EVIL INFLUENCE OF A JEWEL
! * ! INDIAN SCPERSTITTON i J CALCUTTA. May 20. j A chain of mishaps among well-jto-do Hindu residents of Naghpur lis ascribed to the evil influence of .; a beautiful sapphire. : The sapphire was given 1o a j Naghpur merchant, who within Mhree days lost business orders i worth several thousand rupees and ! was involved in a car accident. He gave the stone to a lawyer, who : within 12 hours was knocked down i bv a car. ! The sapphire was then given to . another lawyer, whose wife died I suddenly. It was left in thc ( custody of" .i cook, who was severely i burned when the kitchen caught 1 fire two hours afterward. It was 'again given away and the recipient i was thrown i'ro.n his motor-cycle : while takinu it home. The sapphire is now in the posi session of a Parseo woman, and' it jis believed lhat the evil influence I lias been broken now that it is not in the hands of a Hindu.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21170, 22 May 1934, Page 9
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168EVIL INFLUENCE OF A JEWEL Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21170, 22 May 1934, Page 9
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