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Newspaper

The Visitor

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1885

Page

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Houses for Sale by Termaeasy

Property listing fragment notes houses for sale with application directed to $.G. Irwin. No further details on location, prices, or terms are provided in the readable OCR.

The Visitor Friday Edition Notes Editor and Publication

The Visitor is a weekly Friday paper edited by A L Slawson with ongoing coverage of local events and community notices.

Church Notices and Congregational Activities

The notice lists multiple services and meetings led by Rev G Safford and other clergy. It mentions weekly prayer and praise services, Saturday prayer meeting, Sunday school, and other Episcopal and Congregational events with times and hosting details. It notes cordial welcomes, social circle meetings, and stewarded by named officers and librarians.

Leg Ospauw E. Hi. Crosby Ewes Cordes Charles Floyd Arthur Dunham Ladies’ Church Aid Society J. P. Novae A- B. Green

Classified Advertisement Rates From Historic Ledger

Rates for one inch space per year range from -. to 89 00 with variations for column widths and periods. Shorter terms add ten percent. reading notices charged at ten cents per line first insertion and four cents for each subsequent. minimum charge sixty cents. Advertisers may change ads as desired and notices are set in the same type. Our visitor is mailed free to advertisers during the term. The above rates are strictly adhered to.

Beachgoers urged to report current addresses for newspaper delivery

Subscribers who have returned home are asked to advise their present location so the Tur Visitor can ensure papers reach them regularly. The notice emphasizes updating contact details to maintain delivery service.

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State Tickets and Fatal Storm Highlight Local News

The piece lists state ticket positions for Republican and Democratic candidates with governor and lieutenant governor names. A severe Saturday storm battered this region, causing major damage in Lynn with thousands in losses. Ex Governor Thomas Talbot died in Lowell at 67, noted for enacting the 10 hour law. Chelsea editors feud with their police chief as a real estate ad hints at a double barreled shotgun.

Thomas Talbot Lowell Ixtr Heowas Cambridge Ure Chelsea

Boston Artillery's Banquet Slights Mechanics Regiments

Boston's A and H Artillery drew attention in the Nutmeg State by assembling regiments and companies of mechanics and workingmen as escorts but then excluding these groups from their banquet. The piece mocks the dancing soldier as a tool of social warfare and calls for preservation of the A and H artillery in display.

Boston A. and H. Artillery H. A

Population growth of Massachusetts through 1885

Sumner, acting as Winthrop enumerator, reports 1300 population in his 10 July note, but Col. Wright provides 1370 in advance sheets. Massachusetts’ census shows steady rise from 295,080 in 1776 to 1,941,465 in 1840 and 2,000,000 by 1885, with Boston at 390,406 and Worcester 68,383 as the state’s second city.

Sumner Froom Winthrop Tne Floyd Carroll D. Wright Bureau of Statistics of Labor Commonwealth Massachusetts Boston Worcester

Simmons Sues Beacon and Councilman for Libel

The late chairman of the Boston water board, Mr. Simmons, sues the Beacon and Councilman Harding for libel seeking 50000 dollars in damages each. The case centers on statements regarding the Fisher Hill purchase and the higher price paid for property.

Simmons Boston Water Board The Beacon Cowdcilman Harding Fisher Hill

Endorsement for David Floyd Jr to General Court

The Revere Journal discusses David Floyd the younger of Winthrop as a potential representative for the district. It urges support for Floyd citing his years of trusted public service, moral standing, and suitability for the office if chosen by the convention.

Revere David Floyd Winthrop General Court Floyd

Young Men's Congress Aims to Train Youth in Parliamentary Procedure

Boston hosts a Young Men's Congress with officers such as speaker and clerk. It simulates the Massachusetts legislature, with bill introductions, committee referrals, debate, and passage or rejection. Membership is open to morally sound young men, fees are small, and officers are chosen under civil service reform rules.

Boston Massachusetts

Baptist Church Festival To Aid Organ Debt

The Baptist Social Circle will stage a festival in the town hall on Wednesday evening October 14. Hot coffee cake ice cream and tempting dishes will attract attendees. Proceeds will liquidate the church organ debt with community support encouraged.

Ladies of the Baptist Friends of

People's Lecture Course Opens With Readings

The opening program of the People's Lecture Course features readings by Prof. George W. Biist of the Tish school of elocution and will be held at town hall on Thursday evening, Oct. 22. Lectures by Revs. Baldwin Cooper Cary and Hamilton follow, with C. F. Adams reading from his works, assisted by violinist Grace D. Crocker.

