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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1880
Page
1
A lyrical piece by Florence Percy expresses longing after a passionate embrace. The speaker recalls a blissful kiss and asks whether such exquisite delight can be tasted again, wondering if shelter and love would endure if the beloved returned. The verse brims with intense emotion and imagery of kiss, heart, and desirous longing.
The poem describes apple blossoms in full bloom, perfumed valleys and hedges, bees visiting homesteads and fountains, and scenes of nature that trigger a dreamy, elegiac mood. The speaker compares beauty to life and death, ending with a sense of departure as if dreaming within dreams.
A lyrical meditation contrasts young summer love with autumnal aging. It recalls springtime dances and rosy dreams giving way to October chill and sober days. The piece reflects on changing feelings, faded visions, and enduring companionship through seasonal shifts.
A brief poetic fragment appears with lines about forever, interlacing time and space, and holding minutes and hours. The passage references celestial imagery and intimate, infinite connections.
In a floral reverie Harriet Prescott Spofford captures a rose’s glow and inner sweetness. Petals, sun, and breeze frame the bloom as bees murmur and dawn light highlights the blossom while a nightingale sings nearby.
A Brooklyn talking dog fable ends in a father son ruse gone wrong. The son fakes a talking dog scam to cover gambling debts and infidelity rumors, but the plot collapses when the dog is pushed overboard and dies, with the father framing the incident as a private accident to protect family honor.
A dialogue explores George Eliot as a timeless, blue eyed author with sandy hair and high cheek bones likened to a horse. Lewes is described as brilliant but unattractive, while Eliot’s private, shy nature and her devotion to home at 22 North Bank are noted.
A commentator recalls the nightly comedy in the Lords as Lord Beaconsfield and his hat steal the show. Disraeli in the Commons tends his hat with care, stowing it under the seat and brushing it with his sleeve. In the Lords the hat routine repeats as Beaconsfield recovers the misplaced headgear and strides off, a habitual ritual witnessed by regulars.
A humorous essayish note from Harper s Monthly about stories and repartee. It recalls a jab about Charles Summer not being a musician and a quip from Mrs Rothschild about living beyond par to honor her name.
A dubious druggist hawks a so called cure for kidney and liver diseases amid claims of a special medicine. The irregular sale targets sick customers and uses deceptive language about syndication and liquor based remedies.
California bee ranches are praised for neatness and ease of profit attracting gentlefolk like maiden ladies and ministers. The piece extols year round work by industrious bees, low labor, and rising honey stores as hives fill and comb cakes are recycled for winter preparations.
Jos Blackburn of Kentucky notes the Chicago convention marked Garfield’s return as the crime’s final act. He argues Hayes benefited from electoral frauds of 1876, while Garfield, once central to the scheme, finally faced a formal censure as his political future was settled.
The secular school of the Collegiate Dutch Church in New York marked its 233rd founding anniversary with ceremonies in the school chapel on Twenty-ninth Street. Founded in 1647 by nine directors under Dutch government, it operated from Bowling Green area then Garden Street and Exchange Place, finally settling in a permanent building after many relocations.
A short lesson on integrity manners patience and perseverance set as guidance for boys. It recounts a Deacon of Ohio noted for long family prayers who leaves to milk cows, returns to find his wife still praying and shouts Amen startling her into action. The piece emphasizes restraint determination and disciplined life.
An adless note highlights Wells Richardson Perfected Butter Color to improve butter quality and June color amid price drops for inferior color. A Norfolk incident reports a young man striking a woman with a brick bat over marriage refusal, breaking several ribs. A New York Herald tale mentions a Chicago girl considering elopement with a baseball player if her father had not intervened.
A portrait of Colonel Aaron Burr focusing on his polished manner and flirtatious tactics. The anecdote recounts his deft social responses and a humorous Broadway encounter after his 1812 European return, ending with a witty remark about the fault of the sex.
On Sunday April 18 Gen Korsakoff of the Petrpavlovsky Fort crossed the Neva in a gilt boat with his staff to present a water goblet to the Czar amid state dignitaries. The ceremony drew crowds along the granite quay as hundreds of boats began the year’s first crossings.
The document records the 1815 Indiana Territory census by county showing Wayne 6106 Franklin 7370 Dearborre 4424 Switzerland 1832 Jefferson 4223 Clark 7153 Washington 7317 Harrison 6946 Knox 8062 Gibson 5050 Posey 1811 Warrick 1415 Perry 170 with total 63646. Dennis Pennington certifies the 13 counties count under territorial legislature. It also lists fifteen inventions and adds the telephone as sixteenth.
A crowd including a young boy in a tree watched the fight. Prentiss warned the boy to descend as Foote fired wildly. Foote called the accusation slander, insisting Prentiss was too much a gentleman to be a blackguard.
A patent medicine pitch promotes Kidney-Wort as a dry compound making six quarts per package. It claims diuretic and cathartic effects for kidney, liver, and piles, touting its healing power and noting its low cost at a dollar a pint. It ends with a quip about the word dear and married men.
A Tokиo Times essay bemoans fire dangers in a city of one million with no steam engines and ineffective hand‑fires. It argues bribery buys protection but condemns firemen as risking broader destruction and calls for disbanding their organization to improve public safety.
A range of topics appears from steel production in China to miscellaneous vignettes. It notes the Upper Yanter steel flow to Tien-suin for export and compares prices with Swedish steel, lists Chinese steel types and names, and mentions various cultural and humorous snippets including poets, courting on a Sunday, and odd observations about phonographs and etiquette.
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