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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1857
Page
1
A fragmented lyric expresses farewell between lovers in a somber mood. The speaker vows to return or meet again by a river, but duty and faith separate them. Poetic images of eyes, light, iron armor, hunger, and divine worship frame the parting vow and hoped reunion.
A reflective piece laments daily deaths from a broad range of lives. It portrays each obituary as aWinter shadow on the street, noting a babe, youth, bride, patriarch, and veterans passing away. The writer ends by finding solace in mourning, seeing death as a triumph and gain.
Goethe recalls a mother reproving a girl entering womanhood. Tears and blushes illuminate moral purity, surpassing gold or pearls. The scene extols charity and honor in women, noting how essential women and newspapers are to a world that conveys news.
A Woodstown lodge hires Mrs. K to clean its room but a guardian hides a secret closet. A billy goat is released from the closet during the job causing chaos in the house and street. The doorkeeper jokes about initiation as Mrs. K escapes with the goat and refuses further lodge involvement. The episode ends with a townsfolk’s humor and a warning about secrecy.
A reporter recalls a ten year old girl begging her father to return home. Clad in poverty, she pleads “Come home” as the ruined family life sinks further. The memory lingers of a child’s desolation, sorrow, and the harsh fate that shadows many.
The text argues that Providence provides but does not perform human action. It emphasizes that God aids without removing personal responsibility, supplying resources while requiring individuals to act with free will to use them. It compares biblical manna and daily bread to illustrate self-reliance within divine providence.
The article describes three annual illuminations at St Peter's Church in Rome. The Silver illumination uses 5900 lanterns, while the Golden illumination lights 900 lamps totaling 6800 fires, resembling torches. Lighting is rapid, with 382 men ascending to light lamps on the cross 432 feet up, amid danger and precision. Basil of Caesarea's defense against Emperor Valens is recounted, followed by a note on modest propriety and a humorous quip about spinning furniture and fashion. An Ohio editor notes their town’s spring appearance with fences removed and many residents having moved to lows, while others stay poor. A fashionable lady’s gate question prompts a slight pun about a toad.
A late 19th century miscellany recalls a wedding scene with the line I pronounce you man and wife and other political and social jests. Anecdotes include a land deal in a frontier tone, a preacher wrestling with a prodigal iron joke, and quips about kissing, manners, and fashion.
In Sparta marriage ages fix ed for men and women with penalties for remaining unmarried. Bridesmaids cut the bride’s hair at weddings. The column then reports a jealous wife stabbing her husband in Cincinnati, Vesuvian eruption news from Naples with lava seen near Fosgo del Faraone, and local items from New York printers gifting atlas volumes. Lobster trade in Salem and whalebone imports show varied commerce. Precautionary security on trains by Hideon River Co. and a humorous note on temperance.
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