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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1880
Page
1
The piece reflects on nostalgic themes of youth, old places, and enduring friendships. It contrasts the faded present with memories of April buds, spring birds, and the sweetness of early love and friendships, ending with wishes for lasting blessings and loved ones.
A poem by Mary B. Dodge from Wide Awake envisions a vast spring procession of children marching in bright robes of yellow purple pink and violet blue red and green as a mystical dawn for a kinder world. The piece uses vivid imagery to imply rebirth and the spread of hopeful seeds across society.
Poem urging children to daily do what is right and speak truth despite temptations. It uses natural imagery to contrast good and bad conduct and promises light and heaven if integrity guides actions. The verse repeats guiding lines about daily justice and kindness in work and play.
Poem fragment urging resilience and hope in life’s cycles. It contrasts death and renewal, urging not to despair and to look forward to future harvests and enduring light beyond earthly shadows. The lines repeat the motif of crushing fallen leaves as a metaphor for moving on.
A masculine attendant warns a woman on a listing log over the river bank. She falls in and resurfaces as two disjointed silhouettes, then is pulled ashore by a man who frees her feet. The rescued woman scolds him while her companions gape, and he laments upside down ladies in the water.
A Bodie mining camp editor received Milton’s Paradise Lost from a San Francisco bookseller and wrote a scathing judgment. He mocks the long hell depiction and devil portrait, calls Milton a poor poet, and suggests he should stick to scandal and street scenes.
A writer claims trifling disagreements, silent couples, dropped gloves, and feigned courtesy reveal marriage. He asserts obvious patterns in couples where one person is the spouse and the other the partner, stating these rules are certain and based on everyday experience.
A Neapolitan man told friends he planned a trip to Paris and brought back only part of the orders he carried. He explained that people gave him money with their commissions, folded in the paper, and a gust of wind swept away the papers that did not include money, possibly including the reader’s commission.
A notice offering a free book on liver illness and remedies. It lists topics such as liver complaints torpid liver jaundice biliousness headache constipation dyspepsia malaria and related conditions. Address requests to Dr Sanford 163 Broadway New York City NY.
In a Detroit Free Press vignette Elder Toots recounts a winter day on Antoine street spotting Cutwater Smith begging for wood. He denounces public charity, urges workers to earn shillings, and condemns loafers amid a call for a fair chance and steady effort.
A medical view argues that breathing through the mouth harms throat and lung health. It cites modern physiology and biblical context to claim nasal respiration regulates blood flow and body heat, warns children’s habits, and links open mouths to colds and sore throats.
The Farm and Fireside urges kindness in the home noting that harsh words by husbands or fathers toward wives or sisters reveal cowardice and harm conjugal love. It argues politeness at home should match public behavior and stresses respect among family bound by blood and marriage.
A quip appears in the pepitestiary noting that a felon on the hand is worse than two elsewhere. The line echoes caution about crime and consequences in a moralizing tone.
A breakfast scene ends with a haughty husband overturning the table in anger over missing shad. His noble wife remains calm, and he admires her as an angel. Shortly after, he dies. The will names his wife executrix and leaves her $2,000,000.
Washington correspondent notes Conkling aims to back Blaine for 1884 while crushing James G. Blaine by forcing his nomination and defeat. If Grant fails, Conkling may push Seymour into the White House with his wife to gain social prestige. His main goal remains defeating his rival from Maine, whom he views as unelectable.
A seven year old girl Mamie Fahey died after lighting her dress with matches while home alone with her infant sister. Her mother, away at market, returned to find the child conscious briefly says she feared waking the baby, then died within minutes. The Hammond street Station officers noted the touching self denial of the child.
An advertisement claims Kidney-Wort frees bowels, stimulates liver, clears skin yellowness, cures bilious headache, and revives blood. Druggists stock the remedy.
A diplomat asked Talleyrand his view as events unfolded in the revolution of July. He replied that he changes his opinion by the morning and afternoon, never at night, and warned against trusting conflicting reports about George II’s death, keeping his stance confidential.
The London Truth argues that smoking will become universally permitted and common in all spaces. It claims people will smoke in churches courts and drawing rooms without objection and urges parents to expose children to tobacco from infancy to eliminate its odor.
Our drug stores announce Malt Bitters as the new Food Medicine. It is highly recommended and said to help health, potentially saving heavy doctors' bills.
In a letter from India two ladies near a Central Provinces camp fed elephants. One elder lady offered a very hot chapatti, scorching a elephant and injuring her hand. The elephant then trumpeted and sprayed water, forcing the second woman to take the safer seat by the tail while the beast remained cross all day.
The passage portrays Peter the Great as a visionary ruler who sought European industrial progress through skilled labor and education while harboring contempt for lawyers. It recalls his disguise in Europe to study industries, his sending of promising youths abroad, and his infamous quip about having only two lawyers in his realm with plans to execute one upon return.
The New York Sun notes Republican leaders fear Grant may not win reelection. Conkling and Cameron prefer his nomination to risk defeat, while some moneyed interests favor a candidate they can influence, creating entanglements within the party.
The tonic effect of Kidney-Wort is produced by its cleansing action on the blood. It cures gravelly or milky ropy urine from disordered kidneys and also relieves constipation and piles through its cathartic healing power.
A fragmented price list shows lengths and types of nails and related fasteners with quantities. Items include 1 inch lathing nails, 15 inch shingling nails, 10d and 12d crg nails, and 720 inch quantities noted in older merchant terms.
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