Ghost reports in Tonawandas as propaganda, transcribed article (Buffalo Express, 1920-06-15).jpg
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Ghost reports in Tonawandas as propaganda, transcribed article (Buffalo Express, 1920-06-15).jpg
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**Ghost reports in Tonawandas as propaganda**
**They accept resignations, but the men are still on the job.**
*Special to The Buffalo Express*
North Tonawanda, June 14. That the recent ghost reports in the Tonawandas were part of the chamber of commerce campaign in behalf of the merger project was admitted tonight by Police Chief John F. Ryan. The ghost idea was evolved by the chamber, he said, and the stories of a ghost were reported by various members of that organization.
According to chamber's plan, it is said, the ghost was supposed to end his visits last night, whereupon a newspaper article would appear tomorrow in which it would be stated that if Tonawanda would give up the ghost for North Tonawanda in the merger project, North Tonawanda would give up the ghost for its sister city. Just how this would influence the vote on the merger proposition, which takes place tomorrow, was not explained.
Despite a newspaper announcement today that the ghost had given himself up to Chief Ryan last night, which the chief denied, a large number of persons hung around Sweeney cemetery tonight in hopes of seeing the apparition.
**They accept resignations, but the men are still on the job.**
*Special to The Buffalo Express*
North Tonawanda, June 14. That the recent ghost reports in the Tonawandas were part of the chamber of commerce campaign in behalf of the merger project was admitted tonight by Police Chief John F. Ryan. The ghost idea was evolved by the chamber, he said, and the stories of a ghost were reported by various members of that organization.
According to chamber's plan, it is said, the ghost was supposed to end his visits last night, whereupon a newspaper article would appear tomorrow in which it would be stated that if Tonawanda would give up the ghost for North Tonawanda in the merger project, North Tonawanda would give up the ghost for its sister city. Just how this would influence the vote on the merger proposition, which takes place tomorrow, was not explained.
Despite a newspaper announcement today that the ghost had given himself up to Chief Ryan last night, which the chief denied, a large number of persons hung around Sweeney cemetery tonight in hopes of seeing the apparition.
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1920-06-15
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“Ghost reports in Tonawandas as propaganda, transcribed article (Buffalo Express, 1920-06-15).jpg,” North Tonawanda History, accessed October 21, 2024, https://nthistory.com/items/show/3916.