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kansas agitator (garnett, kan.) 1890-1905 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1898-10-21
Location: garnett, kansas, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: kansas agitator (garnett, kan.) 1890-1905 · 1898-10-21 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1898-10-21 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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... In all these wonders. Every haunted house, upon investiga tion, is found to contain a strange type of boy or girl. Such children have teen found to be the authors of church desecrations. They have been found loitering in village streets at night when church bells ring. A typical case is that of the haunt ed house at Yseures and the little girl who Is supposed to cause the trouble, though she never has been caught in any act. Thousands of people have visited this house. In the town Itself every one knows that the devil has taken possession of It. The mayor of Yseures and Doctor Boutet, the prin cipal physician, express themselves as ...

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