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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1885
Page
1
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 is a weekly Friday paper edited by A L Slawson with ongoing coverage of local events and community notices.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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