From the August 12, 1910 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Cincinnati–Surgeons at the City Hospital believe that John Lohray, a cooper, who applied for treatment last night, has the largest nose in the world. The ponderous nasal appendage is 6 3/4 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide. It hangs over his lips and interferes when he eats or talks. Lohray is suffering from elephantiasis of the nose. The nose will be amputated.”