the lancaster news (lancaster, s.c.) 1905-current — little people
- Date of account
- Newspaper page published 1916-12-12
- Location
- lancaster, south carolina, united states
- Source
- Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
- Reference
- the lancaster news (lancaster, s.c.) 1905-current · 1916-12-12 · page 07
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English OCR
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A 1916-12-12 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... the Green Forest until the little people who live there only in the summer would never, never known it had they happened to have come hack. But rough Brother North Wind and Jack Frost had not come yet, and Old Mother Nature was busy preparing the Green Forest for them and urging all th" little people to hur-ry and make ready for them. So Happy Jack scampered down the Lone Little Bath and pulled over red leaves nnd yellow leaves and brown zEs.S fWji' .V* r ifW ggS Once Every Year, Came Merry Child and Song Would Cut Young Pirn I'sves to see what he could tlnu unaer them, and his heart was happy, lor ...
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
Contextual commentary · mention onlyLattice can compare reported features across periods while preserving uncertainty, OCR limitations and the possibility of conventional explanation, exaggeration, copying or satire.
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