14 Apr 1863
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1863
Page
1
A colorful survey of Washington D C’s public scenes and a mix of Civil War notes. The piece highlights soldiers officers and pensioners on city streets alongside humor and political quips. It covers Captain Melancthon Smith and Lt Commander Cummings with heroic anecdotes.
The report discusses Rhode Island results showing a big shift toward the National Administration with cross party support, cites ex Governor Charles Jackson’s withdrawal from a Copperhead ticket, and notes Republican gains alongside broader wartime sentiment. It also covers British views on American mobilization, Ohio Union platform, Missouri loyalty, and updates on taxes, prisoners, and Confederate naval issues.
An undersigned dealer proclaims continued auctioneering and safe crying services under a United Exclea Law license. Residence Mount Zionint township half a mile south of Fann''a Station Granite P. O. Adams county Pa. JoAn Stallsmith, Feb 10 1863.
A Massachusetts regimental standard bearer is reported dead by a widow who mourned deeply and prepared for government bounty. A wounded veteran suitor pressed her, marriage plans advanced, but Friday brought news the husband survived and was en route home from Richmond. The tale ends with uncertainty about the new union amid public gossip.
A Laurensville Herald reader reports dramatic neuralgia relief after applying bruised horse radish to the face for tooth ache. The method allegedly calms neural nerve pain, providing quick, repeatable relief, with the note that the remedy is simple, cheap, and widely accessible.
A Paris published medical work describes a new headache cure using a cold ice and salt mix applied with silk gauze and gutta percha rim to specific head spots. The treatment reportedly provides instant relief and also claims uses for erysipelas and skin diseases. Also notes a humorous steamboat incident with a “live Yankee” told by a captain and passenger exchange.
An 1820s London style sketch follows Miss Harriet Selwood, the rich heiress nearing thirty, as her shrewd uncle schemes to marry her to a young, wealthy suitor by a mock widowhood ruse. The ruse backfires when the uncle reveals it was a joke and Harriet becomes a wife instead. A separate piece reflects on a soldier’s hard life fostering vigor and resilience, with anecdotes of transformation through discipline.
A humorous sketch on an overtalkative auctioneer who fuels his sale with wild phrases and hesitates to mix topics. It also recalls a tale of a man tempted by a ten dollar oath and the moral turn of swearing, followed by Henry Clay’s defiant reply to a crowded legal market.
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