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ellsworth american (ellsworth, me.) 1855-current — mysterious airship

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1897-07-01
Location: ellsworth, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: ellsworth american (ellsworth, me.) 1855-current · 1897-07-01 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1897-07-01 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “mysterious airship”. 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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... a meteor; though possibly that mysterious air-ship w hich was cavort iug about over the western plains may have come dow n to take a bird’s-eye view of the Fine Tree State the gem of Cncle Sam’s broad domain. The Lewiston Journal, commenting on the “piHZza cold” reported by The Amer ican’s West Franklin correspondent, thinks that it is a disease which “should be treated by the minister, and not bv We»t Franklin correspondent now H-k1 “Would it make any difference if the cold was contracted on the doctor’s piaz za?" Well, yea; we should say that in such a case the doctor might be called upon to administer the treatment, but not in a ...

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