Old timer Charlie Smith the 136 year old attraction
Bartow Florida story profiles Charlie Smith claimed as North America s oldest man or possibly older with disputed age. He says he arrived as a slave in 1855 supported by a New Orleans bill of sale. geriatric experts vary on his age while tourists visit to see the ancient man whose weathered skin and irascible temperament leave an impression.
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Florida
Disney World
Everglades
Charlie Smith
North America
United States
New Orleans
Smith
Bartow
New Jersey
Lum
Schimmel
John Holt
Boston
Holt
New Schools
Pettigrew
Ark
Seventh Day Adventist
Home Study Institute
Mary Royer
Portland
Ore
National Parents League
Illinois
New York
Timeless Con man Charlie Smith Lives Quiet Bartow Life
The article profiles Charlie Smith born 1842 in Liberia then renamed by a Texas rancher Captain John Smith. Now 136, he resides in Bartow Convalescence Home sharing stories of Jesse James and Lincoln to visiting tourists while fighting exploitation and relying on Social Security. He says he prefers simple life, spends days resting, and occasionally earns TV appearances for pocket cash.
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Smith
Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Jesse James
Ed Jesse James
Trigger Kid
Bartow
Chester
Ronald Trumbull
Charlie
Trumbull
Texas
Parents choose home schooling over public schools nationwide
A wide range of parents across the United States opt to educate children at home, citing education quality, conformity, values, and safety concerns. The piece profiles individuals from New Jersey, Utah, Washington, and other states, notes legal pressures, court actions, and the growth of organized home schooling networks and support groups.
Pet cemetery business booming in Roseville
Mary Vandemark reports from Roseville Minnesota on Feist's Pet Cemetery where owners bury dogs cats birds hamsters rabbits and even a donkey. caretaker Ken Fabyanske notes rising business with plots starting at 60 dollars and some owners spending up to 1000 for coffins and monuments.
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Mary Vandemark
Roseville
Minn
Buster
Queenie
Fluffy
Yo- Yo
Cuddles
Feist’s
Ken Fabyanske
Fabyanske
Ray Schoenrock
Schoenrock Monuments
St. Paul
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Tom Tiede Bartow
Fla
NEA
Liberia
Africa
Mitchell Watkins
John Smith
Abraham Lincul
Malcolm N. Carter
Associated Press
Utah
John Singer
Yacob
Wash
Patricia Smith
Robert Sessions
Decorah
Iowa
Erik
Supreme Court
Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights
University of Massachusetts
David Schimmel
Central Park
Washington, D.C
Susan
Smithsonian Institution
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pat Blosser
The
National Association of Pet
University Mall
Carbondale
Dreifus
Sherwin-Williams Company
Are
Beau Monde
BankAmericard
Visa
W. Main
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