Another star has been placed in the United States flag on the admission of New Mexico to the Union as the fortyseventh State. The flag of the United i States will now consist of thirteen stripes on the one side (representing the original thirteen States of the Union) and forty-seven stars on the other (the number of States now existing). Lucas Nagy, of Szegedin, Austria, sold his skin to a foreign museum a long time ago for £32, the condition being that after his death and when the skin was removed the museum authorities should bury his body. He has now died at the age of eighty-five. On his deathbad ha begged fcjn reUttra»,ta gat the contract broken. -• -• «
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 60, 9 March 1912, Page 17
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118Page 17 Advertisements Column 3 Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 60, 9 March 1912, Page 17
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