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fergus county democrat (lewistown, mont.) 1904-1919 — mysterious airship

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1909-12-28
Location: lewistown, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: fergus county democrat (lewistown, mont.) 1904-1919 · 1909-12-28 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1909-12-28 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 mysterious airship was reported to be hovering over a Massachusetts town last week. It might have been the craft of that New York publisher who paid Doctor Cook twenty-five thousand dollars for his north pole yarn. Commodore Peary says that he will now probably tackle the south pole discovery. It would be some joke if he were to find Doctor Cook perched upon that projectile upon his arrival. The celestial countenance of one Baron Munchausen must have turned sickly green cast when the Copen hagen tribunal of scientists made pub lic their decision. With Taft in one corner and Roose velt in the other, the Ballinger-Pin chot bout promises to ...

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