15 Aug 1859
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1859
Page
1
A garbled segment of OCR text mixes names and phrases, hinting at a chaotic scene with mentions of people and places. The readable parts suggest a narrative of searching or movement, with scattered references to events, actions, and dates, but the overall sense remains unclear and fragmentary.
A fragmented archaic meditation on pity and appetite for love contrasts spiritual duty with physical need. It contrasts a starving child with a rich aunt and social care, noting compassion as a divine appetite and urging feeding the needy with dignity.
The piece compares coquettes and modest women as two distinct types, then cites Dr. Hace and a Strasburg study on sudden death. It reports 66 animal dissections found only two deaths from heart disease, 9 from apoplexy, and 46 from lung congestion, detailing causes such as tight clothing, cold air, and abrupt changes in temperature or emotion that may trigger fatal outcomes.
The text extols pure oxygen as a universal stimulant. It asserts fresh air instantly energizes the body when fatigued, rejuvenates the blood, and speeds breath and function, claiming nature’s own air is the best invigorant without need for additives.
A anxious wife buys a long winter morning gown to fit her husband’s height. After a night of wind and mischief, she shortens it ten inches. A sister-in-law trims more, hoping to alter it further. The husband’s surprise backfires as the gown ends up in a comic mix up with the tailor and wife.
A fragment from a 19th century account recalls a village court absurdly puzzled by a liquor purchase. Amid humorous questioning and a wry defense of wit, a judge and crowd sparkled with satire, mentioning Professors and old soldiers as the tale winds through pranks and wary legalism.
An aged farmer recalls his missing son Tam who travels to gather news of neighbors and townsfolk. En route, Tam forgets his mission, returns after a month, and encounters misidentifications including Perkina and Squire Nye. The tale humorously shows aging memory and rural gossip.
A ragged mix of archaic anecdotes and oddities describes a pork theft tale with a mysterious detail, followed by a roach extermination tip using cucumber peels. The column then catalogs a parade of eminent deaths and biographical notes, and ends with local agricultural figures projecting peach yields and tree counts.
Clerical anecdotes describe Reverend Barstard in Orwell Vermont where he provoked the crowd with a sharp retort to a young woman during a revival. The piece also notes morbid funeral habits, a rogue’s gallery figure called Chief Mourner, a grisly pipe incident, and random social vignettes including a boy with hornlike growths and a widow’s revenge, plus railroad surveying westward and a slave manumission anecdote.
A Boston couple, long in wealth and business, married in a brief ceremony then travelled to this city for a short honeymoon. Within days the wife’s fortune of $20,000 and $81,000 were settled as she and her husband agreed to live apart, each free to pursue his or her own inclinations. Both parties were described as educated and well-born, and the cause of separation remains unknown.
The Earl of Care Vale, new Lord Lieutenant, spoke on the 12th ultima replying to Dublin corporation. He urged swift punishment of criminals and praised tranquility in several counties as grand juries reported falling crime and shortened assizes.
Dr Morris J Franklin cites about two hundred thousand Jews in the United States and notes immigration could shrink their numbers. He mentions Jews in politics and business including Yalea and Benjamin in the Senate and Zollicoffer Oliver Philips and Harr in the House. English Bible use and reforms in worship are described.
A historical column notes South Carolina bans judicial divorce, requiring legislative action for any dissolution. It asserts marriage indissolubility by law and social sentiment, while contrasting clergy-led ceremonies with the community’s view on divorce. Also reported is the Washington National Monument project resuming funding and a forger Baldwin’s re-arrest after fleeing Clyde, N Y.
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