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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1866
Page
1
A nostalgic meditation on twilight and home recalls a mother’s love and the comfort of a sacred space, promising God’s care beyond the grave. The piece closes with a humorous anecdote of a Quaker confusing gin for water and prankish commentary on Abigail’s nose.
A garbled text fragment recalls a dream and a startled awakening at a bell that rang, blending stray names and phrases. The passage mixes mentions of Turkes and a rising bell with unclear narrative threads and scattered proper nouns.
Fragmentary verse asking guardian angels to protect and guide souls in sorrow and temptation. The speaker seeks heavenly aid to ease pain, shield hearts, and teach virtue while awaiting brighter days.
A traveler recalls a strange folk remedy tale from the Wabash bottom. An old woman claims to cure by swallowing a lead musket ball, boasting of decades of such “treatment.” The narrator, in distress, learns the ritual is a trick and flees the scene.
A long, mixed-set column recounts camp life misadventures near Center ville, a Colonel mistaking a drummer for a sergeant and apologizing after recognizing the error, plus a string of anecdotes about schoolchildren, churchgoers, and humorous misreadings. It includes health tips, maxims, and various sharp, humorous vignettes about daily life.
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