Haunted Houses in Chicago Put to the Test by Psychical Society
At a Western Society for Psychical Research meeting Chicago doctors discuss over 150 haunted houses in the city, most tenantless due to local belief in ghosts. Dr A Reeves Jackson says the number may be larger and the group plans to rent houses to investigate whether phenomena are natural or supernatural. He doubts true hauntings exist but would credit two witnesses if corroborated. He notes imagination fuels such stories and outlines future reports from the committee.
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Chicago Tribune
Western Society For Psychical Research
A. Reeves Jackson
Chicago
Tribune
Jackson
Hans
Waukegan
Friends of Psychical Researdh
Joint-Snakes Thicker Than Rattlesnakes in Missouri
The author recalls joint or glass-snakes in Missouri since 1839, describing their size a finger to eighteen inches, velocity through grass, and vivid recollections of catching and breaking one into pieces, with the tail flipping in a horse hoof track.
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Missouri
Col
Cincage Inter Ocean
Ouri
Wwe
Findlay’s Gas Boom Turns City Into Natural Gas Haven
A century old Findlay tale describes eleven gas wells, a giant Kaig well shooting a seventy foot flame, and the town’s boast of “The City of Natural Gas.” Gas lights streets, heats homes, and attracts factories while speculation grows on piping gas to Toledo.
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Findlay
United States
Kaig
Blanchard
Niagara
Toledo
Baig
Ohio
Henry Howe
Only an Engineer Killed on Mississippi River Bridge
The Detroit Free Press recalls engineer William Ruffin of Water Valley Mississippi who died saving his train after a rail was removed on a Talabatchia River bridge in Mississippi. The wreck killed Ruffin. crew and passengers survived.
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William Reffin
Detroit Free Press
Illinois Central Railroad
Talabatchia River
Mississippi
William Ruffin
Water Valley
Favorite Remedy Claimed To Cure Kidney Disease
A Springfield letter dated March 22, 1884, from Lyman praises Dr. David Kennedy and his Favorite Remedy for kidney disease after a decade of suffering. He reports relief after using twenty-two bottles and urges others to try the medicine, noting widespread endorsements and urging use of the letter for public benefit.
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Davil Kennedy
Bandout
Uni
Crawford
Main
Union Streets
Springfield
Must
David Kennedy
Rondout
N.Y
Deas
Mary People
Br. David Kennedy
Lyman
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Boston
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U. 8
C. I. Snow &Co
Patent Office
Washington, D.C
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Gale
Morck
Druzgiat
H. S. Thomas
Methortist Church Wants
Ayer
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Hass
Second Street
Savings Bank
Nelson Grenland
BOYD
Jivery
Springfield Manufacturing CO
Hickory Street
T. W. McNett, Alext
Greenland's
Front Street
Episcopal Church
Warren
P. Greenland
Water Street
Episcopal C Church
High Street
Beween Hazel and
Laurel
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Lake Shore
National
Syracuse
Dupont Powderco
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