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the evening world (new york, n.y.) 1887-1931 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1922-07-15
Location: new york, new york, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the evening world (new york, n.y.) 1887-1931 · 1922-07-15 · page 12
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1922-07-15 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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... thoy would be at the haunted house. "Well," said Archibald, rub bing his head, "something must have happened." The love in her heart made her glance at him with amber eyes. It seemed the auto must be wrecked, but Lena did not care it was not hers. "Bam!" Lot us return to old Grocer Hosklns! He sat in his store thinking. The society women had assured him the culprit who kicked him when he bent over would be found, but society wom en are very unreliable and -Hosklns knew it. "I wonder!" he murmured. Lady Hotchklss took a pickle from the barrel. "Just t'nmk," ehe said. "Once upon a time this was a little cu ...

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