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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1891
Page
4
In New York chapters, Keppel Darke and Olympia Raven unveil a secret fortune linked to European rulers and Napoleon. The lovers confront Garcia and plan for a future free of the treasure’s curse, while the Count’s masquerade strains their bond amid danger and revelation.
Olympia Raven, unsettled since a ball night, grows anxious as hypno trance experiments blur reality. She aids Count de Lisle in a murder inquiry though unaware of how her powers are used. Her altered state hints at unknown consequences beyond the case.
Helen Jay reviews Howells on self denial and its harms, arguing excessive grief and self sacrifice harm the living. She notes misreadings of the Bible, cruel funeral customs, child distress, family ruin from misplaced loyalties, and overtaxed caregivers. The piece warns against sentimental philanthropy that neglects stable, humane care.
Housekeepers believe tainted meats can be freshened by long boiling in soda and water to destroy poisons. The Boston Herald notes this may fail if meat is too old and warns ordinary cooking cannot render it safe. Some use salicylic and boracic acids in sausages, but soda and preservatives can be harmful.
The article recounts affidavit cases where funds are unrecoverable by normal means. One clerk saved the government 180000 dollars after a paymaster’s trunk containing the money sank in the Mississippi and lay submerged for months, nearly pulped upon reaching the treasury. The express company, handling the money, presented the clerk with 500 dollars.
A New York cor respondent notes stockings worn by women would form a 2000 mile row if joined, longer than the Atlantic cable. Maintaining them requires about 400 miles of garters, per Louisville Courier Journal correspondence.
Scarf cameras in fashionable guise capture portraits in a trend setting era. The Kamaret camera, a four pound box for 100 exposures, becomes popular among amateurs at Vienna exhibitions where Mrs. N. G. Bartlett and royalty showcase images. Canada’s surveyor general De ville uses camera surveys of the Rockies, while Professor Cromwell experiments with double exposure via dual doors on a single lens.
A partial report describes a trackside incident where a person intervened near a passing train. Eyewitnesses reported shock as emergency responders arrived at the scene.
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