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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1879
Page
1
Fragmented OCR from a Ring Out the Old Year poem with garbled lines and misprints. It shows repeated urges to ring out old grief and feud and ring in peace, virtue, and Christ, with altered phrases and scattered words throughout.
The poem reflects on measuring life by tears and inner depth rather than age. It contrasts youth and age, noting that the young can be old in spirit and the old young, then frames life as a rosary bead by bead from cross to cross, ending with tears guiding the journey home.
In Barcelona a nobleman Don Pedro de Alamada and companion Francisco Salano plot a New Year robbery targeting a banker’s house. They steal diamonds, jewels and money from the banker’s daughter but are foiled by an alarmed cook and a hidden dumb waiter escape. The pair are later captured and jailed as authorities recover gems.
A collection of witticisms and anecdotes on love work and money. The snippets feature Punch magazine satire on arbitration dentists and intellectual pretensions with jests from Goethe Moore Byron and others.
A long satirical piece recounts Bob Ingersoll and a moral tale of a father who abandons control, letting his son spend freely. The readjuxtaposes famed lectures, a lamp lighter, a yellow dog incident, and a jokey moral shift from strict to hands‑off parenting, ending with reflections on liberty and prudence.
A reflective verse piece moves from dusk by the meadows to memories of days past. The speaker recalls longing days and sorrow that followed, then finds meaning in the present as a traveler nears home under a northern sunset with a moonrise and a window light at the gate.
A solemn verse laments exhausted hands and weary eyes finally resting. The speaker contrasts dying hands with living ones that still felt sorrow and toil as hearts cease their ache and grief fades into peaceful sleep.
The passage outlines subscriber obligations for periodicals including notice to discontinue, payment of arrears, and responsibility for unclaimed papers. It also notes that continuing past the term without notice can imply fraud and that a newspaper can be deemed a subscriber if used. The closing line contrasts value judgments of books and a good woman with appearance.
A varied collection of maxims on self control, honesty, and virtue. Prominent lines urge governing oneself, avoiding lies, and valuing practical wisdom. Includes a dental of advice on night study, parental guidance, and a note on Dr Bull s Baby Syrup with a price.
The farmer laments corn at thirty cents as ruinous for taxes and clothing and swears it’s a robbery. He later buys more corn anyway to feed winter stock, condemning the price as unfair while noting the season’s hard times. Juxtaposed quips reflect life’s brevity and storms’ mystery with a grim humor about daily toil.
An early medical advertisement lists numerous worm related symptoms and claims Dr McLane's Vermifuge cures them. It emphasizes that the remedy contains no mercury and carries the genuine signatures of C McLane and Freeman Bros on the wrapper.
The article compares Pompeii as a fashionable roman summer resort and notes how the eruption revealed beauty impaired by disease. It extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for blood and skin ailments and lists general medicinal claims and a Burke quotation on understanding.
The Sun pledges independence and truth in 1879, promising unbiased reporting and defense of constitutional principles. It outlines goals for political and general news coverage, notes potential 1880 presidential factors, and lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with an offer for a free extra copy.
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