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montour american (danville, pa.) 1866-1920 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1909-04-15
Location: danville, pennsylvania, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: montour american (danville, pa.) 1866-1920 · 1909-04-15 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1909-04-15 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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... a bad impres sion. THE WILD MAN OP DANVILLE The famous wild man discovered by Heber L. DoWitt last Sunday promises to become an appurtenance of Dan ville, notwithstanding the fact that the stamping ground of the wild fel low is some thirty-flv miles distant. The above will ce made quite clear when it is explained thnt the wild man is already impropriated by the base hall editors and what they w 11 not do with hi i i- conjecture. No less a resoui ful b»-a ball scribe than James C. Is.iminger yesterday ex ploited the "wiltl man"in his North American stor\ on the "Mistakes ef Mackmen. Said Ie "Mack was a st .nil-patter after ...

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