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100 years ago July 4, 1921 FORT SMITH – Jim Ealinger, the "mystery man" of Fort Smith, who awakened from a three-year sleep here Friday morning, is steadily gaining strength and the control of his faculties, according to word from the county hospital this afternoon. Ealinger ate a big Sunday dinner and held a long conversation with attendants immediately after. The man is regaining the use of his limbs. He attempted to feed himself today. He was asked if he knew what he was eating, and then he named every dish that was fed to him with the exception of meat. 50 years ago July 4, 1971
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