Jackson County IA Archives News.....Freak of Nature February 11, 1865 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com November 28, 2010, 11:59 pm Dubuque Herald February 11, 1865 Dubuque Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, February 11, 1865 FREAK OF NATURE- The Maquoketa Sentinel of last Tuesday, says: A few days since Mrs. Otto, a German lady, who resides ten miles west of Maquoketa, gave birth to two female children, perfect in all respects, and whose bodies are firmly united together from the base of the abdomen to the upper part of the sternum, or breast bone. They lived but a few moments after their birth and weighed 13 lbs. They were purchased by Dr. Willberger, who attended the lady; And the Dr. brought them to the Photographic Art Gallery of Mr. A. D. White and Mrs. F. Snyder and had a negative of them taken, and photographs will be printed in a few days so as to accommodate all who may desire them. The Dr. has secured a copyright on the pictures, so that they can only be purchased from the Dr. or his agents. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/newspapers/freakofn156nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb