Psychic Observer N2 Sep 10 1938
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PSYCHIC OBSERVER SEPTEMBER 10thf 1938 M VMM TWO SEMI-MONTHLY Published by DALE NEWS, Inc., Lily Da % New York, U. S. A. 10 CENTS PITTSBURGH PASTOR KEEPS HIS "DEATH BED" PROMISE HiggilS FlayS SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO CLOSEST FRIENDS THREE DAYS AFTER HIS Keeler-Slate Writer "Fake" Mediums FUNERAL Rm s Fifty Years Service w ,hln lh ! 5 a the legitimacy of the com aunica- Press Grabs Story l-:.iifr«>n"s Dean Doubles! ' , * ?," "" '*" tion. (See Page 2) Newspapers from all parts of Many Prominent People I number of well known person- That Spiritualist mini* er was the country, press associations ill Education and ages have promised to return to Manifest Through His the Rev. Albert Joseph ^rey, a and reporters seized upon the in Parlor Ma°ic j earth in the spirit as soon after man apparently of Gen an de cident with the enthusiasm char Mediumship ° : "passing on" as possible. Several scent, deeply devoted to his acteristic of the press when some in Howard H. Higgins is the !of tnem nave m^de a pretty bad For more than a half century mess of k and left church and its adherent . His thing of a mysterious nature to •.•.in of Emerson college, a small ,' oehind them the spiritualist world has been onl closest friends were his nu se dur the non-Spiritualist hits the news. v u England institution which j >' controversy regarding the marveling at the work of P. L. O. ing his last illness, Miss E izabeth i -is degrees of bachelor of Lit- ' success or failure of their efforts The policy of the newspaper, in A. Keeler, and receiving solace r Graff, also a sincere Spit tualist, •nr> Interpretation and bachelor ° communicate with those they fluenced quite generally by the be and comfort from his medium- eft and his assistant in the church : nt>. Mr. Higgins spends some ' I behind. liefs of the editor regarding ship. He has been a constant work, Dr. George J. Lingc ihoel. i ,ns spare time while not teach- But on August 5 in Allegheny, Spiritualistic matters determines visitor at Lily Dale during the r- and guiding the youth at j»a>t a Spiritualist minister, of Funeral services for th< "dead" the treatment which such stories summer seasons in that period and i:n.vrson in lecturing for the Ked-, consiCierable prominence in that pastor were held in a N »rthside get. in the winter has made his home ! •.r i bureau. Kimball building, \ locality, made the same promise Pittsburgh funeral home on Au The New York Times reported in Washington, D. C. where he ''I icago. ill. One of the numbers j on his deatn bed and less than a gust 19, the sadness of t e occa the Rev. Frey's "death" and the has sat for world famous char A! .cli Dr Higgins is prepared to' week iater communicated with sion lessened by his pari honers' faith of his followers that he acters including senators, con -i »• for his listeners on the lec- those nearest and dearest to him. faith that their leader w uld re would return in a factual man gressmen, governors, foreign dip ' i;r»- circuit is "Among the Spir- The incident is closed. Affidavits turn to them from the "spirit ner tempered with a bit of lomats and others. Marked in- He starts off with a period , are in the possession of the world'' and continue to e their facetiousness born of skepticism stances of positive physical results .ii which he demonstrates his ! PSYCHIC OBSERVER attesting "guide." (Continued on Page 2) following sessions with 1hi m are ihiiity as a magician and in the many. William Henry Crowell of ..!'I»T part of his show he "e\- the U. S. Treasury Department in 4 •( -••>" fake mediums. the closing moments of a fatal ill Why Not Be Fair? ness wrote a will so poorly it could • Dr. Hiu'tfins did no more than not be read and died without affix • \ - and did it fairly and honestly ing his signature. Through a slate • -hould have no quarrel with writing Mrs. Crowell received a M.i'-ricians especially when legible transcription of the will • ' double as college professors, properly signed. It was the first 'interesting foik. Personally case on record of a will being 1 • lsa\e ne\er seen one who did written posthumously. :> Hii^ins' \Jek\ll and Hyde" Liliuokalana, the famous •» • lormance by 'Meaning" at a "Queen Lil" of Hawaii, while in ^ iiiMb \* w England college dur- Washington presenting claims to t . the day and mounting the lec- this country for territory confiscat plattorm tor a go at hats ed in Hawaii personally exhibited i : rahuits in the evening. |'or to President Grover Cleveland sev UOIMI of old Emerson. the eral slate writings she received ,^tees should increase the dean's and reported that the latter ex -. !