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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1886
Page
2
Francis Foote narrates a Boston Traveller poem about a oak struck by lightning and a bird singing beneath, symbolizing resilience. A cloud in the heart of man follows, as the poem moves from tragedy to spiritual uplift and the soul’s ascent to God.
An unnamed conductor relates his dangerous past on a Southern Pacific run from Tucson to Los Angeles. After causing a fatal mistake with an upper berth, he flees by night through Mexico to El Paso and Paso del Norte. Years later in a cathedral Miss Paxton identifies him, revealing the truth behind the vanished money and his assumed innocence.
The writer describes fatigue and nervous fits after crossing the river and notes a drift into wild ideas and interrupted thoughts. He compares his condition to trains racing along a mental railroad and suggests a bromide as a possible remedy.
A collection of curiosities and brief observations on earthquakes ancient slavery Rome fly multiplication eye stones and Persian marriage customs. The piece notes vast totals, curious natural history facts, and social habits in a compact historical snapshot.
Eyewitness account describes a massive 120 foot high wave sweeping Java after Krakatoa eruption. Survivors recount frantic escapes, crushing crowds, and people dragged to their deaths as fifty thousand perished in the disaster.
General Crook likens Apache to a wild animal and an independent army, noting their fierce resilience and capacity to resist subjugation. A Nebraska field yielded 2,200 bushels of wheat from one forty-acre plot, illustrating agricultural output amid frontier conditions.
A physician from the Washington Star notes there are few true coffee species and explains grading comes from post harvest treatment. He outlines major varieties Mocha Java Jamaica Surinam and leaves of the coffee tree used in drinking and tea-like preparations. Roasting losses and aroma formation are detailed along with benefits and cautions of coffee consumption. Mustard crops and prairie chicken scarcity also appear.
The article surveys varied topics from coffee leaf infusion and the commerce value of dried coffee leaves to aging and vigor, quartz crystal spheres and large crystal balls, snow lines on major mountain ranges, and a French scientist’s comparison of steam versus animal power for traction. It also notes a London lapidary’s method to enhance imitation stones and a Naval Architecture instrument to measure structural strains through a thin wire and parallel plates.
About fifty miles above Astoria in Oregon, Coffin Rock on the Washington bank looms two hundred feet over the river. It is a granite burial site once used by local Indians for interment with a canoe, belongings, and food. Reports say desecration by white settlers worsened tensions, contributing to the Yakima War of 1856.
A reflective piece urges embracing the frailty of life to strengthen human ties. It asks readers to practice tenderness, curb rash speech, abandon grudges, and offer genuine encouragement and comfort to others in Christian life.
A所以 brief poem meditates on nature and simple pleasures cherishing a child’s kiss and a smile. It urges valuing purity over show and warns against nearsightedly mourning blessings once unseen. The Springfield Republican framing ties it to seasonal imagery and literary sentiment.
A collage of light items from various papers includes jokes about a polish boot black, a tale of a sailor tried for assault who proved to be one, and quips about garments without buttons and champagne at the top. It also notes a dead pianist Liszt and a disappearing cat tale, all in brisk, jocular style.
A railroad artesian water well in Lemoore gains fame for iron and sulphur rich content said to curb ardent spirits. Reported cures include a San Francisco man with longstanding dyspepsia and a nervous headache sufferer, both claiming dramatic health improvements. The piece notes private ownership could lead to a sanatorium and a famous resort for the afflicted.
A London News anecdote recalls an American traveler at a provincial museum who is shown a rusty knife linked to Charlotte and a monk’s lamp that reportedly burned for 2,000 years at a Buddhist temple. The visitor extinguishes the sacred fire with a single puff and departs.
The article extols milk weed fiber as inexpensive, strong like flax, easily carded, and adaptable to flax-spinning. It notes the weed grows nationwide, especially in the South, with minimal cultivation costs and simple gathering comparable to cotton.
Bay parish listings show multiple churches with service times and events. Methodist and Episcopal services at various hours, Sunday school details, prayer meetings, and auxiliary groups announced. Union Church Beachmont hosts services and Sunday school with evening activities. social guilds meet midweek. social circle notes and mail arrangements included.
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