The Patient Bullet (sources)

• Ripley's 100th Anniversary Series: Strange Coincidences, by Ripley Entertainment, Inc., 1990 TOR Books, New York City, New York, USA. ISBN: 0-812-51286-3. Pg. 11 [A copy of this cartoon is shown in the following source!]
• "Successful 1905 Hoax Still Duping People," by Kimberly, page in the Old Spirituals website, posted 1-4-2019, viewed 5-15-2019. Online: https://oldspirituals.com/2019/01/04/1905-hoax/

1905 Reporting

• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Pittsburgh Press, newspaper of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Friday, March 24, 1905. Pg. 11, co. 1. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/141922990/?terms=%22stranger%2Bthan%2Bfiction%22%2Btree%2Bbullet
• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Jackson Daily News, newspaper of Jackson, Mississippi, USA, Friday, March 24, 1905. Pg. 6, co. 3-4. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/214575727/?terms=%22stranger%2Bthan%2Bfiction%22%2B%22marvelous%2Bcase%22
• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Manfield News, newspaper of Manfield, Ohio, USA, Saturday, March 25, 1905. Pg. 10, co. 5-6. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=14404791&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI5MTE1ODg4OCwiaWF0IjoxNTYzMzkxNTYwLCJleHAiOjE1NjM0Nzc5NjB9.iAYsmDjWTv4vowPU3KuXjyzrymu1nn-41KGb3pEWRXg
• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Hartford Republican, newspaper of Hartford, Kentucky, USA, Friday, March 31, 1905. Pg. 6, col. 1. Online: http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt70rx938j4t_6/viewer
• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Clifton Record, newspaper of Clifton, Texas, USA, Friday, May 5, 1905. Pg. 2, col. 1. Online: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth797388/m1/2/

1909 Reporting - All credit the "Honey Grove Signal" for the story

• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Monroe City Democrat, newspaper of Monroe City, Missouri, USA, Thursday, February 18, 1909. Pg. 3, col. 2. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/62924094/?terms=Ziegland%2Bbullet
• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Shelby County Herald, newspaper of Shelbyville, Missouri, USA, Wednesday, March 10, 1909. Pg. 2, col. 4. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/208157796/?terms=Ziegland%2Bbullet
• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Palmyra Spectator, newspaper of Palmyra, Missouri, USA, Wednesday, March 24, 1909. Pg. 4, col. 3. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/118172640/?terms=Ziegland%2Bbullet

1912 Reporting - Credits the "Honey Grove Signal" for the story

• "Stranger Than Fiction," article in the Wichita Daily Times, newspaper of Wichita Falls, Texas, USA, Friday, December 20, 1912. Pg. 17, col. 2-3. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/20729617/?terms=Ziegland

1913 Reporting - At least 55 US newspapers carried a version of the story in this year. At least 16 papers carried it on January 7; 15 of which mention "Honey Grove" as the location. At least 8 ran it on January 8; all set location as "Honey Grove". Majority of reporting is inthe first three months of the year; latest repeat is on August 28.

• Version 1 - "Fate Wrecks Its Vengeance With Long-Buried Bullet," article in the Buffalo Evening News, newspaper of Buffalo, New York, USA, Tuesday, January 7, 1913. Pg. 13, col. 4-5. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/352199429/?terms=%22honey%2Bgrove%22%2Bhenry
• Version 2 - "Pierces Planter's Skull," article in the Moberly Monitor-Index, newspaper of Moberly, Missouri, USA, Tuesday, January 7, 1913. Pg. 1, col. 5. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/4683248/?terms=%22honey%2Bgrove%22%2Bhenry
• "Bullet Fired 20 Years Ago, Kills Man Today!," article in the Buffalo Enquirer, newspaper of Buffalo, New York, USA, Tuesday, January 7, 1913. Pg. , co. . Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/326364513/?terms=ziegland%2Bbullet%2Btree%2Bjilted
• "Nemesis in 20-Year Wait," article in the Henry County Democrat, newspaper of Clinton, Missouri, USA, Thursday, August 28, 1913. Pg. 5, co. 6. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/495841665/?terms=ziegland%2Bbullet%2Btree%2Bjilted

1914 Reporting - Both report Henry Ziegland's name as "Grove Ziegland," without giving a time or location... so "Honey Grove" has mixed with Ziegland's name.

• Story presented in the "Scissorinctums" column, by Dick and Deak, in the Harris Comercial, newspaper of Harris, Kansas, USA, Thursday, November 5, 1914. Pg. 6, col. 4. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/483372328/?terms=Ziegland%2Bbullet
• "Reached Him After 20 Years," article in the Pittsburgh Press, newspaper of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Sunday, December 13, 1914. Pg. 40, col. 3. Online at the Newspapers.com website [pay service]: https://www.newspapers.com/image/143754782/?terms=Ziegland%2Bbullet

Mentions & Repeaters

• Mysteries of the Unexplained, 1982 - pg. 72. Got story from a Ripley's Believe It Or Not book.