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people and patriot (concord, n.h.) 1883-1892 — strange footprints

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1889-05-09
Location: concord, new hampshire, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: people and patriot (concord, n.h.) 1883-1892 · 1889-05-09 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1889-05-09 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “strange footprints”. 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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... in the snow were traced Strange footprints where she stept, And through the camp a murmaur ran, “Some traitor guunrhas slept.” At night another soldier’s grave ‘Was measured in the snow For love’s sweet sake his duty failed, Yet love would have it so. [#rom W. H. Seal’s Visions of Night. Cottton Goods. The new ginghams and chamberys are, if possible, lovelier than ever before. The exquisite colors of French chinu are beau tifully reproduced in them in striped ef fects as well as in all-over patterns, with roses, lillies and other flowers in mono tone colors. There are also novel figures of various sorts, icicles, frost work, ir regular patches like small bits of ...

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