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morning star (limerick, me.) 1826-1904 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-05-25
Location: boston, massachusetts, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: morning star (limerick, me.) 1826-1904 · 1853-05-25 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-05-25 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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... lecture in exposure of the *Spirit Rapping” delusion. H. WHITCHER. Rochester, May 5, 1853. For the Morning Star. Loss BY Fire.—On the 13th of this month, while absent at Bro. Turner’s in West Fowler, I was informed that the house where I lived was all on fire. Rushing to the scene of conflagra tion, I found the devouring flames fast consum ing what little of this world’s goods I had been enabled to accumulate; while the neighbors were exerting themselves to the utmost, to snatch a few things from the jaws of destruc tion, I was enabled to rush in and save a few things; but the most valuable were already in ashes, or beyond ...

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