Cobweb Cure Asthma Spars With Public Alarm
A Wooster Ohio family promotes cobweb pills as an asthma cure causing a flood of inquiries. An expert warns cobwebs are not spider webs and unsafe, while cinnamon and other scents are noted as antiseptics in unrelated passages.
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Origin of the Scarlet Uniform in the Parliamentary Army
Cromwell's testimony on diverse clothing causing fraternal slayings spurred a 1644 45 army reorganization to a single color. The first regiment was scarlet with blue facings, serving under Royal Windsor. Naseby marked the army’s first action against the King though Royalists wore beans in hats and Parliamentarians white handkerchiefs.
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Attractive and Healthful Flower Odors Purify Air
The article claims flowers release a purifying atmosphere the home cannot object to. It cites experiments in the Old World showing floral odors destroy many microbes, noting cloves in particular kill odorous creatures in twenty five...
Festival of the Locks celebrated in Lebarre village fete
A French hamlet hosts its annual Festival of the Locks during the first or second Sunday in September. The rite features a meat filled puff pastry cake named after the locks used to fasten doors, sold only in Lebarre during the fete week, with visitors pairing the treat with new wine. The cake’s origin ties to Rousseau era lore and hints at a lingering heathen sacrifice rite.
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Mechanical Progress and Royal Oddities from a Swansea Tin Works
A detailed account describes a sheet of iron produced at Swansea tin works using a sequence of hot and cold rolling and balling furnaces to reach a very thin sheet. The piece notes the sheet’s final size and weight reductions and highlights historic royal eccentricities such as Anne’s ice palace, the Czar J a u l mirror room, a Java prince’s cascading gate feature, and Tippo Sahib’s life size tiger at dinner with animating sounds.
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My Lady's Dressing Table A Charming New Design
A detailed look at a white enameled dressing table with three wall rods, muslin drapery, and lace trim. The piece is shown with a vase, china catch-all, and trays for nail items, brushes, and pins. The article argues for private dressing spaces and includes musings on liberty and neatness. It also briefly touches moss growth in Keenland and the broader impact of vegetation on Greenland, then cites religious mission statistics for South America and Persia.
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