Conflict Between Church and State in Spanish California 1783
In Spanish governed California of 1783 a clash between Church and State unfolds between frail Fray Tuntperd Serra, a Franciscan missionary, and Don Pedro Fages, civil governor. After Serra seeks aid for the Santa Barbara mission and reveals he will go to Mexico for his wife and son, the governor refuses support and they part bitterly.
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California
Fray Tuntperd
Serra
Pédro Fages
Mexico
Pedro
Te Santa Barbara
Vespers Echo in Clash Over Mission and War
Governor Pedro Fages and Junipero Serra clash over church conquest and state power amid a heated dispute about protecting Native peoples. Serra laments violence and greed while Fages pockets blame on soldiers as vesper bells toll toward Monterey.
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Fages
Serra
Pedro
Jesus
Junipero Serra
Mission Santa Barbara
Willkl
Pio
Padre Mio
Pedro Fages
Presidio of
Monterey
Carmel Valley
California Governor's Wife to Join California First Lady Role
In a palace in Mexico City the Viceroy and his men discuss Don Pedro Fages and the plan to take his wife Dona Eulalia to Alta California. They map missions from Loreto to Monterey and declare her the future First Lady of the Californias, while she resists the idea and pleads to go home. The plot hinges on Pedro's governorship and Eulalia's fate as California codefined by court intrigue.
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Mayorga
California
Felipe de Neve
de Neve
Felipe
Romeu
Don Pedro
Eulalia Celis de Fages
Rotrieu
Colorado
New Spain
Barcelona
Dona Eulalia Celis de Fages
Capitan Romeu
General de Neve
Don Felipe
Dona Eulalia
Eulalia
Dona
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Baja
Alta
Baja California
Alta California
San Diego de Alcala
San Juan Capistrano
San Gabriel Arcangel
San Gabriel
Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula
Los Angeles
Capitan
San Buenaventura
Blue Pacific
San Luis Obispo
San Antonio de Padua
San Carlos Borromeo
Santa Clara
San
Francisco de Asis
Hera
San Jose
Presidio
Monterey
Pedro
Augustias
Mexico City
Senora
Eulalia de ‘Fages
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Earliest Christian Chapel Moved From Syria to New Haven
Yale Gallery of Fine Arts in New Haven houses the earliest known Christian chapel moved from Syria. Dated to the early third century, the chapel shows biblical wall paintings including Christ healing the lame man and Peter walking on water. Archeologists link its growth and relocation to changes in Christian persecution and city sieges.
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Syria
New Haven
Yale Gallery of Fine Arts
Conn
Rome
Christ
Capernaum
Peter
Pilate
Yale
Dura-on-the- Euphrates
Kansas City Star
Dura
Ancient Egyptian Laments At Home During 70 Day Period
The afflicted family in ancient Egypt held home lamentations lasting 70 days or more. They sang funeral dirges and performed customary duties, aligning with cultural expectations and personal grief.
Dressing Table With Curved Front Slotted Arms
Instructions for mounting a skirt on a dressing table with curved hinged arms. Details cover sewing buckram, cutting a 2 1 2 inch strip, covering with fabric, shaping heading to match table edge, shirring with a 4 inch cord, attaching the top of the skirt, and tacking in place. Ad promotes Mrs. Spears Sewing book at 210 South Desplaines Street Chicago Illinois for 25 cents.
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Spears
South Desplaines St
Chicago
Llinois
Respecting Precedent and Style in Public Discourse
The text urges respect for precedent while fairly assessing its authority and warns against contempt. It contrasts retrospection with dwelling on sorrows and notes gossip’s decline among men. It observes women’s fashion pressure and men’s rare sartorial extravagance, citing an $8 silk shirt as a notable past example.
Household Tips From Old Guidance Column
Practical homemaking notes advise leaving the oven door open to cool and prevent rust, painting basement steps white to improve visibility, using a salt to pepper shaker on the stove to speed seasoning, wax on dresser drawer edges to ease movement, turning a coat inside out to prepare lining, and using a block of paraffin with holes to hold flowers in an oblong vase.
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Vivinis Savers
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Serview
Smith Brothers
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