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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1882
Page
3
An ornate tale traces the Van Nore family from distant antiquity through wealth and power to a modern crisis when the heir's marriage to a poor Jewess challenges the lineage. A dramatic confrontation ends with a fatal accident and a sacrificial act by Hero giving life to the dying patriarch.
The article surveys coastal foraging for seaweed and mosses for culinary and industrial uses from New England to Chile, noting carrageen moss, kelp and dulse collected for jelly production and animal feed. It details ripening cheese with calf-derived rennet, storage practices, and risks of tainted rennet, plus anecdotal travel notes and farming tips.
In Wellsborough Pennsylvania a pair riding near Leetonia encounter a large animal in the brush. Wilson drives the beast away with a whip and horses sprint to safety at a schoolhouse clearing. Local reports say tracks and claws were seen on the platform while Labar notes a recent shot and wound on a large animal nearby.
Naches, Piute chief, reports a couriéra left Camp, Winnemucca said to be alive but speechless. Winnemucca’s wife, who fled and was recaptured, was killed by Ochoho Indians in a stoning on a rocky bluff with her year-old child. The tribe allegedly sacrifices women suspected of bewitching men, with violent punishment used for threats to a white man's house.
The report notes that cyclists crossed the Alps, praising uphill climbs as the severest work. It jars with fragmented phrasing but implies remarkable endurance and achievement by the ride across challenging terrain.
A Boston Transcript note compares reactions to treating children like fireworks where danger follows initial spark. The remark highlights concerns about aggressive treatment methods and potential harm to kids.
A judge from St Tammany Parish Louisiana states that St Jacobs Oil is very efficacious for sprains and bruises and that no other oil or liniment equals it. He cites support from Mayor Carter H Harrison of Chicago and a New Orleans Times Democrat endorsement. A theater anecdote follows about a countryman and a conceited young man, illustrating plain speech and humor.
A railroad official from Chicago reports a man cured of an irrepressible thirst for liquor by Hop Bitters. The remedy allegedly relieved burning appetite, steadied nerves, and kept him sober for over two years with no urge to drink again.
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