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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1879
Page
1
A watcher on a stormy pier views the sea and sky as waves crash and lights glow. The poem reflects in nature a pledge that hardship ends, with the sea’s roar and harbor lights guiding hope. The narrator finds comfort in God guiding the future and enduring faith.
A poem fragment portrays a mother asking about a daughter Mabel’s companion at the gate. The speaker notes June twilight, birds singing, and a rumor of Marry Gray, while a young man waits. The verse mood explores gossip and propriety at the gate.
Fragmentary religious text parodies or devotional verses mention loving neighbors, praising devotion and neighborly conduct. The garbled lines reference The Good Book, Love your neighbor, and admonitions about fervent love and duty to others. It reads as a stray devotional fragment with scattered names and archaic phrasing.
A grief struck narrator glimpses Agi Hope approaching TL in solitude. HL ty’s glow evokes comfort as Hope lays a hand on the eyes and visions of frost woods and endless victory arise. The voice lifts the speaker toward a dead rebirth, a returning of spirit.
The widow of a fisherman sits by the window for weeks, tears on her cheeks, awaiting the return of her husband. She holds the youngest child, recalling their shared fate, as boats come and go without bringing him home.
A highly literary fragment laments lost inspiration and seeks a poet who can baptize seats in harmony. It contrasts awe on sacred altars with echoes that fail to reach Shakespeare, hoping for renewed insight into life’s essential heart and rhythmic pulses.
A miscellany of aphorisms and witticisms on life, work, and manners. Observations range from wisdom on friendships and honesty to humor about social foibles, dress, aging, and everyday quirks in a compact, pithy style.
A Cincinnati Enquirer inspired attack on Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks fails to damage his reputation. The piece cites his long public service, probity, and irreproachable private life, arguing truth will vindicate him and underscore the strength of public virtue.
An Indiana reporter recalls the origin of the phrase The Woods is Full of Em. Bill Dean the smart aleck asks directions to Richmond and is met by Cheezum looking up a tree. The old man suggests two hikers up the tree and notes the woods are full of em.
The essay argues against the belief that beauty requires a pale sickly look and promotes health as the basis of appearance. It contrasts frail images with blooming health and notes that men prefer vibrant wives. It praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female diseases, sold by druggists.
A Peruvian native crafts a clock entirely out of bread over three years, using salt to harden the crust and soft interior for work. The crusted case is also bread, and the clock runs well, reputedly “goes like sixty.”
Dr Lilienthal answers student questions on capitals and a Philadelphia mint riddle. Then excerpts describe animal lifespans, noting sheep to thirty, horses to twenty or more, and elephants with legendary longevity including a 150 year white elephant in Russia.
A well dressed man in a London jewelry shop selected items worth 400 and paid with a forged thousand pound note. Two men in police uniform claimed to arrest him and took the loot, guiding the porter to a cab. The next day the porter returned, beaten, learning the two officers were thieves in disguise.
Washington hotel managers found that serving only waltzes and lively tunes during dinner increased profits by about 15 percent. Guests hurried by the band, leaving the table hungry as provisions ran low. The band leader was dismissed after misplaying the Miserere Chorus and the Dead March.
A Burlington Hawkeye item describes an inventor in Des Moines county building a henophone to centrally manage nests. The piece notes the device sometimes hatches porcelain eggs and mentions a Woollenburgher stock joke. Then a harsh stop notice about giving opiate remedies to babies and a brief Graphic remark on a benevolent mule.
A compilation of maxims on industrious living and frugality urges perseverance and self-reliance. It contrasts with passages on love for the dead, noting grief’s gentler remembrances. It also recounts a Jennings township birth in 1812 and a long marriage producing a wide age gap between two children.
The class harbors a fearless pupil who, when asked to compose on manners, instantly asks to write about bad manners. The stern Professor nods, allowing any subject the student knows well, revealing the youths bold confidence.
The piece muses on the value of a good name earned through piety and learning, contrasting honor to mere kinship. It then recalls Achile Murat in Florida, famed for his French cooking of local fauna, from alligator to the turkey buzzard, pursued with stubborn effort.
A compendium quotes Addison on using time with purpose and Miss Edgeworth on seizing resolutions while fresh. It notes Dr Bull’s Baltimore Pills as a cheap aid for approaching sickness. The piece ends with a Handel anecdote about a tenor interrupted by the composer, who deems him a fool.
A jumble of old quips and observations ranges from Indian and soldier counts in Montana to clever witticisms about sleep labor and language. It surveys diverse topics from cremations in Milan to salaries of presidents, jokes about girls goats and hairpins, and odd anecdotes about cities and daily life.
A man and his wife argue over a tidy room while a wife dislikes cigar stumps in the telpiece and a man dislikes long combings in his shaving mug. A philosopher's simple method suggests calling an adversary an ignorant puppy ends the dispute immediately.
A humorous musing contrasts a betrothal and married life with hair as a symbol. A woman may wear silk and jewels yet ties her hair with a shoe-string, while a man’s hair held in a fiancée’s fingers hints at longing, and in marriage signals a yell of pain.
A new use for gun cotton is described to disable enemy artillery. A slab placed on the muzzle and detonated distorts and injures the cannon, rendering it useless far longer than the old spike method which could quickly restore service.
The Sun pledges unwavering independence from parties and politicians and vows to present all news truthfully. It foresees 1880 presidential implications, Democratic gains, and ongoing effort to expose fraud while delivering prompt, accurate intelligence for daily, literary, and general news.
The notice lists pale leaden complexion heaviness headaches bleeding gums and other worm symptoms and claims Dr McLane's Vermifuge will cure them without mercury. It asserts the genuine product bears the signatures of C McLane and Flemming Bros on the wrapper and targets infants.
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