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Curious mouse gets stuck in teapot spout

Curious mouse gets stuck in teapot spout

From a recent issue of The Strand, dated 1897: news of a mouse that ran into a bit of trouble in a teapot.

Mark Frauenfelder
Sep 19, 2024
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From a Photo. by Dann & Co., Reading.
From a Photo. by Dann & Co., Reading.

From a recent issue of The Strand, dated 1897: news of a mouse that ran into a bit of trouble in a teapot:

Mr. Chas. H. Heskins, of 94, Blenheim Road, Reading, was good enough to send in this extremely curious and interesting photo. The kettle, it seems, was a disused one, and stood for a long time on a shelf with the…

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