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the columbia herald (columbia, tenn.) 18??-1935 — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1902-12-26
Location: columbia, tennessee, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the columbia herald (columbia, tenn.) 18??-1935 · 1902-12-26 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1902-12-26 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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... He Is Making For the Little People. Old Santa Claus has had a busy time here this week. Besides visiting the little folks at their bouse", he has had constant calls from the various Sunday schools and has acted the Piince Boun tiful indeed. First Baptist Sunday School. The little people of this Sunday school decided to reverse the usual -.:..iV.!o(,hnotmllll and TllflV Santa Claus themselves. So at their Sunday school iasi oaiwj... an attractive program of songs and ia-l: .w1 an QllirnU hV tile recuaiioiis u ,ii pastor on "U if t Giving," a collection was taken up mj u "i"",utu purchase of gifts tor little people, whose homes Santa Claus does not always ...

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