Strive to Enter the Strait Gate in Luke’s Warning
A religious exhortation on salvation urging strenuous effort to enter the narrow gate. It emphasizes that many will try to gain entry through church membership or outward acts without true conversion, while only those who fully repent, believe, and forsake worldly ties will be saved. The message warns that opportunity can close, leaving the unprepared outside in judgment.
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Heaven
Kingdom of God
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus
Strait Gate
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Wet-Weather Rice Cultivation in Indo-China Compared
The article explains rice farming in Cochin-China relies on rain without irrigation. Seed sowing is impractical due to waterlogged fields, so rice is planted in patches and later transplanted. Tonkin and Annam plan irrigation and modern methods to expand production.
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Indo-China
America
Cochin-China
Tonkin
Annuri
Tribute to Mother and the Value of a Child’s Love
A heartfelt meditation on honoring mothers, urging daily acts of love and attention across life stages. It recalls infancy, youth, and aging, stressing that enduring gratitude and frequent visits sustain the mother’s happiness and comfort. The piece laments neglect when children form new lives and highlights a mother’s unwavering devotion despite time and distance.
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Mother
Tenor's Singing Saves Two From Indian Attack
The Irish actor Boucicault and tenor Joe Mans were attacked by Indigenous people during a prairie journey in the United States. Mans sang for his captors to keep them calm, singing old favorites until many fell asleep. He freed Boucicault with a knife, ending the peril.
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Joseph Mans
United States
Huffalo
Boucicault
Boucicuurt
Joe
Maus
Mans
Chinaman Sails Junk in His Own Fashion
The oldest seagoing vessels are junks of China's Yellow Sea. These highly decorated ships, with tall poops and rounded sides, are said to date from the time of Qianlong. A junk heaves to by letting the halyard go, while the crew uses an anchor if a blow is likely. A joss-stick is burned to honor a household god before rest or meals.
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Chinaman
Yellow Sea
China
Drake
Columbus
Kien Lung
London Yachting Monthly
John Chinaman
Irish Coast Lighthouses and the Man Who Missed a Signal
A visitor endures the noise of three minute signal guns in fog while lighthouses along the Irish coast operate regularly. An old keeper sleeps through a night as his wife dies, until a faulty charge echoes and he cries out Maggie, what the deuce was that.
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Maggie
Coca Chewing Evil Habit in Bolivia Indians
Youth's Companion notes the coca chewing habit among Bolivian Indians and half-breeds. It says the chew causes a large cheek lump, dulls nerves, and stiffens fatigue resistance. Prolonged use enables endurance of hardship but wrecks the nervous system and intellect.
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Bolivia
Shipwreck Passengers Treated as Guests in Neighborhood Homes
A shipwreck left passengers taken to nearby houses for comfort. They were received as guests of importance and offered conversation. One recalled no fatalities, while another asked how it felt as waves dashed over them. The reply: very wet.
Labeled Luggage Trick Turns into Hong Kong Mixup
Two men joked about labeling bags with care to prevent rough handling by railway firms. The idea backfired when many trunks were shipped to Hongkong, leaving them puzzled at the outcome.
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China
Hongkong
Oil Composition Standards Note From Agricultural Chemists
The report discusses olive oil as nearly all fat with about 4 calories per pound energy value. It notes official standards for edible vegetable oils and fats, including coconut and peanut oils, prepared by agricultural chemists.
Chipley farmer demonstrates soil cure boosts yield in Georgia
A Chipley Georgia demonstration by Bob Hasty shows legume cover crops including hairy vetch crimson clover and yellow mellilotus turning poor clay land into highly productive fields. Six years of practice yielded 60 to 175 bushels of corn per acre and 1500 pounds of seed cotton per acre, with hogs and cattle sold for profitable prices. The effort drew 660 farmers and 16 agricultural experts from Georgia and nearby states to Harris County.
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Augusta Chronicle
Montgomery
Chipley
Georgia
Alabama
Bob Hasty
Harris County
Nar Chipley
Hasty
Mr. Hasty
Superior farmer proves land recovery through diverse crops
A Georgia Alabama field trial shows a farmer turning under legumes after grazing land, then planting cotton and corn densely. He uses peas velvet and soybeans to enrich soil, with 15 regional experts endorsing the method as the key solution for farming in the area. The piece lauds the farmer as resourceful, underscoring the man rather than the land.
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Georgia
Alabama
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Rev. J., D. Yce Panter
Butler Methodist
Clytemnestra
Homor
Sophocles
Electra
Agamemnon
Orestes and
Medra
Chipley, GA
Thedford
Mm. C. E. Buntin
Starkville
Miss
Thedford’s
BUICK
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