24 Apr 1878
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1878
Page
1
A traveler in a rural town negotiates fiercely over a cook stove. The buyer haggles from fifteen to fourteen and a half dollars, trading a copper coffee-bin and a story of hard times, finally leaving with the stove after a prolonged bargaining scene.
A poem-like verse urges a child to cherish spring and summer before they pass, then warns a maiden, and finally a man, that youth’s bright seasons will soon fade away. The speaker contrasts four life stages with vivid seasonal imagery and fleeting beauty.
Poetic verse describes a soul at rest after love and labor, awaiting a heavenly home of peace. It contrasts the weary life on earth with a loving, eternal reward where the heart finds solace and parting sorrow ends. Lilies and violets symbolize eternal rest above the grave.
A fragmentary verse notes a man promising a reunion after a year and a spring kiss. The speaker longs for spring, while the beloved grieves with the grave’s grass growing over a buried kiss. The lines mix romance with a somber death image, suggesting enduring love and loss.
A fragmentary devotional verse speaks of an ocean in a tear and a seraph’s kiss. It images sacred music and a royal word written on Jehovah’s breast, suggesting timeless unrest and divine speech.
A description portrays a thirsty beggar who stands near a whisky barrel and uses a boot to drain several quarts of liquor, while a tonic claim urges Dr Bull's Blood Mixture as a health booster. It also notes a man misled into buying a faulty watch labeled Faith for its lack of substance.
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recounts guiding a hesitant passenger named Tom on a river voyage. Tom cannot steer by a compass yet bravely strives to hold a steady course toward a distant schooner while anchored near a wide river mouth.
A Pennsylvania judge rejects an administrator’s burial expense claim of 139.75 against a 581 dollar estate. He denounces pompous funerals as unnecessary for Christian burials, warning such costs burden grieving families and debts. Those who choose luxury burials must pay themselves.
The article reports Elizabeth Tilton admitting to a past affair with Henry Ward Beecher and her husband Ira Wheeler releasing the confession for publication. Beecher responds with a firm denial asserting his and the church’s innocence amid ongoing scandal coverage.
A miscelled collection of witticisms, odd proverbs, and satirical lines. It parodies sayings about repentance, manners, and social foibles, mentioning topics from barbers to frogs and including notes on Johnny La Page and the Turkish city Stamboul. It also cites statistics on Georgia black voters and a playful verse about a serenading seraph.
The widow of President Lincoln lives in an interior French town avoiding US travel. Reports say she remains secluded and avoids possible confinement, while indulging in purchases seen as unnecessary. A brief medicines ad follows.
A fragment shows a comical mispronounced dialogue with a landlord and workers about eggs and groats, followed by a breakfast table note. It includes an advertisement for Dr Bull's Baby Syrup and a claim about twenty five stove firms in Troy advertising the best stove in the world.
A Chicago Tribune letter-writers note on tincture of cinchona as a cure for alcoholism stressing pure bark quality. They warn against old or adulterated preparations and urge fresh material, with Dr R Donnger offering his discovery freely to aid afflicted families.
A Hanover College senior class grapples with the Indiana gubernatorial race leading to a humorous exchange in an astronomy class. The Judge Walker quips that the four extra minutes in a day are set aside for refreshments. The note also mentions old stay laws banning tight lacing and lofty stove distribution reaching Britain and Ireland.
Feltham muses on time passing with every action and the moral weight of choices. The piece contrasts virtue with vice, arguing virtue yields eternal happiness while time is exchanged for pleasure. The fragment ends with satirical lines about cats, cigarettes, and women in politics.
Advertisements tout Shilohs Consumption Cure for coughs claiming it cures consumption with a money back guarantee. Also promotes Shilohs Perons Plaster Shilohs System Vitalizer and Hackmetack perfume with prices and Madison Indiana sellers Henry C. Firth and Henry C. Partie.
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