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the commonwealth (greenwood, miss.) 1896-1923 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1912-06-21
Location: greenwood, mississippi, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the commonwealth (greenwood, miss.) 1896-1923 · 1912-06-21 · page 08
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1912-06-21 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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... ground the Indians captured the Wild Man, snarling and biting. They did not slay the Wild Man. but bound him dra Nath Ghosh. Her husband had been 111 for some months, and on Sun day. April 20, the medical man ehargo of Sarondra told Ills wife and famlly that he could not possibly live I more than half an hour His wife hear lng this, dressed herself tn costly clothing, painted her forehead alth vermilion and her feet with lao dye, las did the suttees of old, and offered prayer to the domestic Idol. Then sho poured some Ganges water Into the mouth of her unconscious husband and on leaving him drenched her clothes with ...

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