Newspaper Test

77 entries in Newspaper / Newspaper Test

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Tom Sellers	An Advertisement Trick	spectator cuts ad out of newspaper, it is divined	Related to Want Ad Test (Tom Sellers, 1972)	1931	Sellers' Secrets	13	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Theodore Annemann	Help Wanted in the Dark	ads are cut from newspaper and sealed in envelopes, light is out and content of two ads is revealed		1934	SH-H-H--! It's A Secret	4	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Dark Room Effects
Stuart Robson	The Twentieth Chentury Newspaper Test			1935	The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 4)	16	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Theodore Annemann	Two Mindreading Publicity Effects	center tear presentation as newspaper test or living/dead test	Related to A Mental Test Revamped (Herbert Hood, 1936) The Secret (Joseph Dunninger, 1940)	1935	The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 6)	24	→ Paper / Center Tear → Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Arthur Johnson	Cards and a Newspaper	ace cutting method used for newspaper prediction		1935	The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 13)	63	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces
E. D. Wolff	Astral Ad	ads cut out of newspaper put in envelope, one chosen and word in it chosen, divined		1940	The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 78)	509	→ Newspaper / Miscellaneous → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
H. C. Mole	Mixed Mystery	letter cards chosen, word selected from newspaper with number addition, letter cards arrange magically in chosen word		1940	The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 112)	665	→ ABC Cards / Miscellaneous → Newspaper / Newspaper Test → ABC Cards / Prediction
Al Baker	The Saturday Post Feat	using memory		1941	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)	227	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Theodore Annemann	Headline Hunter	magician's choice strategy		1941	The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 151)	883	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Propless / Equivoque
C. L. Boarde	Hot News!			1945	The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 89)	361	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley	The Crystal Ball	spectator sees selected word fro a newspaper clipping in a crystal ball, change bag		1947	Gems of Mental Magic	59	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Props for Productions, Vanishes & Changes / Changing Devices → Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator
Vern Schoneck	Ad-O-Matic	playing card is moved over ad section in newspaper, force, prediction		1948	The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 144)	579	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs
Bob Somerfeld	Paper	code		1948	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)	12	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Propless / Coding / Using Assistant → Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy
Harold Braunhut	Ad-Venture	an ad from newspaper is chose, content divined and written on slate		1948/27	Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 5	170	→ Newspaper / Miscellaneous → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
George Schindler	Newspaper Test	carbon paper in newspaper		1949	The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 189)	757	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Fred Peterson	Puzzle of the Pages	word isa selected with the aid of a business card, that has a hole punched through to read one word, card is moved on page and stopped	Variations Whose Hue (Bob Somerfeld, 1951)	1951	The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 221)	882	→ Book / Magazine Test → Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Book / Book Test
Fred Peterson	Pins	forcing word on newspaper, pushing a pin through	Related to Pinned (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1949)	1951	The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 222)	888	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Jaks' Subtlest Secret	word is encircled on clipboard	Related to Want Ad Test (Tom Sellers, 1972) Variations Jaks' Secret (Al Mann, 1982) Also published here Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1961) Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 2014)	1951	The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 223)	890	→ Clipboard → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Bob Somerfeld	Whose Hue	prediction of two words	Inspired by Puzzle of the Pages (Fred Peterson, 1951)	1951	The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 225)	900	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Milbourne Christopher	Pinpointed Image	pin in sheet of newspaper, performer divines word		1952	One Man Mental Magic	4	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Jack Yates	Clip Line	newspaper clipping, some lines from top and bottom are cut away and the cross total of the remaining lines leads to a line which is divined	Related to The Clip Line (Al Mann, 1982)	1954	Minds in Close-Up	7	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Divination → Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Jack Yates	Astral Headline	medium divines words from newspaper		1956	Minds in Duplicate	24	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy → Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
The Amazing Maurice	Newspaper Ad Test	five ads are cut from a newspaper and put on a board, one is selected and divined by performer		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	23	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Dr. Jaks geistreichstes Geheimnis	word is encircled on clipboard and divined	Also published here Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	1961	Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse	59	→ Clipboard → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
