The motto of Kate Ann Williams' cult was \u201cPray and be Cured,\u201d and adherents went on rigorous 40-day fasts that occasionally killed them. The cult disappeared after its leader, who was Mayor George Williams' wife, starved herself to death. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1890s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1204d-kate-williams-starvation-cult.html)