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Newspaper

Madison Weekly Herald

Location

Madison, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1883

Page

4

Rubber Goods of All Kinds A Large Stock Of

A large stock of rubber goods available in assorted types and sizes for varied uses. Details on brands, prices, and where to purchase are provided for interested buyers.

Boots Shoes and Holiday Slippers

Boots Shoes and Holiday Slippers advertised by GEO DEIDERICH at No 27 W Main Cross St Madison Indiana with note of postal service entry as second class matter.

GEO. Deiderich W. Main Cross St Pst Madison Indiana Fischer & Richtert East Main Cross Court House East Main Cross &T Madison, Ind

Thirteen year old dies of hydrophobia after dog bite

A 13 year old boy contracted hydrophobia nine weeks after a small dog bite. He fell ill Wednesday and died Sunday after severe symptoms including fever, hydrophobic thirst, convulsions, and terror, with doctors unable to save him.

D. Hayes Agnew R. B. Hinkle

Pie Crust and Horse Feed Compared in 19th Century Digest

The article outlines a practical pie crust ratio using one quart flour and one cup lard with cold water. It contrasts corn and oats for horses, praising oats as the superior, cheaper, and more nutritious feed allowing greater work with less fatigue. Beecher's theology on evolution is summarized, highlighting Christian evolution, the Bible as development, and rejection of eternal punishment.

Live Stock Journal Cincinnati News Henry Ward Beecher Cooper Union New York Herbert Spencer God Mr. Beecher Hell Garden of Eden Beecher Alling & Lodge

Young Walter Butler Pleads Guilty in Grandmother Theft

Walter Butler a 14 year old boy from Oswego New York pleaded guilty to stealing $13 from his grandmother and took a companion on an expedition to Buffalo. He has been arrested several times before and was sentenced to the house jot ret.

Walter Butler Oswego N. Y Buffalo

Woman Reading a Newspaper Shows Quick Scan and Biases

A Chicago Tribune note describes a woman who reads newspapers slowly and then rapidly, seeking obscure paragraphs and quotes. She values marriages and deaths, advertisements, and poetry, treating quotations as stronger authority than first-hand text. She ignores editorials and assumes every word is true.

Aho Chicago Tribune

Ordinary Virtue and Faith Urged in Daily Life

A 1910s style exhortation notes that true virtue rests in ordinary deeds not acts, praising music and flowers as signs of purity. It warns that habitual sins separate one from Christianity and urges self assessment by grave measure, with a testimonial line about Brown's Iron Bitters curing general debility for Lula Watson of Indianapolis.

Lula Watson West Market St Indianapolis Saya Brown

Judge Peeples Encounters an Ex Tanner Turned Banker

About thirty years ago Judge Cin cinnatus Peeples ordered out a poor tanner named Wilson from Hall county. Wilson later rose to head a New York bank, BR. T. Wilson & Co. In 1868 the judge, visiting New York, learned the ex Tanner now ran the bank and hosted a high society dinner revealing his surprising ascent from humble origins. The tale ends with the judge reflecting on the remarkable transformation.

Cincinnatus Peeples Hall County Wilson Atlanta Peeles New York BR. T. Wilson & Co Judge Fifth Avenue Judge Peeples Judge Peeple Paris Saratoga Venice

Errors of Print Show How Misreads Crepe Up in Newspapers

The piece highlights printing flaws from compositor mistakes and cryptic typos that alter meaning. It cites examples from the Binghamton Republican and a Chicago morning daily where phrases like skidding their dogs and preparations for meals replaced intended words.

Binghamton Republican Chicago Morning Daily

Furnishing Fowls and a Jail Escape Highlight Peru News

A colored woman applies for a cook job with a witty exchange about roasting taters and furnishing chickens for a dollar a week. In Peru a prisoner, Til Vandall, awaiting grand jury forgery investigation, escapes by slipping ashes outside the jail during supper.

Peru Til Vandall

Brown's Iron Bitters Trademark Note

An item notes that only Brown's Iron Bitters made by Brown Chemical Co Baltimore bears crossed red lines and trademark on the wrapper.

Brown Chemical Co Baltimore

Premium salve promises cure with money back guarantee

An 19th century advertisement offers a salve labeled as the best treatment for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or refunds and lists CG Heberhart at 7 as the seller with a price of 25 cents per box.

CG. E. Heberhart

Harper's Weekly publication details and pricing

Harper's Weekly presents itself as a leading American illustrated weekly with partisan neutrality and top tier art and writing. It explains subscription terms January starts, and offers last four annual volumes bound in cloth mailed for seven hundred dollars per volume.

Young People paper praised for wholesome appeal and quality

The Young People paper is designed for youths aged six to sixteen. It aims to replace vicious papers with a more attractive and wholesome publication. It is praised for neat engraving and superior content, with remarks from the New York Evening Post, Boston Journal, and Pittsburgh Gazette.

Boston Journal Pittsburgh Gazette

Clever man roasts Cape Ann directors with line

Years ago a young merchant sought a note discount by confronting the Cape Ann directors in person. Each said yes. At the next meeting the young man entered, removed his hat, and accused the directors of being a collective set of darned liars, then left.

Cape Ann Cape Ann (Mass

Harper's Magazine Subscription and Binding Details

The volumes start with June and December issues. current numbers assumed if time not specified. The last eight volumes available bound in cloth for $300 each, with cloth cases 50 cents. An index to Harper's Magazine for volumes 1 to 60 is offered, with cloth price $4.00. remittances by post office money order or draft to avoid loss. Address Sanford & Broadman? New York.

Harper's Weekly Harper & Brothers Harper’ Magazine Harper’s Magazine Harper’s Young People ER & Brothers New York

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