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daily yellowstone journal (miles city, mont.) 1882-1893 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1886-05-22
Location: miles city, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: daily yellowstone journal (miles city, mont.) 1882-1893 · 1886-05-22 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1886-05-22 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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THE FOX SISTERS' SPIRIT RAPPING." Three SOh.bster Olrls Whe oBeame F" meos -The Pbemomoas t 1848. To western New York belongs the dL tinction of having originated modern I Spiritualism. The initial "spirit-rapping" phenomena began in March, 1848, in the family of John D. Fox, in Hydeville, Wayne county, New York. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Fox only their two younger children, Margaretta, 12 years old, and Kate, 9 years old, were at home when the family were startled by mysterious rap pings that were heard nightly upon the floor of one of the bed-rooms, and some times In other parts of the house. They endeavored to trace the sounds to their cause, but ...

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