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the meridional (abbeville, la.) 1856-1906 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1887-11-12
Location: abbeville, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the meridional (abbeville, la.) 1856-1906 · 1887-11-12 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1887-11-12 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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... and none other." Table talk-Spirit rapping=. Grumbling About Work. These days we hear a wonderful sight of complaining and grumbling about hard work. If we believed half we hear we would conclude that our people are terribly hard work ed. The farmer has no end to his talk about hard work. The me chanic complains as if he did all the work of the country. The store keeper talks about being tired out standing around on his feet all day. The woman who does a little sewing fusses about it as if she had a hard and dreary lot. The housekeeper speaks about breaking her back when she sweeps up the house and cooks a ...

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