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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1886
Page
3
Article discusses meat cooking to retain juices and create a self-basting effect using fat and flame. It covers soil fertilization with ashes, moth prevention, dairy cattle breeding, poultry feeding, and household insect control with practical, period-appropriate advice.
An article recalls Henry J. Raymond founder of the New York Times dying after a visit to his son Walter’s grave and a late apoplectic stroke. It notes his wish for a sudden death and parallels with James Otis who longed for a lightning strike as he stood at his doorway.
The rabbit skin trade for hat making has become vast across Europe. France leads in both quantity and quality, with major exports to Belgium and England. The process now separates skin collection from hat manufacturing, creating a large labor market seen in England and across towns and villages engaged in preparation work.
A Stockton hotel man and a passerby compare gunfire levels, noting California’s high past shooting activity yet Bodie in Mono County as a historic hotspot. The hotel man warns the visitor that violence has faded but hints that chasing shooting chances remains overblown.
The September 7 1761 report states David Campbell and Alexander Pettigrew pleaded guilty to breaking into the Windsor home of Abiel Abbot and stealing two watches. They were sentenced to 15 stripes, amputation of a right ear or fars, and branding with a capital B on their foreheads, with Pettigrew bleeding severely from the ear amputation.
In a satirical exchange the men discuss the Argentine bank's rise and accuse its directors of robbing depositors. One claims to have transferred all his money to his wife before repeated failures. The Fort Wayne newspaper notes several unrelated items from cures to innovations and navy costs.
A fragmented page notes dangers of nursing young women back from school strain and advocates Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It mentions lighted weather vanes by electricity as a plan, and dockets a 10 cent mail offer for a medical treatise. Also references Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr Jones' Red Clover Tonic amid assorted ads about dairy cows shipped to China and cures for dyspepsia and malaria.
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