29 Aug 1853
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1853
Page
1
The text presents garbled OCR style lines about a person named Indy and a suggestion that a girth or moen may be involved. It mentions saving from further trouble and a stray quote about lovers. No clear event, date, place, or organization is discernible.
A New York clergyman’s pet essay echoes the Society of Ladies remarks on college life. It praises female influence in refining men and restraining excess, warning against distrust of men’s promises and urging virtue, sense, and marriage as paths to character.
George Wilson, a runaway orphan, becomes a contrive reader and apprentice in Hartford. He astonishes his master with mathematical and linguistic progress, travels to France for prize demonstrations before Napoleon’s court, earns acclaim from the Bazal Society in London, and ultimately receives patronage from Nicholas I. His journey spans masterful teaching, letters of introduction, and royal recognition in multiple courts.
An old Western paper recounts a social misadventure in New York where a Western traveler is part of a party booth and comic mischief. A witty exchange about music ends with a bizarre instrument the women use, followed by evasive remarks and a Beecher quote about misfortune and bread.
A distiller near the city schemes to mask poor spirits by mixing St Croix with adulterated stock and selling at thirty cents a gallon. Mr W refuses, but the distiller presses, trading a hogshead for bad liquor. Weeks later the distiller learns Mr W’s “conscience” is stronger, and exposes a scheme to skim profits by deceit.
A tale from a small interior town recounts Parson B- shifting from doctrinal to practical preaching. He publicly singles out congregation members for faults until a visitor interrupts, prompting the merchant Mr C- to demand only practical sermons henceforth. The anecdote reflects satire on religious style and human foibles within a community.
Anecdote from Washington Republic recounts two Irish youths seeking office via two colored laborers as substitutes. They meet with Secretary, travel to the White House, seek President Pierce, who declines and laughs at their question about choosing soldiers. President endorses the papers with a hope the Commissioners of Public Buildings assign duties.
A dramatic escape from Sing Sing Prison New York occurs as a prisoner crafts an air tight six foot tube with a life preserver to flee along the river and docks. He reaches Culver's Dock before his improvised device fails and he disappears into the crowd, inspiring wide pursuit. He is in for life and twenty years old. The story also follows a rural town incident where a gentleman’s quip about sleep leads to a confrontation and a landlady’s intervention. Other items recount a pneumonia of public quarrels and a shocking confession in a murder case, with vaccination news and a tonic tallies.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.