Gettysburg Drug Store opens in former Dr. Houxen location
The Gettysburg area announces the opening of a new drug and prescription store in the room once occupied by Drs. R. and Houxen. The shop stocks medicines, chemicals, perfumes, dyes, paints, oils, stationery, patent medicines, and a broad selection of groceries and tobacco. The proprietor promises fresh drugs, fair prices, and attentive service. May 18, 1862.
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Never, never, never in dissolution of the Union
Fragmented poem proclaims Henry Clay would never sanction dissolving the Union and urges steadfastness amid lawless violence. It contrasts loyal defiance with burning cities and cannon smoke, calling for unity and resistance until liberty endures. Readers are urged to preserve the Union and hail the flag.
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Henry Clay
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Silence and Serenity Across Cosmic Vastness and Virtue
A reflective meditation on silence as a divine attribute across worlds and life. It contrasts cosmic immensity with earthly processes, notes Earth’s silent motion, contemplates deathlike quiet, and evokes legends of duty and humility through biblical and natural imagery.
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Vesuvius
Nature and Religion Echoes Across Time and War
A collage of mid 19th century snippets on renewal of body and sun cycles, moral lectures from The Scientific American on treason, clerical wit in parishes, a Salamanca incident in action, Bishop Atterbury’s quips, a Copperhead station scare, a Dutch escape tale, and a sextet of ministers drafted in Read, Pennsylvania, reflecting era concerns over science, faith, politics, and conscription.
The Lawyer and the Irishman in a Dinner Jest
A humorous tableau unfolds as lawyers dine at Wistasnest when a jolly Irishman joins. Quick quips reveal a trader of horses as a father and a mock inquiry into Heaven and cheating, finishing with a jab that only a king of Heaven could convict a lawyer.
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Emerald Isle
Ireland
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A Note for the Doctors on a Diptheria Remedy
An 1869 Par s Galignani report details Dr. A De Grand’s simple borax syrup curative for diphtheria also known as malignant sore throat and croup. The account cites dramatic recoveries after ice and timely dosing, urging practitioners to adopt the method that saved multiple lives. The piece also notes related historic fires and a veteran story from the St Louis Republican.
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Mexico seeking continental alliance amid European encroachment
Reports from Mexico detail leaders urging Juarez and cabinet to form a continental alliance with Chile Peru Colombia the Argentine Confederation Salvador Honduras and Mexico to resist European encroachment. The United States is invited to send delegates. Miramon named commander. Triumvirate seeks recognition as government. US and Central American ministers pledge to await further instructions. In Erie Pa a massive Union Mass Meeting marks Perry anniversary with extensive turnout and speakers.
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The Government and the War Leading Article
The New York Independent praises the Washington visit for renewing faith in the Government and the war effort. It cites Abraham Lincoln’s resolve and optimism about victory, while noting English stance on rebel rams and reports on Indiana cotton prospects amid frosts.
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