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17 May 1858
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Adams Sentinel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1858
Page
1
Sermon on Done Words by a Great Man in Extraordinary Times
A long critique of a preacher’s last sermon by Doctor A Tyso praised for its simple earnestness under dire circumstances. It extols his deep learning and piety, contrasts aging generations with shifting fortunes, and warns against deceit, family misguidance, and moral laxity while urging truth and obedience.
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Cooling Rooms And Summer Hygiene Hints
The article offers low-cost methods to keep interiors cooler in hot weather. It advocates thorough ventilation by opening doors and windows, keeping roof traps clear, and using shutters. It suggests using damp cloths for rapid cooling and notes chloride of lime to scent passages and stairs. It warns against endorsing counterfeit notes and discusses false praise and slander.
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Dandy Steals Watch During Church Service
A tale from Yenkeaton recalls a traveler lodged at a tavern who asked to borrow an alarm watch. He wore out the alarm during the first prayer, then fled the church with the watch in one hand and his hat in the other as startled townspeople laughed at the mock incident.
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Fragmented 19th century reminiscences with humor and scandal
A garbled collection of anecdotal vignettes mixes racial slurs and stagey dialogue with comic tales. It references a governor and iron trades, a Californian trip, and a fireside barbering of jokes about women and education while blending tall tales with garbled dialect.
Perseverance in a Difficult Match Leads to Marriage
An old notice recounts a matchmaking effort where a man sought a wife via newspaper ads. After three trials at different squares the persevering couple finally met a spinster and a mutual attraction grew. The third interview led to a happy marriage.
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A Curious Village Pageant Of Odd Tales And Wit
A scattered 19th century page features disjointed vignettes of village life. It recounts a romantic misadventure in a church, a comic fishing incident, social prejudices among color line communities, editor squires quips on marriages, and scattered ruminations on manners and manners. The text blends humor and social observation with garbled dialogue and dialect.
A Fragmented Reflection on Smiles and Spring
A diffuse 19th century miscellany mixes musings on smiling beauty with moral reflections. It includes a grandmotherly tale of a child kissing mother, a vivid spring renewal metaphor, a spider anecdote from Tavre-de-Grove, a note on a 1792 marriage from the New York Workly Museum, and a Bethlehem sermon quip about scandal and virtue. The piece blends personal sentiment, natural imagery, and social commentary in a period voice.
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Temperance talk by Tom Marshal and confession tale
Tom Marshal on temperance delivery in Cincinnati drew a large audience. He praised Temperance Society work, urged writing to support their causes, and recounted a personal fall from pledge and pride. He pledged to rise with renewed strength, speaking with sincerity and humility.
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Fragmented 19th century dispatches mix faith and crime
A jumble of passages reports a Reverend disputing authorship of a long prayer, sketches Mormon tragedy and folly, laments crime and burglary in Philadelphia, plus vivid notes on public morals, weather, and a giant grape vine hoarding rumors.
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