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threatened their ancestors in the die tm.t i»l«ii*Ih oir tin* African const.I he ie«t ivnl begun eatuidav evening wili: fireworks and a procession, and continued throughout Sunday and Mon* duv, the main feature taking place on Sunday, when a young Portuguese maiden, Miss Maria S. Caldiera, was crowned queen in the church and sent form in triumphal march, to the blare 01 music and the ilutterings of flags. Ttie ceremony of crowning took place in the little church directly opposite from Freeport, presided over hy Kev. Father Suirae. After tne crowning, which was preceded hy the celebration of mass, the queen, accompanied by her escort, pro* ceeded n • the levee for a distance of half a mile, wliere the tables weieSinead beneath the shade of trees. Ilothsides ol the levee along ttie line of march were dense w ith people, v bo stood with uocovereil to . ids as tie priM ession passed.When Ihe chape!, a hall ride way from the church, w.i« readied, there was a brief ceremony, in which the queen's cinwn was delivered over to the custodian, and the procession dispersed.lire Imur which followed was given over to l listing, eUUeate preparations having hcen made to accoininoiate double the nninhei that wi re in attend-anew.Later in tire afternoon, and well into the evening, the people of the Portuguese settled!' Ill and Ihe hundreds of visitors from the surrounding country amused themselves a ith dancing in u great hall built on the grouml, over which the American thig tluttered in t*ie south hieese, while outside bombs bo uied and sk rockets buret in the air.
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Woodland Daily Democrat
Woodland, California, US
Tue, May 30, 1899
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