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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1885
Page
3
A collage of light anecdotes and social quirks from 19th century life. Tales include a needle mystery, sewing society notices, a rick rack joke, a Norfolk voyage tale, a New London tailor joke, a Detroit club cash gift, a Webster anecdote at Astor House, and a note on opium smokers in San Francisco. Names include Calvin G. Williams, Captain James Darrow, and general references to historical figures.
A historical account of Richard Arkwright born in 1732 Lancashire who transformed cotton spinning. From barber to dye maker to inventor he developed a water powered frame, securing patents by 1768 and 1775 and a monopoly by 1785. His machines drastically reduced manual labor and boosted industry.
In youth Benjamin F. Butler led a campus prank at a university chapel. He directed classmates to release swallows during a lecture, triggering screams as gas lights were snuffed and the audience cried fire. The stunt ended with many male attendees gone, leaving others puzzled at the wild stoppage.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt details NYSE membership rules in 18th and 19th century practice, including the $20 000 initiation fee or $1 000 transfer fee plus membership. It covers bearer debts, affidavits, citizenship, business history, life insurance, and the evolving fee schedule from 1792 to 1870, noting Paris bourses as a comparable cost.
A 74 year old Woolwich workhouse man named Plumstead has not slept in seven years, rarely dozing more than half an hour. He stays on duty at night and helps as an assistant porter by day, a habit formed during late hours as a butcher. The piece also references Chaucer’s small fowls and describes silver saddles in the Americas, then notes a New York physician linking coughs to starched collars and recommending unstarched woolen collars.
Since 1857 pneumonia has grown nearly twice as fast as Massachusetts population, signaling a rising health burden and prompting concern among public officials about medical care and housing conditions.
John Andrews, a long-time Jewsharp maker in New York, explains the craft and its demand. He handcrafts six to eight first-class harps daily, with prices from fifteen cents to two dollars, and emphasizes tone depends on tongue fitting and frame alignment.
The Welsh leek traces to St. David's day 640 when Cadwaller's forces wore leeks to distinguish friend from foe. The emblem symbolized victory and spread to royal pages in Henry V and Poictiers, with later royal gifts featuring leeks in diamonds from Wales to the Princess of Wales.
The article outlines home health tips such as using powdered alum for nosebleeds and horseradish applications for neuralgia. It also describes a French method for giving castor oil to children with a mix of oil and an egg, stirred and flavored with salt or sugar.
The article tramples through quack claims tying a rise in illness to Uric Acid, calling it a kingpin of rheumatism headaches skin boils and more. It warns that unless flushed from the system with Warner s Safe Cure the kidneys and blood will suffer and disease will flourish.
W A Croffut reports a Mexican Central letter detailing new massive locomotives for the Pacific and Gulf branches. The engines, with up to sixteen drivers, haul extreme weights on steep grades and tight curves, promising to move the largest ships between oceans.
A London Standard report explains a proposed procedure to divide the tendons of the ring finger to increase its flexibility and strength for pianists harpists and violinists. The operation is described as minimally painful with little blood loss and a notable benefit for skilled musicians who rely on the fourth finger.
A mixed, historically styled newspaper fragment promotes patent medicines for female health and coughs, mentions Dr Pierce prescriptions, and includes various medical testimonials. It also notes bone grafting experiments in Galveston and advertisements for Cod Liver Oil, alum soap, and a Yosemite travelers inn spending.
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