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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1886
Page
3
A poem fragment evokes deserted nests clinging to leafless branches and wind swept trees. It laments Spring’s faded orchards and warm walls, noting empty flower beds awaiting the busy bee and the memory of brighter days.
Violet, alone in Dresden with Frau Schilling and a strange city, struggles to navigate Altmarkt and Schlosstrasse at dusk. Lost and exhausted, she finally encounters John Dabney, who proclaims he cannot live without her, and Violet is rescued by his embrace.
A miscellany notes old beliefs about servants and palm ers, palmistry etc. It cites Celina Lake in Ohio as the world’s largest artificial body of water, and describes pine as the wood used for the speaker’s desk gavel. It urges persistent year round advertising and explains how signage and newspaper notices attract customers.
A humorous list of party forfeits designed to provoke laughter without offense. Items include balancing a newspaper to keep two people apart, exiting with two legs and reentering with six using a chair, and acting as a dumb servant answering questions from the host.
Washington reports recall John J. McElhone as the first to undertake verbatim coverage of House proceedings in 1850. He joined a six member corps who, with amanuenses, take turns and edit notes for the public printer, producing the Congressional Record with accuracy despite rapid, tangled debates.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a character named Gogglesop visiting a household and instructing Tommy to ask his sister Clare to come into the parlor. The text appears as clipped speech with no clear news event or date.
Helena correspondent describes the U S assay office operations weighing and refining gold dust, from melting at 2,500 degrees to pouring into molds, with dual checks by assayers. It notes safeguards, the cash value of bars, and the government purchase of refined gold, including a brick weighing 257 ounces valued at about 3046 dollars.
A Turkish mission inquiry by Rev J F Riggs asks if four or five colleges can serve 30,000,000 people given travel costs and railway best facilities. The report notes scattered items on health tonics, a boy in Ohio with extraordinary strength, an 84 year old Maine man losing sight, and other brief notes.
In a New York Tribune note, General Sheridan discussed intoxicants, noting global variety and historical uses. He cites Native American, Louisiana sugar plant drinks, and a Mexican preparation involving pig skin and plant juice that ferments, causing quick exhilaration followed by a long recovery.
Mrs Judge Peterby, described as a spare woman, is told by her husband that she should avoid going out due to dangerous fogs that bite and gnaw. The dialogue showcases a strained exchange about safety and fear in a foggy moment.
An antique ad touts Bigelow's Fositivy Co cough remedy claiming a 50 cent bottle cures promptly and safely. It markets dollar size bottles as cheapest for family use or chronic cases.
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