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southern christian advocate (charleston, s.c.) 1837-1948 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1879-04-05
Location: augusta, georgia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: southern christian advocate (charleston, s.c.) 1837-1948 · 1879-04-05 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1879-04-05 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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... periodicals they are— Magazine, Visitor, Little People, and all. Surely, old and young, gentle and simple, will be delighted with this budget. Our Little People makes the eyes of my little four-year-old grand child dance with joy. The pictures, stories, poems, all are charming to the children. Let every child m this connection—and out of it, too, as far as possible—have these periodicals. It is positively a shame for any of onr Sunday-schools to take other publica tions to the neglect of our own, when ours are so excellent, and give no uncertain sound. The pabulum printed by our Sunday-school editor, for the children of the Church, is, in deed, food convenient for them. Let ...

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