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the mountain echo (yellville, ark.) 1886-current — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1888-06-22
Location: yellville, arkansas, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the mountain echo (yellville, ark.) 1886-current · 1888-06-22 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1888-06-22 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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... Naturally enough the cry of “haunted house” was raised and presently you could not have hired a neighbor to enter the house in the day-time. There were people living within a quarter of a mile of the place, and by-and-by they began to tell some queer stories. On two occasions par ties of three or four went out from the city to stop in the house all night, but in each instance they were driven awav by strange noises 'bofore midnight. I lived in a town forty miles from the hnunted house, and consequently heard nothing of it. I had ft case against an absconding treasurer. He had the funds of a large nnd prosperous ...

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