Double headed twin calf born near Dayton
A farmer near Dayton reported a rare double headed calf born on his farm last week. The animal had two perfect faces, eight legs, and bodies connected at the shoulders. it was born alive but died immediately.
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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
2
A farmer near Dayton reported a rare double headed calf born on his farm last week. The animal had two perfect faces, eight legs, and bodies connected at the shoulders. it was born alive but died immediately.
Report describes Far VanNatta ordering Frank Fritz to skin and bury a cow that had broken its leg. Fritz did the work for pay, then Charley McKinnis bought a poor cow and neighbors spread a rumor, prompting Frank to offer the dead cow job. The joke ends with the cow still alive.
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