Fray Palou Hears of Serra Death and Burials
Fray Francisco Palou writes from Mision San Carlos dated September 7 1784 recounting Fray Junipero Serra’s death funeral procession burial rites and the crowding mourners. The letter notes relics given from Serra’s tunic and scapulars made for the neophytes as prayers rise for Serra’s soul.
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Fray Francisco Palou
Junipero Serra
Fray Palou
Mision San Carlos
Jesus Mary and Joseph
Fray Juan Sancho
Fray Junipero Serra
Tak
San Francisco
Francisco Palou
Miniature Ocean Tests Concrete With Artificial Sea Water
A Chicago research lab uses a miniature ocean with two 11 foot concrete tanks filled with seawater like solution four times concentrated. Electrically controlled tides shift high and low tides every 24 hours, one foot rise. Piles in the tanks undergo daily observations while conductivity meters measure saltwater penetration. The long running tests aim to extend life of sea exposed concrete and yield precise factors for durability.
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Chicago
Lord Mayorship Heritage and the Cinderella Coach
The lord mayorship in England dates to 1189 with medieval privileges. The inaugural coach, built in 1757, features cupids dragons flowers and civic emblems and bears a Father Thames head. Its painted panels are insured for 50000 dollars.
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England
Thames
Chair set with Italian hemstitching and rolled tassels
Ruth Wyeth Spears describes a cream linen chair set with Italian hemstitching, two diamond satin stitches in the corners, and rolled tassels. The back measures 15 by 10 inches and the arms 7 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches, with specific edge allowances. Book No 2 in her Sewing for the Home Decorator series is out, containing 90 stitches and project directions.
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Spears
South Desplaines St
Chicago, Ill
Ask Me Another Quiz Questions and Answers
A list of trivia prompts and claimed facts covering Easter dating methods K'ung Fu Tze known to the West the Estates in pre revolutionary France lawmaking for DC and Congress memberships steel imports and usage and animal cleanliness with a concluding note on the raccoon as the cleanest animal.
Facts From History and Trivia Mixed In A Fragment
The text lists diverse items including a dating rule for Easter, Confucius, social classes, Congress, and a note about lawyers in Congress. It cites raw silk imports in 1937 and a price value, plus a diver’s record by Dr William Beebe at 3028 feet on August 15 1934 and notes Anna May Wong’s birth in Los Angeles making her US citizen.
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Confucius
Congress
William Beebe
Anna May Wong
Los Angeles
Calif
United States
Silent Bruges Violin? Mother Keeps Vigil in Window Effigy
A Belgian widow in Bruges places her own dressed image in a house window to watch for her son’s return from World War I. She refused to believe he was dead, stayed watching until bedridden, then the effigy remained after their deaths, still facing the road to Liege as noted by Collier's Weekly.
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Eulalia
Pedro
Fray Palou
Mission Dolores
San Francisco
Annals of
California
Eulalia Celis de Fages
Don Pedro Fages
The
Californias
Presidio of
Don Jose Moraga
Maria del Pilar de Leon Y Barcelo
Padrina
Don Jose
Dona Maria del Pilar
Presidio
la Gobernadora
Monterey
Junipero Serra
Serra
Padre Palou
Palou
Fages
Carmelo
Father Palou
Padre
Pedro Fages
Bruges
Belgium
Liege
Collier’s Weekly
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Virginia Stivers Bartlett
Augustias
Chichi
San Antonio
Mission
Points Lobos
Bonita
Bay
Junipero Ser
BY Ruth Wyeth Spears
K’ung Fu Tze
France
District of Columbia
United States Congress
Scientific American
Ex-Lax
America
Everl
Herbert
Jay W. Bee
New Orleans
Europe
Pete Peme - Ae
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