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harrisburg telegraph (harrisburg, pa.) 1879-1948 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1918-05-21
Location: harrisburg, pennsylvania, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: harrisburg telegraph (harrisburg, pa.) 1879-1948 · 1918-05-21 · page 09
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1918-05-21 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “giant bird”. 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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... of swallows pecking at a giant bird of prey. Lufbery asked per mission to try against the monster machine and it was given him. 41 NAMES ON LIST OF WAR FRONT HEROES Three Killed; Ten Give Their Lives Through Wounds, Accident or Disease By Associated Press Washington, May 21.—The casual ty list to-day contained forty-one names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 3; died of wounds, 1; died of accidents, 7; died of disease, 2; wounded severely, 18; wounded slightly, in action, 2. were named as follows: Lieutenants Cyril M. Angell, Atter boro, Mass., and William K. Emor son, New York, killed in action; Lieu tenants Harry C. Colburn, Indiana polis: Alfred R. Metzger, Newark, ...

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