Quire of Frankfort Sets Kitchen Trap for Rat
In Frankfort a man set a kitchen trap hoping to capture a rat. The next morning he found a 14 pound 9 ounce groundhog in the trap, not the intended rodent.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1937
Page
8
In Frankfort a man set a kitchen trap hoping to capture a rat. The next morning he found a 14 pound 9 ounce groundhog in the trap, not the intended rodent.
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