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Newspaper

The Visitor

Location

Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1885

Page

4

El J Freeman creditors meeting adjourns amid unsatisfactory report

A damaged report from a creditors meeting at the Vue de Bastion office on State Street Huston followed a terse discussion. The committee’s findings were unsatisfactory and an assignment for the benefit of creditors was considered before adjourning to Thursday.

EL J. Freeman Clot Weaton State Street Huston Pseihiey Winthrop Local Land Office G. E. Joscelyne Revere Street

Singing by Methodist church quartet praised at Hast Sunday service

The Methodist church Hast Sunday afternoon featured a fine quartet choir performance led by Mrs. Nelson with Mr. Pichlis of Melrose at the pulpit. Rev. Mr. Safford spoke on the wonders of Jesus, praising His teachings and influence, while new members were welcomed and weather limited attendance at praise meetings.

Methodist Chiren Nelson Pichlis Melrose Orestor Isaiah Miles Tim Safford Cag Onge

Fragmented 19th Century Notes Sweep From Statues To Pitches

The fragmentary column mentions a proposed 20 000 statue for a port named Longfellow, a Vermont rink venture, Connecticut governor’s sale offer, and a New York event involving Miss Anna Hie Morris of Georgia. It adds social reform notes from England, a Vienna conference pitch standard, and assorted society snippets.

Porthind Port Longfellow Vermont English Connecticut New York Anna Hie Morris Georgia Couriér Journal Tastoi Coimiseial

Tragic Lovers End Life In Central Park Ambiguous Notes

In Central Park last Saturday evening two people entwined in a supper of danger faced death together. They bared a breast a bullet marked resolve. a bulldog pistol lay on a box filled with love letters and ballots of destiny. Police investigate the strange scene with references to a dramatic public spectacle and a man named Sullivan connected to a Chicago venue.

Central Park New York Tay Fes Hive

Curiosities of Freaks and Exhibitions At Forepaugh's Museum

Frank G. Connolly, manager, recounts bold plans and high spend in securing freaks for Forepaugh’s museum. Tales cover dwarfs, three-armed ants, earth dwellers, albinos, and a headless child, with agents chasing specimens across nations and continents, amid fortunes spent and skepticism from courts and crowds.

Frank G. Connolly Mandelay Charles FE Warner Circus Aventé Sand Kings Chirley Gaylor South Africa India Farini Jorilla Land Englands Ali John Barton Jin Buenos Ayres Estar Heward Johnstown Greneral Tom Thum Newak Jim Robinson Berks

The Gauchos Convoys and Peculiar South American Gaucho lore

A Buenos Ayres letter to the Sun paints Gauchos as indolent yet active, half savage and half courtier, governed by unwritten codes, famed for lasso work, horse breaking, and fierce duels. Rosas’s dictatorship, gaucho culture, and brutal civil strife are examined against their nomadic, beer and yerba mate lifestyle.

South America Buenos Ayres Argentine Republic New York Sun Gsweho Agas Tobe Manuel Rosas Ile Rosas Urquiza The E Estancia Aieho

The Progress of Storms in Early Weather Reports

The article explains how the Weather Bureau in Washington studied storms with diagrams and describes a specific storm moving from the West toward the Great Lakes and New England. It details wind shifts, cloud bands, snow, and the advancing center, noting how predictions rely on observing the storm’s general motion and its effects across Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, Maine, and the Atlantic coast.

Signal Service Washington New Begin New York Aegugeere Ohio Valley Minnesota Great Lakes Atlantic Iowa Maine Cent.c Missouri Mississippi Lochester Ai Buffalo Iceland Jonth

Flys use as scavengers and a wartime tally in one page

The article notes flies destroy decaying matter and even locate hidden dead rats by scent, recounting a blue bottle fly guiding workers to a corpse. It also cites Civil War enlistment totals: Union 2,320,272 with 279,376 deaths. Confederates 133,821. It adds cancer tongue incidence and survival figures from Melica Record.

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