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the breckenridge news (cloverport, ky.) 1876-1955 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1908-04-08
Location: hardinsburg, kentucky, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the breckenridge news (cloverport, ky.) 1876-1955 · 1908-04-08 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1908-04-08 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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... does not even resemble n giant bird cutting through space any more than an auto mobile resembles H horse It ie a vast human structure as evi dently a machine as a steam engine with Its spread of boxlike cells and whirring motor and place for the pilot In the middle Its flight through the air in long rising and falling curves as the motor varies Its power Is grace ful beyond measure but thoroughly human Just such a mechanical grace as that of a motor launch over a broad expanse of water Soon the sight will become as com mon as any other for men have found what Clerk Maxwell called In electric ity ...

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