Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1910 — Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins Also Saw Halley’s Comet in 1835. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins Also Saw Halley’s Comet in 1835.

Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins, who was 82 years of age on Jan. 10th, also saw Halley’s comet in 1835, and although she was only 7 years of age at the time, she recalls it quite vividly. She was living in Ohio and recalls that there was considerable excitement and that some people thought the end of the world was at hand.