Multiple Adams county tracts listed for public sale in Gettysburg
Writs of Venditions Exponis expose diverse Adams county real estate to public sale at Gettysburg Courthouse on November 12. Properties include numerous tracts in Monroe, Latimore, Mount Pleasant, Tyrone, and other townships, with houses, barns, orchards, and mountain land. proceedings list owners such as Jacob Maesart, Thomas Gardner, Thomas P. Gardner, Samuel Lighes, and Peter Becker, with notices to heirs and tenants.
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Court of Common Pleas
Adams County
Salonon
Tipton
Joseph Spangler
Cornelius Hloughtelu
Pat Fame
Jacon Maesart
Latimere Township
D. Gardner
Loreueperger
Tuninstun Township
John Wolford
Win
Mountpleasant Cownship
Jatin May
Samuel Cashman
Sauce
F.criswent
Adims
Win. Aloll
E. PF. Shorh
Matthew Lluf
George Will
Davis
Latinore
John Warhold
Walter
Thoway P. Gardner
George Besure
Thoma Walker
David Snyder
Thaddeus Stevens
Franklin County
Saised
Asken
Samned Lleighes
Franklin Township
Adame County
Genrge
Praneis Roll
Charles Mekenrich
Sachem McAenick
Public Sale of Estate of Groner J Vartanun in Adams County
An administrator will expose the estate of Groner J Vartanun for sale at the deceased's residence in Butler township Adams county on Saturday November 12 at 10 o clock. Personal effects include horse cattle hogs carriage harness furniture bedding and various household items. The adjoining farm of about 140 acres with timber and meadow plus outbuildings will also be offered. Viewings by C A Martoyll on the premises. Terms to be announced day of sale.
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Leo Wi
Court of Common Pleas
Adms Enanty
Court House
Gettysburg
Comber Lind Township
Adams County
Isaac Deardof
Doralph Bayly
Peter Becker
Christian Keckler
Wlee
Christian Ant David Keckler
Peeter Kechler
Timothy Lane
Isaaq Lightner
Suceirr
Sherif
Gattysburg
Dek
PNMNE
Groner J. Vartanun
Butler Township
Middletown
Satuday
Vane
Menallen
C. A. Mfartyoll
Lebrigit
Wartarll
Adarr
Farewell to Earthly Bonds in a Reverent Lament
A poetic farewell meditation from a wartime or devotional voice speaks of facing death with trust in God. The speaker notes that a distant land awaits beyond trials and urges submission to divine will. A chorus of faith contrasts earthly grief with heavenly consolation.
Courage and confession in a Boston street tale
A boy named William breaks a parlor window with a snowball. He confesses to the owner and his father, offering to repair the damage, showing courage over cowardice. The piece extols honesty after fault, contrasts unpleasant people with secure virtue, and discusses how courage, energy, and daily conduct shape success.
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Boston
William
Thun
An Exciting Scene from an Asylum Sketch
A first person reminiscence describes life at a public insane asylum. An assault on a dangerous patient ends with a doctored plan using a hartshorn syringe, a carpenter, and a chair shield to subdue the man as staff form an improvised invading party. The scene blends fear with practical improvisation.
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Alfred
Hartshorn
Carpenter
Hart Horn
Deacon Bodkins Tale Reflects on Church Etiquette
A regional anecdote centers on Deacon Bodkins and his views about church decorum and the rising habit of some congregants to sit during prayer while others stand. Neighbor Jones relates a boyhood anecdote about a schoolmaster and a pupil named Joe Simmons to illustrate accountability and unspoken rules.
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Janes
Ile Buys
Buys
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Joe
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Dexeon Budkins
It Was My Brother's Gentle Lesson on Loveliness
A child on King Street shows a broken toy and a loving, indigent mother. The writer recalls Tommy's death and the hole left by loss, then moves to reflections on true loveliness and charity. Includes anecdotes on citizenship, a sick boy, and a Dublin spirit merchant anecdote with Bacon quotes.
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Tommy
Lancaster Urlor
N. Pe Willis
Algernon
Sydney
Ray
Daethor
Rod
Woman's Devotion A Strange Scene at the Depot
A decade after a liquor fueled fight in Mente Take county A stabbed B. B was wounded badly and jailed ten years. A later sought pardon but failed. The two farmers both married, once friends, met at a depot with their wives and resolved to quit drink. The Vatican palace in Rome spans 1200 by 1600 feet on the Quirinal hill. The Marquis of Westminster's income is £800000 yearly. Tagore's Calcutta fortune fell to ten million after the Panic. A peach grower’s judge comment ends with stomach upset.
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Calcutta
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New York Express
New York
Mississippi
Buffalo
Clerical Attempt to Force a Vote Sparks Laughs and Watchful Eyes
A Louisville revivalist faced a stalled altar after asking all in favor of Christ to rise. A heckler shouted that the congregation was being forced, claiming a 2500 majority against him. Also noted are Judge Dooly retellings, a misfit marriage tale, Fiji feast largesse, a farm fruit triumph, Mississippi river widths, a classroom riddle, and a French maxim on dreaming with virtue by day.
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Louisville
Caemaint
Christ
Geyrimman
Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn
Hig House
Duelling and political upheaval in 1850s era notes
A collage of historical brief items recounts a duel challenge involving Judge Thatcher and Mr. Blount, political reactions to the Broderick affair, President Buchanan’s rumored libel actions, election turmoil in Lancaster, Congress debacles, abolitionist lectures, and scattered social anecdotes across newspapers, reflecting unrest and public discourse of the era.
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