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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1902
Page
8
A prominent Athens citizen reports an old negro died in the city and was prepared for burial for Wilkes county shipment. Overnight the corpse vanished from the house and no explanation exists. The tale, tied to local superstitions and the petrified man at the Georgia railroad depot, stirs curiosity among African Americans.
Voters near violating the law as bogus government money style notes circulate. The green tinted certificates imitate US currency with stamps and engravings. An example shows a tradesman handed a $5 note by a friend in a joke, exposing widespread ignorance. Two hundred fifty thousand printed, over fifty thousand in circulation.
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