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

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1922-04-03
Location: philadelphia, pennsylvania, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: evening public ledger (philadelphia [pa.]) 1914-1942 · 1922-04-03 · page 06
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1922-04-03 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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... alone. BRYAN ASSAILS ATHEISTS Seme Little People Knew Mere Than Geologists, He Says In New Yerk New Yerk.' April 3. William Jen nings Bryan's "(ted nnd Evolution" lecture wns delivered yesterday at the spring rally of the Old Tent Evangel Committee of New Yerk at the Hippo drome. Mr. Bryan denounced Darwin, ng nnitics, college professors, atheists nnd monkey leveru in thunderous tones. "Great people lived before they had j geology," Mr. Bryan Informed an in- j terrupter. "It la mere important te knew 'The Heck of Ages' than the ages of tin rocks. Seme mighty little people knew all the ecoleglsts knew. "Great men lived before they had astronomy," he. continued, "when it college ...

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