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the midland journal (rising sun, md.) 1885-1947 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1900-12-07
Location: rising sun, maryland, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the midland journal (rising sun, md.) 1885-1947 · 1900-12-07 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1900-12-07 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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... looked at the well-adver tised wild man. He started as if about to scream. Then he caught the wild man’s eyes, and they recognized each other. They both broke out in a big ha! ha! —the wild man laugh ing just like his civilized brother. The inanagement did not allow the two to get together, but hurriedly ejected the civilized brother. As the wild man had just received a raise of 50 cents a day, he was satisfied to let his brother continue to wander in the walks of civilization. The lobster is his own most deadly enemy. The young ones scorn all oth er food when they have a chaucc to eat cue another.—Science. ...

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