FAME OF JUGGERNAUT AND INDIA IDOL WORSHIP
A survey of Indian idol worship describes 335 million gods, with Benares as a center for idol making. Juggernaut’s temple sits on Orissa sands, where a 41 foot car and two smaller ones are dragged by thousands of worshipers amid frenziedProcessions. The piece notes the sacred ritual of giving life to idols and cites Sir William Hunter on the temple’s enduring prominence.
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Los Angeles Times
No Amateur For Her From Beatrice Bushkirk Vows
Vivien Osgood implores Beatrice Bushkirk amid a dramatic quarrel. Beatrice insists on explanation, declares worthiness, and rejects the suitor after a tense confrontation. Osgood, struck and terrified, leaves into the night as Beatrice calls for humility and apprenticeship in love.
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Beatrice Bushkirk
Vivian Osgood
New York
His Sacrifice in a Water Scarcity Tale
A short Cleveland Plain Dealer piece narrates a young boy’s compassionate choice during a national water shortage. He asks his mother about scarce drinking water and offers to stop washing to ease others’ need, underscoring childlike selflessness amid hardship.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Broken Cord of John Gaunt in Cromwell's England
John Gaunt, a 70 year old cavalier loyal to the king, disguises as a peasant maid to escape Cromwellian troopers. Hiding with Lady Esther Ball, he serves as her maid while fearing exposure. A near-capture is thwarted when Esther helps him escape via a ventilator passage. Gaunt eventually flees to France and later returns with Charles II to reclaim title and marry Esther.
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Rosalin Whiting
The Bachelorw Excuses at a Tredding Breakfast
A breakfast gathering of bachelors offered humorous reasons for remaining single. Among the replies were a frog story about water and a well, accusations of selfishness and honesty, a contrast between liberty and domestic burdens, and a joke about shaving a twin brother and secrecy in marriage.
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Lam Mise
He Had Bees Thera Rodrick-Howdy camping trip dialogue
A quirky exchange from the Chicago News features Rodrick asking Van Albert about camping and self cooking. Van Albert clarifies he never enjoyed such trips, while Rodrick pursues details about sleeping outdoors.
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van Albert
Chicago News
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