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kentucky irish american (louisville, ky.) 1898-1968 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1901-03-02
Location: louisville, kentucky, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: kentucky irish american (louisville, ky.) 1898-1968 · 1901-03-02 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1901-03-02 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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... Fitzgerald Miss Blanche Mitch ells little people will dance the minuet the following taking part in the fancy drill cake walk and grand finale intro ducing fairies firefilles flowers and beau tiful electric tableau Josephine Byrne Hattie M Gallagher Lillian Nevin Flora Fisel Laura Hurst Henrietta Bolt Julia Bolt Leota Bierach Ruth Schwab Marguerite Paxton Margaret Hurst Esther Bader Lucille Sanders Alma Stedman Mary Doyle Ruth Schwab Philip Connell Lincoln Doyle Daniel White Charles White J C Fisel Philip Haager Norman Steinau Henshaw Waters Next will be the Lincoln Song ren dered by a number of little people who have been carefully trained for this event by Miss Mary Gorman They are as follows Lillian ...

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