The Two Highways and the Strait Gate Sermon
A 1902 sermon compares two paths from scripture with two gates. The wide gate and broad road lead to destruction while the Strait Gate and Narrow Way promise life eternal. The preacher notes modern roads and urges reliance on Christ as guide, contrasting worldly guides with the Bible as lamp and leader.
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A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Chicago
Lfe
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Heaven
Strait Gate
Bunyan
Rome
Palestine
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Jerusalem
Damascus
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Temple Gate
Fassther
Broad Way
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Isaac
Jacob
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Joshua
Samuel
David
Satan
Tower of Babel
Sodom
Gomorrah
Nadab
Abihu
Promised Land
Israel
Saul
Zedekiah
Judah
Herod
Judas
Pilate
Holmesville
Naverow
Christ Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Foreign Gossip Highlights Global Migrations and Oddities
Officials report 128,121 Russians emigrated to Siberia last year. Private maritime firms ordered to discharge foreigners who refuse Russian subjects. London to Shanghai trip dropped from 325–475 dollars to 5–160 in third to first class. Melbourne courts void a deceased wife’s sister marriage to her husband’s brother. Malay Peninsula plans gutta percha trees, leaves yield material with no cutting. London 20 story office plan faces opposition as skylines would resemble tunnels. Mount Etna elevation recalculated to 10,755 feet, main crater 1,728 feet wide and 826 deep. Buda Pest ceremony: silver rose of virtue to maidens abandoned for lack of marriageable men. Crowned maiden to wed a peasant and receive dowry.
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Siberian
London
Shanghai
Victoria
Melbourne
Malay Peninsula
Mount Etna
Sicily
Buda-Pesth
Solymar
Rehearsal of Crime Warns Against Everyday Acts
A New York exchange piece notes that many lawful citizens commit misdemeanors through common acts. From adjusting a collar at a window to smoking at a letter box, waving a flag, playing street music, or tossing papers, penalties include fines and jail.
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New York Exchange
New York City
More Lives Than a Cat Penguing Enduring Tale
An aboard ship anecdote recalls killing a large bird with a spike through its head then nailing it to the deck. Hours later a penguin aboard the Southern Cross stands upright, its crest and flippers moving, seemingly unfazed by the spike still embedded in its skull, astonishing the observer.
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Southern Cross
E. Borchgevink
Leslie’s Monthly
Two Roads to Knowledge Land in Youth's Companion Verse
A winter route to Learning Land is described with Study Lane and Schoolbook Place and parcels of learning. In summer new paths like Greenfield Way Woodsy Path and Sunset Hill guide readers again to the same Knowledge Land through Dame Nature's open books.
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Study Lane
Schoolbook Place
Greenfield
Ang
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould
Hen Raised Kittens Draws Photographers to Port Arthur
Port Arthur Texas features a hen that adopted five stray kittens after a cat fostered them in a barrel. The scene drew photographers, with images owned by Dr. Fred S. Selby of Chicago. The kittens now roam with the hen guarding them, and they never attack other yard poultry. Meanwhile Clarence E. Melony praised Chicago public school vacation programs for their efficiency and limited scope.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Fred S. Selby
West Adams Street
Chicago
W. P. Park
Clarence E. Melony
New York
William H. Maxwell
Maxwell
Horse Syam Ohio River incident near Augusta Ky
Dr Norris sent a horse to an Ohio farm to graze and rest but the animal grew weary of Buckeye fare and swam the Ohio River back to Kentucky, illustrating that some animals are as fond as people of their Old Kentucky Home.
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Kentucky
Norris
Ohio
The Wrong Expression Captures a Looming Irish Fight
A Chicago Post excerpt shows a policeman entering a tense scene as Irish onlookers deny trouble while warning a fight is about to erupt within moments. The exchange emphasizes imminent conflict and crowd energy in a terse urban moment.
Trick for Amateur Magicians with Electricity
A Detroit Prep Press description details a simple magic trick using a glass panel and heated silk to animate small paper figures. Rub the glass with a warm cloth to generate an electric effect that makes cut figures rise and dance, then settle as the heat subsides.
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Detroit Prep Press
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