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the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1917-08-08
Location: missoula, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 · 1917-08-08 · page 01
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1917-08-08 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “giant bird”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... although the bones of the giant bird have never been un covered. There tire three known speci mens of the egg. but that exhibited here is considered the finest. zation has not sanctioned the latest demand for a wage increase and rat ,fied th new,y signed metal trados contract. A committee from the Anaconda lo cal of the International Mine Mill and Kmeltcrs Employes' union of which Charles H. Moyer is the international president, came to Butte today and notified the mining companies that they recognized the Metal Mine Work ers' union and asked the mining com panies to do likewise. The mining companies declined to do this, saying they would never recognize the new ...

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