Milk Trees Milk from bark described by Dr Spruce
Chambers's Journal notes a tree dog bane family producing milk from wounded bark with cow like purity and sweetness. In Guiana natives use hynhua Tabernaemontana utilis milk resembling cow milk though sticky from tannins. Para star apple family tree yields a similar milky sap used similarly.
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Dr. Spruce
Dog Bane
Spruce
Guiana
Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus
Para
Chambers
Forget-Me-Not Named From Fateful Danube Romance
The Philadelphia Times recounts a tale behind the forget me not. A knight and a lady walked by the Danube when he plucked the blue flower for her. He slipped into the river, cried Vergiss mein nicht, and died, making the bloom a symbol of fidelity.
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Gierman
Danube
Philadelphia Times
Government method for cleaning brass praised in arsenals
The described process uses one part muriatic acid and one half part sulfuric acid in a stone jar with water and sawdust. Brass items are dipped in water and rubbed with sawdust to achieve a brilliant color. If greasy, they are first dipped in a warm potash and soda solution to remove grease before acid treatment.
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United States
Burials Among Giants at Easter Islands 1792 Visit
A St. Louis Republic account recalls Bepres visiting the Easter Islands in 1792. It describes islanders as twelve feet tall on average, with tallest crew members needing to bend under stone carvings. Burial mounds rise as huge stone platforms topped by carved images up to eighty feet high.
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Bepres
Easter Islands
Goliath
St. Louis Republic
Fall of Saul on the road to Damascus sparks conversion
A fiery sermon notes Saul's horse crash and blindness on the road to Damascus. Jesus speaks, declaring, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest, transforming the persecutor into the Apostle Paul and proving Christianity's power and reality. The message urges personal repentance and humility before God.
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Aril Stanta
Duke of Wellington
Archibald Alexander
Christ
Saul
Jesus
Mediterranean
Paul
Gamaliel
Rab
Rabbi
Rabbak
Alvain
Gollant
Ante Sal
Kingdom of God
Kingdom of
Golin
David
Hell
Patton
God
Perstor
Napoleon I
Rome
Coliseum
Lolia Paulina
Ronan
Tyndall
Robert Newton
Jesus Christ
John
George
Henry
Jerusalem
Odesty
Stephen
Eaph
Ciician
Pauls
Paul Apich
Reon
Stamfert
London
Newmarket
Iay
Jeane
Curious Biologic Facts And Technological Claims
A collection of notes on animal adaptations including a turtle like proboscis in butterflies and vegetarian strength. Observations claim a year on Jupiter equals eleven years on Earth and sugar combustion can deter mice. Bee capabilities and wing mechanics, plus a method to predict storms via long-distance signals, are discussed alongside early telepresence ideas and sight advances.
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Jupiter
Globe
London Lancet
India
Virtues of the Onion in Home Remedies
The article cites traditional cures using onions for insomnia earache and cough relief. It notes boiled onions before bed to ease sleeplessness, a hot onion in the ear for earache, onion sugar syrup for croupy children, and raw onions to relieve a head cold.
Old Joyousness Recalled In Irish National Dream
From a Westminster Review reflection on Irish storytelling and politics, the piece laments fading old gaiety amid campaign taunts while noting a shift toward steadiness and thrift. It contrasts nostalgic songs of Patrick and Brian with a longing for United Ireland and a reborn national spirit.
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St. Patrick
Brian
O'Neal
Ireland
Mick
Fio
Westminster Review
Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure from I Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy for catarrh, claiming it reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward if it fails to cure and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials. Also promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as a tonic and notes other health products and claims about malaria and bronchial lozenges.
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Hall
I. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cueney & Co
California Fig Syrup Co
Origin of a Sweet Perfume Patchonly
The article recounts how patchonly, a perfume extract from an Indian plant, was used to scent Indian shawls to signal authenticity. French counterfeit shawls prompted discovery of the scent, with earlier secrecy yielding a temporary monopoly. The perfume remained popular though often replaced by others.
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France
Chicago Herald
August Flower Restores Neighbor to Health Says Holt Reader
A Holt Ontario reader, John Quibell, reports his neighbor John Gilbert was gravely ill with a failing liver and kidneys. After taking August Flower, his health dramatically improved, surprising his family and friends.
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John Gilbert
John Quibell
Holt
Ont
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