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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1882
Page
1
Poem questions whether bright eyes will mourn after death and if memory and comfort will remain on the grave. The speaker debates selfish sorrow, urging gentle passage into a quiet, tearless rest while time tenaciously kneels.
A spare coffin waits in the rain for a traveler returning home. The verse notes the stark solitude of death, a lifeless, glassy-eyed man waiting in an open grave as friends await news, with no stories, gifts, or self to share.
Poetic fragment reflecting a lover's farewell to a beauty and a dream of distant lands. The speaker recalls a smiling beloved and laments the fading season. A later image hints at memory, yearning, and sleep in loneliness.
A poem recalls a winged butterfly with spotted wings that slips away in gloom between sunset and dew. The speaker laments lost magic as pansies bloom and clover heads swing, while a fallen star and worm with yellow light echo a vanished bright world.
A poem praising workingmen whose hands are brown with toil. It extols laborers who carve, bear the hod, till soil, and build cities and ships, asserting their honest sweat outvalues royal rank and diamonds. The verse blesses workers who sustain land and commerce through persistent effort.
The passage extols Dr Bull’s Cough Eee as a reliable remedy used by thousands of families. It highlights universal praise for the prescription and its never failing qualities.
The text alleges jailers forcing inmates to vote a ticket and warns against listening to Mr. Copeland's speech. It also notes debate over preacher James Lanham's candidacy and questions a convention chairman's handling of ballots 131, 128, and 126, with calls for protest.
An editorial in the Cincinnati Gazette denounces Republican defeat in Ohio as caused by New York and Pennsylvania bossism, administration corruption, and extravagant congressional spending. It argues voters should rebuke such conduct and anticipates Indiana follow suit.
In a charged pamphlet the author accuses the Ring of desperate tactics to defeat Fowler. It cites Saturday night returns, arrests of Max Stanley and Jeff Lovell, and questionable jail releases tied to votes for Dorsey. Brashear is urged as a reform sheriff candidate, while Demaree faces blame for alleged coercion and manipulation around the election.
A survey of political chatter notes The Wreck of the Governor as a New York World suggested title and cites The Kansas City Times on an independent candidate seeking Republican respect. The New York Evening Post claims a congressman tucked rice into the River and Harbor bill to fund a water spout for his home. Mahone, Hubbell and party lines are debated with attacks on dynastic ambitions and old alliances.
A Saratoga Journal column questions connections between Conkling and political deals. It cites Gould, Cornell signatures, the Apollinaria Company appeal, steamship lobbying, Arthur's veto, and Northern Pacific railroad appointments as possible coincidences and strategic moves.
The article questions who benefits from the tariff citing John Roach and his shipyard. It argues American shipowners and mechanics are harmed while Roach profits from protection. It notes a recent strike by Roach’s workers seeking higher wages and protection against what the piece calls pauper labor.
Suffering with a cough or cold should see Dr Ball's Cough Syrup at once. An old reliable remedy, it is sold by all druggists for 25 cents a bottle.
A brief note indicates the weekly Herald is available for 35 cents until January 1st.
Washington reports four hundred thousand pension cases pending with a potential hundred thousand more next year. Editors deride pledges to vote for submission and warn tariffs, trials, and party maneuvers will shape 1886 outcomes. The piece notes Tariff debates and New York Governor race dynamics amid national chatter.
Judge Toureee portrays Martin Van Buren as a master of political shaping. He lacked speech fame yet dictated key party measures and legislative leadership. Warmly read yet privately guarded, he balanced caution and boldness while earning broad public support. The note ends urging Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup as a holiday gift.
A long collage of humorous quips on manners politics and everyday life. It mocks courtship, law, prohibition debates, and public figures with light verse and ironic commentary. The item blends anecdotes about poets, telegraphs, and a prank daguerreotype case tied to Justice Field.
The Chicago Tribune editorial argues practical prohibition via local option works better than general bans. It notes rural farmers largely favored prohibition while urban voters opposed, highlighting a clash between rural and urban blocs and questioning enforcement across larger communities.
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