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the charles mix new era (wagner, charles mix county, s.d.) 1???-1911 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1905-10-13
Location: wagner, south dakota, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the charles mix new era (wagner, charles mix county, s.d.) 1???-1911 · 1905-10-13 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1905-10-13 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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... wh*di attend to it The wild man got men and women have recently tangled np with Theodore Berndt. iodniged, ft can welt be believed Theodore having liis hand bruia-1thattheyhave thrown aometfiing «d and the life nearly choked out of a chili, orer the tmsinraii. and of him,,.. A traveling man was therefore diminished inaamede the next tosufforhaving hisknee gree the Misaibat should other- "rbe S PS severely injured Whan the train wise attend it." come out with finally reached thia poiut, tbej With feelings of groatpleasure, jjj' wild piled up in one and of the car and the train «r«w ohaaed to the tope of the cars. At thia point the wild man waa captured ...

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