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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1857
Page
1
An essay argues that those born into wealth should avoid pride and harsh judgments toward the poor. True virtue lies in compassion for those who err and in gratitude for one’s own favorable lot, rather than moral superiority or punitive charity.
A reflection on visiting graves with sunrise light and hopeful faith. Prof. Caldwill of Dickinson College is quoted urging cheerful, daytime visits to the departed, praising resurrection and cheerful thoughts. The piece cites Bremer and urges kindness and humility toward all social stations.
In a comic courtroom episode Aunt Hannah Tripe recounts a turnip theft dispute involving John Smith’s cow entering Sam Jones’s field and eating two turnips. The jury and judge suffer through witty questioning about the cow’s entry, the plaintiffs, and a courtin letter, ending with Jones paying Smith two turnips in damages.
A humorous domestic scene follows bachelor Joseph Phelps as he attempts to manage a crying baby. After a comic mishap with a baby cradle and a mistaken use of a varnish bottle, he is interrupted by Miss Hayes, who helps with the child. Joseph and Miss Hayes wed shortly after, marking a humorous turn in a lighthearted social sketch.
The report threads through grim scenes from finland famine and Chinese custom, noting infant abandonment and mothers punished for infants. It cites Pekin baptisms, European aid delays, and widespread hunger in Finland with bark bread and starved children roaming towns near Ulenborg. A separate Potsdam incident recounts a deadly fall from a train near Sullivan and the injured worker at Richmond works.
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