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Mystery of Twin Trees.a^cnr Alcona, In northern Iowa, there nre two trees united In « curious jnnnnor. They mo soft inn pies, and nre joined ulmut oljurht feet from the ground, ly a connecting Unit it little more than four feel long and six Inches In diameter. Peak's Island, u noted sen-side resort two tidies outside of Portland, Me., possesses another line example. The twin tree Is a line wldc-sp re tiding elm, perfect In nil Its limbs, a little over 100 feet high. Its two trunks are substantially one. atthe base, but they separate n few feet from the ground. About twenty-live feet from the base the trunks nre about live feet npurt, and are connected by u horizontal branch-ltke projection. The connecting link Is about a foot thick, Is perfectly round, and of uniform thickness from trunk to trunk.How It Starts.An argument, said Uncle Ebon, generally starts by yyin' to do a friend a favor, an’ telllu’ him something he didn’t know.
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Grand Rapids Tribune
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jul 04, 1918
Page 8
Full Page
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Judith R.
USA 06 May 2018
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