Spooktacular (Halloween spectacular) (1897, 1943)

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SPOOKTACULAR--392,000 Google hits
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OED? HDAS?
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_Thurl Ravenscroft_
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... additional appearances with Spike Jones. Most notably, he  appeared on the
record "Spike Jones - A Spooktacular". This  record was a ...
_rec.arts.disney_
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.disney?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Nov 12 1992, 3:05 pm by Mark Heiss -  9 messages - 7 authors
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     _Charleston Daily Mail, The_
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_Wednesday, September 08, 1943_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tacular"+AND+date:1943-09-08)  _Charleston,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tacular"+AND+cityid:5012+AND+stateid:102+AND+
range:1759-1945)  _West Virginia_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tacular"+AND+stateid:102+AND+range:1759-1945)   SPOOK-TACULAR.
I can think of no more promising way to  spend an enjoyable evening than
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     _Joplin Globe_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Z8Lm5Wnx+nuKID/6NLMW2v0Bqa0AiNdh+jtmKM0ogVLHiBf35r4+zA==)  _Thursday, March 23, 1944_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tacular"+AND+date:19
44-03-23)  _Joplin,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tacular"+AND+cityid:14369+AND+stateid:58+AND+range:1759-1945)  _Missouri_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="spook-tacular"+AND+stateid:
58+AND+range:1759-1945)   In-a-word  description of Simone Simon in "The
Curse of the Cat SPOOK-TACULAR.  There's
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     _Daily Times-News, The_
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May 31, 1945_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=spooktacular+AND+date:1945-05-31)  _Burlington,_
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_North Carolina_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=spooktacular+AND+stateid:68+AND+range:1759-1945)   A  SPOOKTACULAR performanc Emil
Coleman's lovely his time, any boss  unloneer would ave the ...
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_A  HALLOWE'EN PARTY._
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LAURA A SMITH. Christian Observer (1840-1910). Louisville: Oct 27, 1897. Vol.
 85, Iss. 43; p. 17 (1 page)
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Off came the black cover, disclosing a white one underneath, and the table
was lighted with banquet lamps, and vases of chrysanthemums ornamented the
places lately occupied by the "spooktacular" objects.

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