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austin's hawaiian weekly (honolulu [hawaii]) 1899-190? — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1899-09-30
Location: honolulu, hawaii, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: austin's hawaiian weekly (honolulu [hawaii]) 1899-190? · 1899-09-30 · page 03
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1899-09-30 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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... an eloquent appeal for the little people as follows "Let England clearly understand what war in South Africa means.' The largest empire the world has ever seen will hurl its full force against a small state and about 30,000 men, including lads of 16 and old men of 60, without a standing army or organized commissariat. The entire little peo ple will have to resolve itself into an army of their wives and daughters, who will prepare the bread and meat the farmers will put in their saddle bags when they go to meet the enemy. Today the women of the Transvaal are demanding gun's that they may take their part in the last stand. ...

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