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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1880
Page
1
Miss Bowles contrasts pale autumn flowers with summer blooms to reflect on fleeting time. The poem contemplates loss, parting with loved ones, and the approach of death as life’s nearest end, using the flowers as symbols of precious moments and aging.
A speaker recalls building a hopeful youth vessel in spring and dreaming of wealth yet fate returns a wreck in autumn. The vessel shows broken masts bare bows and sea growth while the figure of Hope fades leaving only drift and seaweed.
A reflective poem describes autumn as the year ends in red sere leaves and cold clouds. It contrasts royal splendor with mortality, noting rewards of wine song and friendship, and a vow to spend stored joy before winter.
Poem fragment reflects on unwritten poems and songs longing for angelic voice. It speaks of paradise birds, beauty in May, and feelings felt in the hearts of loved ones, written in allegorical gold.
A poetic exhortation urging young ladies to resist flattery and coquetry. It counsels virtue and prudence, urging gentleness, steady conduct, and moderation in charm over empty compliments. It questions whether men are drawn to face, figure, or wit and warns against superficial vanity.
A poetic meditation on approaching sorrow and clouded skies. The speaker contrasts looming trouble with future light if hope remains. The weathered imagery suggests a coming night and distant stars, urging calm despite dark clouds.
A poetic account celebrates a wedding described as paradise on earth with biblical imagery. It depicts Adam and Eve’s union blessed by God, enforcing marriage as a divine, timeless institution beyond civil contracts. A Rio Janeiro letter adds a snakebite antidote brag from Dr Straddling, who survives a venomous bite after testing his antidote.
President Hayes proclaims a national day of thanksgiving to be observed on November 25. He calls for gratitude for divine blessings, prosperity, and the nation’s liberty, urging worship and prayers for continued protection and strength of government, dated November 1, 1880 in Washington.
A North Carolinian sought to raise ten cents for church warfare by financing a pistol. The pistol fired, killing the man, as the preacher’s appeals to money led to a fatal misjudgment. The incident warns others to leave pistols at home to avoid trouble in the house of the Lord.
Vague health claims describe a tired body as worn and drained and tout Hop Bitters as a miraculous cure. The ad asserts rapid relief from irregularities and distress, promising renewed vigor and less irritability, with a dated reference to Saturday night.
The article traces jack as a root in many terms such as jack-tar roasting-jack jack-of-all-trades and jack-knife, explains possible Celtic origins from deagh, and defines related words like jackery black-jack and dead Sea of drink, citing Beaumont and Fletcher.
Practical advice from a turkey raiser on preparing birds for the Christmas market. Feed the night before. catch and slaughter on the barn floor. pluck feathers, remove neck and wings, eviscerate, and hang to drain. Handle gently to avoid skin damage. pack in clean straw to prevent marks. Proper dressing can add value at sale.
The Palace of the Kings of Spain begun by Phillip II in 1562 cost 6,000,000 ducats. It forms a vast square of polisnos stone paved with marble. Francisco de los Santos estimates it would take over four days to traverse all rooms, with 14,000 doors and 11,000 windows in the edifice.
An advertisement touts Denny’s Cough Balm as a life saver with a strong claim of superior merit. It urges trying one bottle and highlights its price of 25 cents for a four-ounce size aimed at children.
Fragmentary text mentions an early bird catching a worm and a later leisure sports gathering by a group referred to as jan, with minimal readable context. No clear persons, places, or events emerge.
A jumble of brief wry notes and anecdotes covers politics, slang, and social foibles. It mentions Governor Blaine style watches, Massachusetts militia numbers, pork and flattery contrasts, a tailor as suitor, and playful quips about monarchies, bees, and curling humor. It ends with a courtroom anecdote in Washington where a witness misstates prison history, provoking laughter.
A historical account details an early San Francisco egg shortage and a scheme to steal gull and muhr eggs from the Farallone Islands. Egg harvests reached around five hundred dozen daily, with nests in hard to reach spots. a company pays gatherers five cents per dozen and sells the eggs in the city at a high margin.
Henry Benbrook of Raritan, New Jersey, reports a pioneering effort to raise young quails. After four years of trials with male and female quails from Morris County, the birds began laying on May 21 and by July 31 had laid 103 eggs without setting, though six eggs hatched under a bantam chicken. Rural World notes this as a notable first in a long global effort to raise fledglings.
Chambers Journal quotes a minister who boasted of a rich post service collection but learns later that the ordinary take had dwindled to eightpence halfpenny. The anecdote underscores the need for preachers to be attractive and engaging to drive offerings.
Two snakes about three feet long one a black runner and the other a viper were found in Mechanicstown swamp behind the Western Maryland Depot. Each had swallowed the other tail first and the heads protruded from the other's mouth, a bizarre mutual predation case reported by the Baltimore American.
Casper Weitzel of Lancaster Pennsylvania claims after twenty five days using Day's Kidney Pad his health improved markedly. He says the device cured long standing kidney ailments and brought better strength after years of trouble.
The piece traces early watch development from a round iron case with plummets in 1552 to the 1560 shift from weights to springs. It notes one hand watches, bi daily winding, rough 12 hour accuracy, and costly silver brass dials. It ends with a misheard circus name tale and a humorous note on meaning.
A succinct moral observation states that individuals aware of their own rights refrain from infringing others. It emphasizes personal boundaries and ethical conduct in community life.
An auction notice warns buyers to seek only DAV S KIDNEY PAD from H C FIRTH, agent, for a specific sale of reputation items. The fragment emphasizes caution to the afflicted and instructs to request the named item only.
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