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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1883
Page
1
A lyrical verse recalls a big brown house filled with five boys and three girls nurtured with love. One by one the children depart to life beyond, leaving two aging parents to reflect at eventide on the line between earthly joy and loss.
The supper ends and the wood fire glows as children gather for a tale of grandma's youth. Her hair once golden brown now gray, but the light in her face has not faded. Needles click as she sews by firelight, shaping a stocking with the familiar music she loves.
A playful verse narrated by a girl who vows to love her papa yet rejects tobacco lips and cigar smoke. She argues kisses must be clean and sweet, free of tobacco and odor, praising pure affection for daughters and wives.
Commander J B Coghlan states eminent surgeons offered no relief for his rheumatic attack. On Dr Hoyle’s advice he used St Jacobs Oil and achieved a complete cure. John dy, Esq., Vallejo, Hewes cured of a severe ...
The Louisville Courier-Journal argues corruption runs from the North to the South and condemns government dishonesty. It quotes a Republican critic of the Pendleton Act and claims competitive exams favor outsiders over seasoned clerks.
Editor George Lanespane writes as a Republican voice on the Civil Service Bill and notes Senator Brown Georgia proposed changing its title to perpetual office. Juangsdale calls the bill a political joke aimed at Democrats while Pendleton policy would shield current officeholders for fixed terms, keeping Republicans comfortable if Democrats win next year.
A Tennessee editorial denounces gamblers as the cause of public official defalcations, citing Treasurer Polk and others. It argues many defaulters had clean private lives, notes rural reach of gamblers, and questions social complicity in money thefts by treasurers and bank officials.
Eski and patience succeed where force fails. Kidney-Wort’s quiet skill and patient research are praised as the truth of the fable. It claims grand success and that disease has a cause. a physician would agree Kidney-Wort helps organs work properly and prevent obstructions. Try a box or bottle.
In a humorous Texas Sittings vignette two Austin darkeys argue the proper past tense for eat. They seek Uncle Mose’s ruling who concludes neither is correct and that they should say a simpler form like fed at the trough.
Washington observers forecast Cameron’s son’s re election race as a major test for public leaders while a wave of reform talk and party infighting dominates editorials. The press critiques the Garfield Dorsey ties, party funds, and presidential prospects amid a fraught political climate.
A Governor questions a high state official about ten dollars owed. The official evasively cites memory of a prior debt, prompting a witty exchange about Tuesday promises and whereabouts. A separate quip mocks a lecturer who shifts from tears to praising Dr Bull's Cough Syrup.
The Greensburg pastorates at the Christian and Baptist churches are vacant amid internal strife. A monument to Governor Williams sits veiled at Wheatland, awaiting public unveiling next summer. Kokomo’s Dr. Davis widow passed after a long illness. Indiana University alumni reunion in Washington with Judge Wylie presiding. Police Lt. John Rosing of Evansville jailed on voter intimidation charges, bond set at $500. A Clarksville log house, built by Gen. George Rogers Clark, burned. Shelbyville business reports show 1882 gains over 1881, with debt free county and rising manufacturing and grain trade.
The excerpt compares the Commercial-Gazette of Indianapolis with Cincinnati publications, noting differing styles and temperaments. It suggests the Cincinnati consolidation should heed the fable of the old man and his son who rode, walked, and carried the ass to market, ending with its drowning.
Thousands of dollars can be saved by proper health care for you and family. If bilious with sallow complexion poor appetite low spirits and debility buy Electric Bitters at fifty cents. Tribune. Sold by U. E. Heberhart.
A social note from Texas Siftings recalls a Yerger mansion gathering where talk turned to literature. Mrs Yerger asks about Howard Everett Hale, and McGinnis explains he is a literateur, a man who makes books. The conversation mocks fancy terms and recalls old terms for book makers.
An advertisement notes a husband now three times the man he was after using Wells Health Re newer. Prominent druggists Swormstedt & Co. Depot carries the product.
Rev Myron W Reed argues that a wrong action is felt as soon as the conscience speaks and notes that the sin of an hour can become the sorrow of a lifetime. He cites Judas’s betrayal and emphasizes self restraint, growth, and maintaining a high standard of living.
The New York Weekly Herald promotes its growing circulation and broad coverage. It highlights Foreign News with global dispatches and American News with telegraphic reports from across the Union. It promises comprehensive political reports from Washington.
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