Holy City of Benares Pilgrimage and Sacred Cows
A correspondent describes Benares in 1910, detailing the Ganges pilgrimage, temple life, and sacred cows and monkeys. Pilgrims bathe to wash sins, the Golden Temple to Shiva, and rituals around Durga. Monkeys, cows, and bulls crowd courtyards as priests offer flowers, water, and offerings. The piece blends travel awe with vivid scenes of worship, caste, and daily devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G Carpenter
Benares
Globe
Bath
Ganges
Confucius
China
Mohammed
Mecca
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Jerusalem
Holy Apets
Tha Ely
Gungen
Durga
Akulla
Calcutta
Dean
Vishnu
Ram
Shiva
Dures
Himalaya
Golden Temple
India
Himalayas
Nepal
Hindustan
Athéna
Pilgrima
Venus
Abe
Apis
Memphis
Gino Tha Fairie
Juno
Jupiter
Leimire
Jordania
Hindoo
Avery
Goa
Inat
Bay of Bengal
Dloha
Cure for scalp eczema using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
In a testimonial from Ellsworth Dunham of Hiram dated September 30 1800 a mother with a severe scalp eczema is said to have improved after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. The account claims itching burning and searing stopped and hair regrowth followed within six months. Dunham also cites relief from an eczema like condition on his feet after winters using the same products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Ellsworth Dunham
Hiram
What Barnum Said of Cuticura Remedies
A quoted endorsement from PT the famous circus man claims Cuticura Remedies were effective in every case used during three seasons. The note promotes Cuticura Ointment and other items with pricing hints and damaged garbled text surrounding the ad copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeay
Tata
Caurura
Descent into Calcutta Cremation and City Life
FRANK G CARPENTER describes the Ganges cremation rites near a galley in the heart of the city. He details open-air burning, wood arrangements, the role of caste cremation overseers, and the public viewing by relatives as ashes are delivered to the river. He notes charges by wealth, the contrast with barbers offering shave and shampoo for mere cents, and the holy queue of thirteen hairs preserved for salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templa
Ganges
Frank G
Carpenter
Eugene Field Turned Tables
Norman E Mack recounts Eugene Field turning a joke on a friend by accepting a suit made by a rival collector of fashions. The tale follows Field wearing ill fitting stripes, the misread gift, and the humorous consequences when Mr. J realizes Field’s prank after the suit is worn in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Field
Norman E Mack
National
Sir Field
Worth
Mr. J
Field
Jeffersonville
Chicago
Obituaries for Vorse and Pickler Mentioned in Damaged Notice
Albert White Vorse, historian of the Peary relief expedition of 1893, died at Bt Mincent's Hospital Staten Island from cerebral hemorrhage. Major John H. Pickler, former congressman from South Dakota who led the rural free mail delivery resolution, died at home in Faulkton, South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert White Vorse
Actors in the Passion Play Reveal a Very Religious People
Archibald Mornpall writes from Oberammergau on the taste of visitors, the town’s devoted residents, and the Passion Play. He details actors such as Mary Zwink and Judas Iscariot, noting enduring family losses, long performances, and the villagers’ pious customs amid town sights and booths.
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Archibald Mornpall
Ober-ammergau
Ober- Ammergau
Rocky Mountains
Theros
Baralbay
Ammergau
Chorut
Guardian Angels
Johann Zwink
Grl
Ottite Zwink
Mary
Jesus
Thea Pla
Isaac
Apostle John
Edward
Paanion
Prince of Wales
Judas Hilz
Jerusalem
Nim
Simon
Christ
Little
Jerusalam
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Benarest
Elx
Pecting the Sacred Monkeys
Benara
Ullman
Ouk
Pera
Wang Verre
Uliman
Sn Warexey
Cuticura
Barnum
Whiskey
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Ogee
Skis
Pearl Brook Bist.Co
Nicodemus
Maud Miner
Jamas Oppenheim
Waverly House
Maude E. Miner
Columbia
Rébula
Shase
Girin
New York Probation Association
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Cresk, Mich
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