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evening capital news (boise, idaho) 1901-1927 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1912-11-24
Location: boise, idaho, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: evening capital news (boise, idaho) 1901-1927 · 1912-11-24 · page 15
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1912-11-24 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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... village folk called it the Haunted House. It was a mansion of stately build, approached from the main road by a sweep of imposing driveway. It was large and square, with a pillared porch. Its lofty front windows looked out across a once beautlful garden, laid out like the gar dens of Italy and France. But In the years of mystery and desertion, the garden, like the house, had fallen from grand magnificence into gentle decay. There were tangled masses of exotic flowers run wild. The box borders had been bitten out at intervals by the hungry winters of the past. There was a battered sun-dial, a dead fountain, a moss-covered marble seat, and mys ...

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