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press and daily dakotaian (yankton, dakota territory [s.d.]) 1880-1889 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1886-09-16
Location: yankton, south dakota, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: press and daily dakotaian (yankton, dakota territory [s.d.]) 1880-1889 · 1886-09-16 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1886-09-16 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sulphur smell”. 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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... tho mud, brackish water and sulphur smells. It will lie a long timo before it becomes known just how many persons In such calamities it.is found .out how generous human nature is. Aid Jias poured into the stTicken city from a} I ciuarters. Av muvwii The tall, hlijuder B'.4re of St. Philip's Tj Episcopal church stands the highest in the city. In its graveyard lies tho body of John C. Calhoun. On its site the first church in ST. PHILIP'S. Charleston was built, a structure older than the present one. Its beautiful tower is ruined. The most frightful sensation of all, however, must liavo been experienced by the train load of excursionists on their way ...

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