26 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1879
Page
1
A verse in New York Ledger voice urges youths to consider the long term outcome of actions. It warns that reckless living harms character and future happiness, while honest labor and rest yield lasting reward, with seeds sown determining harvests in life.
A fragment from Emma Alice Browne in the New York Ledger envisions a dream of heaven where the speaker and lost loved ones are joyfully reunited. The passage describes serene, ageless family figures and a welcoming voice as a precious, eternal rest.
A lyrical meditation contrasts mortal longing with a boundless heaven of action and peace. The speaker envisions a divine realm where toil becomes tireless, doubt dissolves, and humanity ascends toward Godlike power amid vast, widening ether and eternal horizons.
A speaker contemplates separation and eternal connection as earthly bonds fade. They acknowledge deep affection, acknowledge future heartache, and seek comfort in the idea that love may endure beyond sleep and presence. The verse explores longing, devotion, and the tension between letting go and treasuring memory.
A poised era woman meets another woman on the street and remarks on her appearance. The passerby hears a sharp retort as she turns away and exclaims with a loud judgment.
Laura charms Lawrence Earl and betrays Helen leading to violent vitriol poisoning. Helen’s jealousy drives a maniacal turn, a vanished humanity, and a grim ending for all, as Laura becomes a blind wreck and Lawrence bears lifelong remorse.
Dr. J. W. Draper notes in Harper’s Magazine that phosphorous in fish does not power brain function. Decaying willowwood glows brighter due to carbon oxidation, not phosphorus, undermining the claim that fish enhances intellect.
A reader assembles wry maxims and social quips on gender roles, law, politics, and everyday folly. The piece glides through jokes about manners, conscience, and hypocrisy, closing with a legal anecdote about damages and remarriage.
Hiram Boldridge and wife visited their son in Webster when a cat alarmed the household at dawn. The cat’s loud meowing warned residents, allowing Mr Van Antwerp to escape with his wife and awaken others, enabling the Boldridges to flee and save the family.
The piece argues that a thoroughly bad temper corrupts domestic life. It describes silent sulkiness and violent passion as equally harmful. It notes temper in old age is especially pitiable and questions why anger should be indulged since it brings misery and folly.
A New York boy stole $75 from his father after reading flashy dime novels and ran away to join anti Indian actions. A Philadelphia boy hanged himself after reading a religious book in a cellar, prompting calls to curb such reading.
A Detroit justice of the peace agrees to read 15 lines of a book aloud for a stranger for a quarter. The book turns out to be a marriage form, and the man conducts the ceremony while a bemused bride and groom smile as they depart.
A Nevada mining region tale contrasts a caller and a New England man who never saw his wife and six children with a widow’s sad confession. The piece, echoing Harper’s April editor’s drawer wit, touts Dr Pierce’s family medicines and a grand sanitarium, urging careful medical and title investigations.
A collage of maxims, quips, and playful observations on life, manners, and society. It includes banter about auctions, fashion, travel, marriage, and domestic life with references to public figures and places, offering a snapshot of witty culture and social norms.
A historical ad describes Dr McLane’s Vermifuge listing symptoms of worm infestation such as feverish cheeks foul breath and stomach pains. It claims the remedy cures these ailments and emphasizes it contains no mercury and bears signatures of C McLane and Freeman Bros on the wrapper.
The Sun announces its 1879 program remains independent and truthful. It pledges fair coverage of politics, law, and daily affairs, targeting the people with prompt, accurate intelligence. Subscription rates: Daily 64 cents monthly, 65 cents with Sunday. weekly 81 dollars annually. Sunday 1.20 annually. club offer with ten copies.
Fragmented OCR describes liver pills and warnings about treatment, mentioning Dr. Me and Lang's Living and Pittsburgh. The legible portions warn readers to beware of imitations and dubious claims, with unclear references to physicians and products.
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