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the jeffersonian (stroudsburg, pa.) 1853-1911 — winged man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1873-02-27
Location: stroudsburg, pennsylvania, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the jeffersonian (stroudsburg, pa.) 1853-1911 · 1873-02-27 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1873-02-27 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “winged man”. 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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THE WINGED MAN. Faglln, the Bird-Man of Anvergne A Singular Story. Paris has a Revue des Marveills, and. if all its articles are as startling as a re cent contribution from the pen of Mr Haruois Condamine, it certainly has goo f claims to the title. This geutleman has discovered actual evideuce of a new de parture among the human race by which man is eventually to take to himself wings aud fly through the air. The ap plication of faith in the Darwinian theory of the selection of species to the pheno mnnon that Mr. (larnois Condamine de scribes is all that is necessary to foiecast an ostrich like creature ...

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