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Monster rattler dominates along the Wabash river
Reports from Grayville Illinois describe the giant rattlesnake roaming the Wabash river banks, attacking Brey farm property for hours, bending a 50 pound iron bar, and destroying rails and hedges as farmers wage a tense battle with the feared reptile. Also tall tales of a guardian bantam rooster nursing ten pointers and a woman miner passing as a man in Washington county stir local headlines.
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Boonville
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Grayville
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Rattlesnake Bluff
Carmi
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