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the lake county times (hammond, ind.) 1906-1933 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1922-04-12
Location: hammond, indiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the lake county times (hammond, ind.) 1906-1933 · 1922-04-12 · page 05
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1922-04-12 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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... treasurer the Associaion, "table moving, spirit rapping: and tho ouija board are things of the pat. Xew and start ling things are going to be revealed to us in this spirit world and the radio phone is going to do it." was caught and crushed in the wrcT Follcojnan Patrick Murr'iy. v ,1 t?i 7i .j -1 i. -..z I plosion n Lydia E.PintLam'a Private Text-Book upon "AUments x. Pecuiir to women" will be sent you free npon request. Writa who This book cca tains valuable information. ex- LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO XOX-RESfDEXT STATE Of INDIANA. LAKE COUN TY,. IN TiiJ I1KB 8UPERIOR COURT, SITTING AT HAMMOND, INDIANA 1ARCII TERM, 1922. CAUSE NO. 21613. ACTION" ...

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