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Young Rooster In Pickle Jug After Tornado(The story of a young rooster that Found itself in a pirkle by having been sucked into a pickle-jug is one of the takes of tornado freaks that have come into circulation following the North Alton tornado. Police Patrolman Barkley is authority for the tale. He frankly admits it sounds more like a “fish story than a chicken story but submit* names of Patrolmen Smothers. Tuetken, Austin and McCann. and a businessman, “Pete Elfgen, for verification.It seems that just as daylight was breaking on the morning after the big wind, the patrolmen and Elf-gen completed a tour of the strick-| en area with a trip to Alton Brick iCo. plant. They passed near State;' ' and Elm, and heard lusty and con tinued crowing from the rear ot the Buritwiter store. Exploring the rear yard of the store premises thinking there might be an overturned henhouse or other wind j damage, they came on a glass jug “It was a glass pickle-jar, with fairly wide mouth,” relates Berkley. Sticking out of the jug was the head of a rooster. It looked like a Rhode Island Red, but of quite small size for that sort of chicken. How the rooster could have gotten into the jug, feet first, even if blown in, was more than anyone could understand. Had the rooster gone in of its own accord, the feet would have been sticking out, not the head. We had to break the bottle to release the rooster. The bird quit crowing then and took off at top speed down the street towards a neighboring house.
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Alton Evening Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Sat, Apr 02, 1938
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