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Wants A Pension

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
May
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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A íennessee man recenuy sent in tliis unique application for a pension: "We was workin' on the canal aroun' ilan' no. 10. We was cutten down trees under water. Tha was a tug steamloat. pulling out tha trees. One end of the rope war tached to tha Captain (capetan) tha other end to tha tree. The rope slack under water, I war in Ihe water, tha water was up to my traste. I war straddel tha rope but unïeknownst - al of a sudden tha stemer tooted, tha rope titned and I war throne hel to breakfast and now by gumm, I want a pension."

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News