Gettysburg Foundry expands offerings to farming and home goods
Gettysburg subscriber announces launch of expanded stock from Zorbaugh Stoat Cor foundry now offering shresuhing machines hoofing devices and various stoves including ton plate models along with plows casting and repair services. George Peters & Co promote Fair Mount Nurseries with hundreds of thousands of fruit and ornamental trees and grapevines for autumn sales Adams County.
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Messrs
Zorbaugh
George Peters & Co
Fair-Mount
Adams County
Fair-Mount Morserius
Go, Peters & CO
Chaftee Pastry Poem Exalts Gift Of Sacrificial Love
A fragmentary religious poem urges lavish giving and steadfast faith. It invokes heaven sent river imagery to praise generosity and divine reward, urging the reader to endure hardship with devotion as life, love, and hope are poured like a life giving stream.
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God
The Betrayal Of Innocence In A World Of Scorn
A dramatic tirade on sexual exploitation and betrayal, portraying the victim as innocent and ruined by a calculated, merciless betrayer. The speaker condemns public outrage and calls for judgment and hell to punish the perpetrator, while lamenting the victim’s shattered life and dignity. It recalls Franklin’s humility about editing errors and a sailor’s quip on modesty.
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Ilan
Howe
Yeor Franklin
Atll
Adventure of a Fast Young Man on Broad Way
A fast young man confronts a calm Indian trader over cast iron cigars on Broadway. The Indian remains unmoved as threats and taunts escalate, culminating in the fast man’s retreat past street lamps. Separately, Jonathan seeks a wife, bargains, and asks a clergyman about salvation, joking that he has land and cattle but wonders who Salvation is.
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Copperhead
Ong
Gimblet
Ander
Tadlin
Gallo
Ion
Shireet
Broadway
Jonathan
Prince John Van Buren in a Downing’s bar clash
A tale recounts Mortford Prez describing Prince John Van Buren who used a technical legal edge to defeat a client. a small man accosted him at Downing’s bar, cursing his tactics. Van Buren calmly asked what he had been doing, hinting at nightlife in the exchange.
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Prince John van Buren
Mortford Prez
John van Buren
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Downing’s
New York
Patrick Henry intervenes in trial over preaching gospel in 1775 Virginia
An anecdote recounts Patrick Henry traveling from Tallover county to defend three Baptist preachers indicted in Virginia for preaching the gospel of the Son of God. Henry denounces the charge, cites liberty of conscience, and stirs the courtroom with dramatic oration, then the judge frees the defendants. The rest blends with moral notes and a rural reflection on benevolence and virtue.
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Patrick Henry
Virginia
Patrick Ifemy
Tallover
Por
Lenry
Thea
Mr. Henry
America
Ias Sharp
Pierems
American
A Sensible Young Lady Applies Domestic Labor Cure
A fashionably educated young lady describes feeble health and lassitude. After taking up regular domestic work and cleaning tasks, she reports renewed strength, energy, and improved appearance in body and spirit. She urges other young ladies to try the same Catholicun remedy.
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Trish
Newspapers as a Family School of Knowledge
A dialogue contrasts the value of newspapers for children's learning with cost. Neighbors argue that weekly papers educate and foster reading, while one admits expense at three dollars a year. A colorful aside features Ichabod and Sally in a humorous museum scene about paying for the paper.
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Sally
Ichabod
Tehubod
Rustic Kentucky couple wed in Cincinnati misadventure
A rustic Kentucky couple arrives in Cincinnati seeking marriage and a room. Clerk Mr Blum provides a parlor and third floor bedchamber. At two, the groom reports no bed exists and discovers the room contains a bed. The pair end up sleeping in the parlor and the clerk finds humor in the mistaken lodging.
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Kentucky
Tennessee Line
Athens
Cincinnati
Spencer House
Andrew Bum
Blu
James
Jemima
Femina
Temime
Old Fell
Jemime
Feller
Census Troubleswith Irish Wife in Local Humor
A government census encounter in Ireland turns comic as a marshal questions a Irish woman about her family and marriage. The dialogue touches on husbands, widowers, and a vow to remain single, ending with a remark about Japan’s old-maid policy for unwed women.
Stranger Sparks Mother’s Long Lost Son Story in Petersburg
An old Petersburg woman, who raised her son abroad and believed him lost at sea, learns from a bearded visitor that he survived. He recounted a peripatetic life through London, France, Russia, England, and marriage, returning to find her before preparing to sail to Europe with her.
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Delady
Son
America
Pacific
London
France
Russia
Joseph Harrison
Philadelphia
England
Bohemia
North
Europe
Woman Flogs Old Man On Turbturt Street
A loud scene erupted on Turbturt street in lower Peotta last Sunday as an old woman named Gookai and an ally flogged an elderly man named Crawley with a dozen cane lashes. The motivation was alleged debasement toward a young girl, and Crawley bore the punishment while his son reportedly supported the act. Witnesses were limited.
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Turburt Street
Lower Peotta
Gook Ai
Crawley
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