20 Jul 1830
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1830
Page
1
A meditation on human mortality compares people to waves that rise and fall, fading like snow and foam. It contrasts worldly transient pleasure with religion’s enduring light, stating faith steadies the soul through tempests and sorrow.
The article advises soap and water as the best face wash and skin beautifier. It links regular washing, fresh air, temperance, exercise, pure water, and occasional soap use to healthy skin and overall well being. It condemns substitutes like distilled liquor and cologne. It also notes baths improve general health and complexion, with a brief comic tale about a horse and a post unrelated to the beauty piece.
The piece argues that every man and woman should be able to support themselves by their hands when necessary. It states that not everyone must always do so, but all should strive to do so. It adds that even the most aristocratic parent would seek this safeguard for their children against misfortune.
A London mechanic near the Orphan Working School confesses he wept at the sight of the school’s orphans, reflecting on religion’s social outcomes. The item then surveys Brazil storms, Algiers expeditions, Russo Turkish maps, vaccination debates, Independence Day parades, and population notes on Rome.
The article notes frequent fatal lightning in the area and recalls a chance to memorialize its effects the next day. It references Davy like a metaphor for nature’s spark and the interior of the event, highlighting the dangerous power of storms in the locality.
At a July 6 1830 meeting of the Manual Labor Academy of Pennsylvania board of trustees Rev Grones Juxkin of Milton was unanimously elected principal to succeed Rev John Monteith who resigned.
A St Louis Beacon writer says Indians are the world’s most desperate gamblers, with lengthy sessions of stake play ending in ruin but not despair. Women wager ornaments and garments, and a fragment about Charlemagne’s ninth century intoxication law is quoted.
An 1830 presidential order notes growing state overreach into Indian lands and urges emigration as the only way to spare Indians from worsening effects of white encroachment. The piece also reports on gold mining profits, hail storms from Georgia to New England, and Cherokee alphabet notes by Mr Knapp.
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