"So it's 2 pm and you've got the dreaded 2 o'clock feeling." —The Grave Radio

This illustration of the dreaded 2 o'clock feeling is from Cartoons magazine, 1916.

An illustration from a 1913 issue of Metropolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "No voice nor ticking clock nor cat with velvet entrance relieved the abysmal silence of the gaping door."

Out of context, it appears that everyone is expecting the man with a beard and turban to initiate contact with the Beyond.  The caption reads: "Why not try the long-distance telephone?"  This fakir's no faker!  From The Saturday Evening Post, 1911.

"And scarcely had the last stroke of the hour ceased to resound, when a revolver shot rang out!"

This illustration is from "The Eleventh Hour" by Edwin Balmer and Wililam B. MacHarg, in Hampton's magazine, 1910.

The secret of long-distance communication is revealed in this illustration from a 1913 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.  The caption reads: "Fairy magic—telephone reality."