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

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1911-10-06
Location: madison, south dakota, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the madison daily leader (madison, s.d.) 1890-current · 1911-10-06 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1911-10-06 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 soaring indefinitely, like a giant bird, has created the wildest excitement here, where eleven years ago the experimenting aviators were looked on as harmless imbeciles. The elder Wright—for he is the old est of-the world famed family as well as the least known—let slip the secret when he passed through Elizabeth City on his return to Dayton, O. after' spending ten days at the old ex periment station near Kitty Hawk. To Intimate friends he told of the marvelous invention, but he was care ful to say little of its construction hence its mechanism is still a pro found secret. While Mr. Wright did not go into details, those to whom he confided say ...

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