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

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1913-02-27
Location: augusta, georgia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: southern christian advocate (charleston, s.c.) 1837-1948 · 1913-02-27 · page 05
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1913-02-27 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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... Quarterly, Junior Les sons, Our Little People, Primary Teacher, Olivet Picture Cards, The Visitor, Boys and Girls, and Picture Rolls. The combined circulation of these periodicals is 1,747,700, an increase in the past ten years of 596,187. The most forceful way in which I can give a proper estimate of the literature for the past forty years is to mention some of the men who made it. Dr. Thomas O. Summers was the first Sunday school editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He began his work in Charleston, S. C., in 1851, on the Sunday school Advocate, after ward changed to the Visitor. In 1854 the Methodist Publishing House was established in Nashville, Tenn..

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