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south bend news-times (south bend, ind.) 1913-1938 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1921-05-13
Location: south bend, indiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: south bend news-times (south bend, ind.) 1913-1938 · 1921-05-13 · page 12
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1921-05-13 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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... This the Key? Magnetism, mesmerism, spirit rapping, the strange something that ft.en.fl te Fpeak to us stunt-times from the borderland between life and death, telepathy, mind-reading, the all across great distances of one soul to another shall we learn the key to these things now that we have discovered the electrons and tho secret of their vibration? Sunrise and sunset ftar shine and moonlight the wind the storm the ris and fall of mystcr- lou.s tielcs wa r fa mine pestilence renc faith and tho common weal of man is it possible that all these thinps nre made and marreel by the steady, regular heat and counterbeat of sem.ething which we in our amazed credulity ...

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