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Chronicling the history of the “Hindoo” in America, primarily through archival newspaper clips. Instagram: @HindooHistory.

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“It is hard for foreigners to understand the habits of thought and life that prevails in a strange country, as well as all the changes and sacrifices that conversion entails, and, with our brusque, matter-of-fact western instincts and our lack of spiritual and philosophical

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Pine Bluff daily graphic, April 23, 1894 WORSHIP VILE IDOLS. Hindooism as it Exists Among the Masses in India. Rev. W. B. Boggs, principal of the Telegu theological seminary, Ramepatam, India, lectured in Detroit recently on “Hindooism.” He spoke as an eye-witness from the

Pine Bluff daily graphic, April 23, 1894

WORSHIP VILE IDOLS.

Hindooism as it Exists Among the Masses in India.

Rev. W. B. Boggs, principal of the Telegu theological seminary, Ramepatam, India, lectured in Detroit recently on “Hindooism.” He spoke as an eye-witness from the
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"The Hindoo religion embraces a vast pantheon, said to contain three hundred and thirty million of gods and goddesses, many of them, according to the Hindoo books, of the vilest character. All the foulest crimes that have ever entered into the imagination of man are to be found

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“We Indians have been taught a great deal by the missionaries,” continued Mrs. Sen. “They have come for us, worked for us, and, perhaps, some of them have died for us. Still, with all due respect and gratitude for all their well-meaning efforts I must say, speaking in general

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The Evening statesman, July 1, 1909 HINDOO FEUDIST IS BALKED AFTER CHASE OF 10,000 MILES Intended Victim of 10-Year Man Hunt Saved by the Police. MISSOULA, Mont., July 1.—When George Akpurakan arrived in Missoula today, a chase that extended over 10,000 miles, existing for 10

The Evening statesman,  July 1, 1909

HINDOO FEUDIST IS BALKED AFTER CHASE OF 10,000 MILES

Intended Victim of 10-Year Man Hunt Saved by the Police.

MISSOULA, Mont., July 1.—When George Akpurakan arrived in Missoula today, a chase that extended over 10,000 miles, existing for 10
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A ten-year blood feud that took two Bombayites from British India across America, ending in Missoula with the intended victim seeking police protection. Don’t know the full story here yet, but this has the makings of a great movie.

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Dancing girls, hook-swinging and animal sacrifices are all a part of orthodox Hindooism, sanctioned, approved and supported by it. If India to-day does not need Christianity, then ancient Greece did not need it, with the superabounding idolatry of Athens and the appalling moral

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The county record, October 12, 1911 ACTRESS WILL WEAR A WONDERFUL GOWN HERE. Miss Janet Waldorf, in “Graustark,” to Exhibit Costume Made with Rare Jewels from the Orient—Has Traveled Extensively in the East. Miss Janet Waldorf, who will be seen at the opera house on Tuesday,

The county record, October 12, 1911

ACTRESS WILL WEAR A WONDERFUL GOWN HERE.

Miss Janet Waldorf, in “Graustark,” to Exhibit Costume Made with Rare Jewels from the Orient—Has Traveled Extensively in the East.

Miss Janet Waldorf, who will be seen at the opera house on Tuesday,
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The Hindoo religion embraces a vast pantheon, said to contain three hundred and thirty million of gods and goddesses, many of them, according to the Hindoo books, of the vilest character. All the foulest crimes that have ever entered into the imagination of man are to be found in

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The Florida agriculturist, November 1, 1905 Billy and the Hindoo Seer. BY WILLIAM H. HAMBY. Billy had paid no attention to the Hindoo Seer, and probably never would had it not been for Mary. Returning from the field at noon, he came upon that young lady under the willows

The Florida agriculturist,  November 1, 1905

Billy and the Hindoo Seer.

BY WILLIAM H. HAMBY.

Billy had paid no attention to the Hindoo Seer, and probably never would had it not been for Mary.

Returning from the field at noon, he came upon that young lady under the willows
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The Washington times, March 13, 1928 She’s a Hindu, Now NANCY ANN MILLER WITH ALL the elaborate ceremonies of the Oriental race, Nancy Ann Miller, Seattle, Wash., girl today became a convert to Hinduism in Bombay, preparatory to her marriage Saturday to the former Maharajah of

The Washington times, March 13, 1928

She’s a Hindu, Now

NANCY ANN MILLER

WITH ALL the elaborate ceremonies of the Oriental race, Nancy Ann Miller, Seattle, Wash., girl today became a convert to Hinduism in Bombay, preparatory to her marriage Saturday to the former Maharajah of