13 Dec 1858
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1858
Page
1
An advertisement for Englich hosiery for ladies, misses, gents, and children by WW. EH. & Co at 818 and 820 Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Also mentions Scott's for lead and percussion caps, fabrics for men, willow ware by Gillespie Thomas, and miscellaneous moral witticisms and proverbs interwoven with the ads.
A quivering archaic sounding passage reflects prayer and kindness with disjointed diction. The speaker ponders mercy and guidance while contrasting harsh fate with compassion and duty. Strong entities and concrete references are missing due to readability issues.
In a village of B- two years ago a peaceful debating club met weekly with doctors ministers and others debating topics chosen in advance. Squire K- attacked priestcraft and questioned the catechism prompting Elder G- to respond with a parable about a mortar and pestle. Laughter followed as the chairman recalled a Scotch deacon’s lessons.
Amusing snippets from a Durham courtroom feature a deat old lady suing a neighbor, a judge urging compromise, and a sponsor’s loud inquiry about what she will take. The piece blends legal comedy with various quips about manners, old age, and human folly through a string of bizarro anecdotes and social humor.
In a local story a Dobbs misreads a prank on April 1 as a real money crisis. A servant’s clever cross talk about a child’s face leads to mistaken urgency, ending with a shared laugh after the wife reveals the ruse and a hearty supper.
A London Telegraph paragraph mocks royalty and uses Moglish terms to lampoon imprecise titles for royal figures. It cites infantArchduchess of Austria and Princess Frederick William of Prussia amid speculation on early appointments. A Bonham news item details a runaway horse found after seven weeks with rope, lasso, and drought impacts, then recovering after care.
The article discusses increasing remunerative work for women, predicting women will run stores, work in telegraph offices, drug shops, and banking. It notes civilizing efforts in Southern Africa with UK funding, hospitals, roads, and training for natives, plus broader international views on progress and governance. It reports on the death of Rev. Jo n Mokhna and highlights large Cambria iron works and an Irish estate farming display, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s family alliances, and a donor funding Baptist ministry education.
Northumberland County reels as a group tied to stolen goods trades is linked to a brutal murder. A colored man named Bill, claimed to have betrayed the dealers, was found scourged and hanged, then cut with switch branches and burned. Witnesses faced threats, four men named Blackerly and Coleman and Marsh are implicated. coroner rules whipped to death. prisoners jailed awaiting the law.
A middle aged man named Peter Martin confessed at a St Louis police station to stabbing a fellow passenger to death aboard a New Orleans bound vessel after an ensuing argument over robbery. He claimed to have fled, woke, and later surrendered, detailing the sequence from Cincinnati to Cairo and finally St Louis. He is held at the calaboose as authorities review the case. The report also covers the 1858 New Orleans yellow fever epidemic, noting 8,296 city deaths and the Howard Association’s relief efforts totaling about $44,000 in aid and assets.
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