BEAR'S HUG IMPERILS LIFE.
Swiss Photographer'* Wove! Idea Al« most Cost Life of tlto Village Belle. , ' Residents in a village on. Lake Constance, in Switzerland, were witnesses 3f an impromptu hugging match-recent- ; • ly, which almost cost the life of the village beauty- A local photographer, wishing to obtain an original design for an illustrated post card, persuaded a young girl, the village belle, to pose with a bear belonging to a wandering showman. The photograph was to represent the bear -caught in the act of Kissing the girl. The fcear gave the girl such a close embrace t^rfc Bhe fell senseless. It was some time t .or:: she recovered, . Fortunately no fc'- vps were broZies, _J^ _. ..____l ,
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 7
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117BEAR'S HUG IMPERILS LIFE. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 7
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