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helena weekly herald (helena, mont.) 1867-1900 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1884-06-12
Location: helena, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: helena weekly herald (helena, mont.) 1867-1900 · 1884-06-12 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1884-06-12 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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... the «lay judgement; and the sulphur smell Suggests, along with other things, climate rattier warm for springs. restful as a twilight song The land where every lover hath spring, and every spring a path lead love pleasantly along. Oh, there lx* waters, not of springs— The waters wise King David sings. Sweet is the b .'»id thatjovers eat In secret, sang on harp of gold Jerusalem's high kirg of old. stolen waters they an* sweet Oh, dear, delicious piracies Of kisses upon love's high seas! old traditions of our rai e Repeat for aye and still repeat The stolen waters still are sweet when King David sat in place. All purple robed anil crowned in ...

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