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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1886
Page
2
An archaic meditation traces humanity’s quests for wealth beauty and power through empires and cultures. It pairs visions of opulent abundance with ruin and spiritual longing, contrasting Roman imperial pride Greek artistry Hebrew wisdom and universal mortality.
In 1852 a crew aboard a coastal schooner is captured by native warriors on a tributary of the Essequibo. Thompson, Price, Keys, and others endure abduction, ransom demands, and a perilous escape trek through dense forests, aided by Captain Larkin who eventually negotiates a salvage effort and release for Thompson while Keys remains lost to jungle fever.
M Emil Sorel discusses mirages and refraction in La Nature. He outlines how heated air over a cool sea creates layered densities, bending light so ships appear above the horizon. The phantom ship phenomenon, sometimes multiple ships, is described with admiring sailors' accounts.
An 1849 era report notes unusual gold dust shapes from mining districts like Peculiar Canyon and String Canyon in El Dorado County. It describes dust as wire and thread like, the washing process refining it, and buyers risking fraud with black sand and dust sweepings.
The article notes a rapid spread of civilization from the East, as claimed by Estelline Dakota Bell, and cites a Montana-border town where the leading hotel posts a conspicuous message above each bed. The vivid description highlights cultural influence and local perception.
A poem recounts reeds along a marsh bending and sighing as wind sweeps by A shepherd discerns a reed cuts it to fashion a pipe and plays tunes that fill the surrounding lawn and hill with echoes while the marsh reeds continue to sigh in the wind.
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple papers noting wry insights on labor, marriage, insurance, and sports. Snappy lines include remarks on a bootblack in rain, a singer paid for performances, a sausage maker's revenue cutter, and the umpires at baseball games.
A compilation notes strange geology in Spain with oaken piles resembling stone coal and Denmark's low mountains. Norwegian barley root disease. Lehigh Valley slag paving blocks. dwarf white oak pots. car wheel crust fracturing. Sun density debate suggesting a hollow gas globe with wide solar temps estimates. ancient seed viability from mummy seeds with oats and beans lasting years. rare lotus survival for centuries.
A Lafayette boy, thirteen year old Charley Skheenan, drowns after a pond accident while bathing with his dog. The scene ends with a grim note as the dog allegedly capsizes him, scenes described in a domestic backdrop of engagement talk and parental humor about thrift.
Rev A El Thomas pastor sermons at 2.30 prayer and praise at 7.30 weekly prayer Thursday 7.30 Sunday school two weeks 100 PF Crosby superintendent Cordes assistant librarian Miss Eda Richardson assistant librarian invites. Methodist Episcopal Seth Cary pastor 10.30 am 3 pm preaching Sunday school praise and prayer 7.30 weekly class meeting Tuesday 7.30 prayer Friday 7.30 Ladies Aid Society vestry second Thursday Helping Hands fortnightly. St John Episcopal Mission Sunday 10.30 am. WCTU meets alternate Wednesdays 3 pm at Mrs Belcher Winthrop Street. Union Church Beachmont Episcopal 10:45 am Rev John C Hewlett Congregational service 3 pm Rev J P Bixby Service of Song 7.50 pm Rev Marshall Rice weekly Wednesday evening Ladies Sewing Society Wednesday 2 pm church parlors. Rev J W Winker pastor. Sunday school welcome. Ladies Social Guild Thursday 2 pm.
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