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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1878
Page
1
A obituary-poem recalls a gentle, independent woman who died alone after a lifelong kindliness. It laments her passing, noting a blessed memory left behind and three black gowns, a lonely rented room, a garden plot, and soft scents of roses lavender and sanctity.
A reflective poem asserts God lives inside the human spirit rather than just nearby. The speaker describes home as found within, where the divine dwelling persists even when away from earthly joy. It frames personal experience as a sacred sanctuary amidst weariness.
A writer argues that excessive maternal care spoils children by removing opportunities to learn self restraint. Mistakes build knowledge, while a life of constant guidance creates a hollow, untested character like a tall candle that never bends or burns.
In a Fourth Street barbershop a bibulous pilgrim with brass-bowed spectacles asks for funds for Sister Fox’s funeral attire and salvation schemes. The shopkeeper refuses cash but allows a barrel of Trax, while the patron pines for charity and laments hard times before a flask spills, coloring the room with a somber odor.
The piece argues Thomas A. Hendricks is likely the 1880 Democratic nominee on the first ballot unless factions cash out. It discusses possible vice presidents, regional loyalties, and the influence of party spending and factional deals on the nomination. It notes Tilden’s resistance to cormorants and possible Grantism concerns.
Observations note the lack of delicacy in schoolgirls and urge gentler manners and refined talk. Anecdotes recount Lorenzo Dow sermons and other vignettes about social behavior, manners, and humorous lines from 19th century life.
A collage of light anecdotes and jokes covers topics from wall paper to family life and wit. It features lines about a fledgling scar, a father’s eye, a wooing and wedding humor, bee math, and cartoon quips from Breakfast Table and public figures.
The author critiques lawyers as unsympathetic, choosing sides to favor their retainers. They defend rogues and doubt innocents, yet are quick-witted and capable. They cram with case knowledge, speak softly in mixed company, and gesture to juries, seen as aggravating yet notable in intellect.
A country editor recalls Theodore Tilton striking a Roman pose beside an apple stand as a dark-eyed Sicilian maid fills his rear pocket with a pint of peanuts. The vivid scene reads like a comic vignette from a bustling market.
An advertisement urges using Dr Bull's Blood Mixture to prevent harmful germs from affecting the body. It asserts the product’s efficacy as wonderful.
A Frenchman recounts his Havre journey with humor that turns to tragedy as he recalls losing his cane and his wife at the station. He laments the loss of a new cane, tears flowing as he speaks.
The excerpt from Tom Marshall of Kentucky extols temperance and the sober life. It contrasts the vitality of abstinence with the temptations of drink, praising renewed youth, healthful senses, and a pure mind, even under poverty and scorn. The speaker vows to live and die poor and sober.
A Columbia letter to the Springfield Republican recalls a kitchen incident where a judge punished a cook by grabbing her ear for theft. Years later the cake theft is linked to a political figure who opposed re election on that same kitchen event as a focal point.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt mocks a cremation case rumor as a couple argues over a supposed 1400 degree furnace. She dismisses the claim calling it a fabrication while he cites the paper. The exchange ends with a quip about boiling point and logic.
Prescription claim urges using Dr Bull's Baby Syrup for restless infants offering a 25 cent bottle. The ad asserts a magistrate granted hearing to two deaf mute individuals, implying a miracle was not relied upon.
Jones and Brown joke about memory while Brown reveals a capital recipe to aid recall by sticking notes on a mirror. Separately, internal revenue tests found 61 of 89 beer samples adulterated or containing illegal ingredients in England last year.
The excerpt mentions Ayer s Cherry Pectoral Cathartic Pills and Sarsaparilla as remedies, followed by humorous quotes from the Waterford and Rome papers about domestic life and comical exchanges. It concludes with a reflection on admitting fault and a note about ancient Egyptians gluing mummies to walls as early instances of stuck up behavior.
The annual vote on woman suffrage in the Massachusetts Legislature ended about evenly split with a narrow defeat.
At the Paris dog show in June the dogs accompanying blind musicians will have a place assigned to them.
A reader compares planetary motion to a machinery metaphor and warns of systemic crashes in finance and the human body. The piece promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pills as cures for humors, gland issues, and ulcers, claiming renovation of tainted systems.
A proverb style note encourages clothing choices matching body shape. It cites a humpbacked lady needing a camel's-hair shawl and hints at playful linguistic expressions like chin-chin and go.
Cure that cough with Shilohs Consumption Cure claims to cure consumption and all throat and lung diseases. Two doses relieve croup in children and the product is sold with a money back guarantee. Priced 10 cts 50 cts and 75 cts per bottle. Henry C Firth Madison Ind and dealers carry it.
An old advertisement urges readers to try Shiloh’s System Vitalizer for symptoms like dyspepsia constipation yellow skin loss of appetite and headaches. It claims guaranteed relief and offers the product at 10 shillings and 75 cents, sold by Henry C. Firth in Madison Indiana and other dealers.
An advertisement fragment mentions a product described as Persian Polume Mackine Tack sold by Henry Firth in Madison Indiana. The text is incomplete but identifies the seller and location.
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