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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1878
Page
1
A poem praising the coming man with hopeful visions contrasts with an editorial cheer for State house commissioners. It notes that bids show a State house cost not exceeding two million dollars and commends officials for faithful work and timely progress.
Poem recalls a pained scene of separation and lingering doubt over a lost beloved. The speaker brushes aside romantic rivals and urges resilience, naming idealized figures and artists as enduring sources of inspiration. The monologue shifts from personal heartbreak to a broader reflection on universal male kinship and consolation.
A rambunctious narrative recounts a man arguing with his bite prone terrier and a much bigger Tomcat. A neighbor woman defends her cat with a shotgun. The dog is killed and the man wounded yet vows not to fight again. A moral hijinks ending urges readers to stop dog fighting.
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls a September meeting in sixty two between two young lovers. The scene recounts giddy shyness and mutual swoon, a lack of money, and a pledge of happiness followed by family warnings amid wartime separations. The speaker urges secrecy about the past.
The Chicago Times quotes John Sherman arguing the Republican party devised and issued greenbacks, framing political parties as makers of currency. He questions the Ohio idea of regulating circulating money and warns against mixing money power with political power in any party.
The Indiana Programme notes Republican optimism for winning Indiana’s Legislature this fall and a U S Senate seat. Democrats, confident of carrying the state, acknowledge gerrymandered districts complicating the race but intend a stronger push to overcome obstacles.
Congress approved five thousand dollars for a monument over Thomas Jefferson's grave at Monticello. The land owner must deed two rods square around the grave to the United States with free public access. Construction proceeds per Jefferson's design. Similar monuments for Taylor and Monroe salaries await future action.
The Chicago Times quotes John Sherman praising the 1876 election as pure. The Courier Journal reports a Maryland baby weighing one pound thirteen ounces at twelve inches, noting the mother could have produced several such infants, yet remains surprised at one.
An ad peddles Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup claiming to ease baby pain for 25 cents a bottle. It states children cry from suffering and implies the syrup relieves all babyhood pain.
A column of paradoxical adages and witty remarks from a historical period, noting quips about women in railways, echo effects, and everyday folly. The fragment mentions Em Bezzle, teetotalers, and a panicked street scene with two men fighting, ending with a Scots policeman and crowd dialogue.
The Austin American statement argues that medical ethics forbid self advertising yet doctors fill space with pretexts when targeting publishers. It suggests doctors talk excessively, more than lawyers or committee chairs, when given a platform.
Tr is welcomed by all as a new star in society as Dr Bull's Blood Mixture attracts attention and endorsement.
Two lawyers bathing near Santa Cruz were chased from the water by a shark. The incident is described as the most flagrant case of want of professional courtesy on record by the San Francisco Post.
The San Francisco Alta reports a Sunday sermon as fervent and effective as Rev. Plato Johnson urges a godly life. He mocks white wealth and color lines, stressing that judgment favors the soul over skin tone and pockets.
A letter from J H Sullivan of Madison outlines a broad narrow gauge plan linking Madison via Versailles Greensburg Rushville to Indianapolis and Chicago with connecting routes to Union City Toledo Milton Shelbyville Chatta nooga. Other projected lines run from Cincinnati to Madison Louisville and Bedford to St Louis, with a branch to Quincy. Sullivan provided an outline map for public viewing, and the article urges support at the upcoming meeting on the 23d.
The Mexican dollar of 415 grains is a legal tender in the United States under the 1834 act. It shall pass current as money at one hundred cents per dollar and is valued in silver weight. The text notes a difference in actual weight and condemns discounts as swindling by bankers.
The Madison Star reports the state house contract was awarded to Kanemacher and Denig of Columbus Ohio, not local bidders. The piece mocks out of state interests and imagines a Courier young man at Deputy quarries whistling "Hold the Fort."
Judge E R Wilson the Republican candidate for State Senator in Jefferson county conducts an active campaign. Democratic opponent Hiram Francisco is not a speechmaker but has represented the county ably in the State Legislature and is expected to be reelected with a larger majority than he now faces.
A brief, opinionated note from the Ohio State Register asking if John Sherman could summon all Ohio men who watched property sold under bondholders to support specie resumption. The piece hints at political pressure from the Eastern bond-holders and warns of a rallying response.
A Detroit crowd scene shows a girl testing limits with a cautious lover on soda water and snacks while he cites a mother's warnings. A French sub editor Barbelard at the Correc tion Courts dispenses as many duels as jail, with pay and rations.
The archbishop facing clergy complaints is invited to Rome by Pius IX who quips you are the other pope and sits him beside him. The rebuke ends the dispute as the two prelates and their clergy live in harmony thereafter.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that outraged minorities deserve ridicule, while the article criticizes black Southerners who fear using political rights, arguing the federal government protects rights they claim to be dangerous. It argues white fears and minority dependence reveal enduring race tensions in the South.
The remark notes a question about why a king may wear the crown at fourteen yet may not wed until eighteen. Moliere answers that ruling a wife is more difficult than ruling a kingdom.
The Detroit Free Press calls for Hayes to write again on Civil Service reforms noting a year earlier he urged that no government officer be involved in political party activity. It criticizes McCrary and Sherman for stumping in elections as inconsistent with Civil Service principles.
A Cork Turk defeats an English soldier after a noon prayer insult in a Crimean War anecdote. The tale contrasts stubborn pride with a sharp reply, ending in a boast that a future insult should not come from Cork. Additional items note a fish-trapping mirror device and a clergy collection quip.
Judge New spoke to packed audiences in Dupont Thursday New Marion Friday and Westport Saturday. Republicans accuse him of wartime record flaws while Barber faces a nationwide rebuttal in this week’s card.
A light column of quips and anecdotes on society, superstition, and misfortune. It notes biblical figures playing tricks at Jericho, Shipton's prophecies mocked by a grandmother, and marriage woes from lightning deaths in Steele County. It also jokes about fashion, a Minnesota widow, and a remark on husbands paying for wives’ wardrobes.
A collection of humorous and odd items from a bygone era including jokes about flies on noses printing limits in newspapers Greece offices, a potato bug cure, a Lancaster man’s suicide over a fare dispute, a saloon fire set by a drummer, a landlord’s hotel invite to Washington correspondents, rice crop failures in the Philippines, a widower’s cheerful funeral walk, a New York hat fashion incident on Washington avenue, and light social observations from street encounters.
A Courier Journal quotation warns that a persistent mocker will face a dark faced figure with horns who will cry Is this hot enough for you leading him to punishment. The tone implies a moral threat or prophecy rather than a current event.
An ad touts Dr McLane’s Worm Specific as a patent remedy for intestinal worms. The notice claims broad efficacy, detailing ingredients and a household-use formula. It promises quick relief and repeated daily use to cleanse the system.
A historical ad claims pale countenance, abdominal pain, feverish eyes, foul breath, and digestive upset signal a worm infection. It asserts Dr. C McLane's Vermifuge cures these symptoms, promises no mercury, and bears signatures of C McLane and Famine Broas on the wrapper.
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