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brownsville herald (brownsville, tex.) 1910-current — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1915-03-30
Location: brownsville, texas, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: brownsville herald (brownsville, tex.) 1910-current · 1915-03-30 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1915-03-30 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “wild man”. 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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... XII. A Photograph of the Wild Man. “And denied If he Isn't a white man?" continued Capt. Duncan Junea. recovering from the spell cast over him by the strauge apparltiou. “I thought wild men existed only In novels and dime museums. Hut hanged If that wasn't Ihe real thing! I'll And Ihe bova and tell them about It. We must capture that wild man and take It hums in a crate and sell It to some circus Captain Jones now listened Intently for some sound that would ludicate the loratiou of his safari ft nut which lie bad become sepaiated Somewhere In the Jungle were bis two friends, I .leutensiits Steele and Hodmau. both of ...

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