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the kanabec county times (mora, mn) 1884-current — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1887-04-02
Location: minnesota, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the kanabec county times (mora, mn) 1884-current · 1887-04-02 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1887-04-02 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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... “Why do you call this Haunted House?” t “’Cause th’ use to be a haunted house here,” said the farmer. “I s’pose that’s the reason the place got its name. The house is on t’other side of the hill, but the haunt ain’t there no more, Least ways, that’s what they say.” “How did the house come to be haunted “Murder,” repeated the honest dairy man. “Fifty year ago a fam’ly lived in that house, an’ folks said they hadn’t a very good name. One night a ped dler stopped there, an’ he never quit a stoppin’ there, so folks said. By an’ by the fam’ly moved away. Another man bought the property, an’ went ...

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