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the weekly comet (baton rouge, la.) 1853-1855 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1855-04-01
Location: baton rouge, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the weekly comet (baton rouge, la.) 1853-1855 · 1855-04-01 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1855-04-01 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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... where Salem witchcraft sprung up. .Spirit, rapping., „till ex tensively prevade the same neighbor hood. What there is in this reigon, that so tends to raise Beelzebub, as an inquiry worthy of the most profound philosophical examination. R a piwo —from the Delta, it ap pears that the tablet have been rap ping otlt intfflJlgenoe In reference to the demise of the Czar of Ilus-ia. Ac cording to th# ghost of Napoleon Le Grand, invoked and consulted through a medium "the Czar has not yet ar rived iu this city, (what eity 1) he will be down by express mail train, at 4 o'clock. Setmtd dispatch, the Czar has just arrived, and taken rooms at ...

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