30 Jan 1861
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1861
Page
1
The fragment speaks of bearing hardship and the pull of memory as it notes friends who have died and those remaining strive to complete duties. It hints at enduring fortunes and legacies tied to philanthropy and public memory.
An old piece reflects on a child’s day from sunrise to night, noting the constant movement and effort behind a child’s daily activities. It admires the child’s energy, curiosity, and trust while warning that such innocence masks deeper feelings and fears.
A sixteen year old bride dies after a brief marriage as health warnings about minor bodily violations go unheeded. A friend at the bedside recalls the warning echoed in the dying bride’s words Thin shoes thin shoe and laments the cost of heedless youth.
The Pittsburg Currite reports a Wheeling case where a woman pronounced dead remained warm in a coffin. Despite attempts to revive her, no decomposition signs appeared for weeks, drawing interest from physicians and locals. The article also notes Harpers binders produce about $7 350 yearly from discarded materials and a country inn keeper’s reply about his wife’s death.
A bar room incident shows a poor mother seeking bread for her starving child and a man of means asserting money is the only payment. Bea Royer, a Parisian private practitioner, helps the child, then declines gratitude as payment, demanding funds. A deacon recalls a legislator's pepper tale and wedding day mishaps.
A bill in the state House would criminalize fortune telling, with fines and imprisonment for practitioners and their ads. Moore of Philadelphia introduced it, sending it to the Vice and Immorality committee for likely report next week. The piece blends warnings, humor, and scattered notes on weather and public figures.
An ox team hauled a lumber sled escorted a young couple to Justice Purdy’s office. The groom, eager to marry for love, asked to publish the wedding in full newspaper style, joked about capitalizing Susan’s name, and then led Susan away with plans to wed, amid spectators’ giggles and startled old man’s reaction.
A Minnesota letter writer imagines redirecting rivers to ally with British territories and disrupt the United States, while Dr. Winship loses to William Thompson in a Chicago gymnasium strength contest lifting totals up to 3 1 526 pounds and other feats. A separate meteorological note describes a heavy thunderstorm and telegraph damage across New England including Cape Cod and Kingston with poles shattered and railway traffic halted.
The article asserts the South faces pressure from injuries and urges concessions for rights while warning against secession and revolution. It condemns South Carolina and Georgia actions as beyond policy and calls for measured redress and avoidance of civil war. It notes Northern allies risked sacrificing for justice but warns of losing them if madness toward force continues.
About 35 bishops and clergymen from Presbyterian and Episcopal churches in New York New Jersey and Philadelphia sign a letter urging calm study of political causes and constitutional fidelity. The message calls for Christian prayer and restrained press and pulpit discussion to heal national tensions.
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