06 Jul 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1881
Page
1
A reflective piece blends poetry and aphorisms about memory and the dead, pairing lilies, violets, roses, and snowdrops with moral maxims and quotes from Eben Rexford and various essays on virtue, womanhood, and social wit. The prose touches on love, loss, beauty, and the utility of genius in a magazine essay style.
Poem contrasts two life paths, one cautious and one adventurous, urging respect for individual choices. It celebrates differing temperaments, suggesting eventual reunion in town despite current divergence. The author Ella Wheeler references a New York Sun publication.
A reflective poem on death as a beginning not an end. It speaks from loss to the hopeful reunion beyond the grave, contrasting earthly sorrow with faith that loved ones may rise or return in the vast unknown. The piece ponders farewell, enduring grief, and the promise of meeting again.
Practical guidance for visitors to ill friends. The list urges door entry, cheerful but truthful talk, avoiding prying questions, and brief visits. It advises bringing pleasant items like flowers or pictures and offering light, wholesome foods while considering the patient’s comfort.
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company stands as a major Rochester business with unprecedented sales. Their Hop Bitters have permeated almost every household nationwide due to their intrinsic value.
Jim Webster and his wife attend the Austin Blue Light Colored Tabernacle. The preacher asks the infant’s name. Webster jokes about naming him Jum pin Toufache and finally agrees to baptize with the name Jeems Webster, leaving the infant unnamed for a while. The exchange is filled with humorous dialect and local color.
A promotional note touts Kidney-Wort as nature's remedy for constipation and kidney and liver diseases. It claims rapid action on these organs, restoring health and vigor, available in liquid and dry forms for $1.
Denis Kearney praises Bob Ingersoll and expects Benign influences until testing his accuracy. Mrs E Smeltzer of Larimer Pennsylvania claims her son was cured of erysipelas by Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher. For sale by J E C Harper.
A 19thcentury admonition urges concise plain speech and warns against verbose rhetoric. It champions intelligibility and honesty, discouraging slang and pretentious language while urging readers to speak plainly and meaningfully.
A fragment from Waifs features comic dialogue with a California banana king’s daughter revealing a fortune gift to Joan and a suitor’s shock. A Missouri or Illinois girl touts Kidney-Wort cures and a suitor’s brief engagement ends in a joke of malice and wit.
An 19th century advertisement touts Wells Health Renewer as a remarkable cure for dyspepsia and a superior tonic for bilious liver complaints priced at $1 with depots by Swormstedt & Co. and druggists.
An urchin style ad urges readers to ask druggists for Rough on Rats to clear rats mice bed bugs roaches flies ants and insects at 15c per box. The message blends caution with product promotion for home pest control.
An old advertisement touts Wells Health Rejuvenator for impotence and nervous weakness with claims of cures. A fragment from a humorous exchange shows a child and parent reading the paper, highlighting children’s curious views on adults.
An excerpt from the New York Independent argues Hap Bitters patients heal at home without hospitals or high salaries. The piece notes readers’ own experiences illustrate the product’s claimed cures, while a separate quip relates a man’s nostalgia for his mother’s cooking and his wife’s cooking diminishing his schoolboy appetite.
An old time advertisement touts Frazier's Root Bitters as a remedy for weakness complexion malarial districts and fatigue. It promises toning effects for those worn down by caregiving late nights or gloomy health and claims the product restores youthful vitality. Sold by Henry & Davies at a dollar per bottle from Cleveland Ohio.
An Indian remedy named Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment claims to cure chronic piles inguinal itching and ulcers in minutes. A testimonial from Hon J M Coffinberry of Cleveland praises its immediate relief and permanence. Sold by Henry and Davies in Cleveland priced at $1.
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