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public ledger (memphis, tenn.) 1865-1893 — lake monster

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1867-09-04
Location: memphis, tennessee, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: public ledger (memphis, tenn.) 1865-1893 · 1867-09-04 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1867-09-04 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “lake monster”. 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 sensational-lake monster or no lake monster. The former now claims a wonderful boy who permits himself to be seen in several places at the Bame time, whose ubiquity is gravely vouched for by the usual number of respectable names, and over which the usual num ber of fools are highly excited. JJ The oldest locomotivo in Ameri ca was broken up in tho machine shop at Bangor, Maine, last week. It was ap propriately named the Pioneer,' and was one of the early machines built in England by Stephenson, the inventor of locomotives. It was built at Newcastle- npon-Tyne in 1835, and ran its first trip November Cih, 1S35 Its last work was done ...

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