05 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1879
Page
1
A speaker recalls while weeping the burial ground of memories. Innocence and Faith lie lost, Ambition burned to ashes, Love doomed to die, and Hope buried in a dim tomb. The speaker wanders the tunnel of time, lifting the pall on a head steeped in sorrow.
A lyric of steadfast love by Emma Alice Browne urging endurance through hardship. The speaker vows to endure alien wastes and harsh seas while yearning for the beloved whose steadfast care anchors a soul on a shared pilgrimage. The poem imagines a distant, perhaps inaccessible star guiding their union and refuge.
Poetic meditation invites the reader to pause at the gate of peace and prayer. The speaker seeks humility and a pure heart through faith, asking for entrance through divine grace to love God more and lay down worldly burdens.
A faded reminiscence reveals a doomed love as a young woman, Terese, endures a life eclipsed by sorrow. A devoted man, whose letters vanished, haunts her with each night kiss and jasmine scent. The piece centers on lost youth, unfulfilled longing, and lingering heartbreak.
A misty dawn scene unfolds with blurred imagery of sky and mountains. Clear light glows as a figure and fawn-like forms move through a landscape where red roses tremble at the speaker's feet and sunset air fades into purple day.
A fragmentary poem shows coral workers layering one brick one flake to reach a distant ocean lands. It reflects on steady effort and human wisdom advancing through repeated small acts to achieve grand results. The text hints at coral islands and patient construction over time.
Veterans recount Sherman’s 1865 Carolinas campaign from Savannah to Goldsboro in a vivid diary style. The narrative details battles at Averysboro and Bentonville, the brutal night of March 19, and the army’s endurance through floods, swamps, and shortages before Johnston’s surrender and the war’s end.
The Brington parish church in Northamptonshire preserves a Tudor to modern memorial trail for the Washington lineage. A marble ledger marks Lawrence Washington esquire who died 1616, ancestor of George Washington, with the Spencers and Althorp ties and Holkham-like Holby House anecdotes.
A miscellany of aphorisms and satirical vignettes on ambition honesty and friendship. The text lampoons vanity cruelty and social pretensions while recounting odd anecdotes from law and education and a church festival oyster stand.
A collection of humorous quips about women from different locales and eras. Jests touch on corsetry, suffrage, boasted heroics, and romance, including lines about Chicago girls, Utica fine ladies, and Vassar professors.
In early 15th century Nuremburg Bavaria Peter Hele made early iron horologes with many wheels. Johannes Coccianes records Hele’s devices that show and strike for hours, carried in pocket or bosom, taking about a year to complete and costing roughly $1,500.
Reported pestilence in 1548 reaching London with mass interments. 1407, 1500, 1603, 1625 death tolls cited. 1665 plague claimed about 100000 lives. four day fire then destroyed most of London, 373 acres and many buildings. Fire said to purify the air. Also an ad for Dr Bulls Cough Syrup at 25 cents.
An “Old Doctor” recounts Archibald Cary as a Williamsburg magistrate who fines a poor man five pounds for deer killing before September. The judge, hearing a plea, humorously redistributes the penalty with lashes and informant’s share, sparking laughter at colonial law. A final note markets Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup for infant health at 25 cents.
An anecdote about Abraham Lincoln at Yale Theological Seminary shows his honesty and wit as a New York committee questions Burnsides fleet. Lincoln replies in a guarded way with a sly remark about a sea voyage. The piece ends with a Dublin spirit merchant declaring limited whiskey stock once consumed by George IV.
The Sun pledges daily printing through 1879 with independent, truth‑driven coverage. It vows equal treatment of all, defends constitutional principles, and aims to clarify politics, press debates, and national events ahead of the 1880 presidential election. Subscriptions remain unchanged with multiple edition options and club offers.
An ad claims liver pills relieve hepatitis and liver ailments. It promotes a tonic for stomach and digestion, asserting quick relief and improved health. The text emphasizes liver health and general wellness cures.
The excerpt lists liver symptoms including right side pain near the ribs, pain sometimes on the left, shoulder pain, loss of appetite, constipation with alternating diarrhea, headaches, memory loss, fatigue, cold feet, prickling skin, low spirits, and reluctance to exercise. It notes that death autopsies show extensive liver derangement despite variable present symptoms.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr C McLane's Liver Pits as effective for ague and fever when used with quinine. It claims strong purgative effects for bilious derangements and urges trials. The genuine product bears a red wax seal and signatures, warning against imitations.
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