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Thanks to John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch for providing the idea for Amanuensis Monday.
Articles like this one are what distract me from my appointed task of reviewing microfilm for obits at the library. How can you not love this one? Read on...
Worcester Daily Telegram. Friday, September 10, 1915, page 9.
SPIRITUAL MEDIUMS AND CLAIRVOYANTS
They Organize the Liberal Thinkers Educational Society to Meet on Every Sunday
Spiritual mediums and clairvoyants of Worcester have organized a new society which will be called the Liberal thinkers educational society.
The society will meet every Sunday at 2 o'clock and 7, in Malta hall, 306 Main street. The meetings will be open to the public, and the men who have organized the association are arranging a program of seances which promise to be better than any ever seen in Worcester. Table-lifting mediums, message carriers, and all other kinds of spiritual experts will take part in the seances every Sunday, starting Sunday.
The society was started by M.B. Magoon, 21 Clinton street, and so far the membership is large enough to warrant meetings in public. Mr. Magoon is president of the association, and A.A. Kimball is vice president. Other officers have not been chosen. Directors are Drighton H. Dow, Frank Ellis and C.H. Stewart.
Mr. Magoon said, last night: "We have been at work a long time to bring about the organization of such a society or association, and at last our plans have materialized. The society will be non-sectarian, and the meetings will be open to the public. No admission fee will be charged, but we will have a silver collection at every meeting. The guests may give if they please, but we do not force them.
"We will stage some of the best seances ever seen in Worcester, and we are busy engaging mediums and trance experts from all parts of New England. We will also have some speakers at our meetings, and they will choose their topics from spiritual, socialistic and general topics. I mean socialistic, because we will have some socialists here to speak.
"The founders of the society are practically all what is called spiritual healers. This is a new science, but it is prospering in Worcester."
Gottcha! See, this one sucked you in too. Now get back to work!
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4 comments:
These kinds of articles are my desert, reward for plugging through the rest of those old papers. LOVE EM!
Carol - You are so right! They are a treat. I guess the same principles apply. Enjoy a little, but don't get carried away!
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Thank you for posting this. I enjoyed it and it made me feel better about how easily I get distracted when I'm going through old newspapers - I see I'm not alone!
Oh no, you are not alone. I start reading, and before I know it I've totally lost track of my time. It is so easy to get sidetracked.
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