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

Date of account
Newspaper page published 1919-03-22
Location
boise, idaho, united states
Source
Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference
evening capital news (boise, idaho) 1901-1927 · 1919-03-22 · page 4
Rights
public_domain
Language
English OCR
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

A 1919-03-22 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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... the very shadow of the haunted house. And In the haunted house with the woman who built It lived syco phants and toadies and cowardly schemers, who flattered the owner of the house and made a silly dupe of her. And the woman who built the haunted house died In a sanatorium, driven there by her own bitter hatred of her own kith and Atn. Haunted! Why, of course It Is haunted.' It was hound to be haunted from the very first day the first foundation stone was laid in hatred till the hour that the poor creature who built It died In delirious bitterness of heart. I have a friend who lives in a ...

Historical context

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Modern context

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