Porcupine Punctures Car Tire in Saco
Stanley Hurd found a flat tire on his coupe in Saco Maine. The puncture was made by porcupine quills embedded in the tire casing.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
5
Stanley Hurd found a flat tire on his coupe in Saco Maine. The puncture was made by porcupine quills embedded in the tire casing.
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Girls of the Queen Esther Missionary Society meet in the First Methodist church parlors at 7 o clock to rehearse the pageant to be presented Friday October 16.
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A London inventor secures a patent for a walking stock containing a complete crystal radio set with phones and collapsible aerial, enabling portable wireless reception on the move.
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