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...then we learn from the Chicago Examiner that Harvard men, to save laundry bills, are wearing black accordeon-plaited dress shirts and black stocks. They will go several rounds, while their white cousins are good for but one dance or dinner. The author of this story is wasting the ingenuity of a great investor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AS WE ARE SEEN | 1/7/1914 | See Source »

...this class of phenomena. Spiritualistic Phenomena, (a). physical phenomena, such as table tipping; altering weight of bodies, etc.; (b), chemical phenomena, such as preserving men from fire; (c), direct writing, e. g. automatic writing of a pencil on a slate; (d), musical phenomena, e. g. automatic playing of accordeon, piano, etc.; (e), spirit forms, as of human beings. Spiritualism has arisen since 1848, and now the believers in it number about 20,000,000 persons. A commission, of which the lecturer is a member, has been established to investigate this subject, but it has not yet thought it wise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychical Research. | 3/4/1885 | See Source »

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