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the forrest city times (forrest city, ark.) 1871-1919 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1897-04-23
Location: forrest city, arkansas, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the forrest city times (forrest city, ark.) 1871-1919 · 1897-04-23 · page 7
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1897-04-23 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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... gang, and long txdore the sulphuric smell passed away five convict* awoke from the shock to find Dent, on whom the cur rent stopped, dead and two others badly burned. n»tnn'.]'l Mall cl mum. The letters which pass between the Sikh police -and their friends in India nre, as a. rule, without et.-unps. The reason of this almost invariable, omis sion is that the native postmen have cu rious ideas about their duties. Within the town they may be trusted to duly deliver a native letter, but should the epistle be for some one in the coun try a few miles from the office, the postman, after going part of the way, throws the missive ...

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