05 Jan 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1881
Page
1
A childlike tale unfolds with a robber declaring he will burn the world and avoid Slumber Town. A girl persuades him to journey to Slumber Land where music and gentle figures await, ending as the brigand is gently led into Slumber Town by two curtains closing around him.
A poem by Margaret J. Preston frames an aged woman drawn from toil toward a radiant land of no night. As she sits with knitting, a tune and a tap awaken her, and an angel guides her to a gate that opens to a peaceful beyond.
Poem observes sunlit flowers in a tree crown, contrasting their summer beauty with human sorrow. It laments cradle to grave grief and the futility of counting lost days in later life.
Swifter far than Summer's flight the speaker laments winter as heartache. The verses compare seasons to longing and lost joy with imagery of leaves, owls, swan youth, and bridal bed, asking to scatter flowers and mend lost hopes. Refrains of sorrow and desire for morrow echo throughout.
A New Orleans crowd at a Royal Street beer shop argues about public health and Tanner. A Dutch speaker claims Herman Switzer and Switzer’s watermelon episode reveal truth, recalling hunger and wartime hardships to argue for or against a political figure.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt from Wilmington reports the death of Asphaltum Sylvester, an honorary Lime-Kiln Club member found dead in a field with a water-logged spring-gun nearby. Col Pendulum Jones and Brother Gardner debate eulogy while warning against praising vice.
A Buffalo Express column notes a baby’s permanent cure of a dangerous bowel irregularity and a mother’s restored health after Hop Bitters use. The item references Rochester New York and includes additional quoted snippets about snow, footwear, and art quotes.
Prof Weber reports a careful survey of the so called Tomb of St Luke at Ephesus. The circular plan with four outward cells and an inner passage suggests a Greek first century monument later partly converted into a Christian chapel in the fourth century. The Carian Bull on the doorway is not a Luke symbol. Falkener traced the site to a family burial place.
The article notes dogs surpass horses for light winter loads but rising costs push horse use on prairies. It recalls a Winnipeg bishop’s attempt to drive dogs with swearing, and a Cambridge anatomy professor’s sharp jab at quackery mentioning a physician with a lantern in the stomach.
An ad fragment touts Kadnev-Wort as a tonic renewing kidney and liver action to restore strength. It is offered in dry or liquid form and claimed to be prompt and efficient in action. The text is from the New Bedford Standard. A comment on business by an old German in New York mocks street life. An Illinois bride gave a husband an abridged dictionary as a wedding gift and he avoided a costly reply.
A miscellany of quips and fictional dialogue appears, including a teacher chairing a class joke about King Henry and a girl named Clara. A boy hints at historical satire with the Red Ribbon Club remark as the scene shifts to a brisk Earth year fact and a distant Mexico reference.
A long collection of humorous lines, proverbs, and short comic observations. Notes on language, social quirks, and playful puns intermixed with small anecdotes about everyday life and enduring sayings. Includes references to Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Cape Cod travel stories.
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