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edgefield advertiser (edgefield, s.c.) 1836-current — ghost apparition

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1892-10-13
Location: edgefield, south carolina, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: edgefield advertiser (edgefield, s.c.) 1836-current · 1892-10-13 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1892-10-13 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “ghost apparition”. 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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... hour of midnight-the season for ghosts, apparitions and hobgoblins -by a howling ruffian crowd and subjected to all the tricks and pranks and extempore inventions that may. chance to pass through the mirds of his hilarious tor mentors such a -being "bumped" until he sees the "seven stars," or is sent on imaginary urgent' er rands, or in all his Freshman innocence enticed to go on a "snipe hunt," and being led into a dismal swamp it becomes his 'duty to secrete himself with bag in hand and await developements; and lo! to his utter consternation it soon develops that he is "all alone" with nothing' to keep him company but the towering trees and ...

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