Cromwell Seeks Peace and Power in Postwar Reverie
Oliver Cromwell endures a night of inward conflict and visionary strength after a banquet with Milton and Cromwell’s family. He wrestles with governance, Kingship, and Puritan ideals while seeking divine guidance and rest. The chapter blends religious devotion with political resolve as he contemplates fate and future.
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Doctor Verity
Robert
Admiral Blake
Cromwell
Milton
John Cotton
Boston
Brethren
Mr. Milton
Mary
Frances Cromwell
Jane Swaffham
Jane
Frances
Dog Brings Pigs From Spring in Remarkable Stunt
Dr. Murray of Carrollton recounts a canine tale from the Republican Record of Carrollton Kansas about a dog that found three dead pigs at a mineral spring. He carried them to a bucket, returned home, and deposited each pig into the container, delighting neighbors who saw the procession.
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Claypole
St. Ives
Oliver
Elizabeth
Mr. Cromwell
Gen. Cromwell
Three Kingdoms
Milton
David
Doctor Owen
Cromwell
St. John’s
St. John
Dr. Owen
Gethsemane
Jonathan
John Verity
Konig
Europe
England
Murray
Carrollton
Kas
Tears and Chemistry Test Astonish a Husband
A professor dismisses his wife's sobs as inconsequential noting tears are mostly water with salts. She retorts asking whose tears he has tested, revealing a sharp exchange in a Pearson's Weekly item about marital mischief and quick wit.
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Pearson's Weekly
Frocks Axor Skills Fair Blouses and Fashion Notes
A vintage fashion page details a pale blue Touisine silk blouse with broad collar and shield waist, plus a Peter Thompson style boy's costume in white serge with blue trim. It also offers sewing tips, fabric yardage, and note on Broadwalk Veils to prevent a branded look.
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Peter Thompson
Embroidered Gowns Trend and Simple Wash Cambince
Embroidered gowns rise in fashion with accessible DIY embellishment. A wash cambince using white linen cambric and three garlands of colored flowers offers a pretty effect. Cut pale green and pale pink wash ginghams into five petaled blossoms with heart leaves and edge with coarse wash silk.
Household tips from a past era
Household Talks advises practical chores such as easing a stiff window by rubbing sash cords with soft soap and using alum with black lead for polishing, warming a board to polish knives, adding ammonia to window cleaning water, and cleaning tarnished stair rods with soap, water, oil, and rotten stone.
Color tips for portraits in photography
Practical guidance on wardrobe tones for photos. Dark brown, dark green and plain black fabrics without gloss yield rich black tones. Dark drab, dark orange, crimson and slate produce a rich drab shade. Violet purple pink and magenta appear very light, while pale blue tends toward white and should be avoided.
White Chip Hat Adorns Ban Deau Pink Velvet Band
A broad-brimmed white chip hat is lifted from the coiffure by a pink velvet ban deau. A wreath of green leaves and sprays of shaded pink flowers completes the ornament.
Beaten Biscuit Dough and Baking Method Described
A historic recipe explains making beaten biscuits by rubbing lard into sifted flour, adding salt, and wetting with water and milk to a stiff dough. It is worked for ten to fifteen minutes, rolled to a quarter inch, baked fifteen minutes, and pricked with a fork. Some add baking powder to the dry mix for improvement.
Cleaning Wash Silk Waists
Cleaning wash silk waists requires washing in suds of benzine or gasoline with white soap. Rinse in fresh benzine and, if wrinkled, press with a warm flatiron after drying. Do not use a hot iron on a garment wet with benzine or gasoline. Save sediment from the rinse for future use.
Pearls in Fashion Through the Ages
A brief note on the enduring allure of real pearls versus imitation ones. Real pearls vary individually and require careful selection for a single necklace, while imitations can be mass produced as uniform spheres.
Evening gown accessories and Paris fringe trend
Sashes remain essential for evening gowns this season. Blue taffeta parasols with white polka dots edge with white velvet piping. Grass linen gowns pair with matching fobs and charms. Stoles remain the favored shoulder wrap in ostrich marabout or lace. Imported novelties include plaid voiles in green and blue and delicate pasted shandings. Paris reports ma crame fringe edging collars and linen gown flounces.
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Paris
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