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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
2
The article notes Jerusalem hosts Easter with multiple faiths amid crowds and sacred sites. It then shifts to Kurban Bairam preparations in Mahometan lands where Muslims buy sheep for the sacrifice, with buyers selecting from herders and influencing flock size by rank and position.
A vivid scene of Holy Week in Jerusalem with pilgrims arriving by land and sea, the Jaffa Gate crowds, and Russian processions toward the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It notes sheep markets near Mecca and the elaborate foot washing ceremonies in both Greek and Armenian churches on the Thursday before Easter.
The New York World reports a grand Jerusalem pageant with Turkish guards the Governor and Mufti leading Moslem youth along elevated routes to the Valley of Siloam and Gethsemane as Christendom gathers at the Holy Sepulchre. It notes 12 000 Greek Christians from Russia 2 000 from Egypt hundreds from India 800 Americans and 3 000 the numerals of various nationalities as pilgrims. A night vigil on Good Friday fills the church spaces as the Easter hymn resounds Christos voshres.
A collage of humorous exchanges and wry cartoons from the Philadelphia Public Ledger and Chicago papers. Jokes touch on clerks, trusts, safes, engagements, pricing, and social bemusement with quick quips from unnamed narrators and imagined dialogs.
The scene shows priests in dazzling vestments around the Patriarch at the high altar with golden lamps and gold mosaics. Good Friday features the Neby Moussa procession where all male Mahometans able may join, leaving the Mosque of Omar through St Stephen's gate as green flags fly and bands play.
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