23 Nov 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1881
Page
1
A poetic fragment by Wm. P. Pam mer praised as masterful for its length. The speaker recounts shaping creation with golden hair, painting sky and stars, and weaving light for earth. The poem blends mythic imagery with divine blessing and evanescent beauty across celestial and earthly scenes.
A fragmentary verse piece reflects on youth and beauty across time. It contrasts awakening beauty with aging, noting joy fades and pleasures resemble sorrows as the damask of twenty hints at a fleeting modern gaze. The tone is reflective and elegiac.
A Boston area revival of the Holland hydrogen process claims to disintegrate water to release hydrogen via naptha gas. Domestic trials light fires in two minutes without wood or coal, and a locomotive test on Brooklyn lines reportedly cuts fuel cost from ten to twenty cents per mile to seventy eight cents per mile or less. Manufacturers anticipate smokeless, cheaper power for locomotives, stationary engines, ships, and railroads, with less fire risk and easier speed control.
A reader urges using a tonic called Kidneys Wort to help bedwetting in children, claiming it acts on the kidneys and urinary tract. The note dismisses scolding and punishment as futile and misdirected.
Advertisement extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a premier medicine for dreamless, refreshing sleep. It claims to strengthen the body and calm the brain and nerves, and to aid nature in removing illness.
A Detroit citizen confessed after using a counterfeit quarter to pay for sugar at a Michi gro avenue grocery He then said he also passed the same bad coin to the grocer's wife for sardines Later the grocer declined to be troubled by the matter and urged the man to set matters right in a show of quiet forgiveness.
An 1880s medical anecdote praises Kidney-Wort for chronic constipation kidney disorders and overall system cleansing. The piece also notes Berjamin Harris Brewster a Philadelphia lawyer in Star Route cases at age sixty six and describes D. Q Judd U S Supervisor of Postal Card Manufactory being cured by St Jacob's Oil.
A crude description records a Texas drawing game ending in a duel with a bowie knife. One man eager for office was "vlurted" by a scratch, the injury described as a minor poke during the altercation.
A boy returns a lost wallet with the owner naming him and sharing ten cents as a reward unneeded by the honest finder. The Paris Electrical Exhibition displays an ego-hatching machine with thermometer controlled heat and a proposed hen telegraph to soothe lone chicks. Slogans promote Lindsey’s Improved Blood Searcher and Brown’s Iron Bitters as cures. quotes alarm poverty and self made men.
This ad promotes Frazier's Root Bitters as a cure for weakness languor and malarial districts. It promises toning effects for those worn by care of children late hours or blues. Sold by Henry & Davies Cleveland at one dollar per bottle.
A Cleveland advertisement touts Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for chronic piles and related ailments. It claims instant, painless relief, absorption of tumors, and soothing effects, with testimonials from J M Coffinberry of Cleveland. Available from Henry & Davies, Cleveland, for $1.
The notice advertises weekly editions with club rates for 1 or 2 clubs and various advance periods. It promotes a Sunday Sentinel by mail, notes 200 agents forming clubs, and offers specimen copies free from Indianapolis Sentinel Co. in Indianapolis, Ind.
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