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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1882
Page
1
A gothic ballad recounts Sir Gervase’s peril and murder on Whitby shore. The palmer Gray seeks mercy for the killer as a friar faces the penitent, ending with a bloodstained stone and a restless ghost.
The speaker reflects on twenty years passed since youth, noting age yet feeling younger inside. They recall bearing burdens of manhood, weathering joys and hates, and savoring pleasures, while gray hair grows yet the soul remains bright. The poem asserts enduring vitality beyond time.
A Fremont audience gathered at Pecksniff Grammar School No. 2 for the R. B. Hayes benefit, a literary musical event aimed at raising funds to place the once-prominent figure in the Old Men's Home. Colfax and others attended as Hayes spoke of poverty and public service, amid mixed cheers and jests about his wealth and past.
A Kentucky farm near Litchfield reveals a vast cave behind Evan Rogers’s house. Explorers note a main avenue stretching fourteen miles with a deep river and eyeless fish. Surveyor John E. Stone measures progress and hints at prehistoric links to Egyptian races.
A physician writes to The Journal of Health praising Brown’s Tron Bitters after examining its ingredients. He claims the remedy is effective for general ill health and chronic diseases of the pulmonary, digestive and urinary organs. He notes it is mild, pure, restores health, and does not cause relapse or cravings after stopping use.
An advertisement urges readers to heed nature’s laws warning of illness from exposure and promotes Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as a cure to remove both cause and effect of discomfort including colds throat diseases and consumption tendencies.
A vintage advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a universal remedy for constipation and kidney and liver diseases. It claims rapid relief, nature’s cure, and equal effectiveness in liquid or dry form priced at $1.
At the racetrack two men wagered large sums in a lively, contentious scene. They tested outcomes and challenged each other about what they were betting on, finally drawing stakes and walking away unresolved. An unrelated advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as a cure for kidney ailments with testimonials.
Gus De Smith suffers a toothache and jaw swelling while Mrs. MecSpilkins and her son Johnny discuss the lump. Johnny points to a cotton wad in Gus ear, misreading the swelling and prompting a comic misunderstanding as they move on past the milk wagon at Washington High.
A humorous sketch from the Boston Transcript describes the printer as a artful, oft imperfect craftsman tied to matter. It notes his sticks, galleys, strict rules, and quiet pride, while weaving in social changes and a closing wish for a memorial stone. A North Carolina governor quotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a top remedy.
A miscellany of quips, advertisements, and brief notes ranges from pithy sayings and social observations to a medical patent cure. It mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup, a kidnapped girl, a Western undertaker tale, and a Philadelphia Ledger report praising St Jacobs Oil for a Chester editor's injuries.
The article argues against protectionist tariffs claiming they rarely raise wages. It cites England and Germany to show wages follow supply and demand, noting tariffs raise living costs and only help a minority of workers. It warns public interest is harmed as costs rise and emigration increases.
A Lynn reporter visits 67 Market Street and learns J Levett’s father, once crippled by rheumatism in the right arm and shoulder, used St Jacobs Oil to banish pain in three days. The elder man, previously bedridden by the attack, recovered and remained free of rheumatic pain thereafter.
A night scene on the riverbank shows two lovers pausing as the moon shines, then the pair confess they are married but not to each other. The piece blends satirical quips about cranks and hotels with an advertisement for Brown’s Bronchial Troches, praised for throat and lung relief.
Open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays until 9 a.m. Lock Box Deperincne remains open until 9 p.m. on Sundays with 12 p.m. arrivals and departures of malls.
On and after Sunday May 15 1981 seven trains run north and south with listed departures from Madison Indianapolis and Columbus to North Vernon and Madison. Through tickets to St Louis Kansas and Texas sold at lowest rates.
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