28 Apr 1863
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1863
Page
1
A mixed column features poetic fragments on kindness and cheer, village anecdotes about a shrewd land sale, and humorous store misadventures. It includes farming notes on tree healing and sorghum culture, plus short sketches from Western Virginia and California, with moral and domestic observations.
A fragmented verse speaks of a faded violet and the speaker’s longing. Tender, fallen beauty recalls April rain and a vanished kiss. The speaker vows to hold faded lips to theirs, seeking memory and lost love amid sorrow.
The author urges readers to view surrounding subjects honestly to find beauty and harmony. Despite vexation and anxiety, a calm eye and steady heart can steer through dangers, promoting charity over jealousy and deceit. The piece advocates unity, kindness, and shared humanity as a path to a brighter era.
The piece advocates keeping home lively to prevent youth from seeking reckless venues, urging laughter and hearthside activities as a safeguard. It then prints a Prentice sentiment dismissing foreign interference with the Confederacy, warning against any forceful recognition. A quip about a handsome young lady and stolen kisses ends the fragment.
An April incident recounts a Philadelphia scene where a rich manufacturer pays off a $5160 mortgage on a merchant friend’s house, then refuses the papers until verified as real. The gesture saves the friend from debt, while a moral on health and mood follows about how vigor or sorrow colors the world.
The passage argues that great figures like Abraham and Plato die yet their ideas persist, guiding future generations. It asserts Christ’s legacy through Christianity educates the world, yielding heirs of earthly glory. It contrasts enduring influence with the view that bad men perish with life fading and evil expanding in history.
A Connecticut pastor's sermon frames child like culture as key to good government and winning. He warns that trials come to all and that sour, irritable homes breed rebellion and unhappy lives, urging adults to foster pleasant, hopeful early years.
The piece reflects on veterans walking with canes and crutches, praising their honorable wounds as badges of service. It laments the public’s limited knowledge beyond the insignia and questions who would not trade sound limbs for the honor of a veteran’s sacrifice.
A call to a loyal public to support the Army through taxes and contributions, praising brave soldiers and urging citizens to remain true to the military as the nation faces rebellion. The message condemns traitors and stresses collective duty in wartime.
An 1886 date is claimed as the world’s end according to Nostradamus. The piece links a sequence of religious feasts St George St Mark St John to a prophesied ascension and judgment, noting Good Friday Easter and Holy Thursday align with feast days in that year.
The text attacks a group of men described as lazy and parasitic, denouncing their tax avoidance and opposition to labor. It portrays these figures as oppressing Black migrants and abusing paper money, claiming they dominate discussions on social topics. It labels these critics as the “queer” class and generalizes their behavior.
The piece discusses marriage as a civil act in California with no ceremony or license required for adults, notes that divorce can occur within a week, and cites a court definition of cruel tyranny in marriage. It contrasts Mohemmedan divorce and criticizes clergy who oppose war efforts, then comments on national funding and Southern mortgage practices during the war.
A compilation of quirky Civil War era vignettes includes a Philadelphia conventioneer's tale of a pewside card prank and a Dutch chaplain's wartime sermon about courage. It also describes Richmond society in a Rebel capital letter on dress costs, gowns, and lavish weddings amid Lent.
The New York Herald reports Jem Davis urges Southern planters to abandon cotton and tobacco and grow food for people and cattle. It cites Confederate railroading strain, half rations for troops, and intercepted correspondence showing the government’s aim for decisive spring and summer battles to hasten the Confederacy’s downfall.
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