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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1879
Page
4
A Philadelphia charity tale recounts Judge and Mr P accepting seven ragged girls from Little Wanderer's Home. Mary, the saddest child, is shown kindness, later smiling as she learns love can heal. She is adopted by wealthy donors and thrives in a loving home.
A provincial obituary note mentions Siebald Timaga died and his widow and two daughters Wilda and Donma mourn him with the funeral set for tomorrow. It also states the business will continue but relocate from 3 Tessi des Teintaures to 4 Rus de Missionaire due to rent increases.
A dubious patent medicine named Anies Anti Pat claims to shed three to six pounds weekly in hundreds of cases, touted by analyst 2.0 Allen. A Philadelphia barber refuses to dye Bob Ingersoll’s mustache, arguing it should never be said he dyed no infidel. The piece ends with a note on national readiness to choose new officers.
The Boston speech by Republican Congressman Bowman claims the North prefers peace over further war and notes public desire to shift focus to peaceful economic renewal rather than prolonging military campaigns. He argues this stance would help defeat Grant in the political contest.
The passage mocks a bachelor’s sexist claim about medicine for families and praises women’s sagacity in health care. It notes the camphor scent lingers as a metaphor for enduring biases that the text deems baseless.
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