25 Jun 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1879
Page
1
A fragmented verse recalls Fran and Dow pursuing marriage against parental opposition. They flee with improvised attire and abandon worn garments as a dawn escape unfolds. A late return and quiet departure hint at a clandestine union thwarted or sealed by circumstance.
A poetic fragment portrays a wrecked vessel drifting on a cold sea as dawn or sunset lights the beach. Descriptive lines evoke storm damage, fading life, and the haunting beauty of the scene with imagery of wind, waves, and scattered remnants.
Readable fragments describe a mystery text with garbled words and scattered phrases. The item mentions a 2010 mission, a waxen dawning mood, and a probing tape but lacks coherent events or identifiable names.
A cryptic meditation on sovereign power and judgment unfolds with references to ghouls and tombs, winter storms, and a vague call to clothe forms that slumber. The text hints at divine or eternal themes and a pondering of fate amid upheaval.
Washington June 2 The funeral of Eben Ingersoll brother of Col Robert G Ingersoll of Hannibal took place at his residence with simple ceremonies. Col Ingersoll delivered the oration before a large gathering including Secretary Sherman and senators Blaine Voorhees Paddock Allison Logan Henderson and others. The pallbearers included Blaine Voorhees Davis Paddock Allison Ward Lamon Wilson Boyd.
A block of moralizing pleas promotes Dr. Pierce cures for dyspepsia liver disease catarrh and general weakness. It warns against wasteful living and bad parenting while promoting the Invalids' Hotel at Buffalo New York and emphasizes nursing and hygienic care as key to recovery. It ends with a proverb about fault and progeny.
A collage of maxims and anecdotes from a newspaper humor column. It mixes aphorisms about life and morality with oddball anecdotes, dialect musings, and sketches of city life. Read as a snapshot of playful Victorian era prose and social observation.
A Fife shoemaker’s apprentice asks for a holiday to fish saying the trout are biting in Eden today. The master admonishes him to stay at work and the fish will not bite anyway.
An old nurse counsels parents to use Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup for a bright cheerful baby and recommends Dr Bulls Baltimore Pills for relief from a sick headache. The tone suggests medical endorsements of patent medicines popular in the era.
The London correspondent for the Baltimore Sun portrays the Prince of Wales as a social, lively, generous figure who welcomes wit and talent. He rises early, stays late, enjoys games like whist billiards and roulette, rebukes scandal, aids the absent, and earns broad approval as a virtuous, popular royal.
In Wishaw a worn old horse drags a cart with a stout man and two lazy boys on deck. A carter questions the balance as the front sits heavy while a danger of a tantrum from the horse prompts talk of wind sweeping the load away.
The article notes Prof Kohl denying exclusive modern use of guano in agriculture and cites Edresi on cliffside bird excrement near the Persian Gulf used as manure at Bassara and along the Euphrates. It mentions Peruvians using guano at European arrival, Humboldt advocating its use earlier, and the 1840 Chincha island shipment to England sparking large demand.
A Brush street man sold a horse to a Ninth avenue buyer for cash and an old horse. After a day the buyer exposed a spavin and challenged the seller’s Christian honesty. The seller returned with a Bible and instructive guidance, leaving the matter unsettled and the buyer silent.
A Black preacher described hell as ice cold to warn his audience, saying he cannot tell the people more. He explained he avoids saying hell is warm because some old men would want to move toward the first frost, implying fear or mischief.
A colorful exchange shows a bus driver joking about the presence of well dressed young women in a house of the off side. He notes their mothers and fathers help escort them to the event and he brings them down to young men on a Sunday.
A Hawk insville merchant bought wool at about thirty cents a pound. A loaded old pistol was found in a sheep's fleece during cleaning, mysteries arose about how it got there. The seller redeemed the pistol for the wool’s price, about thirty cents per pound.
The article surveys wheat origin with competing theories and notes widespread cultivation long before written history. It cites Fabre’s disputed claim of producing wheat from oogyns and mentions hundreds of wheat varieties. It then states corn likely originates in America per de Candolle and Darwin, noting maize remains unchanged since ancient times and Darwin’s find of maize heads embedded in ancient beach debris.
A man exits a Connecticut church pursuing a flying hat as a strong wind lifts it, drawing in an intrigued congregation. The scene unfolds with a mix of faith and motion in a public moment.
An elderly bachelor ill receives a medicine from his sister who calls it elixir asthmatic, aromatic and ecstatic. He grins and quips that she is very sister-matic, prompting a lighthearted exchange about the aromatic remedy.
The Sun proclaims independence and truth as its core policy for 1879. It pledges prompt accurate news, political analysis, and broad literary coverage, with maintained subscription rates for Daily, Sunday, and Workers Sun editions and a club offer.
An 19th century medical ad describes pale leaden complexion headaches feverish symptoms and digestive distress as signs of disease. It claims Dr McLane's Vermifuge cures these ailments without mercury and notes the genuine product bears the signatures C McLane and F Leslic Bros on the wrapper.
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