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the butte daily post (butte, mont.) 1913-1961 — mysterious airship

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1917-09-17
Location: butte, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the butte daily post (butte, mont.) 1913-1961 · 1917-09-17 · page 11
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1917-09-17 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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... and Jury in Butts. I MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP. Helena, Sept. mysterious air* ■bip baa been reported several time» by persona in Helena Similar ac counts have been received here from Bureka and Kallspell. FAME SEASON ENDED Uvlngston, dept. IT. —The Yellow Stone Park season ande.l last Saturday. During the summer 32.500 persons Visited the park. This is 1,500 more visitors than In ltlt. Nineteen thou sand people toured the Wunderland in pri 'ate automobiles. BRAKKMAN IB BURNED. White fish. Sept. 17. —Fred Kucbwlg. k brakeraan. Is tn a serious condition la a local hospital as the result of a Peculiar accident. A lire occurred in tbe raboaee of tbs train upon which ,1k hrakeiaan was Working.

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