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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1886
Page
1
Publication notice listing editor and publisher contact addresses in Boston. Mentions publisher S. K. Cowell at 71 Oliver Street and offices on Winthrop Street next to A Tewkebury's Boot and Shoe store.
Advertisers may change ads freely with reading matter set in the same type. First insertion costs 10 cents per line and 1 cent per line for subsequent insertions. No notice accepted for less than a minimum charge. The Visitor sends free notices to all advertisers during the ad term. Rates strictly adhered to.
Oak Grove Farm Co states it will supply milk and dairy products to summer residents in Ocean Spray Great Head Point Shirley Winthrop Highlands Beachmont and Cottage Park starting May 1. Prices are 7 cents per quart delivered in glass jars. Specialties include pure milk rich cream and fresh churned butter in prints boxes or tubs.
Local ventings cover whist club, Beachmont concerts by Beacon quartette, and yachting season kickoffs. Listings note real estate sales, repairs, school absences, and plans for cottages, a Knights of Honor hall, and a social assembly at town hall.
Episcopal services follow with communion to be offered and Sunday School at 1.30. Rev A L Powell preached at the Baptist Church last Sabbath on open the door to grace. Rev Mr Uary of the Methodist Church preached on Sabbath reverence and opposed Sunday travel and papers. Mrs Baldwin spoke on Mission Work in China to a full audience.
Adjourned town meeting in the Town Hall discussed Main Street widening and grading to prevent water pooling, with bids to be let for the work. Debate also covered purchasing a 30 by 36 foot building as a combined hose and schoolhouse, while the Board of Health planned to report on sanitation at the April meeting.
Correspondence defends the board of health against a hostile local article. It asserts the town elected stable leaders, criticizes reckless claims, and vows to report duty without party bias while rejecting sensationalism and personal attacks.
About seventy new books joined the Public Library during the past week, selected mainly for the young. Authors include Mrs A D Whitney, Miss L M Alcott, J S Trowbridge, Mayne Reed, J G Holland, E Roe, Sophie May, Miss B S Phelps, G P Lathrop and W D Howell. Also added are Appletons Hand Book on House Drainage, Wood's Natural History and Greens History of the English People.
A calling card style notice promotes Troy New York laundry methods and advertises Elastic Starch as the only US stock made by seasoned laundry workers. It claims no cooking required, prevents irons from sticking and linen blistering, and keeps shirts and collars stiff and polished to stay clean longer.
A New Haven salt firm advertises Virgin Salt with a lithographed pair of Doves on a large 9 by 10 inch card as a promotion. The salt is described as pure, clean, and white and sold in a large package for 10 cents in fancy enameled packaging to prevent hardening.
Advertisements urge buyers to insist on Pearline from Jauss Prix of New York as the market overflows with imitations and counterfeit goods. The notice warns customers to demand the genuine article.
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