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Adams Sentinel

Location

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1857

Page

2

Gettysburg Rail and Hanover Bonds Offer Safe Investment

Capitalists in Philadelphia pursue a secure loan scheme tied to the Gettysburg Rail and Company. Bonds worth 100 and 500 dollars carry semiannual interest warrants, secured by mortgages for 200,000 dollars and extensive grade and bridge work west of Gettysburg. The route extends from York and Adams counties toward Hanover, promising broad agricultural traffic and elevated confidence in repayment.

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Anniversary of Prauk cia and Marshal College event in Lancaster

The Diagnothean Society and Marshal College at Lancaster celebrated their twenty fourth anniversary with an exhibition featuring a final oration by W A Duy cay of Cashtows. The Lancaster Times praised the speech as among the best composed, full of patriotic sentiments about liberty and independence.

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Cettisbury Railroad Grades Described With Stable Roadbed

The article notes uniform grades on the Cettisbury Railroad, with no steep inclines and a mile average around ninety feet. It describes an unbroken straight path in a two minute segment, a well built road bed of solid material, and gravelly soil west of the line unlikely to be affected by heavy rains. Ros RY, President, Veltysburg Ee Be. Ce Davin Wits, Secretary.

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Extraordinary superstition in Ephrat_ exhumation tale

A Lancaster report describes a nine year old death linked to a family curse and a hoax of exhuming Miss Bauman's body in Ephrat. Relatives claimed a winding sheet caused multiple deaths by superstition, while physicians saw hereditary illness. A committee uncovered no sheet after nine years, refuting the tale.

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A Natural Result o F Mormonism

A dramatic critique of Mormonism catalogs a sensational tale of a San Francisco man luring a wife with three children away to Utah. It traces abduction, divorce, and murder through a web of cities and prayers, arguing the Utah question tests law and humanity despite popular reform.

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Steamer Louisianus Destroyed in Galveston Bay Fire

New Orleans dispatch reports the steamship Louisianus burning in Galveston Bay after leaving this port. A large number of passengers were aboard and eleven fatalities are confirmed. Army officer Gol W Binbridge, a native of Massachusetts, is among the missing plus thirty others. Twenty five were saved before the steamer Galveoton crew reached the scene.

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Convention at Lancaster nominating a governor candidate

The Bank of Westminster declared a five percent dividend for the last six months. A Lancaster convention nominated Isaac Macuennast of Philadelphia for governor. Other nominations included Jacob Broom for Supreme Court judge and John J. Linderman for canal commissioner. Few counties represented, with notable opposition to Brady in Pittsburgh.

Lancaster Isaac Macuennast Philadelphia Daily News Jacob Broom Fasper E. Brady Pittsburg Supreme Court John J. Linderman Bucks County Brady Mlegheny

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