Mistress of Monterey Service In Spanish California 1783
In 1783 California a clash between church and state unfolds as Fray Junipero Serra and Governor Don Pedro Fages appear as ally and opponent. Dona Eulalia sails from Loreto with Pedro and awaits the priests, while suspicions rise about their motives and the cavalcade travels toward new missions.
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California
Fray Junipero Serra
Don Pedro Fages
Serra
Mexico
Santa Barbara
Mexico City
Eulalia
Augustias
Don Pedro
Pedro
Fages
Indizuela
San Blas
Loreto
Mariano
Bartolomeo
California Saga Continues with Courtly Dress and Tense Expedition
In a tense night march toward camp at Santa Martita Capitan Canete faces hunger and thirst as Eulalia rebels at hardship while Augustias maneuvers. News from Spain stirs hopes as Governor Don Pedro Fages readies a grand arrival and Eulalia dons a Maja costume replacing a lost velvet habit.
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Santa Martita
Pedro
Cannete
Eulalia
Canete
Augustias
Angustias
Nina
Maja
Spain
Don Pedro
Three Indians Find El Capitan Sends Message to Governor
Three unclothed Indians arrive at the camp panting and shining. They ask for El Capitan and report Don Pedro Fages camps a day away. Canete rejoices and sends three more from his train to hurry to the Governor. He promises to join by nightfall and that the expedition is well and happy.
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Lenora
Eulalia
Canete
Hosne
Mayorga
Spain
California
England
Augustias
Augustius
Pedro Fages
Capitan Canete
Mexico
Don Pedro
el Capitan
el Gobernador
Parasite Could Help Control Black Widows
Nature Magazine reports a tiny parasitic fly Gat rax araneae preys on black widow egg sacs. Rediscovered by George Elwood Jenks in Los Angeles, the fly may be bred commercially to spread widely and curb spider populations.
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George Elwood Jenks
Nature Magazine
Los Angeles
Jenks
Nature
Gaurax
Passenger Pigeons Once Roamed Vast North America
Washington Post notes the passenger pigeon once filled skies across America with flocks possibly reaching a billion birds. It recalls Indigenous hunters killed only adults and villages melted birds for fat while roosts in Kentucky and Indiana stretched tens of miles.
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America
Washington Post
Kentucky
Indiana
Old-fashioned embroidery stitches inspire home decor trend
Readers urged to explore American handcrafts, especially quilts, with a recall of old stitches used in crazy patchwork. A leaflet illustrating these stitches accompanies a sewing booklet by Mrs. Spears, available for 25 cents postpaid from 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago.
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Spears
South Desplaines St
Chicago
Frogs Use Eyes Tongue and Breath in Surprising Ways
Britannica Junior explains how frogs catch prey with a sticky forward pointing tongue that folds back into the mouth, using bulging eyes to help swallow. It covers frog respiration with lungs, skin absorption of oxygen in cold winters, and winter havens in mud or under banks.
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Britannica Junior
American ad spending dwarfs global market share
American business allocates more for advertising than the rest of the world combined. Despite making up one seventh of the population, Americans account for forty seven percent of all world sales.
Discreet Networks Weave Through Hidden Local Ties
A compact note traces informal connections linking a cluster of neighbors and associates. It hints at social circles where confidences pass and favors circulate within a quiet urban web.
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Virginia Stivers Bartlett
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Cortez
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Californias
Soldado de Cuera
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Dallas
Texas
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Canal St
Denton
Wales
Denton Magic Mirror
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23Rd St
Long Island City
N.Y
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