31 Aug 1846
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1846
Page
1
A Sabbath morning scene describes bright sun, grand mountains, and green valleys. The poem speaks of holy hush, inward longing, and a dream of purer bliss as nature inspires faith and a resolve to endure in life.
A destitute widow, alone with her children, finds work sewing at low pay. She endures long hours and hunger but earns enough for basics. A stranger offers a deadline dress commission and pays a dollar upfront, yielding relief and renewed hope for her family.
Glenpt to Humoug the Farmers cautions readers that Locofo ro and wire workers push anti tariff arguments to farmers to scare them about British bills raising prices. It argues grain flour and farm prices fall if manufacturing declines and urges reliance on home markets and domestic factories over English policy. Awful story recalls Dr Norris's deathbed brandy incident on Rio Grandy.
A Cincinnati grocer misread a St. Mary’s order and sent eighty bushels of Persimmon fruit mistaken for cranberries. The error arose from illegible clerk handwriting and a misinterpreted word one hundred bushels per Simmons versus per Simmons. Local humor follows as the wagoner arrives with partial delivery.
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