The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-05
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BY the Mechanical Man

| felt like a great many others yes
terday-too much carnival.
| appeared on Palafox street yester-
day afternoon, as / agreed | started
my adventure by taking the East Hill
car ride. After returning to the bust
ness section of the city L Immediately
started to get busy. After walking
about q block, / was approached by
AN elderly gentleman who wore a
black suit and black fedora hat. He
asked me if l knew where the Blount
building was. / directed the gentle
man to the Blount building, and walk
ed up the street until i came to the
postoffice. ] stepped inside and mail
ed some letters As / came out of the
postoffice there We're two ladies
standing on the steps talking.
passed them. heard one of the ladies
ask: -
! Have you seen anything of that
Machinery Man of the Morning jour,
nal?"
From the postoffiee l crossed the
street and stood on the corner for al
least five minutes. Unnoticed, wan
dered down the street until | came
to the next block and stood and
watch sd some 7aen lead the carts with
| confetti The streets looked very
| much forsaken There was nothing
| unusual happened, with the exception
that everybody was busy cleaning VI
| and getting ready for business again
i walked around on a side street
| and visited a picture show, hoping to
| find some people, so / could start some
| thing worth writing about, but to my
| surprise / found very few people in
| the house. One gentleman in partlc
| uIar who attracted my attention, anC
| bC T cd yUafnbsa5 close
| " while / was impersonating me
| chanical wax figure, was present. The
| gentleman | am about to describe
| if he reads this article. will regret the
| opportunity of getting the $25, wheI
/ he finds out | was sitting within
| few seats of him.
| He was a large fieshy man, smooth
! face, wore gray suit and large
black hat The next time | see him
| will ask him for a match and II M
reads this article he will have gooT
/ chance of getting the money
After leaving the picture show
| returned TO PalafoX street, and pun
chased a cigar of a gentleman in tn
Brent building. He was adorned Wit
| light curly hair, wore white shlr
| without coat, and a black tie. Asl
the man if he can recall any peculla
| individual who purchased cigar II
! the afternoon. | mention these tW'
| gentlemen because | think they VII
be able to recal seeing me during m
afternoon adventures. | want some
one TO make it interesting for me. an
that is the reason l mention thes
occurrences. Some of the people
tell of should remember my disguise
7 trust by tomorrow / will be abb
TO turn a trick that will so lnteres
the whole city that everybody WI
+ be arrayed with a morning Journal.
You must carry the latest copy G
the Journal to capture me. The col
ditions are as follows:
i If YOU have the latest copy OF In
! Jourpal and find a man you think
the Mysterious Mechanical Man, ~
preach him and say: "Tou are n
Pensacola Journals Mysterious MI
chanicaI Man."
If you are right. the Mwsteriou
Mechanical Man will willingly go wit
YOU to The Journal for complete Joel
LITIGATION.
If YOU want 10 make so easy,
; will pay you TO look for me, and carr
: the latest CODY of The Journal.
, will appear sometime between IN
| hours specified for my appearance
. every day this week. Read The Jou
, nal every morning. as | will cut som
! didoes that will astonish the entlr
community and you will wonder no
! I did them