27 Feb 1878
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1878
Page
1
Poem traces the evolving voice of a singer reciting Rock of Ages as a prayer. The piece contrasts a carefree girl with an older woman, then moves to themes of faith, suffering, and seeking refuge in Thee as the hymn accompanies a coffin lid. The refrain "Let me hide myself in Thee" recurs with solemn faith.
A somber poem by James Lavalle laments a homeless person begging alms under dim street lamps. It portrays cold social disdain, wavering pity, and a bleak choice between death on the street or suicide at sea, ending with a stark call for a single act of kindness.
This poem laments ingratitude and warns that those who repay kindness with malice incur grave moral costs. It emphasizes charity, remembrance of gifts, and the spiritual danger of cursing benefactors while praising forgiveness for transgressions, yet condemns the ungrateful as unsavable.
A poetic meditation on dreams and memories as ghosts that haunt a home. The speaker reflects on waking and dreaming eyes, haunted rooms, and days lost to time. Each specter embodies past joys and wrongs, urging reflection on how lives were spent.
A mother recounts her years raising two children and supporting her son and daughter-in-law. After years of sacrifice she watches her daughter-in-law and son form their own home, while she faces isolation, judgment, and being edged out as a nuisance by the very family she served.
Old men recall 16 inches of snowfall in a woods level patch during Wednesday night last week marking the season’s deepest fall in Jay County Granger area.
An advertisement touts Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup as effective against disease worldwide. It claims the remedy conquers illness and notes a price of 25 cents per bottle.
A sextet of brief pieces quips about doctors, bleeding and medicine, an epitaph for a talkative old maid, and a cautionary verse on choosing a profession. The verses mix humor with mortality and social satire, reflecting 18th century concerns about science, fate, and vocation.
A collection of maxims urging self control, virtue, and wise living. Advice condemns vanity, excessive liberty, and sentimentality while favoring moderation, learning, humility, and purposeful action. It cautions about speech, spending, and the lasting value of deeds over words.
An elderly man explains a worker’s late start due to flu and links his illness to wartime disruptions and racial tension. The dialogue notes workers, roosters, and a general suspicion of labor shifts before a medical ad urges Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for coughs and consumption prevention.
An old proverb notes the anvil outlasts the hammer, a line the undermost man in a fight may cling to for consolation. The saying frames endurance as a form of quiet resilience amid struggle.
A wide survey of royal nuptials highlights lavish gowns and coronets from Louis XII to Queen Victoria, noting gowns of white satin, cloth of gold, ermine borders, and crown imagery. The piece recalls Whitehall pomp for Elizabeth and various cathedral ceremonies, ending with odds and ends jokes and curiosities from the era.
A collection of light aphorisms and quips on luck, aging, generosity, and human foibles. Highlights include miners fearing whistling luck, a patient joke about health proving pudding, and a printer humor about publishing Bible chapters as news.
A collection of humorous observations and wry sayings ranging from dental fears to inane legal banter. anecdotes touch on marriage, mother in law, sailors and dogs, with light quips about editors, jasmine yields, a donkey joke, and a promotional nod to Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
A shivering middle aged man asks for food on Sib ley street. The lady tells him to work for dinner down town. He replies with a parable about heaven before she offers half a loaf and meat to the hungry man.
Advertisements claim Sutton's Consumption Curg can cure consumption and lung ailments with a money back guarantee. Also marketed are Sarton's Porous Plaster, Shiloh's System Vitalizer, Shiloh's Cure, and Hachmetack perfume, all sold by Henry C. Firth in Madison, Indiana.
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