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fergus county democrat (lewistown, mont.) 1904-1919 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1905-02-28
Location: lewistown, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: fergus county democrat (lewistown, mont.) 1904-1919 · 1905-02-28 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1905-02-28 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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... who was so impressed by spirit rapping that his head had be come ns much turned ns the table whose waltzings used so to delight him. lie desired his brother, the poet laureate, to give up everything to prop agnte spiritualism. Frederick told tlio old story of an unmusical girl made to play music by invisible Influence and of a stout old gentleman who was sud denly picked up and whizzed through the thickness of solid walls all In a moment to he found In a courtyard of a house a mile and a linlf distant whose gates were closed nnd locked. The poet did believe there was some thing In spiritualism—there is a ro ...

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