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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1886
Page
3
A Boston society scene unfolds as two witty figures clash during a Chautauqua lecture on fools. The Rev Dr Vincent and a Chicago clergyman trade quips while a Boston dandy and a valet-type figure entertain with sharp humor. A local neighbor complains about relentless traveling agents, ending with a plucky window sash closeout.
A long fragmentary piece recounts a dialogue with a doctor about experiments on guinea pigs and a bet over a tail hold, then shifts to Dr. Talmage’s encounter with an evolutionist and annihilationist. It ends with a humorous English town tale about frying bacon after sunset and a town official’s comic reaction.
In a chaotic scene the mayor loses temper and threatens contempt of court. The master beadle intervenes, clarifying the charter misread as firing a beacon rather than frying bacon in a humorous correction.
The passage recounts Theodore Roosevelt’s claim of a remarkable long range shot in which he killed two black-tail bucks at about 400 yards. He describes stalking across sage brush terrain, two bucks stepping into view, and his bullets breaking their backs after precise aiming, measured at 48 paces per 400 yards.
The agricultural department reports numerous swindles harming farmers across the country. Vendors push overpriced fruit trees fertilizers stoves and other goods while fake notes receipts and altered documents exploit signatures. schemes include bogus farm machinery receipts fake subscription orders bogus officials and exaggerated service charges.
A Kingston Freeman item recalls a Civil War joke about a lieutenant whose new sword broke on a hog during a corduroy road affair near Fredericksburg. The tale, used to tease Damascus blades, ends with a refrain about “hog-proof” swords. A separate note reports California ostrich ranching selling thirty birds for 6000 dollars as the industry grows on the Pacific coast.
The fragment notes Juan Fernandez remained uninhabited since Selkirk until twelve years ago when a Swiss settler named Redt colonized it with Swiss and German settlers. It states the island now reverts to Chile with Redt as Governor.
An advertisement warns that catarrh signals advancing disease and urges readers to use Dr Save's Catarrh Remedy before conditions worsen. It claims the product reaches the seat of illness and laboring doctors cures are insufficient. The text emphasizes urgency with a warning phrase.
An advertisement extols Br. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Willmers Couch Cure for consumption and throat diseases. It claims rapid, permanent relief and cites a New Orleans case of a sick son aided by a household bottle of Tally Balsam, urging readers to act promptly.
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