07 Sep 1881
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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1881
Page
1
Poem by Darton Grey expresses longing and devotion as the speaker waits through weary weeks for their beloved. The narrator contrasts crowded days with insistently personal yearning and bids their queen to return and claim a lasting, faithful reign of love. The tone is ardent and archaic.
A reflective verse portrays a village at night under pale moonlight. The imagery emphasizes still streets, frost on doors, and the calming, healing effects of night and sleep on toil and grief, contrasting day’s fever with nocturnal peace. The poem contemplates rest as a mercy and even death as possible release from weariness.
Fragment of devotional verse repeats vows of eternal union and bond that will endure until death, invoking blessing and curse imagery. The speaker vows to remain joined in life and death, even as fate tests the couple with doom and blessing.
Lord George Paget recounts the Crimea action with the Eighth Hussars. He recalls Colonel Shewell’s outburst over smoking and a personal dilemma over smoking a cigar. The piece highlights riderless horse peril and the horses’ calm under fire.
A man with poor digestion, palpitating heart, and a shattered nervous system suffers long illness. After trying Brown's Iron Bitters, he improves dramatically, regaining health, strength, and vitality. The clipping from the Commercial endorses the remedy.
Michael Cleary tavern keeper James Elliott Jr and another man enticed Brown with a bogus horse race at Old Point House road. The muddy rope harnessed trotter allegedly won 2.35 at the track provoking a $100 swindle claim. Elliott jailed on $600 bail with Cleary discharged. The New York trotter was used in the scam.
An advertisement touts Wells Health Renewer as a remarkable cure for dyspepsia and a top tonic. It claims to be the best liver remedy and lists price as one dollar with druggists at Depot Swormstedt & Co. as distributors.
An ad directs druggists to stock Rough on Rats an insect killer that clears rats mice bed bugs roaches flies and ants. It is priced at 15 cents per box and advertised for use against multiple pests.
An old-fashioned ad trumpets Wells' Health Renew er as a cure for impotence nervous weakness and sexual debility with a one dollar price at druggists. The snippet includes a scene of a mother introducing her child to a man and a shopper praising Dr Lindsey's Blood Searcher for curing a long standing sore, noting J E C Harper as seller.
Masters Hytie, eight months old, treated at the American Medical College for opium addiction from soothing syrups given by his mother. Doctors Yost and Merrell discuss the pervasive harm of opium in children, noting fatalities from convulsions and urging cautious prescribing.
The passage surveys antique and literary anecdotes on death’s ease and painless nature. It cites Wm. Hunter, Louis XIV, Lord Collingwood, and Capt. Marryatt, contrasting calm near-drowning and disease death with phrases on dying as sleeplike. The tone blends medical skepticism with philosophical reflections on dying.
The advertisement claims Kidney-Wort cures constipation and disordered liver and kidneys. It asserts the remedy acts promptly, thoroughly, and lasts, advising against pills or mercurials and urging restoration of natural organ function.
A fragment from the Brooklyn Eagle mixes old street talk with scenes in Donegal street and a garret room. It contrasts living spaces and a humorous exchange about convenience. An advertisement promotes Sellers' Liver Pills as a cure for headaches fevers and chills with a local seller listed.
Advertisement for Frazier's Root Bitters claiming benefits for weakness and malaise. Urges use for tiredness, languor, malarial districts, care of children, blues, late hours, and aging sensations. Sold by Henry & Davies, sole proprietors, Cleveland Ohio, 31 per bottle.
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment cures chronic piles and itching with instant relief. It features testimonials from J M Coffinberry of Cleveland and states the product is sold by Henry & Davies in Cleveland and by mail for $11. The copy attacks rival instruments and arctics as harmful.
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