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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
5
Rebecca J Williams a member of a prominent Loudoun family died yesterday at her brother in law s home in Waterford Funeral services will be held at Mr Robert R Walker s Waterford home on Friday She was a Quaker and had lived with Mr and Mrs Pidgeon for many years Friends note her ties to the local community and clubs
Spalding Nelson, despondent over missing wartime escapade, receives two letters one from his mother urging caution and another from his great uncle Rufus Gaston inviting him to dine. He contemplates life in the family estate while a mysterious jeune fille in trouble appears to offer help, hinting at a larger dramatic turn.
The text outlines Abyssinian funerary practice where a man born in infancy dies, his body is buried under the floor. After death the adult body is washed in honey-sweetened water, wrapped in a shroud, and sewn into a mat of braided straw before burial in the churchyard following a religious ceremony.
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