the river press (fort benton, mont.) 1880-current — spirit rapping
- Date of account
- Newspaper page published 1886-07-28
- Location
- fort benton, montana, united states
- Source
- Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
- Reference
- the river press (fort benton, mont.) 1880-current · 1886-07-28 · page 2
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English OCR
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
A 1886-07-28 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.
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention only... for occult manifestations,'once satisfied by spirit rapping, planchette, and ghostly manifestations, pandered to by ghost stories which are creating a furor, is after all only a revival. Forty years ago, in 1846, at the ultra refined literary recep tiens-of Lady Blessington, a young French girl, iatroduced by a friend of the hostess, laid-the foundation of her fr ture reputa tiont in fortune, telling. It was Mile. Le Normand, the modern pythoness. Lady r Blessington, who had been informed by her Parisian correspondent of the miracu lous gifts of her protege, determined to try her before she could have become ac quainted with any of the persons present, or even ascertain their names. Three men were ...
Historical context
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Modern context
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