25 Jan 1882
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1882
Page
1
Ode notes the 1875 Baltimore monument dedication honoring Edgar Allan Poe. It praises his genius and suffering, recalls his life of hardship, and urges lasting love and justice for the poet as his grave is sanctified.
The verse depicts an exchange between the Squire and the Deacon as they compare earthly wealth with spiritual worth. The Squire laments his wealth and fears judgment, while the Deacon suggests trading riches for the other’s blessings of contentment and peace, underscoring Whittier's moral about true value.
The poem speaks of divine love guiding through pain and sorrow. It emphasizes near presence of the beloved deity during hardship and aging memories that rekindle faith. Referencing relics from childhood, it suggests grief can revive strength within the heart.
Poetic meditation urging faith in divine light to dispel fear and doubt. The speaker praises Jesus as the light that heals, brings peace, and shines away night shadows. It questions why one would prefer darkness and calls for the enduring, unchanging glow of God’s love to banish fear and falsehood.
A reflective stanza asks when to forgive and endure. It contrasts roses and sorrow with love’s urgency. The speaker urges to act today for forgiveness, dealing with sorrow, memory, and restraint. The poem repeats Tomorrow and To-day phrases to emphasize immediacy.
A somber verse laments a late but doomed romance. The speaker recalls a once deep passion now extinguished and questions where the wandering spirits of failed love go after death. The poem uses graveyard imagery to contrast lingering longing with final separation.
A collection of old Irish jokes and turns of phrase. A lottery tale, a House of Commons dig into praise and money, and a wry frontier exchange about a ford and a bridge. The humor centers on money, vanity, and practical wisdom from rural Ireland.
An old advertisement urges stopping a cough cold or sore throat to prevent lung disease. Brown's Bronchial Troches are claimed to relieve asthma bronchitis coughs catarrh consumptive and throat diseases. Promoted as tested by physicians for about thirty years and used by public speakers and singers. priced twenty five cents a box.
A humorous anecdote portrays Lord Eldon as indecisive and poor at shooting. A clergyman asks for a living, misjudging Eldon’s generosity, who then grants the position amid a story of gratitude and a later gift of game. The piece ends with an ad for Dr Sellers cough syrup and a Harper sale note.
A reflective quote notes a woman only realizes true beauty when a man awakens her deeper passions and elicits a response from her heart and senses.
A New Yorker duped by divorce lawyers advertising a specialty learned that a forged Pittsburg court certificate bore fake official names. The man, never married, paid fees for a supposed legal separation and faced a bogus attestation. The incident underscores the need for cross state legislation to curb this nefarious practice.
An advertisement touts a remarkable cure for dyspepsia named Wells' Health Renewer. It calls it the greatest tonic and liver remedy priced at $1 with a depot by Swormstedt & Co. listed as the distributors in the claim.
A short ad prompts druggists to stock Rough on Rats. It promises quick clearance of rats mice bed bugs roaches flies and ants at 5 cents per box.
An old medical-ads notice touts Wells' Health Re new er as a remedy for nervous weakness impotence and sexual debility. Available at druggists and through Swormstedt and Co.'s depot. Price is listed as $1.00.
In a rural farmhouse tale from the Yank ton Leader, a city belle schemes to break a green landlady's son Moses Sparrow's heart with flirtation. He resists, reveals steady affection for Maria, and the scene ends as she departs in dignity after claiming she will marry a rich old gentleman.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pain in infants. It claims immediate relief, bowel regulation, and rest for mothers, calling it safe, pleasant tasting, and prescribed by a renowned female physician. Sold everywhere for 25 cents a bottle.
The piece riffs on babies as non creatures of the animal kingdom and links infancy to infantry with wordplay. It says a baby is a king who is always acting and often described as a wheat creature. The writer notes babies are cradled and not shockable, and uses playful contrasts between infant and infantry while praising the baby.
An editor friends us praises Brown's Iron Bitters claiming they cure dyspepsia debility and nervousness and restore all bodily functions and vigor. The piece asserts the medicine is a world changing cure and urges all in ill health to use it. A farming critic quips that the best way to raise strawberries is with a spoua.
A Rochester doctor warns Brights disease is rising and often has no symptoms. He credits Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as life saving and urges early kidney focus. Doctors Lattimore and Warner discuss evidence and cures amid public interest and medical commentary.
An old advertisement promotes Frazier's Root Bitters as a tonic for weakness biliousness and fatigue. It claims benefits for malarial districts overworked parents and late hours, urging use to feel young again. Sold by Henry Davies sole agents at 1 dollar per bottle in Cleveland Ohio.
Rail sale notice offers lowest rates to St Louis and points in Texas and nearby areas. Tickets to southern routes cheaper through specified points, promoting fast travel at reduced prices for a limited time.
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