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the citizen (honesdale, pa.) 1908-1914 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1910-01-14
Location: honesdale, pennsylvania, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the citizen (honesdale, pa.) 1908-1914 · 1910-01-14 · page 8
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1910-01-14 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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... the downwnrd sweep of a giant bird. When Latham alighted ho was smoking n cigarette, as usual. He declared ho could easily havo gone several thousand feet higher, as the conditions wcro Ideal. Paulhnn, tho Frenchman, yester day at Los Angeles, ascended In his bl-plane to a distance estimated nt least one mile. MORSE IN JAIL; HIS COMPANIONS Atlanta, Ga. When Charles W. Morse, onco looked up to as the great "Ice King," but now known only as Convict No. 2814, went Into the big dining hall vof the Atlanta Penitentiary this morning in his Ill fitting suit of rough blue clothes, he found himself the associate of ne groes, Indians, Chinamen and white criminals ...

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