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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1882
Page
1
A speaker recalls a winter night when a lost boy named Gabe vanishes in a prairie snowstorm. Angels are described as saving the child and delivering him to safety, a moral about preferring acts of care over royal or religious preoccupations. The tale emphasizes faith guiding rescue.
The poem depicts Antony dying after Egypt’s collapse as Cleopatra faces ruin. It portrays his final surrender to passion and fate, with visions of Rome, Octavia, and Cleopatra intertwined, as he confronts death and the fall of empires in the Nile.
A poem fragment depicts a graveyard sexton boasting of gathering the dead and ruling from a marble throne. His spade-scepter stands as he watches a funeral pass, proclaiming he gathers man and kin into the earth’s dark breast as time ends. A somber meditation on mortality.
In Austin a livery stable owner unveils a new sign featuring his own portrait holding a disagreeable mule by the halter. A passerby jokes that another man is pulling the owner, prompting the quip about a second figure in the scene.
Fragmented OCR notes mention files roaches ants mice and a cryptic phrase. It suggests a chaotic write up likely about pest issues and maintenance, with unclear author and context. No clear event or outcome is given.
A compilation of editorials and comment from The Utica Observer and others on Civil Service reform, President Hayes and Arthur, the Tariff Commission, and Republican figures like Robison and Hubbell. The piece cites Albany Journal New York Sun Boston Journal Philadelphia Chronicle and Virginia bondholders, noting partisan tensions and calls for accountability.
A Burlington Hawkeye fragment humorously extols pretzels in a mock botanical comparison. It describes the pretzel’s shade preference, size, knotting, and joking dangers of swallowing it whole, while joking about nutrition and holes in pastry.
A reader from Cumming Georgia shares a reflective vignette on weather and spiritual meaning. The gray sky and a silver edged cloud bank symbolize life and sorrow, with final sunbeams hinting at heavenly brightness through the "Sun of righteousness."
Fragmentary medical note lists symptoms including pain retention deposits gravel and urine issues. Mentions remedies and practitioners Swernistelt Cols and others in unclear context.
A tongue in cheek collection of witticisms blending puns social satire and quick one liners. Anecdotes about fashion tubes of humor and street observations juxtapose city life in New York Philadelphia and Cincinnati with playful digs at doctors theology and manners.
Col A Dorse Alexander editor of the Barnesville News reports being cured of rheumatism by using St Jacob's Oil. The Toledo Bee notes the claim as a published anecdote from the editor.
A father's affective warning about resisting a mother's love unfolds into a harrowing reminiscence. Alfred recounts kicking his mother during a dispute over going to school, a fall into penitence, and his mother’s fading mercy as she dies forgiving him in a final, prayerful gesture.
Advertisement copy lists ailments such as decline of man nervous weakness dyspepsia impotence and sexual debility and asserts a cure by Wells' Health Renewer with a depot address Swormstedt and Co. emphasizes sale price of 1 dollar.
A public notice states The Waskiy Herald subscription price remains 66 cents per issue through January 1st.
A house gathering on Ivy Street turned perilous when a guest, sleepwalking in a night dress, crawled to a window ledge. The host, waking from a dream, clutched the gown to save her friend from a deadly fall as alarms rang and other guests rushed to help. The rescuer collapsed from shock, while the sleepwalker remaining in the room faced anxious nerves the following day.
The fragment sketches comic dialogues with Mary Ann and a boarder about sausages, goose eggs, and rubber shoes, plus a keeper and an anti profanity note. It hints at confusion over rumors and a joke about reading last week's paper.
An American who visited Europe claims a lie about crossing the Atlantic and locusts swarming the ship on the 25th. the friend counters with a tale of the 26th and locusts wearing canvas pants. Mrs W A Forbes of Greenfield Massachusetts reports cure from rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil per Cincinnati Christian Standard.
A lone boy accepted a nickel from a wood yard owner who promised to buy his future venture for ten cents. The boy bought a jug for a nickel and sold nothing, then disappeared after the owner discovered a hidden hole in the jug. The tale ends with a dog escaping through the jug, leaving the yard owner mystified.
Advertising notices for Bucklen Arnica Salve claims rapid healing for cuts bruises sores ulcers and more with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee. Also promotes Brown's Bronchial Troches for coughs asthma and throat diseases praised by physicians and public speakers.
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