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the salt lake herald (salt lake city [utah]) 1870-1909 — little people

Date of account
Newspaper page published 1903-12-13
Location
salt lake city, utah, united states
Source
Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference
the salt lake herald (salt lake city [utah]) 1870-1909 · 1903-12-13 · page 10
Rights
public_domain
Language
English OCR
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

A 1903-12-13 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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... childrentba ehUdreDt the t e little people of the Walter Jennings Jenningsfamily Jenningsfamily Tennin Tennintll7 family The library and dining room roomwere roomwer 1 were wer cleared for action and about at1Xty at1Xtylittle sixty sixtyMttle aixtylittle little people enjoyed a few hours of of4aAcI 4aAcI dancing acia An orchestra was stationed In the hall furnishing delightful music musicand mu muaDd musicand and In the other rooms tables were werespread werespread werespaead 0 I spread decorated with the reds and andgreens greens of the Christmas time ti A num ber of older 01 der friends trieD assisted ted in enter Mr J taining 1DJIaa the little people peopleMiss peopleM peopleeat eat eatMiss Miss M Florence Grant ...

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