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the daily chieftain (vinita, ind. ter. [okla.]) 1898-1902 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1900-04-16
Location: vinita, oklahoma, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily chieftain (vinita, ind. ter. [okla.]) 1898-1902 · 1900-04-16 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1900-04-16 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “little people”. 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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"I love these little people, and it is no small thing when they, who are so fresh from 'God, love us." Old Curiosity Shop. How they troop before our men tal vision these children of Dick ens' imagination! And what personal affection and sympathy we feel for them all. To some of us they have been our familiar friends since childhood. We reck on David CopperfieJd and little Emily among our earliest and dear est remembrances. Long before we were old enough to read the book for ourselves we eat around the hearthstone on winter evenings and listened in rapt and sleep less attention while th-e story was read aloud. David is a ...

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