Dramatic Departure of La Gobernadora to Monterey
Dona Eulalia leads a diverse caravan from Loreto toward Monterey California Alta. The expedition includes Pedro, Augstias, Chichi the monkey, Capitan Canete, cooks, vaqueros, runners, priests, and soldiers. The Governor rides a fast horse, impatient, as the northern party pursues.
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Baja California
la Gobernadora
Dona Eulalia
Monterey
Callifornia Alta
Loreto
Eulalia
Pedro
Augustias
Chichi
Capi
Tan Canete
Pedro Fages
Junipero Serra
California Alta
The
Californias
Santa Rosalia de Mulege
Tierra del Infierno
Hell Country
Mission San Ignacio
Vizcaino
Mission Santa Gertrudis
Santa Gertrudis
Don Pedro
Dalmatii
Capitan
Angustias
Capitan Canete
Journey Through Hell Country to California
Eulalia endures a grueling trek from Baja California toward California with Fray Mariano and Fray Bartolome in tow. She battles fear, feverish mood swings, and a brutal desert journey, while a rescue attempt for her sick child collides with water shortages and a sudden cactus injury.
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Augustias
California
Eulalia
Gaonte
Augustius
Senora la Gobernadora
Fray Mariano
Fray Bartolome
Mendicant Order of
San Francisco
Rubi
Gili
Augustins
Clash of Church and State in early California Tale
In 1783 Spanish California two friendly enemies Serra and Governor Fages clash as Fages refuses Serra’s aid to the Santa Barbara Mission. Dona Eulalia travels from Mexico City to California with her husband Don Pedro ordering Serra summoned and Indizuela serves as Eulalia’s maid aboard a desolate sailing from San Blas.
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California
Junipero Serra
Don Pedro Fages
Serra
Mexico
Santa Barbara
Mexico City
Eulalia
Augustias
Don Pedro
Pedro
Fages
Indizuela
San Blas
Oasis in the Valley of Comondu at Mission San Jose
In the Baja California oasis of Comondu La Gobernadora is hosted by Mission San Jose de Comondu. Travelers soldiers and priests rest for days here, refreshed by a sparkling stream and plentiful figs during the dreary peninsula journey.
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Comondu
Baja California
la Gobernadora
Mission San Jose de Comondu
Indoor marble blasting fools the eye in San Francisco
Fifty blocks of Connemara marble, too tough for massive breakers, were cracked into chips indoors using small gelatin charges. No windows were harmed as green blocks were blasted first and red blocks afterward. One block at a time, holes drilled filled with wet sand, and electricity triggered the charges.
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San Francisco
Kansas City Star
Sew-Your-Own frock patterns invite homemaker buyers
A promotional pitch extols Sew-Your-Own outfits, highlighting pattern 1413 for sizes 34 to 50, a child’s frock pattern 1852 for ages 2 to 8, and pattern 1383 for sizes 14 to 20. It promises stylish, figure flattering dresses in gingham, silk crepe, black satin or velvet, with trim ribbon details and easy home sewing. Patterns priced 15 cents each via The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
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Milady
White House
Cottage
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Calm Tempered Fortunes Promote Moderation
Quotation notes Rochefoucauld on how fortune grants calm to those it blesses and how temperate mood comes from luck's quiet influence. The saying highlights self restraint and steady conduct as outcomes of favorable circumstances.
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Rochefoucauld
Whistling Supposedly Affects Purity and Is Taboo in Regions
The article notes that in Arab culture whistling is linked to devil worship and purifying the mouth takes 40 days after whistling. In Tonga whistling is tabu with a superstitious veto, and in Iceland boys rarely whistle due to a belief it violates Divine law.
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Tonga Islands
Pacific
Iceland
Bear With Others If thou wilt thyself Be borne with
The quotation links two 19th century ideas on toleration and social judgment. Thomas a Kempis urges mutual forbearance, while Sydney Smith notes some prefer hate to mockery, reflecting humorous yet pointed Victorian humor.
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Thomas A Kempis
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Circle of Light
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Santa Marita
Samuel French
W. 45Th St
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Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
Sydney Smith
By Fred Neher
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