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the sisseton weekly standard (sisseton, roberts county, s.d.) 1892-1929 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1908-08-07
Location: sisseton, south dakota, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the sisseton weekly standard (sisseton, roberts county, s.d.) 1892-1929 · 1908-08-07 · page 07
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1908-08-07 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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AEROPLANE FLIES LIKE GIANT BIRD Henri Farman Gives Demon* stration With His Heavier Than=Air Machine. Photographers Knocked Flat by Breeze Front Propellers When Farman Tests Moior. Farman Is Hugged.' During the brief space of time in •which the aeroplane was skimming over the center field of tjie race track, the few hundred spectators, most of whom were friends of the in ventor or rival aviators, watched the flight with breathless interest. The instant the trim looking machine land ed cheers rem the air—cheers far more enthusiastic and vociferous than those of a race track crowd. Farman was surrounded and literally huggeil by the jubilant aeronauts. Members of the Aero Club of America, under ...

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