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las vegas morning gazette (las vegas, n.m.) 18??-1881 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1881-02-19
Location: las vegas, new mexico, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: las vegas morning gazette (las vegas, n.m.) 18??-1881 · 1881-02-19 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1881-02-19 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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... Willie Moore. The host of little people kept time to the music of the orchestra, and turned and twisted about the hall in a manner that would havo done cred it to older people. They were al masked, and now and then a wee lit tle tot would halt and look around in a dazed way. Several of the party were so small, it seemed as '.though they were just about learuiug to walk, and on several instances, two or three of them just turned back their heads, and vawned as though it were a relief. After tho promenade they all indulged in a dance, and then the marshalled host, that would have captivated any ...

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