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Frank Dram waa ssnt out by the New York World, and Richard K. Fox #f the Polica Gazette to walk all of tba distance from New York to Hau Francisco. He left New Yark Tuesday afternoon April 28tb at five o'clock in the afternoon and arrived in Dunkirk at six p. m. Wednesday. lie has been walking over the Erie track from New York, and from here will count ties on the Lake Shore to Chirags. To prove to the World that b« walks all of the distance he has the station agent at every station he comes to. sign a reo-ipt and mark the time he passes. These he sends to the World at the end of each day Yesterday ha did better than the average. which is about 80 miles a day, and walked from Salamanca to Dunkirk, a distance of about 50 miles. He arrived about six o’clock, p. in ami expected to leave for the west at three a. m. this morning and arrive in Cleveland some time Saturday afternoon.To see him. one would never think that he wa- such a distinguished person age as he does not look much like a walker, lie is less than five feet high, is thirty six years old, and was without a cent, and hau only one eye; in fact, he looked like an escaped dime tnueeum freak.If he walks to San Francisco within four months, he receives $500 from each of the two papers. He was given 110 to start with, and he ia sent out jsst to see if it is possible to walk all of the way without money and depending on the I cherity of the people.
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Dunkirk Evening Observer
Dunkirk, New York, US
Thu, May 14, 1891
Page 5
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Lyell H.
IA, USA 04 Jan 2018
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