Serra Sinks to Farewell as Pio Reads Letters
Junipero Serra endures isolation in a Carmel cell as Pio preserves him with aid and compassion. A withheld mission future looms while letters from Don Pedro Fages foretell California’s fate. Serra, unused to surrender, drafts a final missive to his governor as dawn breaks.
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Rubi
Gili
Pio
Padre Mio
Junipero Serra
Santa Barbara
Don Pedro
California
Sierras
Pedro Fages
Father Francis
Serra
Fermin Lasuen
Francisco Palou
Crespi
Carmel
Jose Antonio Murguia
Santa Clara
Mission San Buenaventura
San Gabriel Arcangel
San Juan Capistrano
San Diego de Alcala
San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis
Palou
Salinas
San Joaquin
Sacramento
Don Pedro Fages
The
Californias
Baja
Alta
Fages and Palou Face Monterey Medical Dilemma
The narrative notes La Gobernadora resisting confinement by a male physician and planning to leave Monterey for delivery by non mission midwives. Governor Don Pedro Fages seeks counsel with Fray Palou and Junipero Serra’s associate to discuss the guardianship threat to California missions and related issues.
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Don Pedro Fages
Augustins
la Gobernadora
Presidio
San Francisco
Monterey
Mission Carmelo
Mexico
California
Junipero Serra
Francisco Palou
Mallorcan
Fray Palou
Don Pedro
Serra
Puzzle of Folding Paper Maps Can Be Solved by Best Efforts
A Baltimore Sun writer advises folding maps by trying best possible methods. Start by identifying creases and folding lines, testing horizontal and vertical midlines, then refold as needed. If the map resists, unfold and begin again, using light handling and flexible movements to avoid overworking folds.
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Baltimore Sun
Understanding the mile in historical measurement terms
The article explains two mile types: the statute mile of 5,280 feet and the nautical mile of 6,085 feet, derived from latitude. It traces origins to Latin mille and the Roman mile of about 5,000 feet based on paces and strides.
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London Answers Magazine
Northwestern professor adopted as father by Kagaba priest
Dr Willard Z Park of Northwestern University sociology and anthropology in Evanston is adopted as father by a Kagaba high priest in Mocotama Colombia after treating a stomach ailment with castor oil. Park plans intensive field study on Kagaba social and political structure and their links to Tai rona and Andean civilizations.
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Evanston, Ill
Willard Z. Park
Northwestern University
Park
Santa Marta Mountains
Colombia
Social Science Research Council
Mocotama
Dr. Park
Andes
Art of Reading on Wane in U. S. Educator Says
State College educator Dr Emmett A Betts says many U S students never learn to read properly and 80 percent of those who fail grades are of average or higher intelligence He notes 50 percent of adults in the country lack reading for daily life while high school study relies heavily on reading He has started a program at Pennsylvania State College to address the issue.
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Sons of Darkness
Mariano
Pedro
Junipero Serra
Santa Barbara
Rubi
State College
Emmett A. Betts
Pennsylvania State College
Betts
Shark fishing revived by medicinal shark liver oil demand
Vancouver reports renewed interest in Pacific coast shark fishing as medicinal qualities of shark liver oil spur experiments by a local firm. Past fisheries yielded leather and fertilizer. sharks weighed up to two tons and stretched 35 to 50 feet, noted as gentle and dwelling in depths of 100 to 150 fathoms.
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Vancouver
B. C
Pacific
Eskimos Live in Frame Houses in Far North
Leonard Berline US surveyor reports Eskimos in Alaska no longer use igloos. Natives now inhabit frame houses called barbaras built half underground and covered with grass or boards to protect from the elements. Fire may thaw ground when underground. He praises their good nature.
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Seattle
Alaska
Leonard Berline
United States
North
Berline
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Pip
Pio Mio
Estevanico
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el Pedestriano
Mission San Diego
Fray Luis Jaime
Egypt
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Chephren
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Gizeh
Pyramid Club
Mena House
Cheops
U. S
Hawaii
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
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