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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1885
Page
1
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The Visitor announces weekly publication with A L Slawson as managing editor and directs business communications to publisher at 71 Oliver Street Boston. Winthrop office is on Winthrop Street beside A Tewksbury's boot and shoe shop.
Advertising rates listed for one inch, one fourth, one half, and one column spaces per year with annual totals and multipliers. Shorter periods add ten percent. reading notices priced per line with minimums. Advertisers may update ads freely. visitor distribution noted.
A brief notice indicates mail departs at 3 P.M. and delivery follows by carrier. Partial text suggests a schedule or service prompt with timing details.
A church based group the Ladies Sewing Society holds meetings on Wednesday afternoons at 3 o clock. The note indicates regular gathering for sewing activities and fellowship.
Rien, the Canadian rebel, is respited until tomorrow though strong belief persists he will be executed next Monday. Hon. Leverett Saltonstall named collector of the Port of Boston, seen as a blue blood democracy nod.
Mr. Taner was granted a divorce from his wife Annie, the decree filed on Monday. Mr. Downs expressed surprise but states he will not skip out.
Tur English argue the Puri tan did not beat the Genesta when tonnage is weighed. The notice adds that the Galatea will not come over.
John McCarreren's funeral took place in Philadelphia yesterday with pallbearers including Edwin Booth Joseph Jefferson John B. Carson of Chicago William H. Thomson of St Louis William J. Florence of New York Matthew Canning of Philadelphia Henry Edwards of New York William F. Johnson of Philadelphia James W. Collier John A. Cockrill and William M. Conner of New York.
A Boston Gazette review extols the Inventors and Manufacturers' Gazette a fifty cent yearly journal of twelve pages on heavy paper with wide coverage of invention. A Porttax dispatch reports Joseph Dyer of Cape Elizabeth presumed dead, later found alive after a coffin was opened, with his parents and bride relieved. doctors may have revived him after a suspended animation incident.
A dramatic incident left a man unconscious under a doctor's care while a neighbor recalls little about the events. The case stirs strong excitement in the neighborhood as recovery proceeds.
Mrs. John Floyd adds to her Main street home while J Elwood returns after weeks away. Mrs. Baker sustains serious injuries in a collision. George and Mrs Joselynne welcome a daughter, the couple’s fourth. Winthrop Associates meet. Union Social Circle plans December fair. Glee Club meets on Saturdays. East Boston park progress noted. Local speak of licenses, lodges, and civic events. Lombard wed. Lombard’s tale of business and accidents recounted. Knight of Honor totals paid to widows and orphans cited as context.
Mr Hamilton delivered a lecture titled The Common People last evening to a large audience. He opened with The voice of the people is the voice of God and urged reforms led by the common people. He reviewed U S political history and criticized unequal privileges for American women, urging action with the spirit of 76 to meet advancing evils.
A discussion on national reform driven by common people, acknowledging past mistakes and embracing progress. The piece praises woman’s rising status in the United States and cites Horace Greeley’s quip about the nation needing a “confounded good licking” but notes Americans would not yield to foreign opposition.
Winthrop Lodge Knights of Honor organized at the town hall last Friday under Grand Dictator Lawrence and Grand Recorder Eaton. Officers installed include Past Dictator J H Hartely Dictator8 8 Smith Vice Dictator Geo F Payne and others with Sagamore Lodge from Revere present.
Rev Mr Martin of Wakefield and the Baptist pastor preached at local churches last Sabbath. Mr Cary played organ as the choir was absent, and the sermons stressed resisting temptation through scripture. A collection was taken for a Wakefield church in financial distress.
Community items report Mr Goodrich planning a move to Boston once a suitable tenement is found. The Willing Workers meet at Mrs Clark’s on Crescent avenue, and a children’s party is planned at Poole’s on Bellingham.
An aggrieved taxpayer in Winthrop raises alarms over a 1880 valuation hike and higher taxes. He notes estates not raised still pay a small share, while his wife’s Pleasant Street estate rose over twenty percent. He demands equal taxation and questions assessor claims and bridge projects aiding Ocean Spray.
A humorous meditation on the human habit of blowing the nose contrasts man with animals. It notes the alligator elephant baboon and oyster each possess long noses yet never blow them into a punchy point about human vanity and use of a pocket handkerchief as proof of superiority.
A shopkeeper questions a well dressed man’s status as a trusted citizen. The milk man replies that trust is judged by owing debts, sparking a humorous exchange about appearances and character.
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