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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1866
Page
1
A fragmentary devotional passage contrasts hesitation with urgent religious duty. It urges the reader to attend to the wounded, the widowed, and the hungry, to go with Jesus to the dying and to proclaim his name with compassion and steadfast ministry despite fear or fatigue.
A reflective meditation on aging, memory, and remorse. The author argues maturity reveals sorrowful pasts, regrets, and the burdens of disappointment. It recalls an aged clergyman tormented by one childhood act, urging caution to children to cherish their mother. The piece links cheerfulness to activity and warns idle minds breed melancholy.
A prose collage from Miss Barber's Weekly recalls a cradle’s vanished innocence and the aging of children, then pivots to a critique of dress worship. It contrasts quiet virtue with flashy fashion and warns against prioritizing outward adornment over inner character. A quip-filled tale closes on a boastful, quarrelsome giant and a cunning, small man who sees through bravado.
An old moral essay argues that character is the base of security and success. It asserts foolish and deceitful conduct breeds doubt, ruin, and poverty, while true character brings happiness, resilience, and enduring affection. It urges rejecting deceivers and avoiding those who harm you.
A playful legal farce opens with a Yankee lawyer and Dutch justice debating rights before the court over a sheep theft while mangled language and mischief swirl. San Francisco mining district tales follow with deputies misrecording claims and odd objects noted as landmarks. A nose inquiry ends with a sharp quip about meddling, then a country boy wonders if naval sailors move anchors due to seasickness.
A distressed young boy, Bel ly, rushes to tell his father that Bill was shot after a tense shopping scene. The shopkeeper and crowd react in disbelief as the uncle figures stumble, causing comic chaos before confirming no one was hurt.
A rural church elder removes a hat, triggering a comic scene with a quart of hickory nuts rolling and a note about meddling. A Yankee visits Broadway, mistakes soda for a drink, and gas and water misfires produce laughter. Several short sketches follow about church mishaps and social quirks, including a laird playing cards in church and a joke about a psalm book bound poorly.
A series of short items on breathing through the nose versus the mouth, cautions for children to keep lips closed, and notes on the health risks of mouth breathing. Also includes anecdotes on self defense, garden tips, and a scattered collection of moral reflections and social observations from the era.
A farmer in East Penarboro Cumberland County reported a bungled robbery by a pedlar posing to sell notions. He attempted to rob the wife and baby, threatened murder, but fled when a husband returned with a shotgun. Four men were seen in a spring wagon leaving with the pack. the wife’s suspicions aided the escape.
A Newtown Maryland Record item recounts two Gipsies named Willisa and Mary Wallace deceiving merchant Edward Wright by promising to double his money if he kept it in a trunk. Eight thousand of their funds plus five thousand from Wright were placed, then vanished nine days later. Wright offers a $2,000 reward, noting misleading lead bundles and other losses. The passage also mentions barbers using hair tonic due to Sunday barroom closures and a quaker lady’s reaction to a tale of dubious honesty.
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