30 Mar 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1881
Page
1
A lyrical meditation mixes a motherly warning with Harold's coming of age. It contrasts the boy’s carefree days with a looming burden, urging him to keep his bright spirit for the trials ahead as shadows deepen and the path to manhood begins. The poem sits beside a humorous German bill-note anecdote and a Treasury note quip.
Susan Coolidge portrays a grim messenger entering a summer palace, his bow string untied, changing laughter to silence as death arrives unseen. Roses and fountains endure while the figure, pale and cold, signals the doom with a mute gesture. The scene mixes beauty with an impending fatal omen.
A poetic piece describes a wife clinging to her husband amid storms and social blight. She soothes his cares with steadfast devotion, weaving a wreath of flowers that never withers, nourished by her tears. The verse extols woman's unwavering love through adversity.
A poetic reflection asserts that fate and luck bow to steadfast purpose. It proclaims that only determined will shapes outcomes, even moving Death to wait. Eva Wheeler’s lines celebrate unwavering resolve as the key to seizing one s destiny.
The article reviews Socrates and Dr. Durant on how voice tone reveals character traits from calm prudence to bold obstinacy. It then reports census insights showing territorial populations and imminent statehood pressures, highlighting Dakota Utah Nevada New Mexico Wyoming Idaho Washington and Alaska in comparative figures.
The article urges the good housewife to renew the home and care for loved ones, noting spring illnesses due to malaria and miasma. It promotes Hop Bitters as the perfect cure and purifier. The piece quotes Concord Patriot lines on power and wealth, emphasizing self-control and contentment.
A long, tangled excerpt surveys historic longevity claims from ancient to modern times, noting centenarian individuals and unusual cases such as Parr and Jenkins. It cites professors and sailors, interwoven with satirical quips, jokes, and brief product endorsements from the era’s newspaper miscellany.
A Detroit alderman encounters a staged hoax involving a 210 pound hay bale and a consumptive youth who pretends to shoulder it. The man bets ten dollars he can move the bale, but the alderman exposes the fraud by hefting the bale himself. The youth is paid for the ruse, while the crowd learns a lesson about gullibility and public deception.
An old medical ad copy touts Kidney-Worth as a radical cure for piles claiming it clears the condition without distress or gripping side effects. The text blends aphorisms and a translated quip from New Yorker Zeitung and Sophocles.
If you are weak or languid use Frazier's Bitters. If your flesh is flabby or complexion sallow use Frazier's Bitters. If worn down with care of children or blues use Frazier's Bitters. Sold by Henry & Davies at one dollar per bottle Cleveland Ohio.
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