David Hoy	Our Correspondent in...!	folder with several headlines, mentalist divines selected one		1963	The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust	15	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
David Hoy	Plastic Folder Force	spectator rips out a piece of paper from a folder, which holds a collection of newspaper headlines		1963	The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust	15	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Newspaper / Prediction
John Hudak	Printer's Demon	phoned medium reveals content on a page on freely selected newspaper, see p. 874 for credit information	Related to Life Liberty Or - (James G. Thompson Jr., 1944)	1967	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2, No. 3)	77	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Propless / Phone Effects
W. G. Prunty	Simple Newspaper Test			1968	Newspaper Magic	83	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Ian Mikby	Algol's Ad	ad selected from newspaper is predicted, cutting strip of newspaper when spectator says stop		1969	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4, No. 5)	247	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Edmund Rowland	News Test	newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper	Related to Paradox Papers (Martin Gardner, 1971) Century 21 Prediction (Danton, 1976) Variations More News (Bill Logan, 1972)	1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6, No. 10)	440	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Joe White	Classified Ad Prediction			1972	Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 7	60	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Paul Siegel	Dart Delirium	word from a newspaper is selected by throwing a a dart, word appears on slate		1972	Doorway to Delusion	32	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Games / Darts → Slate / Appearing Writing
Tom Sellers	Want Ad Test	apparently contents of newspaper ads memorized (Stanley Jaks presentation), see also p. 565	Related to An Advertisement Trick (Tom Sellers, 1931) Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7, No. 7)	520	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Propless / Memory Stunts / Miscellaneous
Bill Logan	More News	newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper - The Folding Force	Inspired by News Test (Edmund Rowland, 1971)	1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7, No. 8)	525	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Robert Schwarz	'X' Marks the Spot	prediction of a word chosen in newspaper, marked with an x behind back		1974	The Compleat Magick - Volume 1 (Issue 96)	478	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Richard Lyn	Stock Answer	stock prediction from newspaper, spectator encircles any part of page with eyes closed		1975	The Compleat Magick - Volume II (Issue 128)	638	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Alan Shaxon	Climax Newspaper Test	prediction, clever way to force a piece of a torn newspaper		1976	Practical Sorcery	40	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Danton	Century 21 Prediction	headline prediction, Koran's binary prediction	Related to News Test (Edmund Rowland, 1971) The News Force (Al Mann, 1982)	1976	The Compleat Magick - Volume II (Issue 159)	791	→ Newspaper / Headline Prediction → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Underlined Thought	line from newspaper is underlined and divined, two methods		1977	The Photon Shield	9	→ Clipboard → Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Al Mann	The Word in the Circle	word on newspaper is encircled and performer removes same paper, with same word marked from his wallet, carbon paper		1977	The Photon Shield	10	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices → Paper / Envelopes / Carbon Paper Envelopes
Neil Poliakoff	Fire the Boss!	adds from newspaper are torn and sealed in envelopes one is selected and content divined		1977	The Compleat Magick - Volume II (Issue 184)	917	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Divination → Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Cicardi	Mind Snap	variation of Koran's binary newspaper		1978	The Compleat Magick - Volume III (Issue 218)	1087	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves, Alvin Stine	To The Dogs	newspaper test over phone by Alvin Stine with a special issue of NY Times		1979	Interlocutor (Issue 40)	160	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Propless / Phone Effects
Barrie Richardson, Eric Mason	Newspaper Mind Reading	one word written upside down		1982	Pabular (Vol. 7, No. 7)	1066	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Chain of Thought	from three pieces of newspaper, performer divines three words		1982	Six Columns	14	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Want Ad Mystery	word from a want ad section is selected and divined		1982	Six Columns	18	→ Book / Magazine Test → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Longest Word	how to make fake want ad sections for thought divination		1982	Six Columns	19	→ Book / Magazine Test → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Code	spectator choses a column of a newspaper, performer divines content, dit-dah Morse-type coding	Related to Al Mann's "The Delphian Oracle" 1983 Miracle Department (Flavian, 1982)	1982	Six Columns	1	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Pencil Reading
Al Mann	Jaks' Secret	several spectators circle words on a sheet of newspaper, performer divines them	Inspired by Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	1982	Six Columns	4	→ Clipboard → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	Power of the Press	newspaper is torn and a piece selected, performer divines content	Related to Robert Nelson's "Tele-Thought" 1930 Easy-Do Tele-Thought (Al Mann, 1982)	1982	Six Columns	8	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Al Mann	The News Force	newspaper torn into 16 squares, one is selected and content predicted	Inspired by Nirvana Nos. (Fredric Kolb, 1939) Related to Century 21 Prediction (Danton, 1976)	1982	Six Columns	10	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The "Impact" Ad Mystery	want ad pages are torn and put in a bowl, three spectators select a piece and think of a word, all are divined		1982	Six Columns	20	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann, Max Andrews	Coded Headlines	coding a card with a newspaper		1982	Six Columns	22	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
