08 Jun 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1881
Page
1
A excerpted ballad recounts a daughter who dons armor and rides to war to save her father and defend her country. She leads troops through harsh mountains and battles, returning home to reveal her true identity, earning honor before her throne.
A reflective poem celebrates children as brightening a home through aging years. The speaker notes aging’s hardships and grief, yet finds solace in youth’s arrival. The imagery likens children to a golden Jacob’s ladder, each child a rung of light for the parents. The verse, by J. T. Trowbridge, appears as a contribution from Youth’s Companion.
A fragmented lyric sequence recalls shared rides and seasons from youth. The speaker and a companion recount riding through wind and snow, spring flowers, moss and fern, and a final racing scene where reins slip away, evoking memory and loss.
A fragmentary verse passage reads Oh touch that rosebud It will bloom My Iady fair A passionate red in dim green gloom A jew a sphendor a perfume Sleeps in air You touchd my heart it gave a thrill dat like aw rome That opens at a lacy's will The bloom is always yours until You bid it clos
A column uses Eve as a foil to argue women’s burdens and male incompetence. It contrasts Adam’s self-reliance with modern men who demand service. A rural giant helps a distressed man reading a New York story paper, seeking relief through a comic moral ending. The piece closes with a blunt moral: little boys should read only their arithmetics.
A narrator laments lack of pockets in women's clothing and jokes about men needing more. The piece argues pockets are a female equality issue and envisions future designs that integrate pockets for practicality and style. It calls for change through public campaign and suggests progress parallels past reforms.
A New Haven Palladium view extols wives guiding family health over fashion and investment in Hop Bitters to prevent illness and expense. It argues women should wisely safeguard relatives, while noting the burden on a husband led to oath and fertility anxiety.
An advertisement promotes Dr Landsey's BE on the Searcher for boils pimples and blood diseases with sale details by J BE U F Harper and associates.
Fourteenth century Florence sought a public executioner with three candidates. The third tester used a hatchet and tricked the crowd by feigning a strike on the head, then sent the body running before finally delivering a fatal blow, giving rise to the saying of throwing the hatchet in.
In a communications to the French Societe de Biologie M Delaunay argues precocity signals biological inferiority. He notes lower species mature faster and that inferior human races and women in many cases show earlier development while higher civilization slows growth. The brain lags other organs in maturation.
A commentary on the influence of women and home life in shaping national character. It asserts motherhood molds men, shapes policy, and anchors society, claiming no substitute exists for women’s moral force in nation building as echoed by Scribner's Monthly.
A furor over glucose manufacture from corn spreads west with new plants including Chicago. One facility aims 20 000 bushels daily, producing grape sugar and syrup from corn at low costs while corn sells for about forty cents per bushel.
A collage of aphorisms and jokes touches on honesty vanity love and science with lines about doctors thyme moonshine truth and old age. It glances at social norms and human folly through quips about eyes umbrellas and horse trading.
Gov Magoffin recalls praising Hunt as nearly Clay’s equal and Marshall as widely renowned. He describes Hunt and Marshall as brilliant men and details how Marshall crafted speeches through disciplined study, revision, practice, and dramatic delivery. He notes Marshall’s vanity yet stresses his top-tier intellect.
A licensed box of Rough on Rats promises to keep a house free from flies mosquitoes rats and mice throughout the season. Druggists.
An old promotional note claims Wells' Health Renewer cures liver or kidney trouble digestion and debility. It promises a guaranteed remedy for $1 through W. H. Rogers & Co. at Madison.
The article discusses luminous shadows cast on a concave disc by an electrical setup and notes the shadows only appear with conductors. It mentions Seller’s Celebrated Liver Pills selling for 25 cents a box via J B C F Harper and ends with a aphorism about praise and temper.
An old advertisement promotes Frasier's Root Bitters and Frasier's Bitters as remedies for fatigue, malarial district ailments, sleeplessness, and aging. It claims benefits for nervousness, tremors, and gloom, with Henry & Davies as sole proprietors in Cleveland Ohio and bottles priced at one dollar.
The ad promotes Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for chronic piles and itching with testimonials from J M Coffinberry of Cleveland. It claims rapid relief within minutes and sales through Henry & Davies Cleveland Ohio with price and mail order details.
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