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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1938
Page
6
Indizuela offers wine to Don Pedro Fages during a Monterey feast as a Catalan soldier sings of the governor’s legendary deeds. The crowd cheers, wreaths are placed, songs praise his prowess, and the governor withdraws quietly to a hill tree at sunset, overwhelmed by the ceremony.
Don Pedro Fages plans to found Mission Santa Barbara as winter rain and floods grip Monterey. Eulalia, still haunted by the past, shivers in a damp palace while Fray Lasuen’s ceremony proceeds without the Governor. Lasuen dreams of a grand future, and Pedro strains to persuade Eulalia to join the southward journey for the founding.
A new effort to locate Captain Kidds treasure gains momentum in England after a map resembling Oak Island is found in a London bookshop. Plans and funds are being raised for a summer dig near Oak Island Nova Scotia where 38 shafts, drains and oak platforms have been noted, with pumping to overcome flooded shafts. Prospective searchers cite past finds and Kidds 1701 execution in London, while Gardiners Island reportedly yielded about 70000 dollars.
The feet do more work relative to size than any other body part. A man walking a mile places about 250 tons on his feet. Foot trouble affects about three of four adults, largely from ill fitting footwear and hard pavements or floors.
Easy to sew gowns for hot weather feature no frills and quick wear. Slenderizing Shirtwaist Dress offers a tailored look with notched collar and short sleeves ideal for housework and errands. Basque Frock with Dainty Frills provides a slim youthful silhouette with puff sleeves and wide revers in light cotton fabrics. Patterns 1462 and 1453 fit listed sizes with yardage given. Spring-Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs. send 15 cents to Barbara Bell Pattern Book at The Sewing Circle.
Cross-stitched bouquets in crocheted baskets appeal to needle workers. Pattern 6038 includes motifs and edgings, transfer patterns, material needs, and illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th Street, New York.
A pithy quotation from Cicero on guarding character against greed, praising indifference to money and warning that love of riches signals narrowness of soul.
A man indicted for a crime faces trial despite possible fugitive status as witnesses for the state remain alive present and sound. In a related note a safebreaker captured begins a six year sentence hours after trial in 1933 with details cited from Collier's Weekly.
A vintage advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a solution for women’s discomforts. It targets married life and menstrual issues, claiming to tone the system and ease functional disorders through the familiar brand messaging and implied long-standing endorsement.
A compact meditation on the power of words and the limits of control, comparing spoken harm to a coach with six horses unable to revert a single unkind phrase. The piece reflects on causality, responsibility, and the lasting impact of speech.
Quote attributed to Plato on noble character praise. A concise maxim noting that true nobility comes from a generous mind rather than birth or rank. Not tied to a specific event or date.
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