Orange Crate Living Room Table Sketch
An old sewing book sketch shows turning an orange crate into a living room table and chair set as a temporary piece until you acquire full furnishings. The top is cut from plywood and the design is from Sewing Book 8 by Mrs Ruth Wyeth Speaks, offering 32 pages of frugal, on hand project ideas. Readers are instructed to send 15 cents and a name and address to Bedford, Wille, N. Drawer 10, for Book No. 8.
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Folly of the 1752 calendar shift and Glastonbury thorn tests
When England shifted to the Gregorian calendar in 1752 people doubted the ten day loss and sought signs from God. Near Christmas many traveled to Glastonbury to see if the thornbush would bloom, using failure to flower as proof the 14th was correct and the new calendar not yet accepted.
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