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phillipsburg herald (phillipsburg, kan.) 1882-1905 — winged man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1890-02-28
Location: phillipsburg, kansas, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: phillipsburg herald (phillipsburg, kan.) 1882-1905 · 1890-02-28 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1890-02-28 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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... Etruria, Greece, and Egypt, the winged man headed bull of Assyria, the human-headed harp of old Ireland, the griffins of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, the centaurs of the Greeks and the ancient Picts, and the wyverns of the heraldry cf northern Europe. "It was," the arch aeologist exclaims with bitter grief, "our only polyform monster, our only one; it was in a perfect state of preservation, and a blundering brute of a naval officer made it a target for gunnery practice. Oh, inexplicable folly! Oh, irremediable loss!" Fortunately it has been thoroughly described by a gentleman who seems to have been perfectly competent for the task, and who understood its real charac ter. J.

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