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the dawson news (dawson, ga.;dawson, georgia) 1889-current — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1910-03-30
Location: dawson, georgia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the dawson news (dawson, ga.;dawson, georgia) 1889-current · 1910-03-30 · page 07
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1910-03-30 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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... was ten cents per mile.” WILD MAN IS ON REFORM. Deserts Cage and Follows Plow in Pierce County. A reformed wild man is working on a farm recently purchased near Hoboken, in Pierce county. This in formation may be somewhat out of the ordinary, but it is the truth, de void of any trimmings. Just how and why this wild man took to the farm is more than the Herald representative could ascer tain. Suffice to say that he did; and that’s not all-—he carried with him his speiler. The information doesn’t say what became of the horns, tusks, ete., used in the wild days. The former wild man dressed in his carnival days as ...

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