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May 7, 1908

May 7, 2008 |  5:00 am

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Above, an influential article by Harris Dickson appears in the Saturday Evening Post ... Below, the term "soul kiss" is 100 years old? Imagine that. What's this? The term "soul kiss" is attributed to Mary Pepper, a medium who is the pastor of the First Spiritual Church of Brooklyn, N.Y. Who knew? ... The Wright brothers fly 1,000 feet in their new aeroplane ... Sixteen bodies are found in Laporte, Ind. ... Click here for the Associated Press' update on the Gunness "death farm."

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And all this time I thought 'soul kiss' was first coined in Robert Downey's hilarious, 'Putney Swope' in 1969. Go figure?

Posted by: Arye Michael Bender | May 07, 2008 at 09:22 AM



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