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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1857
Page
1
A memorial verse marks the death of Mary Gathanine Ulingh, describing early youth cut short and urging no sorrow. The poem likens her to stars and flowers, promising heavenly peace and a guiding memory for friends and playmates. A signature Grover, 1957.
A Vermont mother’s plea to her son ends in a life changing tale of temperance. A captain’s note and a dying youth’s final warning echo the cost of drink, as readers learn of Poindexter’s suicide and a child’s farewell to parents in a Louisville-Kentucky Observer column.
An extended fragment on frugality argues that improvident habits waste family resources and health. It condemns wasteful household practices, urges careful use of meat, cloth, and luxury, and endorses thrift as Providence’s counter to poverty. The text also notes a social question about gentlemen visiting ladies and the propriety of sleeves in attire.
A domestic quarrel and reconciliation unfold in a dim November mood. Mrs Leeds longs for forgiveness and a velvet carpet as husband Harry contends with business woes. A fragile tension gives way to tenderness and renewed affection, brightened by sunlight breaking through clouds.
A clergyman tries to swap his horse by sending Pompey to list its four faults. Pompey remembers two, including blindness and a limp, while the other two elude memory. The buyer’s exchange ends badly as the new horse proves horsesly flawed and the clergyman derides the seller.
An American in the Strand orders a bowl of strawberries and cream at a London restaurant, unaware of the price. The astonished company notes his ignorance as the bill arrives. He pays a guinea for the first portion and demands another, displaying adaptive pride amid the unexpected luxury.
A long‑ago tale from New ington in Weathersfield recounts a conscientious man who marries a famedly ill‑tempered wife to curb his attachment to worldly things. The wife, offended by the rationale, seeks revenge by becoming notably dutiful, declaring she will not be a burden to him.
A neighbouring city lady traveling through Baltimore to Washington reported two trunks with her wardrobe missing. A massive list of articles and values followed, totaling about 2000 dollars excluding jewelry. The trunks were later found and contents preserved.
A quirk filled column discusses winter foot care linking cold feet to illness and cites Native practices of heating in wigwams. It then pivots to cucumber bug control with a pepper and flour dust method and a note on pepper’s insect repulsion. A Cleveland resident’s tale of a sensitive husband appears before a brief remark on comet speeds.
A strange couple stopped at a Wisconsin hotel and went to a Justice of the Peace for a hurried marriage. The bride explained she had met the man days earlier after he had lost his wife, and each party had four children. The ages and coincidences of the children were striking, with the eldest born the same day as the oldest of the bride’s brood, and the youngest sharing a date with the groom’s youngest child.
A lurid report links a murderer in Lasse to a long string of thefts and religious pretense, naming Charles Jones as the killer who faked piety while looting Mr Dean’s store, fabricating church items, and stealing from townsfolk. A separate Iowa mob in Clinton county seizes prisoners, lynching Barg er and detaining an Irishman amid a broad, organized outcry. A cautionary note on dangerous playthings and a quip about nightly lectures closes with morals on integrity and tongues.
A collage of fragments describes linguistic limits of a language, a San Francisco mother washing a swearing mouth, rock blasting via heated mixture, wool growth advice, pie making tips, an Oxford Earl’s moral stance, a porter’s quip about bread and beef, a molasses mishap with a Worcester boy, a pair of women yoked to a plow seen by train passengers, and a Scotland note on gendered labor.
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