Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 17 1131-17-p045

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410 ALEXANDER D. MEBANE due southeast of Houghton, where the display was described as “a shower of shooting stars that filled the northern horizon for several minutes; the stars same out of the west toward the east, and when they first appeared were so thick as to resemble sparks thrown from a locomotive.” According to the Escanaba Press, the end of the world was apprehended by many —a common reaction to the awe-inspiring sight of the procession. Both observations are correctly dated and are...