02 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1879
Page
1
A long narrative piece blends a returning husband with reflections on home life and a moralizing essay about ancient usury. It cites a Detroit controversy on Shylock type lending, cites Lucullus and Sylla, and ends with a court scene and a moral lecture on memory, virtue, and the value of honest acts.
A remembered face haunts the speaker as September and November rain drift by. The speaker recalls blue eyes and shared fields, now the hill lies barren and the sea loses its glory. A graveyard hill and a lost beloved haunt the soul as green heights fade beyond a dark river.
Poem laments recurring injustices as wealth and power distort peace and fairness. It calls for equal rights and a just system, contrasting abundant harvests with suffering of the poor and imploring societal change.
An ode by Mary E. Folsom playful demands a child to match nature’s feats from rose to sunbeams. It praises a busy toddler named Firomay and notes some tasks remain beyond a boy’s reach, concluding with a tender, playful tone.
An 1878 Baltimore letter endorses Allan's Anti Fat as a safe obesity remedy. A chemist approves its preparation and claims favorable system effects. Mrs. I R Coles reports shedding eight pounds after two bottles.
A ward conatable appears as an ordinary man until he visits a citizen with an execution and values furniture, then acts like Ajax. A man with a cape on a street car is likened to showing his sleeve more than the man with hands in pockets.
A historic note highlights King Cetewayo associated song with racial slur controversy. The item outlines public reaction and the cultural tensions of the era, detailing reactions from communities and officials.
A narrator recalls Nevada as a young yet ruined landscape of abandoned mining towns. He describes ghostly chimneys, broken walls, and jumbled streets once bustling with lawyers, doctors, miners, and real estate agents. Populations vanished from Hamilton Treasure Hill Shermantown and Swansea, leaving graveyards and empty streets.
In the limited divorce case Anna Maria Smith v John W Smith in Brooklyn City Court the defendant offers an affidavit detailing a life of steady work, a failed early career, a ruined policy, a modest income of 5 to 8 dollars weekly from selling teas and spices, and a plea for peace as the plaintiff, mother of twelve, was awarded one week alimony.
A Troy Times letter recalls Prophet Miller and his Adventist followers near Fair Haven Hampton and the old farm. It notes the collapse of the nearby Baptist church grave marker for Miller, the 1849 funeral preached by Himes of Boston, and a 1850 wedding by Miller Sr. The piece reflects fading Adventist faith, a near-empty chapel, and decayed grounds as a symbol of time.
A survey of ingenious ancient and medieval methods for covert correspondence. It notes horsemistakes and hare gifts to relay intelligence, slave messengers with shaved heads, ink that appears with fire, hidden letters in hair and sandals, letters sewn in a crab, ear-carrying parchments, and dispatches carried in a spy’s false tooth.
A fragment cites a proverb about law and misdeeds with a Zulu reference and a cobbler beating his wife, implying a social verdict or satire. The lines hint at ethnic or occupation stereotypes without clear context or outcome.
The Sun outlines its core mission for 1879 as an independent, truth driven newspaper serving the people. It pledges fairness, coverage of current affairs, and a focus on today’s events, politics, and the 1880 presidential landscape, with stated subscription rates and delivery details.
An advertisement touts Dr C Mclane’s celebrated cure for hepatitis liver complaints dyspepsia and sick headaches promising long standing relief 45 years before public notice.
The text lists liver disease symptoms including right side pain under ribs and shoulder blade, indigestion, loss of memory, fatigue, and sensitivity to exercise. It promotes Dr C McLane's Liver Pills as a cure, noting they aid ague, fever, bilious issues, and act as a purgative. It warns to insist on genuine pills prepared by Fleming Bros of Pittsburgh and warns against imitations.
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