[meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1955 Meteorite Lands Near Villiscan, Iowa (?)
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:40 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV83huJPSPRKX00004dd7_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C334DE.0D433C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Council Bluffs Nonpareil =20 City: Council Bluffs, Iowa =20 Date: Saturday, July 23, 1955 Page: 6-C The Week's Mail section, noted as "The warm and interesting events in the= lives of Iowa residents as reported by the Nonparell correspondents or r= ecounted by columnists in other newspapers." Stars really fell for a Villiscan recently, according to a story in Villi= sca Review. George Rhamy of Villisca reports that what appears to be a meteorite fell= right in his garden. The stone, triangular in shape and about 3 1/2 inches long with a base 2 = inches in length on each side, seared a path through several hills of tom= atoes, beets, and beans. The ground was baked around where the stone fell and a sulphur-like odor = came from the hole it made when Rhamy pulled it up, he reported. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C334DE.0D433C00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Title: Council Bluffs Nonpareil </P> <P>City: Council Bluffs, Iowa = </P> <P>Date: Saturday, July 23, 1955</P> <P>Page: 6-C</P></B> <P> <= /P> <P>The Week's Mail section, noted as "The warm and interesting events= in the lives of Iowa residents as reported by the Nonparell corresponden= ts or recounted by columnists in other newspapers."</P> <P> </P> <P>= Stars really fell for a Villiscan recently, according to a story in Villi= sca Review.</P> <P>George Rhamy of Villisca reports that what appears to = be a meteorite fell right in his garden.</P> <P>The stone, triangular in = shape and about 3 1/2 inches long with a base 2 inches in length on each = side, seared a path through several hills of tomatoes, beets, and beans.<= /P> <P>The ground was baked around where the stone fell and a sulphur-lik= e odor came from the hole it made when Rhamy pulled it up, he reported.</= P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line = archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C334DE.0D433C00-- Received on Tue 17 Jun 2003 03:38:00 PM PDT |
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