30 Jan 1878
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1878
Page
1
A devotional poem reflecting on sowing seeds of kindness and conflict in life. It contrasts seeds scattered by careless hands with seeds grown by faithful souls, asking divine guidance to guard furrows until a harvest of eternal fruit and peace is realized. The reader is urged to check thoughts and stay steady, hoping for a blessed harvest.
J G Hollands poem notes how a shy maiden's glance revives the speaker's youth. He muses on how age folds into youth and the child within remains, as the memory of her beauty redraws the golden pages of his life. Scribner for Tanwsty.
A speaker recalls longing for purpose and is counseled by Christ to follow His will. The Crucified urges acceptance of a quiet life aligned with Biblical order and divine plan, citing Jesus in Nazareth and Galilee as the model, with ultimate submission to God’s plan for harmony and meaning.
A stirring verse urging action, resilience, and compassion to lift sorrow. It speaks of calming restless minds, restoring hope, and honoring lives saved through brave resolve to confront tomorrow.
A compendium traces famous proverbs to Thomasa Kempis Thomas Tusser Francis Rabellais Coke Marlowe Shakespeare Bacon Beaumont Fletcher Milton Butler Denham Prior Swift Farquhar Young Pope Thompson Gay Sterne Franklin Cooper Campbell Webster Irving Byron Keats Berkeley among others. It notes origins from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries and highlights the wide tapestry of phrases now common in English discourse.
An Arkansas preacher tells a crowd that true piety is shown by deeds not noise as the Lord watches acts of charity. A stagecoach passenger steadies himself on fellow riders prompting a light exchange describing the man as a savage and a Pawnee.
A collection of old jokes and anecdotes featuring a stoic Scot, a dying wife, a French beggar, a parson and child, auction misunderstandings, and a mural remark. The piece closes with a minister's quip about pruning a stubborn editor in Lexington.
A tale of two Scottish lads who, while learning gunnery, mistook a white owl for a cherubim after a bird-shot incident. One boy retrieved the trophy as the other feared divine retribution, crying out they had shot a cherubim.
The state population rose by 55 000 due to immigration. Immigrant groups most needed include farmers and stock-raisers. The message urges young men to work hard and seek opportunities rather than complain.
A reader praises Dr Bull’s Gough Syrup as an effective cough and cold remedy claiming it cures even stubborn cases. The note mentions a price listing in New Orleans around August.
In Elmira Gazette style a husband mocks women’s “mechanical genius” as his wife cans peaches. He bungles the hot wax, burns himself, drops the can, and causes a mad dog scare before being laid up like a scarecrow. He vows to let women do as they wish.
A gold seeker in the San Miguel Dolores valleys reportedly found the ruins of a large ancient city on the Dolores river west bank. The site shows preserved temple walls, carved stone, and a cedar floored multiroom structure with at least a dozen apartments.
A satirical verse lists beatitudes for various conditions ending with an ad for Dr Bull's Baby Syrup. The copy promotes a 12 50 peg bottle and mocks ailments from blindness to loneliness while noting the lax moral and social lines of the era.
A long verse and prose miscellany including aphorisms on marriage fortune and virtue, followed by notes on manuscript typography and the history of printing. Includes lines on marriage and greed, then a brief about 1456 Faust printing and the Mazarine Bible as first movable type book.
A policeman finds a boy bathing near Randolph street and urges him to come out and face the ordinance. The lad jokes about being naked and questions what qualifies as bathing. The officer notes a drowning woman elsewhere, the boy remains unseen, and a clothes mishap line ends the scene with a comic aside from a familiar voice.
At the Connecticut Historical Society meeting in Hartford the Mazarine Bible drew the crowd. Dr. Trumbull showcased the rare book from the George Brinley collection, noting it is one of only two in America and six worldwide. Gutenberg printed the first copies in 1455.
The text exhorts promptness integrity and restraint. It urges avoiding vicious company and protecting reputation while honoring parents Sabbath observance and honest debts. It advocates virtuous study of self improvement and courteous salutations.
A jumble of notices and quips from DAILY MAIL style columns includes venison prices, charity motives, Paris Exposition 1878 progress, marriage joke advice, comic quotes, and a long list of 19th century mail and train schedules. Postal office hours and routes appear with local names like Kilbourn City and Stony Point, Indiana area towns, and Garber as postmaster.
An advertisement extols Sinton's Consumption Cure claiming it can cure consumption and address lung and throat ailments with quick, positive results. It offers bottles at 10, 50, and 100 cents and promises refunds if not satisfied. Also promotes Sar-ton's Prova Paste at 23 cents. Sold by Henry C. Firth.
An 19th century style advertisement claims Shiloh's System Vitalizer is the most successful cure for dyspepsia and liver issues with a guarantee. It also asserts Shiloh's Cure eases consumption related debility appetite loss and constipation by regulating the body while healing the inflamed lungs. Price is 75 cents and Henry C. Firth sells it.
Fragmentary notes record a rich fragrant pertimie seen by Henry Firth and Alison. The brief entry lacks a full account, leaving the sighting as the only clear detail in this fragment.
The Shortest route to St Louis and the Great West features Day Express and Night Express schedules with Elegant Parlor Cars and Pullman Sleeping Cars. Tickets to St Louis Cairo Evansville and other principal Missouri Kansas Texas points are sold at the Firemen and Mechanics Insurance office by agent R P Gahr.
A 1878 timetable announces new train times starting Monday January 14. The line lists morning and afternoon mail and accommodation trains from Madison to North Vernon Columbus Indianapolis with connections at North Vernon to Cincinnati and Louisville. Through tickets to all points sold at Madison by A Anderson General Ticket Agent and Horace Scott General Superintendent.
The Sun urges renewal of subscriptions and support from readers nationwide. It notes ten years of service and requests continued co operation, detailing mailing options and prices for daily and Sunday editions.
A political advertisment arguing for greenbacks and opposition to bonds for the wealthy. It targets government credit policies benefiting a monied class and labor oppression, urging reader support through the Daily Enquirer and specimen copies from Far an & McLean publishers in Cincinnati Ohio.
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