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It'Bntwa-DAISYofllt;iHEARS FROM THE-tIVmid’e iLa iSPIRIT WORLDGets Into CommunicationWith Other Land Af'tciEleven Years.‘ftf*1■XIHUSBAND TELLS STORYWeak Minded Fellow Becomes All Right onReaching GoldenShore.!MASSILLON, O., June 3. .After holding sittings” for 11 years ' in an effort to get into communication with the spirit world, Mrs. Daisy M. Burd, 35, wife of Sylvester Burd, 60. a wealthy real estate dealer, has 1 succeeded, according to the state-; ment of her husband.Burd says that since the death. 30 years ago, of a little daughter by his first wife, he has been investigating spiritualism and is now convincedthat communication can be establishedwith the spirit world. He says hehas taken courses in two colleges andhas attended all of the best lectures in the country.Burd declares that for 11 years hiswife invited messages from spirits.Three months ago, she first heard from them.| A pencil was placed in her hand and she sat ready to write. When the spirits finally possessed her, he says life wife s hand moved violently over 1 the paper. The marks were unintel-; ligible but as time passed they formed themselves into letters.i As soon as Mrs. Burd comes under complete control of the spirits, her husband says, she will not use pencil and paper but transmit theirmessages orally.During the three months that Mrs. Burd has been in communication with the spirit world, the husband says, his wife has talked with 1,600 persons, many of whom were strangers.Some were old residents of Massillon, who had been dead many years.One spirit that came, Burd says, was that of a former eccentric resident of Massillon, who was called Cheese Fritz.” Tn life he w’aa supposed to have been simple minded. Burd said Cheese Fritz told him that when his spirit left this plane, his mind became perfect and that he Is now all right.A message that covered two andone-half typewritten pages was received from another man who died here 10 years ago. The spirit described heaven as a beautiful placewhere spirits mingle with friends andrelatives.
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Canton News Democrat
Canton, Ohio, US
Sat, Jun 03, 1911
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