White Embroidery On a Dark Color by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Embroidery blends Ross-stitch with running stitches to decorate a luncheon cloth on dark fabric such as maroon blue or green. Use coarse white thread on broadcloth or smooth cotton. two pieces of material are joined by machine sewing and hidden by stitched borders. A stamped pattern is unnecessary and a canvas overlay guides a four corner design. booklet details and order information follow.
Leap Year Day and Deerfield Massacre Recounted
A historical account outlines the Deerfield Massacre of February 29 1704 during Queen Annes War. It covers the raid by Her tel de Rouville and 140 Mohawk allies, the burning of Deerfield, the capture and fate of Rev John Williams and his family, and the later tale of Eleazer Williams who claimed to be the Lost Dauphin Louis XVII.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Deerfield
Mass
England
France
Connecticut River
New England
Massachusetts
Hertel de Rouville
Canada
de Rouville
Pine Woods
Petty’s Plain
Stockade
Sheldon
Dudley
John Williams
Roxbury
Samuel Williams
John Elliot
Harvard
Young Williams
Wilds
Solomon Stoddard
Northampton
Stoddard
Eunice Mather
Eunice Williams
Connecticut Valley
Eunice’ Williams
Eleazer
Esther Mather
Parson Williams
Zion
Eunice
Caughnawaga
St. Lawrence River
Sarah
Te-ho-ra-gwa-negen
Thomas Williams
Thomas Wil
Dauphin
Paris
Knights Templars
Louis Charles
Marie Therese
America
Eleazer Williams
New York
Wisconsin
Te-ho-ra-gwa-ne-gen
Mary Ann (Rice) Williams
Marlboro
Quebec
Williams
Prince de Joinville
Louis Philippe
Great Lakes
Mackinac
Green Bay
Wis
de Joinville
Louis XVII
J. H. Hanson
Bourbon
Putnam’s Monthly
Hanson
Prince
Peite designs offer home crafts with wallboard cutouts
Aunt Martha advertises Peite patterns for yard cutouts inspired by Gone With the Wind. Designs include a 24 inch tall berrified hoop skirt lady and a belle with a sprinkling can, sold on patterns 29067 and 79068 for 15 cents each through Box 166 W Kansas City Missouri.
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Scarlett O’hara
Melanie Wilkes
Martha
Kansas City
Procrastination Quote by Quintilian
A brief quotation from Quintilian warns that delaying action until it is too late undermines effort. The line frames procrastination as a barrier to starting important tasks and suggests timing matters for achievement.
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Quintilian
Beacons of Safety and the Newspaper Advertisements
A short, period voice piece extols advertisements as guiding beacons to improved, easier access to needed goods and services. It compares ads to a light on the height showing newer, better ways to obtain desired items.
Desperate action at infant school over torn breeches
An anxious mother at an early 20th century infant school holds a hammer and demands Miss Davids. She protests she will drive in a nail to fix her boy's ripped breeches as the principal tries to calm her in the classroom.
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Miss Davids
Fied
Rascal
Righting Life Right Attitude and Actions
A compact motivational note attributing the phrase to B C Forbes, emphasizing virtue and correct conduct in life and daily choices.
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B. C. Forbes
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By Ruth Wyeth Spears
United States
Central America
John Sheldon
Perrfield
National Life Insurance Company
Montpelier
Peite
FIERE
Doubey
Hiwkery
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Iit