29 Mar 1858
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1858
Page
1
A Richmond, Virginia youth writes life is a farce and tragedy ends in surrendering a promised treasure. In contrast, another man endures trials with faith, facing destiny and claiming a future glory. The comparison starkly pits cynicism against enduring hope and spiritual reward.
A collection of disjointed impressions and anecdotes linking reflections on clouds, travel pace, and fortune with brief moral vignettes. Includes musings on waking early, longevity myths, a Bigamy case note, a royal infant reference, and a Hoosier court joke about bickering spouses.
A long excerpt recounts Lord Spenvar, De Trenklin, and Franklin in a 1774 fable session. The tale features a dancing line, a cat, an eagle, and a foxlike interplay, with Franklin presenting an impromptu fable to Lord Spencer, ending in a moral about mercy and political reflection amid a royal audience.
A narrator recounts village gossip about Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Croaker, praising or condemning their marriages, attire, and social standing while contrasting it with sermons and a comic church anecdote about a clergyman and a loud audience. The piece blends domestic chatter with a tale of a pulpit mishap and a cautionary vignette on propriety.
The readable portion shows garbled phrases about friends, cans, and control over hair loss, with references to a wife and a servant girl. The text is incoherent and lacks discernible events, people, places, or dates to form a coherent news item or summary.
A Muarbodiat preacher known as Jim Smith, once a bachelor at forty, faced constant urging from friends to marry. After repeated refusals and a patient approach, he finally agreed to marry a woman named Miss P. They were married at her residence on a set day and lived happily for several years in this transformation tale.
An assembled jumble recounts a Kentucky anecdote about a universalist preacher and his discourse on Adam. It moves to a quarry tale of a thrush guiding blasting work, then to Swift lampooning lawyers and clergy, ending with a parable on polished minds and fragile impressions.
A fragmented historical fragment discusses the use of derogatory vocabulary, noting bitter terms and the impact of profanity. It references attempts to study racial terms, the limits of inquiry, and cautions against repeating or normalizing slurs.
A fragmented extract recounts a Russian noble in Paris wearing a large gem in a ring as a symbol of lost marriage. It hints at a chemist converting a wife into a jewel and reflects on gendered marriage expectations. Additional vignettes describe social manners and odd anecdotes from Baltimore and Newport.
African traveler Livingstone details a method where a grass bundle tied to a reed forms a vacuum in loose earth. Water rises to the surface through the grass, offering a simple, effective way to obtain scarce water in deserts. The note urges travelers to learn and apply this technique.
A jumble of ancient wonders is listed from Nineveh to Thebes and Athens with wall lengths, heights, and populations, including mentions of pyramids, temples, and gates. A Holland county letter reports a Presbyteran minister Reed found dead, then alive after burial, with details of a coffin cover torn and shroud displaced.
A planned double murder suicide failed when the groom to be, Robt Schmidt, shot the fiancée Beidler in a Wisconsin town. She died early Sunday, Schmidt was arrested after leaping into a river. authorities say the couple’s families opposed the match and Schmidt attempted self harm. The report also notes local incidents and humorous anecdotes from Milwaukee and Newport, plus social commentary on jealousy and crime.
The Tribune estimates about 450 interior lodgings in five wards of New York with average nightly lodgers around 26, totaling roughly 60,000 yearly across all. Some houses charge six to twelve cents per night, with annual sums near 3264000, while many rooms house four to five occupants under squalid conditions and poor sanitation.
A controversial critique by Mr. Broderick J. Quant questions the health and nutritional value of excessively fatty cattle meat. He argues fat replaces muscle, harming nutritive quality and leading to weak, breathless animals and cold extremities. The piece links fattening prizes to the problem and urges health boards and agricultural societies to address the issue.
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