Word: stink
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...through him like straws blown by a tornado, sturdy Frank Brown had strength enough to haul his stiffened left hand away from the X-ray tube to tug at his right hand frozen to the metal. The current gripped his right hand also. Both hands began to burn and stink...
Many years ago, John Stink did go into a state of coma while afflicted with smallpox during an Osage epidemic. He was "buried," according to tribal custom, with some of his personal effects atop the ground. Then, also according to custom, his relatives divided his horses and other property, held a few wailing feasts and proceeded to forget...
...John Stink refused, for many years, to live in a man-made shelter of any kind. A member of the firm of McLaughlin & Farrar, Indian traders and storekeepers, was appointed guardian for the eccentric old fellow and his simple needs were met with supplies that cost very little of his accumulating cash...
...writer is convinced that John Stink never lived in a tree. It was his custom to hang his few utensils in a tree when he left a hideout. In fact this writer was once a member of a young hunting party that shot holes through his crude...
...John Stink's story comes in many forms. To Readers Seymour and Hines, TIME'S thanks for an interesting variorum...