Al Mann	Easy-Do Tele-Thought		Related to Robert Nelson's "Tele-Thought" 1930 Power of the Press (Al Mann, 1982)	1982	Six Columns	25	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Mann	The Clip Line	variation on Albert Spackman's "Clip Line"	Inspired by Clip Line (Jack Yates, 1954) Predicted from the Papers (Tom Sellers, 1960) Related to Clippoline (Thomas Alan Waters, 1979)	1982	Six Columns	20	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Al Mann	Haunting Headlines	newspaper page is selected and headline is circled, prediction in envelope		1982	Six Columns	23	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous → Paper / Envelopes / Switching with single Envelope & Two-Way Envelopes
Al Mann	Pegasus Page	first selected page of a newspaper is predicted then it vanishes and appears in envelope, two versions	Related to Whim of Tituba (Theodore Annemann, 1939)	1982	Six Columns	26	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Paper / Traveling
David Britland	News Flash	word in newspaper, carbon		1982	Spell-Binder (Vol. 1, No. 11)	200	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Thomas Alan Waters	Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test	torn newspaper, prediction of words, general comments		1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test)	383	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Thomas Alan Waters	Duplicities	prediction on slate, several methods to add duplicate force pieces and switching pieces		1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test)	385	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Thomas Alan Waters, Edmund Rowland, Fred Lowe, Robert Harbin	X-Positions	page is torn in sixteen parts and a piece selected, analysis , ideas on headline predictions	Related to Edmund Rowland in Warlock's "Pentagram" Vol, 7. No.2. P. 11. Fred Lowe in "New Pentagram" Vol. 4, No. 1. P.1. Robert Harbin in "Abra" Vol.7, No. 181. P. 387.	1983	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 2: The Newspaper Test)	392	→ Newspaper / Headline Prediction → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karl Fulves	Deluxe Headline Reading	No. 21, four spectators tear off sections of newspapers, put in envelopes, performer divines contents and makes matching drawings		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	42	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Karl Fulves	Almanac Affinity	No. 79, spectator removes page of newspaper and adds all four page numbers, number used to look up word in almanac, forced, two handlings		1985	Self-Working Paper Magic	142	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Numbers / Number Forces → Book / Book Test
Karrell Fox	"Good Newz"	newspaper torn into pieces, spectator selects one and remembers word on it, it is divined		1988	My Latest Book	80	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Karrell Fox	"Easy Reader"	page from newspaper selected, then a torn section, picture on it described, repeated several times		1988	My Latest Book	86	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Stewart Judah	Judah's Newspaper Ad Trick			1994	More Greater Magic	1058	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Alexander de Cova	2. Wortvorhersage			1994	Secrets No. 1	126	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
David Harkey, Eric Anderson	Scatterbrain	page of newspaper torn according to spectator's wishes until piece remains, word chosen on it, predicted, bluff		1997	Ah-ha!	15	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality → Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show
Karl Fulves	Personal Effects	"New Maps", rectangle torn from newspaper is divided into grid, spectators circle words in the ads, performer later divines them	Related to To Guess Four Cards thought of by Different Persons (Unknown, 1876)	1998	Mutus Nomen	52	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Richard Osterlind	Air Wave Telepathy	Idea for Schenk & Sondermeyer's "Alpha Mental" for radio		1999	Dynamic Mysteries	76	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
David Berglas	3 or 4 Words out of Thousands	brief, same as Newspaper Prediction		2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	342	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
David Ben	Alpha Faux	presentation for "Alpha Mental": computer predicts chosen word		2003	Tricks	95	→ CD / Record → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Michael Sondermeyer, Uwe Schenk	Alpha Mental	prediction of word chosen from newspaper page, progressive anagrams		2003	Tricks	95	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Paper / Prediction → Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Albert Spackman	Newspaper Test	word-forcing technique, text upside down beneath headline		2003	Tricks	96	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Jim Steinmeyer, Alberto de Figueiredo	The Torn Newspaper Prediction Force		Related to Jim Steinmeyer's "The Torn Newspaper Prediction" in "Technique & Understanding"	2013	Magia Demente	74	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test → Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Dr. Jaks Subtlest Secret	word is encircled on clipboard	Also published here Jaks' Subtlest Secret (Dr. Stanley Jaks, 1951)	2014	The Incredible Dr. Jaks	134	→ Clipboard → Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Dr. Stanley Jaks	Thought Out of Print	for news stories from newspaper are divined	Also published here "Thought Out of Print" in "Pentagram" March, 1953	2014	The Incredible Dr. Jaks	235	→ Newspaper / Newspaper Test