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the granite farmer (manchester, n.h.) 1850-1853 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-03-09
Location: manchester, new hampshire, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the granite farmer (manchester, n.h.) 1850-1853 · 1853-03-09 · page 8
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-03-09 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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... well satis fied that the 'rapping spirits' were all hum bug, and that he ,was safe from any other com munnications with his shrewish vrow on this earth. l THE GRANITE FARMER. Havana Beauties.—Mr. Fuller, of the N. Y. Mirror, in one of his letters home, don't give us a very enchanting idea of feminine loveliness, at Havana. Hear him: At a private ball, last evening, I had an opportunity of seeing the flowers of Havana in their fullest evening glory. Many of the young ladies were very beautifully and most exquisitely dressed but the older ones were remarkably ugly. After forty, they fade and wither, and dry up, or fat up, and become brown ...

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