31 Aug 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1881
Page
1
Poetic scene of a traveler observing a cottage party as a limned elderly veteran recounts the Antietam horror. A grieving woman near the elm exudes quiet despair while the speaker ponders sorrow, endurance, and memory beside wartime trauma and fading hope. The verse, from Atlantic Monthly, blends pastoral calm with stark war memories.
A reflective poem recalls a childhood homestead with apple orchards, a deep old well, and a warm hearth. The speaker cherishes family memories of sisters, parents, and a cottage window as seasons shift from summer breeze to night by the fire. The silvering hair and enduring love mark the remembered home.
A damaged OCR fragment contemplates life and death, with imagery of the fleeting flower and Paradise. It muses on the briefness of earthly days, the pull of virtue, and renewal as nature spreads its consoling bosom amid earthly desires and fruitless longing.
Fragmented medieval style verse presents garbled lines about twilight and fate. The text references distant origins and a sense of longing, with scattered phrases suggesting emotional reflection and awakening. The damaged wording limits concrete facts or events.
A Broadway dealer recalls legends of a dress said to be spun from spider silk made in Brazil, and recounts the era’s most curious toilet article a fan woven from a Normandy lady’s own golden hair with polished nail tips as crescents.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Health Renewer as absolute care for nervous debility and weakness of generative functions priced at $1 and sold at druggists with Swormstedt & Co. as depot.
A fragment mentions Bodhupathy with new quick complete core over four days for urinary affections including smarting and frequent urination. It references Deugeists and Depot Swormstedt & Co. with an unclear item 1.
Opinion pieces discuss who bears blame for Charles Guiteau’s assassination of the U S president. Clergy, temperance advocates, and anti-Semitic activists are cited, while commentators argue that laws and moral norms shape crime and punishment.
A 19th century remedy promotion urges readers to take Brown Tron Bitters with vegetable extracts to restore strength. It claims no wheal content and no teeth staining and says physicians endorse it, urging buyers not to substitute.
W P F Ling of Edinburgh invents an electric steering system that removes the helmsman. A compass card carries an index set to the true course with two contact pins offset by one degree. If the ship veers, the pins contact and trigger current to a hydraulic helm actuating device.
An old advertisement fragment touts Kinney-Worn as a restorative cure. The pitch claims quick, potent health benefits and universal availability in dry or liquid form, urging weary readers to restore vitality by boosting kidney, bowel, and liver function.
A Tennessee mountain reminiscence recalls a 70 year old widow during the Civil War who hid valuables on her horse and misled guerrillas by bluffing that her companion was on his back. Her quick wit earned passage as guerrillas laughed and let her go. Letter to Cincinnati Commercial.
A Little Rock lawyer questions a witness hoping to damage a woman's character. The exchange reveals alleged past intimacy and a prior marriage, with the attorney pressing for details about daytime versus nighttime visits. The witness notes the woman once being his wife.
The article notes overwhelming demand for the remedy Kidney-Wort from coast to coast and reports manufacturers now offering a liquid preparation. It claims the liquid has the same effect as the dry version but in a more concentrated dose.
The passage lists aphorisms by Shakespeare Herbert Eliot and others, then advertises Lydia Pinkham's vegetable compound for female complaints. It includes anecdotal school misnaming, a bear anecdote, and a Texas horse-stealing misfortune, all in a fragmentary collage style.
A string of puns and humorous lines from a bygone era, mentioning Ad am, the Equimanx, and a mix of quirky observations. It riffs on cigarettes, oysters, mustard plasters, and odd misprints. The piece weaves satire with oddball vignettes and name checks, presenting a collage of light absurdities.
An old advertisement touts Frazier's Root Bitters for weakness, malarial districts, late hours, blues, aging, and nervous symptoms. It claims to tune up the body and restore vigor, selling for one dollar per bottle through Henry and Davies in Cleveland Ohio.
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