19 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1877
Page
1
Dr Young reflects on the paradox of human nature, a blend of distant worlds and divine spark. He calls man a beam ethereal yet frail, a miniature of greatness, torn between glory and mortality, awed by self and unsure of life’s fate. He ponders immortality and the limits of angels.
A long humorous piece collects witticisms on lying and education. It includes quips from editors and a tale about a boy resisting schooling, describing his fear of classrooms, palpitations, and a comical misfit view of learning contrasted with adult wisdom.
The service offers Day Express with Elegant Parlor Cars and Night Express with Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars to St Louis and major points in Missouri Kansas and Texas. Tickets available at Firemen & Mechanics Insurance office via agent R P Gahr with schedule times 7 30 a m and 3 15 p m for outbound and 9 55 a m 10 10 p m inbound.
A poem narrates a youth who sleeps through divine interventions for love. Venus and Jove suggest a cure, a physician of jealousy appointed by Love, but the remedy proves worse than the ailment. Olympus roars with laughter as Love remains awake afterward.
A fragmentary verse asks if longing and memory cross the mind in joy or sorrow. The speaker wonders whether a beloved’s image appears in dreams and whether hidden heartache lingers when others share affection and light.
A satirical parable set in ancient Senegambia contrasts Adeliza de Chimpanzee and a white Orang Outang suitor. The wedding is blessed by apes and baboons as scholars debate a new species name, while a closing exhortation urges practical, moral, and self-reliant female education for future brides.
In a royal herald, Lady Adeliza bears an heir whose appearance defies regional norms. The newborn prince lacks a tail, has flat feet, white skin, and no body hair, drawing astonishment from observers as the seasons pass.
A collection of aphorisms on wisdom temperance vanity and deceit. It muses on the love of wisdom the dangers of hypocrisy and bigotry the limits of hospitality and the revelatory power of death and self deception. It contrasts honest thought with self deception and social judgment.
A collection of maxims on living well and disciplined mind. Notes on change, duty, tranquility, memory, intellect, humility, and social conduct showcase prudent behavior and moral restraint. The aphorisms contrast strength with weakness and warn against pride and vengeance.
A clipped column captures social quips about lager beer as a tonic and jokes about two ragamuffins escaping a fierce dog, with a stray NY Sun quote and a playful Hunterayille caption about a dal-man. The fragmentary text reflects light humor and era slang.
Recent statistics indicate 270000 square miles of coal fields worldwide. In 1874 production reached 274962000 tons with Great Britain mining 125070000 tons and the United States 50000000 tons.
A church incident last Sunday involved a man who kept coughing. The note suggests the individual will be given a bottle of Dr Bull's Cough Syrup to cure the disturbance.
A bereaved widower recalls Mary Jane Pidgeon noted for thrift and ingenuity. He describes how she transformed old garments and household scraps into useful items, from jackets to handbags, chicken coops, and even a steamboat from a wash boiler. Local papers add a light quip about meals and a medical ad.
A roundup of curious statistics and notes from across the world including costs per mile for locomotives, grain grades in Illinois, marriage law quirks in Russia, population changes in Britain and Ireland, a bill in Illinois restricting card games on trains, May weddings in England, a Trinidad Colorado Methodist church with no men, sheep costs in Central Georgia, a northern telegraph station at Gjesvor Norway, hollow haystack horse thieves in the West, and Ohio publication space filled with horse thief reward notices.
A compilation of aphorisms on anger avarice and friendship. It asserts humility as essential to grace and cautions against judging others. It likens health to happiness and warns that money is not the chief good. It compares words to properly placed actions and urges constant self improvement.
A collage of satirical snippets and brief quotes from various papers, including jokes about hats, hens, education, and notable figures. It intermixes wry observations on society with light mockery of public figures and manners, reflecting a period newspaper style.
Perennial: Mail leaves Madison for North Vernon Columbus Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Cleveland and Cincinnati with through connections to Louisville and Louisville on return. Through tickets to all points sold at Madison by A Anderson general ticket agent Horace Scott general superintendent and W A Quintey agent at Madison.
The Sun asks loyal readers for continued support, highlighting a ten year record of service. It advertises the Daily Sun as four pages with 28 columns at 56 cents monthly or 36.50 yearly, the Sunday edition as eight pages at 56 columns, and the Sunday Sun post paid at 1.20 yearly, noting strong success of the Sunday edition.
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