10 Oct 1859
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1859
Page
1
The document describes a large farm near Millerstown in Aiymta come ty with 120 acres, including a two story stone dwelling, barn, stables, and ten outbuildings. It lists divided lots with quantities, payments due, and possession terms beginning April first, with valuations and multiple parcels such as Welty tract and Miller tract.
Sheriff Lightner issues notice for Adams County General Election on the second Tuesday of October next. Districts list polling places in Gettysburg Littlestown New Oxford Hanover East Berlin Benfergyville Huxturstown Franklin Meislerstown McSherrystown Meidyulburg Mountjoy and Mountpleasant township precincts with specified homes and schoolhouses as polling sites.
Directors of Mailton meet at the church schoolhouse in East Leviin on the appointed day for hiring teachers in the district. The page also carries poems and anecdotes on kindness, letters, and various local observations, with snippets about ships and officials, and remarks on language, travel, and morals.
A fragment from Whitestown New York recounts a colored meeting where a white neighbor interrupted with a heated rebuke about habitual prayers while a humorous, misread exchange on track safety and a clergyman’s quip follow. The column breezily threads odd vignettes from rural life, weather, and local mishaps.
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