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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1879
Page
1
In a fragmentary dialogue a child asks if Sister Frey has traveled, and a parent recalls a Sunday night moment when Sister Frey, Mr John, and a church visit are mentioned. The child cites Lapland as the “nicest land” Sister Frey spoke of, implying a witty or ironic remark.
Mrs. Sanan A Evuior of Oxford North Carolina praising the London Hair Color Restorer as pure and effective. She cites physician recommendation and wide local use from Oxford Raleigh and surrounding towns. The product, advertised as clean and safe, costs 75 cents a bottle or four dollars for six bottles at leading druggists.
A series of testimonial letters from judges and attorneys across states praise Swayne’s Ointment for Itching Piles, Tetter, and Salt Rheum. Letters recount long suffering relief after using the remedy sold by Dr. Swayne & Son of Philadelphia.
A vintage ad touts Swayne's Tar and Sarsaparilla Pills as a universal cathartic. It promises mild operation, no griping, and broad benefits from liver stimulation to cleansing the stomach and bowels. Available by mail from Dr Swayne & Son in Philadelphia. 25 cents per box, five for a dollar.
For over twenty years Dr. Swayne’s Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry has helped with coughs colds and sore throats. Customers emphasize relief for asthma and distressing coughs. testimonials from SAM G SCOTT and H MYERS cite rapid benefits and the product’s availability with trial bottles at 25 cents. DR SWAYNE & SON Philadelphia.
A compact survey cites Cumberland rainfall variation within two miles, notes annual shifts from winds, and estimates global evaporation. It gives London and British rainfall averages, peaks in the Bay of Bengal slopes, then shifts to brief humor and moral snippets from Gleanings, including proverbs and social quips.
Senator Dawes recalls Bryant's youth in Cummington marked by illness and frail health. The infant poet endured cold baths and early medical trials, with a head wound from a horse kick that left a lasting scar, after a boyish act of throwing chips at a horse.
The piece promotes roses as a metaphor for female beauty and urges studying hygiene per the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser sold for 150 dollars. It advertises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female ailments and lists the author and address in Buffalo New York.
A new French postal card proposes a practical improvement for the authorities here, enabling a reply to be sent on the same card at no extra cost to the recipient. The compact suggestion could streamline correspondence and save postage in official communications.
A mother pleads with her son to take castor oil by promising he can go to the circus and receive treats. The boy negotiates for sugar, a shoo fly kite, a velocipede, a goat, marbles, a coach dog, and even a pony. He finally declares no amount of bribes will force the oil down, unless a $100 pony is involved.
A doorkeeper bars a couple at the circuit as a youth and girl plead for tickets. They admit being short five cents after spending on peanuts rides and candy. A curious citizen offers to lend the money and jokes about lions and hyenas while the man promises repayment.
A Rocky Mountain News interview with a young widow reveals a witty exchange about marrying an older man. She claims love as motive and jokes about the old adage that a young man is hard to please while admitting she lives in hopeful charm of an affluent elder.
A thrifted health claim urges Bitters as the sole remedy to restore natural action in the stomach and liver, promising that proper function eliminates most ills. The piece quotes a New York church remark about a murder suspect Cox and cites a college orator in a spike-tail coat who shifts from oration to professional baseball.
The article lists notable figures tied to shoemaking from Hans Sachs to Henry Wilson, showing a web of writers, scientists, clergy, and politicians who were connected to the trade. It notes Fox, Gifford, and others as part of the same craft, with Henry Wilson once at a Natick shoemaker’s bench.
This piece surveys U S presidents noting deaths on July 4 and other dates. It lists ages at death, includes claims about Adams Jefferson Monroe Madison Hayes Van Buren Tyler and others, and mentions Grant as the only living ex president at the time. It coversJuly 4 deaths and various post-presidency details.
Description of a country toilet outfit featuring navy blue linen with light blue embroidery. The gown includes a plaited flounce skirt, embroidered flounces, apron-like trimming, and draped side pieces. A plastron waist, tailleur back, and ribbons highlight the design. White rice straw hat with a blue feather completes the ensemble.
The excerpt condemns lying as the most contemptible sin. It argues a deliberate lie destroys self-respect regardless of discovery and degrades the liar beyond maniacs or idiots. The tone targets conscious falsehood and moral decay in the mind of the liar.
A satirical, era style note mocks medical quack rostrums and promotes Hop Bitters as a cure all. It references a landlady apologizing for missing chicken stuffing and a quip about a single book agent, reflecting light local humor and caution.
A collection of light French humor with gibes on love and social pretensions. Jests feature a dainty poodle mishap, a Bohemian wooing a rich father’s daughter, a dinner party donkey joke, a mechanic puzzled by locomotives, funeral carriage mix ups, and a échange about an heir leading to a punch line.
A historical note describes four distinct belts of vegetation on California's Sierra Nevada western slope. Pines dominate the lower belts with digger pine, black oak, and later sugar pine, white cedar, and Douglas fir. The Sequoia gigantea occurs in the mid belt, while firs and tamarack fir rise above seven thousand feet, culminating in the mountain fir at higher elevations.
A string of quirky remarks and comic vignettes from an evening meal and public life. Tales range from flirtatious banter about Miss Jelly and blue eyes to a circus gingerbread thief, a wealthy townman’s heirs who steal his fortune, Haeckel on eggs, and derisive quips about health and church etiquette.
In Georgia a colored minister faced church trial for stealing bacon. After witnesses, deacons returned a verdict accepting his admission yet warning him to be more cheerful. Nevada school notes report clever replies by pupils: a Silver City girl lists gold silver and trout as principal minerals. a New York to San Francisco water trip answer is by boat.
A vintage notice urges mothers to shield the rising generation from opium influences, touting Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup as free from laudanum. It includes a quip about country church singing and a reference to youth and rouge.
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