Owensboro, KY, United States
George Graham Vest. Established Owensboro's second newspaper, The Gazette, near here in 1852, with Robert S. Triplett, an Owensboro businessman. Vest was U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1879-1903. Author of world famous "Tribute To A Dog." This spontaneous oration in court in defense of a backwoodsman's
dog, "Old Drum," won case for the client and gained George G. Vest world fame. (Reverse) "Tribute to a Dog" - "The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have . . . the one that never deserts h
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