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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1886
Page
1
Church notice announces Sunday communion on the first Sunday of the month and weekly evening services at 7 30 PM. Details reference praise and prayer gathering and weekly schedule.
Rev John Hewlett pastor highlights full services and communion on the second Sunday of each month at 10 20 a m all invited Ww C T U meets alternate Wednesdays at 3 p m at Mrs Samuel Belcher Winthrow street United Order Golden Cross P P Floyd Noble Commander meets first and third Wednesdays each month at town hall
Daily mail leaves at 6 AM and 3 PM with arrivals at 5 to 5 30 AM and 5 30 PM. Carrier delivery set for 8 30 AM.
Episcopal services at 10 45 conducted by Rev John C Hewlett Congregational Sabbath school at 2 Congregational service at 3 led by Rev J P Bixby of Revere Weekly meeting every Wednesday Ladies Sewing Society meets Wednesday afternoons at 2 in the church parlors
Notices indicate the paper is published every Friday afternoon with business communications addressed to Publisher 8 K Cowell at 71 Oliver Street Boston. The snippet provides no event or named individuals beyond the publisher.
The Visitor lists ad rates and terms including yearly, quarterly and column space charges. One inch space cards are $5 60 per year, one quarter column $20, one half column $5 00, one column $70 per year. Shorter periods add 10 per year. Changes allowed during term. Reading notices priced at 10 cents per line first insertion, 5 cents per line thereafter. Minimum 50 cents. The Visitor provides free copies to advertisers during term. Rates will be strictly adhered to.
The Visitor offers premiums for new subscribers and advance-year renewals. Choices include Tennyson’s complete poem, two juvenile books, five Robin series books, or a gilded scrap album. Premiums can be viewed at the office as the March town meeting approaches and Winthrop debates its future administration.
Locals report church services and school times, weather impacts, baptisms and illnesses, new enterprises, building projects, and social club activities. Robins seen in Sunnyside. census updates for Winthrop. Knights of Honor lodge plans. A piano of civic affairs, repairs, and upcoming entertainments are described.
A letter to the editor argues for rigorous sanitation in the town, urging universal use of proper cesspools and vaults, daily refuse removal, and compulsory chemicals. It calls for town funds for carts and a dedicated six month official to oversee enforcement, aiming to halt disease germination and improve public health.
Colonial era notes warn that Ocean-Spray risks from overcrowding and pollution. Winthrop authorities push for strict sanitary rules, sewer plans, and proper waste removal while honoring local leaders and community groups including the Knights assembly and ticket committee for events.
Pleasant FrostHigh alumni gathering recalls past days at Winthrop high school. Forty plus of seventy former pupils attended with Mrs Frost in attendance. Officers elected include President Charles Floyd and Secretary John Putman. Entertainment featured musicians and readings, followed by a bountiful repast and a lengthy social hour as friends bid farewell in the early morning light.
A group led by Mr. F L Woodward and town organizations invites Mr. John H Rinlow to a complimentary testimonial concert in Winthrop Town Hall. The note thanks Rinlow and lists many local supporters and organizers, with a proposed date of March 2 1886 and anticipation of one of the finest concerts ever heard in Winthrop.
Mr Richardson and family have moved into Mr Strouds house on Crescent avenue. They came from Charlestown. The Hot Springs News notes the Mountaineer reports the Richardson move as part of local household shifts affecting readers.
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