-\ for w e Jei'l sure lie would amined them closely. She added .». much mon- value to the in- that her case received much favor -' "it ion it they kept him out ot able attention as a result. • entertainment field. The Old Excuse Attacks on His Mediumship ' is r\ir the excuse of those Mr. Heeler's slate-writing has att.iek mediums in general been attacked at times. Thirty ' . t onlv the take's, the illegiti- : years ago it was Hereward Car- : t- and the insincere ha\e any- rington, confidential representa • riL- to tear trom them and none tive of Prof. James H. Hyslop of • * the-e should object to their Kew York. Soon after this attack -;.,t -ments. The legitimate and the officers of Lily Dale Assembly Miicere should thank them tor conducted an investigation of his • if eiusade. they point out. mediumship. In*. HiUL'ins can liardly expect to In the yellowed files of the as '-• . pe criticism trom Spiritual- -' - althouuh he does so MI a let- sembly may be found this printed •: to the PSYCHIC1 OBSERVER. report dated July 25, 1908. In T'.e Fort Wayne News Sentinel in part it says: \\?.a' appears to he an unbiased "During the forenoon of Thurs ••port of Or. HiL-gtns" address he- day, July 23, 1908, Mrs. Hum it a club in that city says: phrey, president; H. W. Richard Or. Higgins was \ ery emphat- son, vice president; and George < m his statement that virtually B. Warne, treasurer, selected two ..'1 .so-called "Spiritualism" is from the center of a newly opened i.-»thing out unadulterated trick- bundle of slates at the general • : \ . performed by mechanical store of A. S. Dayton, placed up i ••ans by charlatans in a racket on the frames and writing surfaces ii 'ont. on Page 7) ("Editorial") of the inner side a special stamp, whose immediate duplication was an absolute impossibility. The TABLE OF CONTENTS What Is a Medium''" Maurice members went together to Mr. HARDANKLI Keeler's seance room in his cottage ^.•irjt" Photo.- — Dr. Edwin BOWr.RS b at Lily Dale. J- r, <Knc k CONSTANTINK 4 Vw-r Death — What?" Maurice I The morning sun was at its & .1 Kixiorr > 'j& S brightest and the single window, \r- Kur FORD Plans v r.i-tor FRKY RfMjnis 1-2 fc as well as door, stood wide open. h'lV'ht Approach" — Dr O. L. tt Each visitor wrote her. or his, own Hri-tt V »i( >l*DINI si.ifh^ht- "l name upon a separate slip of pa I . .'? MUCINS Attack . .1-7 K'LLKK—Slat* Writtr 1-3 per, folded it tightly and deposit ' •' r; MYKRS' Mt-riiumship . 6 ed it upon the table beside the W t.. n- arc tho MEDIUMS? . \-tral Project:. M"--Mt;LDOON.. 4 THE MESSENGER slates. No names of friends in '. \«r-.- XK'KKKSUN Article .. -PHUT' Paint"'-' »»y Preiinita- j Spirit life were at any time writ- S An inspired conception of the Christ created by A. G. I arned, noted New York artist and Spirit t.i'M , ten bv the sitters. Ann Ta\ lor Pl-tii- Trip 2 ualist at the suggestion of a Catholic priest who urgt I the artist to portray a \irile saviour i "Neither the slips, the slates, or FEATURES NEXT ISSUE rather than the anaemic, characterless Middle Age pictn es that have been accepted by the Chris () McINTYRK Writes — J.»hn J. Mr. Keeler's hands were for one >-\riI.l. — "Scuiice Knows?" tian faith as the image of its leader. Lacking the soulful eyes, waving hair, and sweet expression -:.!r>T Within" -Alfred H. Terry — instant out of sight of three pair -|in;*" Draviri?- by KOME—Mar- of the face, Mr. Learned* s conception of the Galilean fill most satisfactorily the priest's commis of watchful eyes." , la IK-Cou HICKS. sion. The title "Messenger" was presented to learned ' y a trance medium. i Continued on Page 3) I H vj^fev "f" f •M;V*"<«»* PSYCHIC OBSEF ER SEPTEMBER 10th. 1938 id PITTSBURGH PASTOR RETURNS AFFIDAVIT Graff and Lingenhoel Sign STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, COUNTY OF ALLEGHEIJY. Affidavits Asserting Fact of Before us, the undersigned sonally appeared Elizabeth Gra ^ l||ing Frey's "Spirit" Message C duly sworn according to law, d n» "On Monday, August 22, 4:30 o'clock P. M„ I received1 sitting) from Maude KUnfe at ^ York, in which I receive^ a d Maude Kline Is The Medium Rev. Albert Frey in w*46$ JNt IS *•» is Albert. I want to let (Continued from Page 1, Col. 4) conditions a lot better. :^ Xingenh fore, I come back and I' "l|H»HI Ml and the Times' usual staid humor.