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Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911_005
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911
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Date
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July 12th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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5 must needs drink out of all, in order to get the benefit of the one. I think I would be bright enough to mix a pail-full & then take a sip of that! All around the court & the fountain is a long row of stalks filled with gaudy beads, crosses, candles, wax figures — dozens of religious necessities. In the church itself — very ornate with gilt & paintings in the Baroc (?) style, were kneeling pilgrims. Before the altars were burning candles placed by devotees & at the shrines, wax figures of legs & hands that had been healed; also on the wall, crutches of the cured & many tables inscribed in thanks to the Virgin. Doesn’t seem possible the Middle Ages have reached so far into the twentieth century! Our object in Einsiedeln however, was not the church, but the turf moors. These were most interesting, with tiny huts here & there, and everywhere, oblong
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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