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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1886
Page
3
The report lists thirty seven Japanese education journals with 48 649 monthly readers. Seven medical papers total 13 514, nine sanitary titles 8 195, two forestry and two pharmacy titles are noted.
A new industry emerges in Galveston County with the Clear Creek Crab Cagoing Company formed to catch and can crabs. Shells are ground off and sent to France for dentifrice manufacture. crab oil fat yields products for song. Cans are filled and preserved for market.
A historical table shows five year periods ending in 1880s with 253 153 skilled laborers and 152 467 unskilled laborers migrating to the United States. From 1881 to 1885 skilled arrivals were 41 119 and unskilled 628 744, a rise over earlier years. Most unskilled workers remained in large cities.
A distorted rundown of outlaw lore mocks famed desperadoes with notes on facial features and past deeds. It also reports on a proposed Typographical Union plan to fund a Philadelphia hall, plus Connecticut soapstone mining near Willimantic with Springfield workers to start in August.
Verse reflects on missed chances and the irretrievability of youth. The speaker laments not recognizing danger and the value of deeds in time. A quoted line credits Tunter Mu Culloch in Lippincott for the excerpt sharing a regretful meditation on time and desire.
In May heat in a New York social circle, Fortune Wayland’s romance with Ray Symington unfolds through visits, social pressures, and a concealed past. Fortune’s quiet shift toward marriage follows a revelation of Gertrude’s attraction to another suitor and Fortune’s final choice to wed Ray, ending with a high society marriage announced by Harper’s Weekly.
The article surveys deposed rulers who killed themselves, citing Abdul Aziz of Turkey in 1876 and Ludwig II of Bavaria in 1886, among others. It notes disputed causes, political plots, and historical debates, linking cases across eras from ancient to modern times. It also mentions a reported deposit of ghendine meerschauni near Yaquina, Oregon.
The article surveys 19th century candy making detailing sugar use and processes. It describes stick candy pulling and shaping, flat candy pans, lozenges rolled like pie crust, sugar plums and almonds formed in copper pans, gum drops in large kettles, marshmallows from glucose, soft creams molded in starch, and liqueur drops using flavored syrup sealed in starch molds.
In a breezy Wisconsin railroad car setting, Bill Nye collects testimonies about cyclones from travelers including George D. Murdock Bean and Louis P. Barker. The anecdotes mix humorous exaggeration with striking claims while pondering nature’s power and human vanity. The piece closes noting rattlesnakes on Pyramid Lake and advice on pruning winter-killed branches.
A dense clipping surveys biblical verses on writing and books, noting phrases about printing, inscriptions, and records. It cites Job, Isaiah, Ecclesiastes, John, and Daniel to illustrate how ancient texts reflect printing and bookmaking concepts. The piece ends with a remark about vast unrecovered manuscripts and a huge number of volumes from St. Louis.
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