King’s Highway to Heaven Sermon by Rev Dr Talmage
Rev Dr Talmage delivers a sermon on a biblical road to heaven drawn from Isaiah. He contrasts earthly roads with a king’s highway built by Christ, a safe clean path where the unclean are excluded and salvation is plain to all. He urges childlike faith, security in faith, and reliance on divine providence amid trials.
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Washington
Talmage
Zion
Bernard Pass
Alps
Earth
Heaven
Napoleon
Simplon
Italy
Christ the King
Christ
Christ Jesus
Kingdom of God
Kingdom of Heaven
God
Gues
Heaven as the fortress and the Capitol of the Universe
The passage exalts heaven as an impregnable fortress and the ultimate city of light. It imagines heaven as terminus of the king's highway and praises Christ and believers, with visions of eternal chemistry geometry and poetry, and endless heavenly choruses centered on Jesus.
Suburban Cemetery Lots Move Slowly This Week
The conversation notes Astler-How’s slow suburban sales and Reelus Tait’s remark about land cleared to the ground. No sales except a single cemetery lot.
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Astler
Chicago Tribune
Conflict of Evidence at Unknown Station
A dialogue fragment portrays a station name dispute as a brakeman and a traveler disagree over signage and identity. The fragment hints at confusion in an unnamed rail setting, with both parties unsure of the station’s official name.
Medical student strikes flare in Athens and Moscow
Students in Athens and Moscow strike over grievances at Attic and Moscow universities. In Athens factions clash in a chemical lab when two students argue over a revolver. In Moscow students boycott Professor Sacharin, court physician to the late czar, who says they need him more than he needs them. Four attend the first conference, six the second, seven the final tally, with the poorest students among those who show up.
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Athens
Moscow
Acropolis
Arcadia
Asia Minor
Sacharin
Czar
Berliy
Dog meat trade persists amid stern vendor penalties
A police seizure in Los Gachupines caught Genaro Perez with a suspicious bag containing a skinned dog carcass. He was taken to the third Demarcation police station to answer questions about origins, with the dog reportedly meant for sale in local eateries. The piece likens the practice to Canton and other Chinese towns where dog meat is consumed openly.
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Genaro Perez
Los Gachupines
M. Perez
Canton
Muxican Herald
Cardinal’s Private Secretary Denies Index Claim On Pope’s Book
Mgr Merry Del Val, private chamberlain to Pope Leo XIII, refutes a London Standard report that a book the pope wrote as Cardinal Pecci was placed on the Index Expurgatorius by Pope Pius IX. He asserts the treatise advocating devotion to the Virgin Mary blood was authored by Rev Carlo Passetti of Perugia.
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Mgr
Merry del Val
Leo XIII
London Standard
Cardinal Peccci
Pipe IX
Carlo Passetti
Perugia
Electric Bitters Promised as Headache Cure
Remedy claims permanent relief from various headaches and habitual constipation by toning the bowels. Encourages trial with large bottles priced cheaply at D Q Storie's Drug.
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D. Q. Storie
Sermon on the Mount Lessons on Judgment and Fruit
The text surveys redemptive themes from Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, stressing self examination before judging others, true fruit of faith, regeneration, and the necessity of hearing and doing God’s will. It cites Matthew chapters five to seven, Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, and Ephesians to anchor doctrine.
Parrot From Africa Brings Tales Of a Troubled Past
A long lived parrot brought from Africa in 1877 enchants yet distracts with mischief and shy behavior. Once fearful of men she now greets some visitors warmly while others are rebuffed. The bird’s memory and temperament, shaped by cruel past experiences, spark curiosity and affection.
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Africa
Plutarch
Chamberas’ Journal
Trade guild quarrels and a baker's mousetrap scandal
The article recalls old city life with contumelious quarrels among trades and a baker John Bridd whose scheme used a mousetrap hole in a table to extract dough. Bridd and accomplices were pilloried, dough hung round their necks as a trade sign, and the fraud tables were destroyed. It also notes a Belgian geographer’s proposal for a one hundred thousandth scale globe for geographical study and the Globe’s imagined features.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
Old City
St. Paul’s
John Bridd
John
Bridd
Glebe
Lord Salisbury
M. Elises
Belgium
M. Reclus
Montmartre
Woeastminster
Benefactor John T Spaulding Aided Keller And Others
John T Spaulding who died in Boston a few weeks ago helped Helen Keller's education and donated funds to seven young men at the United States Hotel. His generosity drew international attention and even triggered distant begging letters. He briefly warned a ruined Chicago merchant before the great fire and later became one of Chicago’s wealthiest men.
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John T. Spaulding
Boston
Helen Keller
United States
Annie
Porvare
Chicago
New York
Lribone
Epoch of marvelous nineteenth century advances
The text highlights the nineteenth century as an era of extraordinary progress marked by steamships railways and telegraphs among notable achievements. It emphasizes public pride in rapid technological and industrial growth.
Youthful Trenton Messenger Charms Statesmen
A New Jersey Tribune item profiles Barney Carney, an 18 year old Trenton postal messenger who uses bold curiosity to connect with lawmakers and officials. He recites and learns names, turning introductions into brief encounters that reveal his bold, streetwise charm within the statehouse corridors.
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Trenton
High Station
Barney Carney
New Jersey
Barney
Statesman
Smith
Jones
de Faust
George
Werts
Statehouse
Werta
Jersey City
Waldorf
Capitol
Maurice
Rogers
Skinner
Mr. Skinner
Edward D. Fox
New York Tribune
Kittens and a Princess’s White Squall Playmate Tale
A reader recalls Princess’ White Squall, a highly dependent kitten who urged constant amusement and caused chaos on stairs and piano keys. Despite his pestering nature his beauty and gentleness kept him, until a younger stable kitten became a matched playmate. Temple Bar.
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Ataia
Temple Bar
The Marlboroughs and a Duchesses Quiet Accord
Lily duchess of Marlborough seeks ownership rights after marriage to Lord Beresford as the Marchioness of Blandford accepts the loss of furnishings from Blenheim. The two duchesses share sympathy over their late husbands eccentricities while plans to reunite them hint at future friendship. A commercial note promotes Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a trusted throat remedy.
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Lily
Duches
Cegretto
Suse
New York Tribune
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Drage
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Iowa
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the Centaur Company
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Temple, Myers and Sandwich
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