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the golden age (atlanta, ga.) 1906-1920 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1913-05-29
Location: atlanta, georgia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the golden age (atlanta, ga.) 1906-1920 · 1913-05-29 · page 10
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1913-05-29 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “haunted house”. 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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... far and near, as “the haunted house.” Leading by this haunted house was a new road which was very rough with low growth and small stumps. The two brothers and the carpenter thought this would be a golden oppor tunity to have some fun —to give the young people a fright that would long be remembered —would be the finest of sport. They made a dumb-bull. This was made by tightly stretching and tack ing rawhide over each end of a hol low gum. A hole was made through the rawhide; knots were then tied in a rawhide string, then rubbed well with pine resin. By pulling this string back and forth through the gum, ...

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