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the madison daily leader (madison, s.d.) 1890-current — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1910-11-23
Location: madison, south dakota, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the madison daily leader (madison, s.d.) 1890-current · 1910-11-23 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1910-11-23 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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... Behing Cow and Father Kills Giant Bird. Eoia, III., Nov. 23.—An eagle with a spread of wings of eight feet was killed by Conrad Urummell, when the big "bird of freedom" swooped down on his daughter, Anna Brummell, aged six, as she was playing in a pasture The child's screams aroused her fath er, w"ho dropped the eagle after using both barrels of bis shotgun. The eagte darted twice at the child, who ran for refuge beside a pet cow. Rebels Lose Fifteen Kilted. 101 Paso, Tex., Nov. 23.—It is report ed that revolutionists attacked the town of Parral, in the state of Chihua hua, and were repulsed with a loss of fifteen men. Three ...

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