23 May 1865
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1865
Page
1
Transcribed verse laments mortal pride and the common fate of all human life. It links the living and dead across generations, noting shared joys sorrows and the unending passage from vitality to rest. The poem reflects on time memory and the universal ties that bind humanity.
An essay contrasts a skeptical father with a son who finds value in prayer as gratitude for what God provides. It reflects on night thoughts, sleep, eternity, and the drive for purposeful work, urging constant labor and purposeful living despite fatigue and restless musings. It ends with a witty remark on a music loving boy asking for a dram.
A Michigan reader advocates gardens for youth to foster horticultural tastes and industrious habits. She suggests fencing small plots, rewarding care with plants, and hosting children’s fairs to educate and incentivize young farmers. The piece weaves in humorous anecdotes about families, judges’ advice, and social observations from various regions.
Greco the diver describes coral banks near Taytt with towering coral columns, submerged vistas, and diverse fish life including sunfish and sharks. He notes the water depth, enrapturing cathedral-like underwater formations, and the impact of quinine on history and exploration. A rat destruction method using baited fish hooks follows, then a note that Lora regiments contributed $90,000 for an orphans' home for fallen soldiers.
A reflective meditation on urban midnight life contrasts silent streets with the living city. It notes legends of Niagara Falls, Mammoth Cave, the Mississippi, the Great Lakes, and other American wonders, praising national institutions while critiquing neglect and curiosity about relics.
A city family narrowly escaped poisoning after eating canned peaches. The fruit looked normal but diners fell ill, prompting tests that showed the can enamel had worn away, exposing a dark interior. The article warns canners to inspect new cans carefully for tin defects. It also briefly mentions judgments about young men with moles on the skin as a moral aside.
Editorial denounces Jefferson Davis, once a feared rebel leader, now a prisoner in disguise. It condemns his traitorous past, his flight, and his alleged mercy pleas, arguing his clownish arrest in a wife’s clothes undermines his supposed heroism and invites public scorn.
A Confederate era screed denounces Jeff Davis as treason’s head and mocks his disguise while praising a Richmond military bread aid program distributing loaves at six and a quarter cents. It notes torpedo activity near Titusville and reports a widow seeking bounty for fallen husbands amid ra bbellion turmoil.
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