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the morning news (savannah, ga.) 1887-1900 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1888-07-11
Location: savannah, georgia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the morning news (savannah, ga.) 1887-1900 · 1888-07-11 · page 5
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1888-07-11 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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... it. Naturally the cry of “haunted house” was raised, and. presently you could not have hired a neighbor to enter the house in the •tjav time. There were people living within a Quarter of atail® of the place, and by-and bv they began to tell some queer stories. On two occasion* parties of three or four went cut from the city to stop in'the house all night, but in each instance they were driven away by strange noises before mid night. T lived in a town forty miles from :the haunted house, aud consequently heard nothing of it. I had a case against an absconding treas urer. He bad the funds of a large and ...

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