world war history : daily records and comments as appeared in american and foreign newspapers, 1914-1926 (new york) 1928- — little people
- Date of account
- Newspaper page published 1919-03-01
- Location
- new york, new york, united states
- Source
- Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
- Reference
- world war history : daily records and comments as appeared in american and foreign newspapers, 1914-1926 (new york) 1928- · 1919-03-01 · page 179
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English OCR
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A 1919-03-01 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “little people”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention only... by great ness, of the Little People, the little inarticulate beaten people of the byways. I stood in an awninged grandstand of personages: a governor, an ex-president, senators, congressmen, capitalists; a row of women, all identically and expensively corsaged in orchids. Two rows ahead of me the mother of a dead aviator suddenly crumpled into her fur coat and wept. The note of the requiem came up louder over the hill top. More women weeping, and from the men a great blowing of noses and then suddenly the vanguard of mounted police, and to the long solo note of the bugle the flag and flowered caisson, sym bolizing the boys whose feet has gone on, ...
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis OCR excerpt may mix reporting, humour, folklore, syndicated copy, editorial comment and witness claims. Newspaper title, date and original page remain available for source-critical reading.
Modern context
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