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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1885
Page
1
A brief masthead item describes The Visitor as published every Friday afternoon with A L Slawson as managing editor and communications addressed to Sle Publisher at 71 Oliver Street in Boston Winthrop Street area near A Teewksbury's Boot and Shoe store, outlining contact details.
Rates shown for various column widths per year including one high space and half column. Shorter periods use 10 percent discount. ads incur 10 cents per line for first insertion with per-line charges for subsequent insertions. Notices under 50 cents not accepted. Free visitor copies to advertisers during term.
Reports outline a British navy capture, Servians and Bulgarians in a brief war with little market impact, virulent smallpox in Charlottetown, a ship barred from Halifax, and the Downs church scandal in East Cambridge. A murder attempt in Boston ends with arsenic fiber misdeeds, Louis Bret is executed at Regina, and Canadian politics stir French Canadian tensions after Riel's execution.
Foreign and domestic voices largely condemn the act, portraying the execution as dangerous to government stability and prompting sharp criticism from observers.
Local brief reports the usual Sunday Episcopal service at town hall at 2 50 PM next Sunday. It notes the Order of the Golden Cross meeting at town hall and several building and improvement plans in Winthrop Highlands, plus social circle events, concerts, and upcoming Conservatory classes.
Mr Eastman rode to tame a spirited horse racing railcars and train whistles. He was pitched from the shaft but suffered only slight injuries. The horse kept pace until trains halted and was finally captured. The animal remains not for sale.
In Rev Clouse absence at the Baptist church he preached a powerful sermon on I Timothy stirring church gifts and the need for constant effort. The sermon urged members to shine in their own light and keep fuel to the fire of communal duty. Cary will resume his Religion topic next Sunday. Episcopal service at town hall drew a good crowd with communion observance second Sunday monthly.
The article describes a proposed fast cheap and comfortable elevated electric transport to Winthrop. Boston innovator John Enos introduces air driven cars using a motor system on a gutter route with pillars 40 feet apart envisioned to glide travelers swiftly to the beach and back.
A design for an electric propelled car suspended by steel wires would glide above rails with a two foot clearance and run at about eight miles per hour. The project faces questions on weather, street crossing safety, alighting, and fire response, with public debate urged in The Visit or.
Subscriptions for The Visitor are received by F Y Ladd at Winthrop avenue. Episcopal services are at 10 45 a m next Sunday with no church workers meeting next Thursday due to Thanksgiving. The Visitor is sold at Hall's barber shop weekly. E M Gillam shot the buck Rattletrap in Milville New Jersey at 84 yards and caused a fatal pursuit by himself and two hunters. Thanksgiving day will witness the marriage of Harry Goodrich and Minnie Walbourne at the Goodrich home. Miss Walbourne is noted for singing at local entertainments. A church supper Tuesday yielded a large crowd and hearty provisions, with Georgie Pray and Woodward entertaining. A town meeting Friday night failed to overturn the decision to build the hose carriage house on the schoolhouse lot.
A Dublin Georgia chronicle recalls a 'too artistic' engagement, a Boston canvasser with tatters, and a western deacon funeral wreath tale. French weather prophet Captain Delainey foresees 1886 as an annnee terrible with earthquakes and a comet arrival, linking Mechology to political unrest.
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