22 May 1878
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1878
Page
1
A lyric addressed to a lost child by Dora Shaw. The speaker longs for heavenly comfort, recalls a seraphic child, and finds solace in visions of the child above. Recurrent themes include angelic guidance, memory's sting, and the sorrowful ache of separation.
A mother answers a child’s question about blue and gray, tying them to love, war memories, and the hope that blue and gray unite in heaven. The poem recalls Civil War imagery, wartime valor, and family loss, underscoring shared humanity beyond Union and Confederate divides.
A Victorian poem fragment honors women at a temperance dinner. It contrasts past wifely duties at banquets with a revived welcome for women. The verses praise female virtue, innocence, and a modern passport of womanly presence, framed as a toast and social renewal.
A farmer and his wife visit a Fourth Street dry goods shop to buy wedding trappings for their daughter Luce. The father frets over suitors and says he wants a hard working son in law, while the mother chases fashion and a proper settlement. He laments the bill of fifty three dollars for four bundles and muses on romance and labor.
Elizabeth I refuses to die quietly. She pursues lively life at sixty seven with hunting and dancing, growing increasingly fragile but resisting bedrest. In her last days she wanders between moods of fury and fatigue, finally fading on March 24 1603 as memory fails and the crown weighs heavy.
Dreams often defy waking desires and reveal hidden thoughts. The mind in sleep constructs new ideas from past experiences, sometimes producing original genius or revealing truths that waking efforts cannot. Historical examples include Beethoven, Tartini, Coleridge, and a Thug killer case where a dream led to a discovery.
During a state senate race Dr R W Pierce faced attacks from opponents who circulated a bogus analysis of his popular medicines to sway voters. His decisive win later rebuked those who tried to damage his business and integrity by republishing the spurious formulas.
A lawyer seeking a postponement asks the judge to defer a default by invoking mercy. The judge grants the appeal, and the broad axe of justice is metaphorically swung by mercy.
A humorous collection of quips and jokes on courtship weather teeth and crowds. Witty exchanges reference Havre kerosene and a nod to Sir John Moore. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century humor column.
The piece condemns rising sensational journalism that personalizes gossip about private individuals and even royalty. It critiques editors who publish scandal for profit, notes the risk to themselves and others, and cites a London Week warning about naming private women and royal figures.
In a domestic scene Mrs Beezer opposes the phonograph fearing it as devilry and mischief while her nephew Hezekiah touts the machine as a great discovery. The aunt questions the device's reality and warns machines may invade homes, upsetting ordinary life.
An old man tells of a farm dog named Rassler who learned many tasks, saved his owner from a train by signaling with a red bandanna, and perished in a house fire while saving the family. The tale ends with the dog delivering an insurance policy as the object in his mouth.
The article recounts the fabled origin of the seven wise men of Greece Pittacus Bias Solon Thales Chilon Cleobulus Periander and the tale of a golden tripod sent through their hands by the priestess of Apollo to prove that the wisest are wary of their wisdom.
A large female anaconda at the Zoological Gardens London resisted food from February 1877 until Friday February 8, when it killed and swallowed a duck. The creature had endured over a year without a meal.
An advertisement urges parents to treat infant colic and bowel disorders with Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup. The simple remedy is priced at 25 cents and marketed as a reliable care option for babies.
A column of miscellaneous items and quips including wedding humor, parish church quips, and pithy lines about cathedral imagery. It notes a Brisbane telegram about twins misread as a governor’s first sod, and describes peace society gifts like a plow with sword shares and a sword turned into a pruning hook.
A mixed set of humorous clippings reflects social snatches from 19th century America. It lampoons coal scarcity in Indianapolis, political irony about government pillars, a Philadelphia tax-collector joke, and satirical tidbits on crime, newspapers, and public figures. The snippets hinge on language play, class, and urban life.
A Missouri paper recounts the race for the first government issued dollar greenback once owned by R T Laverton Holden. George Gross Kansas City declined offers as bids climbed from 25 to 700 with Brick Pomeroy offering 1900 bond security to borrow it for the National Greenback canvass.
Advertises Shilohs Consumption Cure claiming to cure coughs and lung troubles with a money back guarantee. Promotes Shilohs Perons Plaster, Shi loh s System Vitalizer, and lists Henry C. Firth of Madison Indiana as seller.
WACKMETACK is described as a popular fragrance sold by Henry Firtic of Madison Indiana and distributed to dealers elsewhere in the region. The ad notes availability through all dealers.
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