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

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1919-07-11
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 · 1919-07-11 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1919-07-11 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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... sion of the singing. The giant bird circled the tower two or three times. Oscar Gauper has received a letter from his brother Harold, recently returned from overseas service with the fighting Marines One of the first things that hap pened after he got across was his marriage to a young lady of Fargo, N. D. At present he is do ing land duty, and his wife has a postion as stenographer in the government service ah Washing ton Melvin Satre {rot back home Friday last via Sisseton. Owing to awashout on the Sisse ton branch he got only as far as Peever by rail, and from there home by car. Melvin is apparent ly ...

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