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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1879
Page
6
The piece rails against current morals, notes aroused youth in Grant incidents, and reports growing mining activity in Lake County Colorado with 1879 yields of 20 to 60 million dollars. It also discusses Boston’s industrial education push and critiques the public school system’s focus on ornamental learning.
The text argues that true progress began with Christ's birth, contrasting ancient eras where humanity stagnated or declined. It claims 4,000 years show no enduring progress until the new era sparked ideological battles between right and wrong, virtue and vice, God and the devil.
The piece extols a long arc of human advancement driven by religious faith and education. It frames Jesus Christ as victor over opposition and declares humanity’s ascent toward a final triumph, with wars fading and nations pledging allegiance to divine progress. The Lumay family is named as a widespread force behind this ascent.
Various brief items: coins rejected at post offices for stamps. Henry F Gillig and Emma Thursby announced from London. James Gordon Bennett plans to shoot tigers in India. Signor Brumijch fading at the Capitol. Ohio legislator Geo Williams refused dining room access in New York. Buffalo Express on English lords wedding delays. Hawaii canal completed for island sugar irrigation. almonds harvested by Chinese labor in California. scarlet fever and diphtheria spread in St. Petersburg. sealing wax composition explained. Ireland potato crop short and peat fuel scarce. Lord Beaconsfield remarks at Lord Mayor's Banquet. New York obelisk shipment nears. South Bend farmer sells self binding reaper improvement to Chicago firm. San Francisco tax collector unable to collect tax on a Chinese hospital.
A Boston firm ships Buffalo made hammers to the Sandwich Islands and New Zealand. Baltimore grain trade expands with a 2.3 million bushel elevator planned. New York politics feature Honatio Seymour Jr. Silk factories surge with improvements. Memphis sees near 10,000 bales of cotton in two weeks. Britain dominates letter writing per capita. Sesostris carving found near Smyrna. Kokomo Indiana ships 1,600 barrels of apples to Eastern markets. Treasury holds over 40,060,000 in silver coins. Liverpool rates burden shippers with high charges and rat damage. Immigrants total $22,600,000 with many bringing $1,000 to $5,000. Wholesale boor and shoe trade rises. banks loan more to productive borrowers. Butter and cheese prices surge. Boston butter up to 26 cents. American coal oil discovery in Peninsular geology yields prolific wells. Ostrich farming eyed in California with 100 birds planned. Minneapolis mills build direct flour trade with Alexandria Egypt. U.S. livestock density remains high per 1 000 people, supporting beef and pork exports. Chicago Times notes cotton crop up 500,000 bales, tobacco up 12,000,000 pounds, sugar up 200,000 hogsheads, plus stronger crops in the West and higher meat values.
In February 1531 a ragged boy named Felix guided Father Michael Angelo Selleri toward Ascoli. Impressed by Felix’s courage and wit, the friars accepted him as a potential scholar and candidate for the Franciscan order. His evident calling and service led to a remarkable ascent to the papal throne as Pope Sixtus V.
A collection of oddities and moral vignettes from 1800s newspapers. Includes a tale of a Chinaman restoring a burning idol, a Nijni-Novgorod group performing penances for imagined wrongs, a Smyrna New York dream of eight husbands, and critique of cruelty prevention societies highlighting their reform efforts despite seeming oddities.
A speaker argues that religion and sectarianism must be kept separate in politics. He warns against using Protestant versus Catholic affiliation as a ballot-box test, urging loyalty to religious freedom and civic duty and calling for an unselfish patriotic vote next Tuesday.
M Hermann performs tricks for the sultan and grand vizier aboard a Bosphorus boat. He retrieves the vizier’s watch from a fish while the mirror he breaks is later shown unharmed, and he juggles for the autocrat. The piece notes Phare’s colic cure via inversion.
A 1878-79 promotional feature from The Indianapolis Sentinel extols the Weekly Sentinel and the Law of the Farm pamphlet by James B. McCrellin. It urges farmers to study political questions, supports Indiana’s role, and recommends the pamphlet to prevent litigation and protect farm rights with endorsements from local figures.
A long promotional notice extols The Law of the Farm by Indiana lawyer James B McCrellis. It details chapters on buying farms deeds boundaries fences trespass water rights and liability, and urges subscribers to receive a free copy with weekly Sentinel. Endorsements from Indiana officials praise the work as a practical guide to reduce costly lawsuits among farmers.
Law of the Farm by James B. McCrellis examines farmers rights and duties from boundary to trespass and water rights. Reviews from Sentinel Company publications along with Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis Sus Indiana Farmer and others praise its practical presentation and usefulness to farmers and landowners.
The brochure touts Royp's Easy Calculator as a universal pocket manual for farmers mechanics and businessmen It claims simple operation and accuracy across values from a single pound to a carload It details interest computations date differences measurement conversions wage tables and more with low telegraphic rates for subscriptions and add ons The ad promises authoritative utility and urges readers to request information by mail
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