George’ Wsbiist Tish School of Elocution Town Hall Baldwin, Cooper, Cary and Hamilton C. F Adams Leetle Yawcob Strauss Grace D. Crocker W. H. Munroe Christ's Church Boston David W. Thomas Dunham Winthrop Great Head Methodist Church

Locals in brief reveal town life and upcoming events

Readable notices report residents closing stables and planning moves, purchases like a yacht and cider, and upcoming church services. Gossip mentions festivals, a grand yacht club ball in Boston, and talks of an Episcopal society. Community notes include illnesses, housing plans, school needs, and local business activity.

New England Chautauqua Association Formed

Boston hosts two meetings on April 14 and 28 to organize a regional group for Chautauqua circles. Rev. Edward E. Hale chosen president as the society aims to foster interest and better acquaintance among members with four to five gatherings yearly. Membership costs 25 cents annually for C L C and hall and grove society members.

C. L New England Boston Edward E. Hale

Beachmont News Notes Local Life and Politics

Beachmont reports residents repairing streets after weekend rain, ongoing house and bakery work on Crescent Avenue, and plans for a new church building on Winthrop Avenue. Registrars of voters schedule city dates, Republicans name delegates and town committee officers, and debates over a fourth class liquor license surface amid local sentiment against further licenses.

Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Boston Church of the Unity Society Winthrop Avenue Wm. T. Hall C. F. W. Smith Wm. G. Harris Frank E. Pray J. 0. Kneip Albert §. Burnham KE. G. Tutein Jonathat Stone Robert M. Copeland A. W.jayes C.uk. W. Smith Fred R. Kneip C. M. Gueth Revere Journal Beachmont

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Richardson Revere Water Works Eorge E. McCarthy Winthrop Street Winthrop, Mass Charles A. Buswell J Everett Burrill Cornet Madison Avenue Rm Winthroe Walter Lawton Cor Main and Pleasant Streets Davis & CO. S Neo School Street Durant Japan Fremont Street Main Street Winthrop Bridge Mass Civil Engineers Dvonshire Water Streets H. T. Whitman C. B.C. Breck J.T. Whitman N.B J R. Putnam & CO Atlantic Avenue Revere Beach & Lynn Depot Abree Tewksbury F. E. Bennett Waser Baigs Saratoga Street East Si Beschmont Winthrop Aves Ieee Sry Winterspare Hi ‘Para Street H. Griffin Winthrop, St., Winthrop F. Dunham Carpenter Practical Architect Main Winthrop Streets M. Cilase Main St Herman St A. L. Slawson SE. Cowell Oliver St Winteror Orrick A. Tewksbury Boot and Shoe First Baptist Church G. Safford Samuel Sturgis Methodist Episcopal Church Seth Cary Union Social Circle W. c R. Wu Samuel Belcher Winthrow Street United Order Golden Cross P. Floyd Noble Union Church Ladies’ Sewing Society Superior Civil Court Charles Learned John Learned Prince Street J- C. Davis George DD. Robinson Oliver Ames Frederick (. Prince H. H. Gilmore T. J. Lothrop C. B. Knight Lynn Baptist Church Festival E. B. Wadsworth Cottage Hill Wilkie Mrs. Wells Centre Street Maluen Pareent Frank Collamore Ust Loranus Crowell of Methodist Eharely John Buckins Messrs Nickerson & George Revere Street John Carter Read Fortesque Lold Lyman K. Billings Commodore Chamberlain David White Pleasant Street John Campbell Lincoln Street Well E. I. Parks Canada Lawrence Hamilton A. W. Richardson Charles Sturgis New York State Hudson Saratoga John Douglass New York S. G. Irwin Cornelia Soper Elm Avenue Irwin Frederick Grant Manning Sumner Bloyd John Belcher Job Wretley J. i. Burrill George K. Pomroy C. P. Tewksbury F. N. Seavey George G. Belcher A. M. Belcher Elsworth Burrill Dawe S. A. Freeman Tana Matthews Jonathan Ms ‘Tucker F. HL. Seavey Alm. Belcher J. EK Barrill H.C. Dunham American’ Peace, Society Dunas Ib Yen Ham George & Collins Victoria Cs L. S.C Annie M. Chapin Somerset Street Fred. BE. Keay South Congregational Harch Aston Bark Street Sarah A. Livermore William C. Collar Roxbury High School I.e. Hale N.E. Chaupauqua Association Mr. Walton Crescent Avenue Mr. Elliot Gloucester Carlotta Maximilian Bondant Brussels
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