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Mrs. Peter Geib grew an unusually large potato that resembled a human head. A traveling man insisted on buying it, and she sold the curiosity for 55 cents. The brief appeared among local news from the Boltonville area.
Kewaskum Statesman · Dec 17, 1910
Open the original newspaper ↗After the Lake View resort was refused a liquor license on land, its owners built a large scow half a mile offshore to sell drinks. The Neenah brief describes the floating saloon as their response. It does not establish that operating offshore was legally approved.
Kewaskum Statesman · Jul 17, 1909
Open the original newspaper ↗Lightning struck a pipe at a water tank and reportedly left nearby horses deaf. The animals no longer responded to shouted commands or “whoa.” The newspaper did not establish whether the hearing loss was permanent; the unusual report came from the town of Oshkosh.
Kewaskum Statesman · Aug 7, 1909
Open the original newspaper ↗The Wausau item reported that Mrs. Glovchaski’s life had spanned the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. It also described several generations of descendants. The game preserves the newspaper’s remarkable longevity claim rather than treating an old article as independent verification of her age.
Kewaskum Statesman · Feb 1, 1908
Open the original newspaper ↗Charles Erke’s fishing trip ended painfully when his catch helped upset his balance on a bicycle. He fell and broke his collarbone. The Fond du Lac report grouped his accident with other local mishaps under the printed heading “A Day of Mishaps.”
Kewaskum Statesman · Jun 2, 1900
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