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daily kennebec journal (augusta, me.) 1870-1975 [microfilm reel] — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1898-04-04
Location: augusta, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: daily kennebec journal (augusta, me.) 1870-1975 [microfilm reel] · 1898-04-04 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1898-04-04 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “spirit rapping”. 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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... dates its beginning from the spirit rapping phenomenon at the home cd' John I. Fox in Hydeville, N. V., March til, 1S4S. This family traveled widely and soon was famous. "Mani festations." appealing as they did to the universal yearning for proofs of :i futuie existence and reunion with loved ones that had passed away, at once took a hold upon the minds of the peo ple on 'both sides of the Atlantic, and in face of tile opposing demonstrations of science and the obloquy inseparable from the presence of countless charla tans and swindlers, the thorough ac cepters of the new evidence of immor ality soon grew into a denomination, while all the other ...

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