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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1885
Page
2
A fragmentary verse portrait shows a young man on a corner filled with ambition and vigor. He looks beyond today, dreaming of distant horizons as he waits for a future that may or may not meet his hopes.
In a late nineteenth century tale Mrs Alice Brown seeks independence from domestic toil. She plans to teach district school and challenge traditional roles with support from Raven Ennis who pledges shared rights and finances. The story contrasts rural ambition with pressing family constraints and romance.
A San Francisco man recounts a Chicago reporter’s tale of a joss house where a carved god and a steel cylinder with numbered bamboo sticks supposedly determine cures from health to war. The ritual links such sticks to Chinese drug stores and alleged remedies, while a note mentions Tad. growing cotton in northern states.
The article cites Dr. Gleason’s nosebleed remedy using strong jaw action and chewing, advises paper wads for children, and promotes hot drinks and lambs wool socks for night cold feet. It also covers eye care, light exposure, and sight preservation with glasses, plus a sparrow population growth calculation showing exponential increases from a single pair.
Manorville in Green county hosts Andrew Erbacher and his full grown hog famed for three tails. One tail sits where it should be while another grows below. Hundreds of farmers tour the hamlet to view this remarkable creature.
A historical piece recalls the 1880s discovery of cocaine as a powerful anesthetic. Reports say Dr. Koller in Vienna sent samples to Dr. Agnew in America, with General Grant using it. doctors praise its efficacy in pain relief yet warn against abuse and call for careful labeling and restraint.
The American board group from Boston sent a missionary party to Turkey including Dr. Graham a young Michigan graduate and Miss Ella Bray a Mount Holyoke teacher. A mutual romance led to their marriage in Constantinople on the first of the month and they will proceed to Adana and Aintab as missionaries. Observers note the Siamese twins later life details.
A poetic piece contrasts imagined perfect bliss with uncooperative foes and social types. It mocks public etiquette on trains and the grocery routine, notes female shopping rounds, and ends by imagining grand hats and state power while lamenting daily urban life.
A collage of jokes and verse snippets satirizing society figures and manners. From light taunts about Russians and candles to playful wordplay on fashion and gossip, the quips reflect humorous newsroom miscellany once common in humor pages.
A Washington letter notes the United States holds eighteen farms in South Carolina, sized 4 to 800 acres. Rented by tax officials since Reconstruction, rents fund school bonds. income supports St. Helena and St. Luke parishes. Last year rentals were $527.45 with growth in an endowment to $47,800 in 4s and $700 in 44s. Interest from bonds funds the South Carolina free school commissioners.
A reader notes the quick succession of Christmas amid reflections on Darwin and evolution, stirring discussion about science and faith as the season approaches.
A pithy Life magazine style quip narrates two tramps after a bountiful dinner. The younger asks about supper and the older rebukes him, saying the meal came from their current service and urges honest work if the attitude persists.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Italians using nostrils thumb and forefinger with breathing to play melodies on the naophone. The piece They Delight of Love is cited as their favorite air, though skepticism remains about its value and novelty.
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