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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1880
Page
1
A lyrical sunset scene unfolds with spring personified as the speaker encounters a lily maid and mourns a lost love. In a train ride from Little Rock a bald-headed man and a boy trigger crowd antics, ending with a sharp rebuke to the disruptive child and a weary sigh from the woman, while a homely moral lingers.
A fragment from Emily Bronte’s work portrays a solitary figure in death’s land. It contrasts memories of joy with the silence of the grave. The speaker invokes nature and wind to soothe the departed lady’s dreams, suggesting eternal rest.
Poem fragment proclaims that love remains constant through misfortune and upheaval. It asserts love’s fire grows stronger as life’s tempests roar, keeping hearts united and loyal despite external forces.
Poem contrasts tides and cycles of day and night with distant love. A speaker notes persistent distance and the burden on a woman to endure, while the beloved remains far away. The refrain repeats the tidal imagery to emphasize unchanging separation and fatigue.
The New York correspondent recalls Stradivarius of Cremona and a Lexington rifle maker, then introduces Guiminei who boasts superior fiddling. Guiminei tests fate at Paris Exposition and reacts after a verdict that his instrument was not his own. He raises prices to $2,000, illustrating how imitation sometimes outsells originality.
A promotional piece touts Kidney-Wort as a natural cure for bilious feelings, constipation, and kidney and liver diseases. It claims rapid action on the kidneys and liver and restoration of strength, noting a wealthy St Louis man once left a will that moved relatives to tears before bequeathing property to an orphan.
Paris correspondent recalls a 1840 Berlin memory contest where Boeckh and Haupt recite a full page from the Voss Gazette, Bepary refuses, and a lighthearted tale follows about a costly Ottoman bridge delay and a Sultan’s child. A South Side dog gnaws off its injured leg, and a Cajun joke ends with a newlywed cannon tradition in Quincy Florida.
A western editor and a fighting editor clash over corrections. A farmer visits seeking a notice, is restrained, and a chaotic chase ends with a runaway hearse wreck and a mob fearing a buried man. The farmer later swears he will never return to the newspaper office after facing justice.
The article warns that ice gathered from canals and ponds in a mild winter can be contaminated with decaying organic matter. Freezing does not purify water, so ice from polluted sources should not be used for drinking. It urges corporations selling ice to warn buyers and protect public health.
An advertisement touts Ebony Watts as a remedy energizing the bowels and kidneys to cure various diseases caused by their inaction. It claims quick relief and urges buying at a druggist to save a doctor’s bill.
A Ashville Alabama mother describes a miraculous 90 minute rescue of her son who fell into a 30 foot deep well. She kept him conscious with a rope and bucket while three other children aided, a neighbor and a rope noose eventually pulling the boy to safety and his mother praising God.
The ad claims nervousness stems from indigestion and stomach weakness. It promotes Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys active to remove poisons and waste from the system.
The Evaneville Courier reports state election returns show a Democratic majority in Indiana could rise to 15 000 to 20 000 votes next fall if the Cincinnati Convention does not dampen efforts Hendricks as President could carry Indiana by about 25 000 votes.
The Committee on Astronomy faced reprimand after a digressive proposal about how long a clothes-pin and wash-board last, interrupting the meeting as it sought to report on sun, eclipses, and rainbows. The president dismissed the side inquiry as irrelevant and ordered the committee to return to its proper business.
A satirical sketch describes Frederick II of Prussia waking at 4 AM and sleeping bareheaded, wearing boots to start the day, and preferring fruit and flute. The king’s chamber and austere bed are noted, as is his habit of governing Europe and his sharp wit in quelling criticism with a quip about 100,000 wen.
Hon F C Joohnson received a letter from Gen Walker, Census Bureau Chief in Washington, authorizing higher pay for district enumerators. Rates increase from two to two and a quarter cents per name, ten to twelve and a half cents per farm, and two to five cents per death reported, expected to yield about four dollars daily.
Advertisement offers a free book about liver ailments including torpid liver jaundice bill head ache constipation malarial conditions and related remedies. Authored by Andrew Dr. ford located at 162 Broadway New York Guy N.
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