23 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1878
Page
1
A sea washed note bearing a monogram and a maiden's hopeful message to her beloved is found among wreckage. The poem mirrors a lover's longing and the unknown woman's sorrow as the letter drifts to the shore and a stranger's view on fate and endurance.
One year old Ada is celebrated with a morning visit and a family poem. The speaker recalls a poet mother and a bright home filled with sunshine as Ada smiles at her birthday, wearing a white dress, playing with blocks, shells, and a gold ring.
A lyrical speaker pleads with a beloved maid, praising her beauty and sweet charms. The poem invites bold declarations of love and reassurance that contentment lies in their union. The speaker resolves to know life’s completeness through the beloved’s kiss and gaze, expressing eager yearning.
A poetic tribute describes an infant born with beauty too pure for earth. Angels record the birth in the book of life and smile as Death gently embraces the child. The mother laments while angels sing and welcome the child to paradise, promising eternal reunion beyond life.
The Raleigh Herald announces reprinting portions of Poor Richard's Almanac from 1783 to 1736. It highlights Franklin's popular proverbs and noting translations in France and Greece. A selection from 1733 includes proverbs on law, marriage, virtue, and common sense, with local notes on Hendersonville cemetery in North Carolina.
A collage of brief items touches on Maine liquor laws linked to opium use, a Montana justice of the peace performing a marriage for six dollars, and Charles Dickens's business acumen. Other snippets recount girls selling flowers in Ellsworth, India church plans near a famous dancing girl’s tomb, a Burlington rail line chant, Mile Titien’s family support, and an English novelist’s dispute with Lippincott. Additional items cite temperance pledges in northern New York, Sprague financial troubles, a Washington luncheon, and a Virginia boy’s cholera fear leading to prayer in the woods.
A poetic meditation extols woman as a mystery and vital actor. The text contrasts fragile tenderness with fierce resilience, describing her as nurturing in peace, protective in danger, and healing in hardship, the center from which existence radiates.
A set of old sayings warns on spending, marriage, firelight, and prudence. It notes that visits should be brief like winter days, within a house with warmth, condemns overbearing doctors as heirs, and warns that great talkers often do little. It also cautions on debt, hunger, and cautious love.
Rutland Vermont correspondent reports Noble C. Smith a United States whisky detective traded his wife to Marcellus Colby for eighty dollars cash and a forty dollar note Colby later failed to collect. Colby was indicted for adultery, Smith vanished before prosecution.
A Natchez newspaper notes shifting river currents leaving St Joseph and Rodney inland while Vicksburg sits on a lake. Delta is expected to be washed away. A cut off near Grand Gulf alters waters, and Port Gibson and Claiborne county may lose river landings next season.
A nostalgic label promotes Dr Bull's Cough Syrup with a price of 25 cents per bottle, inviting readers to try the remedy.
The Colorado River forms a rotating whirlpool at high water, a wide funnel under the surface that can lift debris and drown objects. Deserters from Camp Mohave saw a skiff sucked into the swirl as a man abandoned ship and disappeared, the river not giving up its dead.
Boston physician Dr. Chenery reports hyposulphate of soda as a specific diphtheria remedy. He cites 108 cases saved in his practice and prescribes five to fifteen grain doses every two to three hours, adjusted by age, with milk as food for small children. The remedy can suppress milk digestion and should not be given within an hour of dairy consumption, though alternating use is possible with frequent dosing.
An eminent Scottish divine meets two parishioners at a lawyer's house. The lawyer jokes asking if they are white or black sheep. The divine replies he does not know their color but says they will be fleeced if they stay long.
An old ad-style claim promotes Dr Bull's Baby Syrup as guarding banks from ailments like Colic and Flatulence with a price of 25 cents per bottle, presenting a curious medicinal pitch within a financial setting.
A London correspondent reports in vivid detail the hanging of a Bulgarian in a busy Constantinople thoroughfare. Two posts and a rough crossbeam formed a grim gallows as soldiers pulled the condemned man off the ground, his feet inches above it. He confessed to murdering Turkish girls and children and desecrating a synagogue with a pitcher of blood in a brutal spree.
A speaker counsels a youth to bow to age and honor the aged, recalling how life’s vicissitudes have aged a once-spirited man. The text contrasts youthful aspirations with the worn visage of time and ends with a plea to show respect as the elder passes.
A collection of witticisms and social maxims reflecting 19th century humor on wisdom pride wealth and religion. Notable lines touch on self made men umbrellas misquoted Twain and a Boston health report comparing deaths from late year to the prior period.
A late author condemns marriages of convenience for wealth, warning of spiritual ruin and describing gilded misery. Meanwhile in Italy an archaeological discovery near Manfredonia uncovers ancient Sipontum ruins, a Diana temple, a long portico, a necropolis, inscriptions, Pompey tribute, and coins, with government support for extensive further digs.
Colored varnish from seal ing wax and red wax used to color wicker items. Ivory knife handles must not meet hot water. sandpaper can fix discoloration. Cutler’s cement for knife blades blends rosin wax brick dust. heat tang and press in. Sugar of lead fixes brown prints before washing. Wood buttons on sash hinges stop rattling. Rose leaf perfume with cloves mace frankincense scent gloves for lasting aroma.
A collage of humorous anecdotes and curious notes. A juror questions a wife about her husband’s past abuse. Sydney Smith’s mirrored drawing room quip. a homoeopathist joke about remedies. an odd Stanislaus County voter registry entry naming a hog thief. a playful bride and a door visitor who walked from Memphis recalling Cincinnati food.
The text analyzes Christ’s birth timing relative to Herod the Great’s death and the reign of Tiberius. It cites Herod’s death around Rome year 749–750 and discusses Luke’s age reference, proposing birth around Rome year 751 or 749 depending on when Tiberius’ fifteenth year began.
A man with a large leg boil dodges a prank by another, who sneaks up and imitates a dog bark. The victim retaliates with a kick as the aggressor staggers away. Both men end the encounter injured and walking awkwardly.
The notice describes the Ohio and Mississippi Railway timetable with day and night express services to St Louis, including parlor cars on day expresses and sleeping cars on night expresses. It lists departure times from Madison and Indianapolis, through tickets to Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, and a time change effective January 14 1878. A. Anderson and Horace Scott are listed as agents in Louisville and general superintendent respectively.
Mail arrivals and departures listed for Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis and nearby towns with opening times at noon and various closing times including 2 30 PM 9 PM 3 PM and 11 PM for covered routes. Several towns such as North Vernon Aurora Rising Sun Patriot Vevay Carrollton Ghent Warsaw Hanover Lexington Milton and Kentucky locations show differing daily cutoffs and schedules.
The Sun urges readers to renew and support its publications. It details subscription prices for Daily Sun four pages, Sunday Sun eight pages, and Weekly Sun across the United States and Canada. It notes postpaid annual rates, family appeal, and an offer of an extra copy free for clubs of ten with ten dollars.
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