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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1866
Page
1
A fragment from a periodical piece contrasts Beecher’s plea for preserved youth with humorous vignettes. It includes reflections on crime’s lasting effects, tales of charity, admonitions about swearing, an 1864 Sherman anecdote, and assorted character sketches. The tone imitates a late 19th century reader's page blending moral musings and social quips.
A collage of anecdotes cites Grant’s youth and Lincoln’s tales, including a mule ride, Burgess the skeptical farmer, a quip about “the sirens,” and a plan to fight to Richmond. Also notes misprints, a potato myth, Mrs Dogberry’s vanity, and a tale of fowls plucked by lightning.
The Scientific American notes a ammonia wash to reduce body odor, claiming a harmless cheap effect. A London domestic serves six months for wine bottle fraud. Cincinnati news reports a planned mammoth garden growth and delivery system at one half current prices. An ice pitcher keeps ice water longer using a cotton batting cylinder. Alum and other remedies purify water in hours. A large Texas snake ate a mutton leg and was killed. A moral appeal urges truthfulness in youth, and a railroad locomotive is given the nickname still live as passengers ride.
The article surveys Mexico’s population, estimating eight million people with one million pure whites and seven million mixed with Indians and Africans. It divides Indians into two races, notes educated Indian leaders and lawyers, and contrasts educated elites with a large mass deemed ignorant and idle. It also covers odd anecdotes, tombs, and a military rank debate.
An old New York Morgue description notes it holds bodies of unknown persons found in the city. It preserves the deceased for identification by keeping clothes with them and cooling, aiding families to claim or mourn. The piece also recounts a mishap at a Protestant burial ground where a child was briefly buried in the wrong plot before being moved to the Catholic area.
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