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the guard (holly springs, miss.) 1842-1846 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1843-08-30
Location: holly springs, mississippi, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the guard (holly springs, miss.) 1842-1846 · 1843-08-30 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1843-08-30 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sulphur smell”. 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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... and slighMy impregnated with a sulphuric smell, but burning or otherwise not the least offen sive. Marriage in Lapiiw. It. is death in Lapland .to marry a maid without the con sent of her parents or friends. When 1 young man has formed an attachment to a I female, the fashion is to appoint theii friends 1 A 1 I 11. iu nitre 1, 10 oenoia ine two young parties run a race together. The maid is allowed, in starting, the advantage of the third part of ilhe race so thai it is impossible, except vol funtary, that she should be. overtaken. If fthe woman out-run her suitor, the matter is fended; he mast never ...

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