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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1866
Page
1
A fragmented verse asks where the soul goes as dusky winds and spicy airs lure. Imagery shifts from jasmine scented gardens to golden shores and shining pebbles, then to children walking weary streets. It contrasts peaceful paths with folly and asks where lasting rest and peace lie.
A miscellany blends Antonin autumn beauty with moral counsel from Fredericks Bramer urging harmony in marriage, fidelity, and faith. The piece praises autumn’s serene country pleasures, cites poems and quotes, recounts humorous vignettes from Xenia dining delays, misadventures, and a comic parade of ordinary folk.
A wild husband prone to dissipation leaves a letter boasting of secret sins. He returns to find his wife calmly writing, with a loving ballad in her voice. She reveals the letter is open and forgives him, his suspicion wasted. Her gentleness leads him to abandon temptations and seek virtue.
A blacksmith, once doubtful of temperance, quits drink after joining a temperance society. He notices his wife planting roses and fruit trees, astonished by her care. She explains her change, hoping their hard work will yield a blessed home for their family, with future enjoyment of the produce.
A strong cautionary essay urges boys to avoid tobacco as dangerous and weakening. It notes harmful effects on teeth throat lungs and nerves and warns that early and heavy use prevents energy and manly development. The piece includes a quip about social conduct and chastity.
A well dressed mourning woman sought Mayor Tallmadge's aid to place her four year old daughter Ada in an orphan home. The mayor found a home for the child, but the mother later vanished. Chicago detectives traced a baby-napper from Chicago to St Louis Louisville Cincinnati New Orleans and back. The recovered child did not recognize its mother. grief and separation followed. The child died soon after being reunited with its parents, believed to have caused the mother to end her life. Detective work linked the woman to a previous abduction, ending in tragedy.
A York newspaper essay defends autumn as lively and instructive, likening seasonal change to life stages and divine economy. It urges gratitude, not gloom, and notes an imminent morning of resurrection while reflecting on mortality and spiritual refuge. Discovery of a Great Pyramid in Colorado is reported with measurements and description of its structure. A reader offers supplies for roasting and butter, and stolen Arlington Gen. Lee effects are detailed alongside bank reports, a Breckinridge appointment, and aSalt Lake Mormon bishop obituary with large family. A Parisian murder case is noted with a deadly poison ring.
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