The Clairvoyant of the Bee Hive
A self-proclaimed prophetess operating out of the Bee Hive lodging house in Walla Walla claims to be drawing large crowds.
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The Twentieth Century Prophetess at the Bee Hive lodging house—that is what she is called by the people of Walla Walla. Have you been to see her? The great lady clairvoyant; if not, you ought to, for she is certainly the greatest wonder that has ever visited this city. Her powers are wonderful and can only be compared to supernatural. She is astounding everyone that comes to see her; they all go away wondering over such great powers. She said to a reporter and others today that had to be turned away for want of time to wait their turn: 'I can't help it, it is too bad that I cannot accommodate them but I will try to accommodate them first when they come back. When I take their dollar I am going to tell them all I see for them, and give them value received and more as many tell me I do. I am honest in my work. If you are desirous of having your psychic powers developed which are now laying dormant within, you should at once see her and make arrangements for a suitable hour as she has many pupils. This power I have developed and chosen as my calling for to make people happy and instructing them in regards to their business and domestic happiness.'
“When I take their dollar I am going to tell them all I see for them, and give them value received and more.”
In an era of rapid modernization, many turned to spiritualism and 'psychics' to navigate personal anxiety and economic uncertainty. This local profile captures the intersection of early 20th-century folk-mysticism and urban life.
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