09 Feb 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1881
Page
1
The Menasha period piece quotes reviewer Austen Dobeon praising Constance Fontleroy Burcie’s verses for rhythm imagination and tender imagery. The excerpt likens the poetry to Greek lyric grace and Tom Moore while noting the author’s refined tenderness.
Fragmented poem reflects on life’s barrenness yet finds solace in love and hope. Three angels named Love Hope and Patience illuminate the human path, offering comfort as hardship and sorrow persist. Their guidance suggests perseverance leads to renewal.
A raw exhortation to bravery praising steadfast men in war. It urges courage, truthfulness, and duty, warning that cowardice and deceit ruin soul and body. The text frames battle as a test of character, with God and angels watching the righteous under fire.
Fragmentary verse paints a desolate scene at the coast. Relentless wind and storm clouds underscore deathly imagery as the sea and man evoke power, fear, and doomed longing amid a ruined shore. Footnotes of dialogue hint at a fatal bond between land and sea.
A poetic excerpt ponders to-morrow as a mysterious, foreseeing day. The speaker asks what the future holds and desires shelter from present turmoil. The verse invokes promises to pay and reform while fearing deceit and blindfolded fate.
In Warne County two wealthy farmers sought a Justice of the Peace. A Detroit lawyer was hired for a Deacon Jones case. A bold boastful interlude with a witness named Spofford ended without violence. The Deacon struck first. he was fined $25 and costs.
A 1880s record notes California hosts 1 880 trees over six feet diameter in one grove. It mentions a majestic white oak in Salem New Hampshire and tall specimens in Australia Gippsland and Dandenong Victoria. The largest chestnut grows near Berks Pennsylvania, an old Sprout Apple tree at Skowhegan Maine bears a child house and yields apples yearly.
Quack remedies are urged despite dubious regional praise. The ad touts Ho Bil tera as a cure for numerous conditions and mentions a severe fever incident. It cites a Mrs Harper seller and Dr S Her cough syrup as cure products. It notes Samuel Slater’s cotton mill fame and vast annual cotton goods value in Armenea.
An old tale from the Little Bogk Gazette recounts Steve and his neighbor seeking a cure for an ailment through prayer. A pious man asks to test faith by taking the poison himself, praying aloud, and hoping for relief. After the ritual, the man reports a severe medical outcome but credits the prayer with relief, claiming improvement despite the grim result.
A collection of quips, maxims, and comic observations on manners, travel, and daily life. Scattered snippets feature puns about dogs, weather forecasters Hazen and Venor, ballroom encounters, and jokes about sleighing and insomnia. Mentions of Deniy’s Cough Balsam and druggists appear asads.
The passage recalls life a hundred years ago with no coal lit stoves or gas heating, no pumps or friction matches, and fire relied on brick hearths. Homes had one warm room while others stood at zero, light from pine knots or candles, and wells provided water with lengthy cold nights.
James M. Quillen says a strange cloud hovered over a half acre on Dr. Abram Saylor’s farm in Rowell. A red shower then fell for about nine minutes, staining shirts and hats, while the sky remained clear and locals feared an apocalyptic omen.
A Curlew publication presents a letter allegedly by Adam to Eve from Year Two of Epoxia Deceasher era. The missive describes journeying to find a new home, prospecting ranches, loss of the old garden, and resolve to endure summer hardships. Adam signs as roving and asks Eve to return once they strike a good prospect.
The passage argues religion endures not by dogma but as ingrained in human nature. It suggests future religion will focus on purifying elevating and brightening present life rather than viewing life as a mere vestibule to what is to come.
An item from Centennial Headquarters touts Dr Ball's Cough Syrup as an excellent remedy with ready sale and greater satisfaction than any cough medicine. It lists A B Malon M D of Fifteenth and Carpenter streets Philadelphia as endorsing the product.
Forecasts predict periods of rain and snow with clouding from the 14th to 18th and 19th to 20th. Heavier storm activity is expected on the 24th and 26th to 28th with cold spells following. Warmer spells near the 4th, 10th, 16th, 22nd and 28th, earthquakes flagged on the 4th, 8th, 10th, 16th and 24th, auroras possible on the 13th, 19th and 22nd with increasing activity.
The article notes Sweden has started producing thread from wood for crochet and sewing, claiming a quality comparable to Clark's at lower cost. Machinery winds balls in 1 minute 12 seconds, ten balls per box, with strong orders from Sweden though operations are not fully set.
A colonial era tone notes possible marriage surplus among 3,000,000 unmarried men and 4,000,000 unmarried women in the nation. Lydia E. Pinkham’s extract is advertised for female weakness. A 116-year-old color woman Harriet Cooper dies in Cealtenham, weighing 400 pounds and mother to twenty five. her 101-year-old husband survives. An organ project in Garden City, S 1 is touted as the world’s finest with 115 stops and 7,035 pipes. Public notices urge blood impurity remedy and local sales. A lament by a poet echoes social woes and firemen discuss old flames.
Advertises Frazier's Root Bitters as a universal tonic for weakness malarial districts fatigue and blues. Claims restore vitality and youth with testimonials like trembling hands and dim eyes. Sold by Henry & Davies Cleveland Ohio price one dollar per bottle.
Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment claims to cure chronic piles and related conditions. The ad touts instant relief, absorption of tumors, and night itching reduction, with endorsements from J M Coffinberry of Cleveland and sale through Henry Davies, 1088 [location].
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