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the pacific commercial advertiser (honolulu, hawaiian islands) 1885-1921 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1905-12-04
Location: honolulu, hawaii, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the pacific commercial advertiser (honolulu, hawaiian islands) 1885-1921 · 1905-12-04 · page 07
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1905-12-04 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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... en tertaining such as the little people are, measuring but 25 and 28 inches in height, weighing from 38 to 44 pounds, make a combination certainly out of the ordinary and something that the populace of this city should be very much interested in. The little people were taken to the United States and j exhibited at the World's Fair at St. Louis by Mr. Mark H. Evans, who se cured a contract from the Insular Gov ernment for their appearance there last year and was the only paying conces sion on the Philippine reservation. These tiny little bits of humanity just the size of dolls that your chil dren play with each day who ...

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