30 Nov 1881
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1881
Page
1
Branger Gardner entertains the Lume Kila Club with a humorous talk on music. He claims certain instruments provoke strong reactions, from donations to churches to shifting affections, all delivered in a dialect filled with comic observations.
A collage of aphorisms, jokes, and anecdotes unfolds from fables on ambition and virtue to quips about marriage, labor, and folly. Vignettes include a barefoot lad, a bear tale, a barbering joke, and Brown's Iron Bitters ads, all in a breezy reader’s-column tone.
A Mae Maitie N Brown poem reflects farewell at life’s gate with repeated good-byes to lover mother and child. It likens parting to a journey on life’s ocean and ends with hope of no more good-byes beyond the skies.
A poetic meditation on a river's call and the speaker's inner impulse to move. The verse contrasts rising and falling waters with the urge to travel and endure, inviting the river to provide a word for living while the speaker chooses to sing and move onward.
A bereaved speaker expresses longing for the departed darling beyond this world. The verse seeks solace as grief fills life, inviting the child to a peaceful place at Heaven’s gate where all struggles end.
An eclectic clipping features Wells Health Pe and Rough on Rats ads along with a Detroit Post Office letter mishap and a Sioux Commission testimonial for Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup. It also mentions Jesse James’ portrait and St Jacob’s Oil as a rheumatism remedy.
An Albany Argus snippet touts Kidney-Wort as a cure for chronic ailments claiming to restore health. The column also jokes about a man who swapped cough syrup for hair dye and quips on knowledge and adversity.
A vintage advertisement promotes Frazier's Root Bitters for weakness, malarial districts, fatigue from caregiving, melancholy, and aging signs. It claims toning benefits and renewed vigor, urging readers to buy at one dollar per bottle from Henry & Davies in Cleveland, Ohio.
An Indian remedy by Dr Williams promises cures for chronic piles and related itching. The advertisement claims absorption of tumors and instant painless relief, with endorsements from Hon J M Coffa berry of Cleveland and notices to buy through St Henry and Davies in Cleveland Ohio.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.