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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1913
Page
3
A narrator recounts two days in Nagasaki visiting the Nomo liners and Kabashima Island. He shares tea with sailors, hunts for the Omi inn, visits a town bath with local officials, and witnesses village life including a Buddhist temple visit in Misaki where he learns he is unusually rare as a foreign guest.
A poker game scene unfolds as Mr. McCann asks for one card and Mr. O Grady hands it over. O Grady teases McCann about a spade and implies McCann spit in his right hand, prompting a sly exchange about the card.
Cape Town reports reveal the Long Juju cult revived in southern Nigeria under Aro chief Kanu Okoru. He commands a 1500-strong messenger network, spreading fear as accusations of witchcraft trigger killings and slavery across vast territory. British officials face defiance amid calls for action.
Government raids exposed the Aros Juju cult, with oracle payments and enslavement. Chief priest Kanu Okoru avoided murder conviction while subordinates received death or harsh sentences. The arch conspirator, who built a fortune of at least 2 million, was jailed for three years.
In a Chicago Municipal Court Judge John R. Newcomer pairs Loretta Brown of Kankakee and John Carr of 6108 North Paulina for six months of courtship. He cites caution against hasty marriages and aims to curb impulsive unions by a formal period of dating before any ceremony. Both will start serving the courtship sentence.
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