28 Jan 1856
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1856
Page
1
A fragmentary verse piece reflects on night to dawn, memory and dream images. It weaves murky imagery of light, shadows, and awakening figures, with surreal phrases and repetitive motifs. The text mingles mythic tones with uneasy visions, hinting at inner longing and the turn toward morning.
A religious paper recounts sympathetic portraits of mothers facing poverty and duty. It highlights a widow with several children making ends meet by sewing, living in an attic, enduring hunger, and sacrificing comfort for education. Also included are brief scenes of resilience and social life in 19th century urban settings.
A Burlington man, Mr. Granger, pursues a flirtatious encounter with a Pearl Street woman, leading to a mistaken identity and a financial fallout. He later visits Miss Douglass at her mansion, learns the truth from a housekeeper, and files after a failed pursuit for redress. The tale ends with Granger’s loss and plans for legal action.
Captain Wim Allen proposes cutting a sea from the head of the Gulf of Akaba to the Dead Sea and another from the Mediterranean across Esdravloa to Lebenos to drain the Dead Sea region. He envisions the Mediterranean rushing through a wide valley, creating a two thousand square mile sea basin and opening fertile lands in Palestine for settlement. The plan, though grand, lacks sufficient survey to determine practicality.
A long-running project since the mid 19th century aims to drain the Haarlem Sea in Holland to create arable land. The latest contractor report claims substantial completion this year, with reclaimed areas expected to yield valuable farmland and provide life-sustaining benefits to many residents.
A fragmented discussion notes that one eighth of national property is owned by New York and Boston, with Boston owning about one twentieth of the union’s wealth. It cites regional disparities, mentions Portland and New Bedford, and references a Industrial Exhibition showing. The text wanders through figures and anecdotes about wealth concentration and related historical notes.
A whimsical tale unfolds with a clergyman praying as a wedding proceeds. Paddy, the Irish weaver, and his employer in Kalmar tuck exchange a humorous barter over cloth holes. The moment ends with Paddy tearing holes into one and saving a shilling, winning the boss’s forgiveness.
A fragmentary excerpt recounts Commodore Wilkes questioning a Fiji Islands savage about shipwrecked crew from an unknown vessel. The cannibal answers that they killed and ate all but one, sparing the tobacco-chewer, with curious dialogue on values and punishment. The text then shifts to scattered anecdotes on cannibalism, testing, and endurance from various sources, reflecting sensational beliefs about islanders.
A fragmentary report describes exotic trades involving dyed flowers and hair ornaments worn by ladies in a tropical setting. It notes a vendor earning by selling insects, snakes, and shells to visitors, with enslaved workers gathering lugs. A Havainian trade in fireflies for dress embellishment is mentioned, along with a curious anecdote about a horse being irritated by a pig on a farmyard path and the pig’s reactions.
A garbled OCR fragment mixes jokes about mischievous children with a lengthy aside on Aleppo hospital cats and a travelogue tone. It references a physician’s bent toward cat care, a curious mosque hospital, and scattered population figures for Middle East cities alongside stray notes on perfumery and global statistics.
The text argues laughter and crying mark animal emotions, then recounts a Cincinnati observer’s critique of Southern slavery scenes near New Orleans. It quotes vivid depictions of enslaved families meeting masters by the river and notes abolitionist sentiment while reflecting on war death tolls across battles like Austerlitz and Leipsic, urging against war.
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