21 Aug 1878
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1878
Page
1
A sorrowful poem on unrequited love and vanished life followed by a comic tale of Mr. Billikins losing a key and enduring a drunken domestic scene. The items mix melancholy verse with humorous sketches and miscellany from a late nineteenth century paper.
A lyrical meditation on evening dew bringing peace to a weary heart. The speaker recalls a past love, finds solace in the night’s quiet, and hears a hopeful whisper that all shall be well as twilight closes the day.
A poetic garden scene contrasts blossoms and bees with a personified rose queen. The speaker recalls a dawn stroll, notes flowers speaking of beauty and hidden thorns, and ends cherishing June roses despite rivalries.
A nostalgic verse recalls Summer scenes beside a meadow, mill wheel, and lake. The speaker's soul dreams of other vales with cattle and plowboys, recalling childhood hikes to golden rods and May weeds, in a tranquil pastoral mood.
A reflective poem voice considers aging and memory. The speaker recalls battles and grand images from knightly days, contrasting with a world grown gray and cold as a distant, whispering space voice notes the aging knight’s decline.
Warning to caregivers about dosing infants with laudanum during teething. An old advertisement promotes Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup as a harmless teething remedy priced at 25 cents.
An advertisement touts Dr Bull's Blood Mixture as a thorough cleanser for the system, praising country life fresh air and bathing as supportive but claiming the product provides a stronger cleanse.
The Ledger-Standard notes that the Columbus Democrat party provides comfort to the Radical press, signaling a favorable alignment and shared political stance between the publication and party supporters.
A sunburned laborer in shirt sleeves bricks a bed while a buttoned spectator in a linen suit laments the heat. Pat, unfazed, climbs a ladder despite offers of sympathy and a sun umbrella. The bricklayer’s steady pace contrasts with the ill tempered man’s mock sympathy.
The Boston Post recounts Maud Muller lore about a Bay State judge whose white hair came from nearly seventy winters on the bench. A half seat in a Boston and Maine Railway car leads to a flirtatious misunderstanding with a dazzling young woman. The note also mentions Wilkie Collins preparing a new Haunted Hotel story and musings on life, scripture, and a bee encounter, all in a breezy, humorous tone.
The writer asks Mr. Whitelaw Reid to ignore Mr. Voorhees and focus on the solid South, asserting more than thirty millions of these bogus loyal claims have already been paid by a Republican Congress and must be stopped.
A mix of anecdotes and witticisms from figures and papers, including a Colorado claim about lawyers, a judge’s quip on guilt, a schoolmate note about cuffs and ribbons, and notes from Kansas City’s boastful press. It also recalls jokes about Socrates and biblical lines, plus a rural misunderstanding of bulldozing.
A Cincinnati Enquirer note suggests General Ben Flarrison’s renewed push for fiat money fails to win broad support beyond New Hampshire and New York and lacks spiritual appeal in Indiana.
A fragmented 1900 column notes a Paste date and adds social quips about lone men, a Sixth Ward girl with a big mouth, and a joke about advertising a Fourth of July oration for sale with many applicants.
A montage of humorous quips and curiosities from the Stillwater exchange. Corn seed tricks promise frost protection while potato bugs flee. Jests range from a lax bachelor to lawmakers, and a Maine churchgoer with fine singing. A journalistic war and streetwise asides finish the column.
An old medical testimonial describes symptoms of a liver ailment and urges readers to use McLane's Liver Pills. The ad touts a red wax seal and authentic signatures C. McLane and Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, warning of imitations and misnamed products.
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