Cephas Seeks Patty in a Busy June Morning
Waitstill Baxter and Cephas Cole clash over chores at the mill town store on a sunny Saturday. Patty navigates work, a planned picnic, and Cephas’s marriage proposal as molasses spills trap Cephas in a comic, messy mishap that dampens sales and spirits.
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Wil
Cephas
Waitstill
Baxter
Bart
Weailstill
Uncle Bart
Wally
Deacon Baxter
Wait
Patty
Rod Boynton
Ivory
Defcon Baxter
Milltown
Cephas Cole
Redman
Rod
Rodman
Mark Wilson
Mark
Ellen
Phil Perry
Phil
Patience Baxter
Rodman Boynton
Maine
Chance
Uncle Burt
Waittstill
Bill Morrill
Bill
Messice
Cephnas
Mrss Merrill
Father
Bill Merrill
Denecon Baxter
Curious Castor Whip Tenure and Whisper Court Traditions
An 19th century note describes British land tenure curiosities. The Castor whip ceremony on Palm Sunday uses a new cart whip and a purse with thirty pieces of silver at the minister, while the Whisper Court at Rochford enforces attendance with a midnight, open air session and a whisper roll of fourteen tenants. The rite honors a lord who learned of a plotted assassination and established annual homage around a post at the plotters’ meeting spot.
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Castor
Broughton
Castor Church
Rochford
Essex
Kingshill
New York Tribune
Two and a half dozen children joke exchange
In a short exchange a fat man boasts he has two and a half dozen children. The others gasp as they tally the count, concluding that two and a half dozen equals eight. The moment ends with a wry confirmation of the arithmetic.
Choice of Dutch Style Caps for Young Housewives
Several sets of matching caps and aprons are a positive necessity to the young housekeeper who does her own cooking and answers her own doorbell. The cap looks best in Dutch style with wings above the ears to protect elaborate hairdos and avoid maidhead attire. The main point is to adopt the cap style that best suits the individual young housewife.
Paris Fashion In Pale Lemon Yellow Face Powder
Parisiennes favor tinted face powders and wigs with a pale lemon yellow powder for a soft skin tone. A cyclamen pink rouge combines with the yellow, while the throat and neck receive pink and white powder, intended for evening wear only.
Lovely Eyelashes Care Tip and Dinner Quip
A beauty tip promotes daily eyelash brushing and a home eyelash cream recipe using sweet almond oil benzoin tincture glycerin lanolin and attar of roses to boost growth and curl. A London dinner anecdote follows with a young woman gently mocking a solicitor over the difference between barrister and solicitor.
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London
Mr. X
Softening Water Tip With Oatmeal Bag
A spring skin care tip advises using a fine muslin bag filled with oatmeal. Dip the bag in washing water and squeeze it firmly several times to soften the water and keep hands and face smooth.
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Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Conomy
Ford
F. O. H. Laanrens
H. L. Bruett
Lane-Moore Lumber Go
M. W. Skaner
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