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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1879
Page
2
The readable lines show varying price quotes per pound: 25 cents, 40 cents, 60 cents and 75 cents. No clear item or seller is identified in the text.
A polemic targets Harper's Weekly and the Cincinnati Commercial for alleged bias claiming editors suppress facts about 1864 Indianapolis soldiers at the polls. It accuses editors and independent papers of duplicity, calls for courageous, truthful journalism and condemns indecision and smooth rhetoric.
The House Republicans vote against a bill to bar troops at polls, with one Senate Republican dissenting. the bill passes and is sent to the President for signature. The text argues the measure limits Army involvement, while Democrats gain from it and Republicans lose ground ahead of elections.
The piece attacks Conkling Blain and other so called Bloody Shirt Radicals, denouncing Morton’s blood of martyrs remark as dangerous to the Republican party. It claims freemen won’t be driven from polls by soldiers and mocks Southern leaders forced to retreat to Gaul as their support collapses.
A Cape Town report says Prince Theurs Napoleon son of Napoleon III was killed by Zulus while reconnoitering with officers near a camp. His body was found naked with many wounds. He was 23 and the sole surviving Napoleonic heir. His mother in England mourns publicly.
In Blackwood's June issue republished by Leonard Scott, the June number closes the John Caldigate serial and opens Vesta, or What's in a Name, with a Contemporary Literature chapter on French novels. It covers realism from Hugo to Zola, noting Zola as the era’s leading novelist, plus shorter items on Szegedin relief notes bank remedies and Argyll's Eastern policy critique.
Correspondence from Drury Indiana dated June 21 1879 notes a town event with speakers and full camp meeting water works upgrades to supply grounds. Also reports on local farm yields stone quarry work and a self supervising project by Mr Reily. A town youth group returns from college and a drunken assault on William Arbuckle ends with a black eye.
The Jefferson County Auditor presents the annual report for the year ending May 31 1879 detailing receipts from township taxes road taxes dog tax special school tax and other accounts totaling 105 306 76 and disbursements across multiple categories including county revenue road tax special school tax county and circuit court and county asylum with a total disbursement of 89 239 12. The report also shows outstanding orders bonds and balance in treasury with summaries of statements and a recap of liabilities and cash positions. The Odd Fellows address and plans for a veteran soldiers reunion in September are noted.
A miscellany from Graham and Republican townships reports marriages and social gossip, with commentary on a railway whistle law and local deaths. Notable mentions include Charles Monroe and Margaret Stucker’s marriage, Sell and Baily at the Big Creek tank, and deaths of Preston Gudgel and Mrs. Vanborn. Brother Bright continues preaching Thursdays.
Frep Hattzer faced assault and battery charges against Peter Augustine of Big Creek. Judge Frost imposed a fine of ten dollars plus costs.
Former city resident Me. Hocs Hives died in Chicago on Saturday morning after a brief illness. The funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Professor T J Caurtron and his family from Vincennes are visiting friends in Hanover.
Four girls swimming at a Tennessee county lake found themselves covered with leeches after a late bath. They fled along a rural road pursued by most of the congregation, including deacons, before elders recovered them from haystacks.
A sharp critique of women who judge others by appearance and dress, noting the widespread, rapid eyeing at parties church and streets. The piece argues men rarely do this and calls such behavior cowardly mean spirited and offensive to generous souls.
A young lawyer in a Western town admits a past drunken error at a church confession. Members press for truth, listing minor sins of greed and hypocrisy, until the final admission of drunkenness units the tale. The piece ends with the moral about finding a dollar over the recovered ninety nine.
This account recounts the plight of a Scottish lord's wife known as Lady Grange who was banished to St Kilda by her husband and son to prevent disclosure of state papers. She left a muslin apron marked with hair to tell her story, later found after her death decades later, as a memorial of tyranny and suffering.
Hugh Clark faced Justice Ricord on a charge of letting a horse run at large on city streets. The defense showed the animal was a mule, and argued the ordinance targets horses not mules. The judge respected the ordinance intent but dismissed the complaint for strictly interpreting the text.
A 1780 Hertford letter from Axel de Fersen to his father praises General Washington as “illustrious” and “the hero,” noting a cold yet courteous countenance and a thoughtful, slightly sad air. The piece also blends assorted humorous snippets about market prices poetry and New Year resolutions from contemporary newspapers.
John Adams of Madison provided the galvanized iron cornice and window caps for the Duffy & Condon new building and appears to have ample local business. A misanthrope’s reflection notes two kinds of friends, and a bath-bound boy’s hours by river and creeks are described amid idle talk on laziness and earnest souls.
A maxim notes that anyone who denies others the right to hold an opinion forfeits their own right to one. It frames debate as reciprocal and essential to liberty.
A terse old saying notes wisdom in self dialogue while folly speaks to a stump. The line contrasts prudent inner counsel with foolish talk aimed at inanimate mockery.
Advertises Dr Nine's New Discovery as a cure for consumption and related lung diseases. Claims world wide reputation and approval by physicians clergy and press. Offers a free trial bottle or regular size for 100 dollars. Sold by J E C F Harper in Madison.
Bucklew salve claims world’s best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum tetter and chapped hands. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. 25 cents a box. Sold by J E C F Harper Madison. 8-37 Chew Jackson’s best sweet navy tobacco S37 ly.
The page lists assorted market figures for wheat, flour, seed, and wool along with prices for corn, peas, sugar, tea, butter, poultry, lard, and coal. It reads as a dense catalog from W. D. Wells & Co with scattered entries for various commodities and regional pricing.
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