23 Feb 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1881
Page
1
A wounded trooper urges steadiness as death nears during a brutal clash. He dictates prayer and asks comrades to remember him, praising bravery, recounting the charge, and seeking forgiveness before bleeding out with fellow soldiers by his side.
A nostalgic lament recalls three women Louise Marie and Christine and their vanished loves. The speaker mourns their fading memories and notes that all three have passed away in sorrow as the ruin of love is weighed against his lone remembrance.
The piece laments unspoken names, secret treasures, and fading memories. It compares love’s joys to seasonal changes and ends with images of death, memory, and quiet grief beyond hopeful words.
Slim Nick faced a justice of the peace on a charge of stealing a calf bridled with paw paw bark. He claimed innocence amid a charged courtroom exchange. witnesses presented evidence, and the judge declared the prisoner guilty as Judas. Nick explained the chain of events ending with the calf’s death, then was sent to jail.
A man and wife delay a visit fearing an old unsafe bridge. They worry about what might happen if it breaks or they are injured. They reach the river to find a new bridge already built, making their fears unnecessary. The tale cautions against wasting time on possible problems and anxiety.
Louisville critics praise the Mendelssohn Piano Company for Jubilee Organs noting thorough part inspection and a five year guarantee. The Independent attests the organs are the peoples choice and worthy of public patronage with headquarters in New York. A gas meter joke and a Knigs Cough Balsam price cut are also mentioned.
A potpourri of aphorisms, literary lines, and stray notices appears, mixing authors like Adam Bede Silas Marner Felix Holt with jotted items on public figures and products. The text also includes weather forecaster notes and patent medicine pitches.
The piece outlines how graying results from root bulb degeneration and factors like age, nervous strain, or overwork. It cites famous cases of color restoration in Nazarelia and Sir John Sinclair, notes variegated, green, and blue hair linked to environment and industry, and mentions vermilion hair among Turkish and Tripolitan women.
An old Herald note touts Kidney-Wort as a universal remedy bragging it has reached fifty million people in under a year. It claims newspapers spread knowledge of its curative effects for kidneys liver and bowels across the country. The piece also cites Chicago clearinghouse earnings and New York Philadelphia rail freight figures.
If you feel weak languid or old before your time use Frazier's Root Bitters. Touted for many ailments the tonic promises renewed vigor and youth with claims of curing malarial fatigue and nervous poor health. Sold by Henry & Davies Cleveland Ohio at $1 per bottle.
An Indian remedy named Dr Williams Indian Ointment claims to cure chronic piles scars itching and bleeding. An endorsement from Hon J M Coffinberry of Cleveland is cited plus the claim a single box can relieve long standing cases. Sold by Henry Davies Cleveland Ohio at one dollar.
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