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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1881
Page
4
Poetic meditation on love friendship and illusion as the speaker recalls bright dreams that turned hollow. He laments betrayal and longs to escape earthly passions for a higher, divine realm beyond the stars and the earthly world.
The speaker endures loneliness on a hospital cot during Christmas. No gift or memory from kin or friends, and no vow remembered by a loved one. Grief turns to bitterness as they curse the world and hope for mercy from an angel at the side of the bed.
A visitor recounts a male mule in Los Angeles county near pepper trees and a bee hive. The mule kicks near a child, provokes a swarm, and is covered in bees while lifted by the torment, finally collapsing and dying from exhaustion and stings.
In a humorous domestic scene, Mr. Spoopendyke fumbles through a soap laden toilet while searching for a towel before a theater outing. Mrs. Spoopendyke calms him as the couple bickers over drying and preparation, the towel gone and humor brightening the page.
A collage of 19th century advices and satirical notices. It promotes Hop Bitters as a simple cure and lists various lashings at quack doctors, while a witness in a trial cites self employment as a surgeon. It also mentions Lydia E Pinkham remedies and a verse about Old Grimes.
The forecast notes mixed clouding and threatening weather with snow or rain, then clear spells on the 27th and 28th, and more clouding with rain or snow through month end. Warmer periods planned for early and late month, colder spells mid month, auroras expected on several dates. The page includes assorted quotes and adlike lines praising Dr Bull's Cough Syrup at 25 cents and various proverbs about life, fame, and lawyers.
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