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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1886
Page
4
Local brief covers adjourned town meeting awaiting selectmen call, residents moving away, a yacht visit to Pavonia, new summer homes and church projects, paper mergers, road bed mishap, club elections, and social sketches of town life with ads and humor. Multiple named people, places, and local institutions.
Beachmont reports Mr Wheelock and family back in the city for winter. Episcopal services Sunday were well attended with Rev Hewlett delivering an interesting sermon. Families move into newly vacated homes on Winthrop and Crescent avenues as tradesmen work on the hall. Florida orange crop expected smaller but high quality with late ripening due to summer rains. A goose shot near Colusa, California yielded an ivory arrow point likely from a walrus ivory weapon, possibly shot by Eskimo or polar inhabitant. goose skin covered the arrow.
An old advertising slogan recalls Castoria as a remedy from infancy to motherhood. The familiar line traces Castoria from baby illness through childhood and into motherhood as a recurring remedy.
A promotional notice for a new book on poultry raising by I. S. Johnson & Co. Boston. It claims guidance on laying hens year round, fattening poultry, dressing and shipping, egg pricing, building inexpensive housing, disease prevention, and breeds. It targets women, children, and invalids as primary beneficiaries and offers 60 cents postage for a copy plus promo packs.
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