise, pester from Chester, skunk from Podunk, trixie from Dixie...
Modern Hunt. Since the supply of musk has never met the demand, perfumers have always looked for substitutes. They discovered that many animals have musky-smelling lure glands. Beaver glands yield castor, which is widely used. So is loud-smelling civet. Perfume chemists once eyed skunks, encouraged by the fact that many people do not mind a distant skunk smell on a frosty morning. But the perfumers finally gave up on skunks: their scent is basically a defensive weapon rather than a sex lure. Muskrat glands, a cheap by-product of the fur trade, did work. The muskrat substance...
...Senate had debated labor legislation for two weeks, trying to do something with the House's Case bill, aimed at curbing the economic powers of labor. The debate had grown violent; into dignified speeches crept such words as "skunk." Labor's overheated friend, Claude Pepper, and a little coterie of other friends waged an undeclared filibuster against laws which would take away any of labor's rights. Then the Senators walked over to the House to hear what Harry Truman...
Just for the asking, Cedric Malcolm Adams can get almost anything in Minnesota. As the Northwest's favorite radio and press gossip, he has found homes for 50,000 minnows, 76,000 other animal, vegetable and mineral objects including baby alligators, pianos, crutches, white mice, a skunk, an artificial leg and four corsets. Once he asked his fans to help a widow who had lost her $37 income-tax payment. More than 57,000 responded, each mailing a penny to Cedric. Last week, the Pied Piper casually asked his public for a solution to the nylon shortage...
Nary a Scent. In Dallas, Ore., Mrs. Sadie Reddekopp reported that the Christmas rush had cleaned out the stock of her odorless skunk farm...