Frail Serra and Governor Fages clash over Santa Barbara Mission
In 1783 Spanish California a conflict between church and state unfolds as Fray Junipero Serra refuses aid to a Santa Barbara mission while Don Pedro Fages plans a Mexico trip. Dona Bulana arrives at the embassy, agrees to go to California, and Eulalia sails toward Loreto with priests fueling suspicions during a long, uncomfortable overland journey.
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California
Fray Junipero Serra
Don Pedro Fages
Serra
Mexico
Santa Barbara
Mexico City
Dona Bulana
Augustias
Don Pedro
Eulalia
Pedro
Fages
Indiztela
San Blas
Loreto
Fray Mariano
Fray Bartolomeo
Ulalia
Fages Child and Bride Light California Alta Camp
Pedro Fages the Younger and his wife Eulalia navigate a celebratory feast in California Alta. The governor presents Escabellito to Eulalia as a gift, toasts King Carlos and California, and welcomes allies as Fray Mariano Rubi arrives to praise California’s wine, while tensions simmer between the governor and his wife.
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Pedro Fages
Gulf of California
Escabellito
San Gabriel Arcangel
California Alta
Don Pedro
Eulalia
California
Pedro Fages the
Senor Jesus
San Francisco
Pedro
Dona Augustias
Chichi
Monterey
Canete
Fages
Old Leather Jacket
Catalonia
Spain
Atlantic
Mexico
Californias
Baja
Alta
Carlos the Third
The
San Diego
el Gobernador
la Gobernadoral
la Gobernadora
Cuyamacas
Palomar
South Sea
Padre Lasuen
Fray Mariano
Zuniga
San Diego de Alcala
Augustias
Bells, Feasts, and Flags as Gobernador Arrives at San Diego
Couriers arrive with El Senor Gobernador and Lady at the San Diego presidio. Lieutenant Zuniga orders royal entertainment, mission celebration, Indian musicians, bull slaughter, and careful arms readiness. Women prepare, servants stare, and the garrison scrubs as funerals and christenings echo in the city.
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Presidio
San Diego
el Senor Gobernador
Jua Gobernadora
Jose de Zuniga
Padre Lasuen
Grouse Bird of Importance to Scots in Britain
London authority notes how the grouse rose from a marginal moor bird to a national asset. It cites Boswell and Johnson in 1773 and records that by the early 1800s grouse rents in Scotland exceeded £1,000,000 annually. The bird financed railway and trade growth and funded education roads and public services in poor districts.
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London
Britain
Henry Douglas Home
Boswell
Johnson
Solway
Scotland
Committee of Enquiry
Esquiline Hill: Rome’s highest hill and antique gardens
Esquiline Hill in Rome rises as the city's highest of seven hills, standing 246 feet tall between the Viminal and Caelian hills. Under Augustus it housed the Gardens of Maecenas, later becoming a fashionable residential district where Virgil Horace Maecenas and Propertius lived. Titus baths and Nero’s palace stood there, with ruins repeatedly uncovered and rebuilt as new structures rose.
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Esquiline
Rome
Augustus
Maecenas
Virgil
Horace
Propertius
Titus
Nero
Good-night Good-morning and afternoon frocks by Sew-Your-Own
This feature showcases Spring 1938 Sew-Your-Own frocks for various needs. The Good-night frock offers an ultra polished evening look, the Good morning frock emphasizes shirtwaist comfort, and an afternoon tea-time model adds personality. Patterns 1410 1438 1211 provide sizes and yardage. order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Milady
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Saya
Costa
Akes
Beata
Coleman Iron
Coleman Lamp and Stove Company
Wichita, Kang
Philadelphia
Tos Angeles
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Advertises Laxative
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as an effective laxative. Sugar coated and popular with children, the ad urges readers to buy now.
Momentary Pleasure in Building Castles in the Air
A quotation from Edward Gibbon asserts that imagined ambitions offer more happiness than real achievements, contrasting dreamy visions with tangible, grounded effort. The saying emphasizes inner satisfaction over external success.
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Edward Gibbon
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Virginia Stivers Bartlett
Tulalia
Bulalia
Italy
Mariano Rubi
Asa
Friar
Fray Bartolome
Chapter
Esquiline Hill
Mark
Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
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