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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1895
Page
3
A naval officer recalls a Formosa journey to visit a camphor trader. Night in a mountain village yields a chamber lined with skulls and a greenish glow. The host reveals skull chambers train warriors, and a volcano eruption ends the eerie night.
The article recounts a Louisville dining room clash between pitchers Stivetts and McCarthy from the Boston team, with details of insults and a fist fight. It discusses religious tensions on the team, memorial day crowd attendances, and the Pittsburgh club’s acquisition of Emerson Hawley to bolster its pitching, predicting improved performance despite last year’s second division finish.
A long New York Sun piece by Thomas P. Hughes outlines the Hadj pilgrimage to Mecca, detailing the steps from donning the ihram to kissing the black stone, circumambulating the Kaaba seven times, and Mount Safa and Marwah rites. It notes the Day of Sacrifice with the stoning of the three pillars and the animal sacrifice, followed by shaving, nails, and the Zamzam water, emphasizing the cholera risk among the crowd of about 100,000 as pilgrims return home.
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