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the grenada sentinel (grenada, miss.) 1868-1955 — mysterious airship

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1897-04-24
Location: grenada, mississippi, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the grenada sentinel (grenada, miss.) 1868-1955 · 1897-04-24 · page 5
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1897-04-24 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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... feed stuff. Kimbrough Perky. The mysterious airship has been seen in Grenada. One of our well known society young men took a head er from his wheel tho other night, and say* be saw it, as well as all the star* in the universe grouped about it. M M M M m D. 0. SEMMES, The Druggist, Killed high prices for drugs and medicines in Grenada. He still leads in Low Prices and good goods. Keeps everything usually kept by an up-to-date drug store. A constantly increasing patronage is con vincing evidence that this is the g] m People's Drug Store. g) RJ Do you trade here? If not. why not? M jn g| 0 ...

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