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the silver messenger (challis, idaho) 1890-1912 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1908-12-01
Location: challis, idaho, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the silver messenger (challis, idaho) 1890-1912 · 1908-12-01 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1908-12-01 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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... thought it was funny a wild man should be wearing a collar. It's my mistake. That's the wild man, I 'spose, on the 'earthrug?' 'He don't look wild enough,' Reddish. '"No; 'e's much too tame,' ses 'is wife, shaking her yaller curls. "The chaps all looked at each other then, and the wild man began to think it was time he did somethink; and the nearest thing 'andy being Ginger's leg, 'e put 'is teeth into it. Anybody might ha' thought Ginger was the wild then, the way 'e went on, and Mrs. Reddish said that even if he so far for got hisself as to use sich langwidge afore 'er, 'e oughtn't to before ...

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