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CHESHIRE FARMER’S DELUSION. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, June 9. An inquest at Cheshire revealed 497 articles in a local farmer’s stomach. His family had no suspicions that he was swallowing things until an operation on Tuesday revealed 200 nails, 43 gramophone needles, six teaspoons, six brace buckles, some money, three door keys, a live revolver bullet, three pen knives, ten safety pins, six bolts, a buttonhook, a motor car tyre valve, four studs, nine screws and seven curtain rings. The evidence showed that the man had a delusion that his stomach was too smooth. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 June 1933, Page 7
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