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From: "cmarsters" <wxranch@airmail.net>
To: "BUD ROBINSON" <bud@pflash.com>; "Danny JR Richardson"
<danny@pflash.com>; "Frank H. Marsters, 111" <marstersco@earthlink.net>;
"Deniese Day" <deniesed@hotmail.com>; "Richard & Marty Darr"
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Carr" <brencarr@airmail.net>; "John E. Bennett" <bennettcpa@glade.net>;
"Larry W. Bass" <lwbthemarine@bigplanet.com>; "Dell T Balch"
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Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:08 AM
Subject: Fw: Word Merchants at their best...


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael D Ferguson" <mfe252@airmail.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 9:26 AM
> Subject: Word Merchants at their best...
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> >
> >  Tipper Gore, an amateur genealogical researcher, discovered
> >  that her husband's great-great uncle, Gunther Gore, a fellow
> >  lacking in character, was hanged for horse stealing and train
> >  robbery in Tennessee in 1889.
> >
> >  The only known photograph of Gunther shows him standing
> >  on the gallows. On the back of the picture is this inscription:
> >  "Gunther Gore; horse thief, sent to Tennessee Prison 1885,
> >  escaped 1887, robbed the Tennessee Flyer six times. Caught
> >  by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889."
> >
> >  After letting Al Gore and his staff of professional image
> >  consultants peruse the findings, they decided to crop Gunther's
> >  picture, scan it in as an enlarged image, and edited it with
> >  image processing software so that all that's seen is a head shot.
> >
> >  The accompanying biographical sketch was sent to the
> >  Associated Press as follows:
> >
> >  "Gunther Gore was a famous
> >  rancher in early Tennessee history. His business empire
> >  grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets
> >  and intimate dealings with the Tennessee railroad.
> >  Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to
> >  service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume
> >  his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in
> >  a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective
> >  Agency. In 1889, Gunther passed away during an important
> >  civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which
> >  he was standing, collapsed."
> >
> >
> >
> >
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