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the morning comet (baton rouge, la.) 1856-1856 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1856-05-17
Location: baton rouge, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the morning comet (baton rouge, la.) 1856-1856 · 1856-05-17 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1856-05-17 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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... become a convert to tbe spirit rapping humbug. He says be baa a boly horror of pine-wood spiritualism nnd psych"grephio mys tlccism."— Ttto«». 0 Without (be shadow of a doubt, more thing* have been said, for this eminenl naturalist, than he ever said himself yet he has been writing, and saying for, now, nearly a century. A few weeks ago, a scrap wns floating about, to the effect thnt the Baron bad given In his itdhemn to the onw spiritual philosophy. We dare venture one thing in refer ene«, to the matter, Tbe Baron, il a venerable old gentleman, with honors justly deserved, Weighing on his bead, and it may b« safely concluded, tbat be ...

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