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evening public ledger (philadelphia [pa.]) 1914-1942 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1915-01-21
Location: philadelphia, pennsylvania, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: evening public ledger (philadelphia [pa.]) 1914-1942 · 1915-01-21 · page 08
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1915-01-21 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.

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... young, and by this system little people are prepared to become elders of quality and parts, fit to conduct tho system for the next supply of little people and so on, and so on, to the result that the race shall con tinue without deterioration which la prob ably tho only real business that a race has to attend to. At any rato, If It falls In this business It can succeed In no other, though It may keep Its head above water a long time. There is a slckenlngly close likeness In many physical particulars between un pleasantnesses of the primitive Jungle life and the Uvea of many people in the crowded, poverty-damaged, avoided ...

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