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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1882
Page
1
A poem recollects a family kitchen lit by firelight with six white feet, sorrow, and loss. The speaker mourns two missing children, pondering whether the remaining path leads to virtue and reunion or further separation, amid rain and wakeful memories.
Bayard Taylor contemplates the sea and wind as two voices of nature. The sea gladdens with laughter while the wind carries inward pain. Both voices mingle, offering a shared refrain of joy and sorrow in nature.
The speaker reflects on life’s many sides and the interplay of baseness and virtue. He notes that want and wealth serve one another, and that people are generally happier when they act nobly. He concludes life is worth all we give and the goal grander.
Poetic meditation on promised growth and hope amid barren land. A speaker asks why blessings fail and urges patience with divine purpose. The couplet compares fragile bubbles to a deeper underlying current guiding faith, urging perseverance.
A fragment from R. W. Criswell in Puck mixes maritime imagery with a lovers scene. The speaker recalls kissing his beloved between the gate and the sea while contrasting joy with danger and the fleeting nature of love and daylight.
The verse speaks of Helianthus and golden rod with autumn imagery and a plea to seize life. It ends with an unconnected sales pitch urging readers to buy Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup from their druggist to cure a cough.
The piece asks if the country can endure recent Tuesday results and questions the fate of Michigan’s Senate chances. It notes Jay Hubbell’s homecoming to receive congratulations and wonders if Baldwin has heard the Kansas bugle call. It compares state trends with Indiana and warns workers to watch for predicted Republican lines after a Democratic win.
The piece portrays bosses being sidelined nationwide except in Jefferson county where they face strong rebuke. Republican speakers are accused of undermining national safety and patriotism while the public gradually tightens pressure. The text urges voters to persist for honest elections and officials.
In a Toledo style political exchange supporters question the value of mixed ticket strategy, arguing it wastes funds while pledging victory. The remark is noted with a small caveat, suggesting limited agreement among peers.
The piece credits Republican leaders for fulfilling a pledge to create a solid North to match a solid South, noting they have come as near as possible to keeping that promise in ten years. One credit mark is given.
Carr W J Hinurears editor of the Huntington Democrat defeats L P Milligan by a 4000 vote majority for joint Senatorship of Huntington and Wells counties. Capt Hilligras a Union soldier is a Democrat. Milligan was sentenced to be hung as a traitor during the war. Milligan is a Republican.
A secretary for Hubbell's committee states the group collected over 400000 from government employees to aid the Grand Old Party. About 40000 was spent on printing and circulating documents. Voters are urged to inquire how the remaining 370000 was used.
Tax advocates demand tariff reform and end to extravagant spending and political assessments. The Courier fears losing support and predicts a return to leaner times only after the next election.
The text denounces horse thieves and corrupt politicians, arguing that lack of social sympathy or political support for them leads to their downfall. It contends many who claim to oppose graft are hypocritical for backing openly corrupt leaders with money and patronage.
A harsh denunciation targets a man calling himself a Democrat who aligned with Ring candidates on election day. The writer condemns treachery and urges citizens to spurn these "worthless creatures" whose unholy motives corrupt the political path and who may not return once drawn to it.
The piece notes a political upheaval once deemed impossible is now widely accepted. It credits leaders of the defeated party with three months of work to persuade the public that a change was needed in the name of morality and decency, an outcome seen as fitting.
Fire at the Eastern and Provincial poor asylum in Hallax causes a catastrophic blaze in a six story brick building. About seventy hospital patients perished or were fatally trapped as flames and smoke engulfed the upper wards. Rescue efforts were hampered by heat and collapsing stairs while bystanders and officials attempted to save inmates, with the building eventually expected to be destroyed.
The piece notes a Waterloo defeat for Republicans in New York and Pennsylvania due to internal dissent. It argues Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut show Democratic gains while general off year apathy weakens GOP efforts, leaving the author undecided on broader implications.
A historical reflection on the 1874 and 1875 elections noting Republican defiance and Democratic gains. The piece argues the 1874 and yesterday’s elections mirrored prior results with Republicans prevailing in key states and Democratic control expanding. It emphasizes public sentiment and party conduct.
The piece argues the Republicans needed the defeat to reveal and correct weaknesses while Democratic failure to govern would justify continued GOP control. It predicts a strengthened Senate and Executive, limiting Democratic measures and shaping a favorable path for 1884.
The piece argues President Arthur faced coercive factions from the Garfield era and criticizes Stalwart elements and temperance zealots. It contends the Republican Party must shed its bosses to regain trust and liberty, noting New York’s election as a warning and urging reform to preserve national governance beyond the next presidency.
The text touts Kidney-Wort as a universal remedy, claiming steady superiority over competitors. It notes availability in dry vegetable and liquid forms, the latter for those who cannot prepare it, and emphasizes concentrated potency in both formats.
Six years after a Spaniard’s death a girl inherits a vast estate including diamonds and jewelry. George Bland, a colored blacksmith from Keokuk, is named guardian and would receive $68,000 if conditions are met. otherwise nothing. Bland travels to Spain to pursue the matter as Dr. Child of Newport bequeaths $150,000 in personal property.
A Michigan applicant for a teacher certificate defines man as a magazine noun in a recent filing. The unusual linguistic claim drew interest from certification officials and language scholars.
That fragment questions a husband’s health changes tied to a health product sold by Wells Health Re newer and Druggists at Depot Swormstedt Co. It reads as an old style testimonial or advertisement snippet from a newspaper page.
The piece argues voters rebuked Republican profligacy and Hubbellism rather than all of Republicanism. It cites Mahone in Virginia, the Grant era, Massachussetts civil service reform, and Indiana as key fault lines. It frames the 1878 election as a demand for retrenchment and reform with the Democrats gaining where reform was strongest.
Indianapolis paper laments tariffs while noting iron industry strikes in Terre Haute Greencastle and Chicago. It argues tariffs fail workers and scolds strikers amid bitter sentiment between factions.
A collection of satirical lines on politicians, legal trouble, small-town life, and clever wordplay. It lampoons pretension, hypocrisy, and social quirks with pithy jokes about taxes, drink, landlords, poets, and manners, showcasing humorous blasts from a bygone era.
An old classified line touts a pest control service offering removal of rats mice roaches bed bugs and other vermin. The ad promises effective treatment and small price.
A Lawrence man buys a hat for 3.50 and returns to pay. The neighbor proprietor, recognizing the shopper’s new hat, offers a rival for 175 and the customer agrees to keep his original hat while paying the higher price later.
An 19th century ad claims Buchupaiba cures irritation inflammation and all kidney and urinary complaints. It lists Drugzgists Depot-Swormstedt Co. as suppliers and notes the remedy’s purported effectiveness.
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