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the bossier banner (bellevue, bossier parish, la.) 1859-1952 — vanished suddenly

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1882-04-13
Location: benton, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the bossier banner (bellevue, bossier parish, la.) 1859-1952 · 1882-04-13 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1882-04-13 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “vanished suddenly”. 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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... to his tail. Then he vanishes suddenly some day. That is all. Perhaps he is flung into what anglers know as the Bow-wow Pool, near the bridge, a sweet morsel for pike. When the country dog fulfills the adage that every dog has nis day, he generally ob tains a decent burial. The boys with whom he has romped plant dog-violets over his grave, and write his epitaph, appropriately enough, in dog-Latin.— London Graphic, A Horse's Private Hark. Dr. Bender recently made an incision into the left shoulder of a fine horse be iging to Mr. H. Hess, the Superin ident of Street Service in the intro duction of our water works system, and removed ...

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