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carson city daily appeal (carson city, nev.) 1907-1930 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1918-01-21
Location: carson city, nevada, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: carson city daily appeal (carson city, nev.) 1907-1930 · 1918-01-21 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1918-01-21 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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Is he one of the really little people that are forgotten ODyg Ver cent of the time when public affairs are discussed? By no means. The new senator is a "banker and attorney," the usual thing Consider for ten seconds the fact that it is considered anarchy, or at least stupid radicalism, to suggest that there should be sent to the senate at least a few of the human beings that make up 98,000,000 in a population of 100,000,000. "The little people don't know enough to be senators; they must be represented by their intellectual superiors, says eminent financial respectability. That's what they used to say in Russia, under Nicholas. In France, under Louis XVI. a- ...

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