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Oddities and discoveries flood a busy Bellefontaine column
A scattered packet of curiosities fills the column from the Bellefontaine region. A 1685 John Bunyan will is found near Tarpon Springs. divers feud over a giant sponge. a Williamsport theft from a dying man. a Kansas City widow aged 127 recalls Revolutionary era life. a 10 foot eagle pursues a balloon. self surgery in Muncie. a chicken leg replaces a lost wooden limb. a typewriter wedding in North Dakota. and more such daring, bizarre, and human-interest notes across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Ohio
John Bunyan
Mra
Covington
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Gulf
Nicholas Andrews
John Bastonias
Epinge
Williamsport
Ernest Grimee
Wirks
Grimes
Nancy Mason
Kansas City
Guy
Virginia
Washington
Mississippi
Stevena
Leo, Stevene
A. Holland Forbes
New York
Pittsfield
Masa
Atrosa
Connecticut
Orange-on-the- Sound
Mr. Forbes
Berkshires
Joseph F. Black
Muncie
Ind
Lewis Iyer
Winsted
Conn
Charles Histed
Joy
Til
Histed
Ives
D. Cole
White Lake