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the southern herald (liberty, miss.) 1866-current — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1886-02-27
Location: liberty, mississippi, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the southern herald (liberty, miss.) 1866-current · 1886-02-27 · page 5
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1886-02-27 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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... animadverted on the evils of "spirit rapping," which seems to have found its way into this com munity within the past few weeks. Southern farmers have a great lesson yet to learn, notwithstand ing tho experience of the last twenty years. It is the lesson which must be learned before pros perity can be adjusted on a solid basis. It is this: Raise all their own corn, meat all necessaries for home consumption and manufac ture every thing they need at home and on the farm, and stop depend ing upon tho North and West. The farm must be made self-sustaining beforo prosperity can be secured. To learn the lesson is to put it into ...

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