08 Sep 1863
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1863
Page
1
A reflective verse urges respecting a faded bouquet as a gift of friendship. It contrasts youth’s jest and pride with enduring memories, advising a careful preservation of the flowers and the memories they symbolize across time.
A mother and her bereaved daughter view the boy's body in a dark room. The sister asks to hold his hand, and the mother allows it. The girl caresses the cold hand and whispers that this hand never struck me, urging young readers to be gentle to siblings.
A childhood guidance piece urging children to return items to proper places after use. It emphasizes orderliness through organized habits, neatness, and discipline, noting how early habits form character and reduce daily vexation. It calls for consistency in keeping house and work items orderly and proper.
The speaker urges young men to persevere and mind their own business, noting luck favors those who rise early and save. He emphasizes taking care of home, sweeping one’s own doorstep, helping others, avoiding temptation, and having faith in truth and God.
A sermon exhorts recognition of the hand of the Lord in nature and life. It urges meekness, patience, and virtue through trials, urging readers to seek divine guidance, avoid sin, and foster gentleness, self discipline, and charity toward friends and foes alike.
A collection of humorous and reflective anecdotes and letters recalls attitudes toward workers such as mechanics, political defiance by Copperheads, a schoolboy’s Bible reading, and a pint-sized conscript Lewis Greene who charms crowds. It notes statements on labor respect, Napoleon era tales, and observations from Louisville Journal and New Bulford Standard.
A boy sings Sabbath school hymns and asks his mother if Jesus is her friend. The simple, earnest question unsettles her and prompts a reconsideration of her faith.
The speech by General Butler on a New Hampshire stop recounts casualties and service, contrasting Union sacrifices with Confederate supporters. It notes Alabama Legislature actions favoring generals Holmes and Pemberton, their deaths, and a satirical remark on traitors. Other items describe water-carrying contrivances at Baton Rouge, Prentice on Morgan’s horse thieves, and a quizzical trial verdict.
A column recalls Gen Meade greeting Secretary Chase and notes Chase once ran a school to fund studies in Washington. It reports Vienna theatre rules forcing bonnet removal and Paris notices asking fashionable ladies to remove bonnets. The piece reprints General Prentiss praising Black soldiers’ bravery and criticizes Copperheads and Vallandigham, then discusses Toombs letter attacking Confederate finances and calls for unity and rapid currency reform.
A fragmented survey of social meddling condemns go betweens who spread injurious observations. It contrasts slanderers, the harm of rumor, and cautions about the corrosive power of words in public life. It notes Confederate currency value and wartime attitudes, with brief culinary and domestic tips.
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