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the lafayette advertiser (vermilionville [i.e. lafayette], la.) 1865-19?? — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1894-08-18
Location: vermilionville, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the lafayette advertiser (vermilionville [i.e. lafayette], la.) 1865-19?? · 1894-08-18 · page 03
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1894-08-18 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. It was called the 'haunted house of Water street. Every person who had lived in the house for five years back had seen the ghost. Family after family had moved out on account of it, and finally the existence of the ghost became so well known no one would move into the house. It had been unoccupied for months, and having at last been condemned by the building inspector, it was soon to be torn down. i~i~i~I, II TOI, [M6T 19I;E& I I LO "The fact that Smiling Tomb Stegall was sleeping in the haunted house, where the neighbors would.aever seek him, convinced me that I was on the right track. I got from ...

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