27 Jul 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1881
Page
1
Poet Margaret Weley reflects on love and memory across eras, comparing April flowers and Lycurgus, questioning mortality and longing. The verse envisions almond blossoms and a guiding beloved as enduring symbols amid faded grand schemes.
Poetic meditation on the fragility and duty of loving children. A speaker urges patience and gentleness as newborn lives grow, facing temptations and the world beyond the doorway. It emphasizes grace, guidance, and enduring care as the children’ s steps lengthen.
A speaker pleads for the traditional Bible as the mother’s cherished reading. The poem laments changing editions and argues the old wording preserves memory and gentle mercy from childhood, asserting no newer edition can replace the familiar sacred verses.
A reflective verse speaks of longing for rest and peace not in the present place but somewhere beyond. The speaker envisions future rest as heartache eases and weary eyes find quiet. The narrator remains in motion while hoping companions may later suppose she rests somewhere.
In a Dobson poem fragment a speaker notes a gray haired vicar in a pew and a soft-eyed girl beside him. The narrator questions his thoughts and seeks fidelity and purity while listening to religious sermons and wrestling with desire.
A fragment recounts Herman Hoffenstein and Jake Williams in a tale of swindle and honesty, then shifts to a Hong Kong correspondent’s report on shipping Chinese to the United States. It describes inspections by a doctor harbor master and US consul, with a dramatic seal on a woman’s arm and a mix of humor and caution.
A collection of quips and maxims on topics from ghosts and wind to love and education. The piece blends humorous observations on social mores with playful wordplay, noting the foibles of lawyers, wives, and bachelors while lampooning contemporary culture.
The article describes a remote tribe with single-room dwellings shared with livestock, a public Djemaa meeting space, distinctive dress for men and women, strict morals including monogamy limits, and a system where women can be bought or inherited through kin. It notes reverence for Abdallai-ben-Djemal, their protector, and mentions a Pittsburgh man, Walter F. McCune, who credits Brown's Iron Bitters with restoring health after a long decline.
A noted remedy asserts that torpid liver and castive bowels cause an acrid poison in the blood leading to acute diseases. Kidney-Wort is claimed to restore proper function of the skin, bowels, and kidneys, aiding all secretive organs and expelling rheumatic poison, effective in liquid or dry form.
A letter from a Kansas town farmer proposes a pastor for a seminary through a painful salary mismatch. The reply jokes that only Paul, Gabriel, or the president could fit. Also notes worms symptom misdirection and touts Denig's Worm Syrup. A stairway encounter ends with a burglar scare. Lydia E Pinkham remedy ad and a quip on human expression follow with Euripides on silence.
A Detroit Free Press humorous scene features a Black market vendor joking with a customer about the end of the world. The talk covers delays to doomsday, fear of cosmic ruin, and plans to tell a wife awaiting a Toronto visit. The humor pivots on skepticism and everyday curiosity.
An era sample of sensational health claims touts Kidney-Wort as a cure for kidney and liver ailments with promises of restored vitality. An old bachelor courts a widow using hair dye as a comic twist while other notes poke at religious and moral curiosities and a dubious Blood Searcher elixir.
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