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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1866
Page
1
A reflective catena of lines laments how beauty and loved ones pass swiftly. The speaker notes that those we cherish move away and perish where they rest, evoking a somber meditation on time, loss, and memory.
Poetic reflection comforts readers that sorrow has meaning and divine care marks every sorrowing day. It speaks of light after night, trust in God, and the promise of happier years despite pain and loss. The verse envisions eternal recompense for the faithful and enduring sorrow borne by children.
A fragmented column recalls old world anecdotes from Rome to England. Vignettes describe ancient bedtimes and conspiracies by candlelight, a London correspondent’s tale of Prince Albert’s gambling, royal orders, mourning quips, and Irish humor about secrets and marriage dynamics.
A collage of old-time humor and anecdotes from the South, featuring a storekeeper’s comic misreadings about rats used for dressmaking, a slave preacher’s tale of Adam, a boy’s puddle day punishment, a Tennessee judge’s exchange, and light quips about preachers and manners.
An incident involving a Travelers Insurance agent in Hartford who pursued life and accident coverage with a deaf elderly Milwaukee passenger escalates as he demonstrates his tickets and presses for insurance. The dialogue reveals confusion and miscommunication about tickets and coverage amid scattered anecdotes from the same period.
A Seneca Todian of the Fourteenth New York artillery devised a leaf and tree camouflage to approach a rebel sharpshooter at Petersburg, captured him, and won a wager. The clipping then relays miscellaneous 19th century anecdotes about nosebleeds cures, a Brock's Gap paint bed, and various oddities from Buffalo and Baltimore, with brief notes on prices, tourism, and local curiosities.
A Kentucky couple Tony Lamkoff and Agnes Krieft wed recently in Newport. They honeymooned, then fell ill with cholera the next day. both died within hours, buried together in their wedding garments.
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