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american citizen (canton, miss.) 1864-1890 — vanished suddenly

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1876-05-13
Location: canton, mississippi, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: american citizen (canton, miss.) 1864-1890 · 1876-05-13 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1876-05-13 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “vanished suddenly”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... eyeballs, and all the world vanished suddenly, as one blows out a candle, into dark noth ingness. They lifted her up and laid her on the sofa, Madeleine's hot tears falling oh her head. And they saw her face, as it had bsen the face of an angel. Philip bent down and kissed her brow, his bosom thrilling with strange an guish, and oh! inconsequent heart-v. pvith blind regret. It is farewell," said he. What remains is easily imagined. There were yet many hours of pain be fore the safe calm of sacrifice could be attained, many supplications for par don, many tearful assurances of regret and remorse, before the Sacrifice was made perfect by ...

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