Mission Santa Barbara Founding Amid Turmoil and Torn Calves
In a tense California saga, Eulalia declares illness and vows to flee with an unhappy, dying self, while Don Pedro confronts a powerful pull between duty to the preserve and personal desire. The Governor wrestles with California as a homeland and a lure of Mexico, planning a hard, festive departure that may expose rifts with his wife.
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Eulalia
Pedro
California
Santa Barbara
Augustias
Fages
Angustias
Pobrecilla
Pedro Fages
Junipero Serra
Mission Santa Barbara
Padre ‘Junipero
Mexico
Don Pedro
Indizuela
Spain
Siren
Bay
San Francisco
Dedi
Cate
Bears
San Gabriel
San Diego
Don Pedro and Eulalia in a Complex Mexican Tension
Three years pass as Don Pedro pursues Eulalia, who withholds herself to gain safe passage back to Mexico. Her husband denounces her, setting a peculiar boundary at his office door. Eulalia remains guarded, while Don Pedro’s fevered gaze and aging look intensify the perilous dynamic.
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Don Pedro
Santa Barbara
Eulalia
Aheer
Getereuney
Mexico
Presidio
Augustias
Governor Departs in Dust and Mock Farewell
Eulalia watches Governor prepare for departure with supplies of aguardiente and wine skins, leather jerkin, and knapsack. He mocks his wife with feigned reverence before leading his party to the gate. The group pauses later at a mail courier beside the road and rests, then moves on. (TO BE CONTINUED)
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Eulalia
Don Pedro
Presidio
Boulder Dam Built At $165 Million Cost
The Boulder Dam project, built in Black canyon on the Colorado River, required 165 million dollars before completion. It employed up to 5000 workers, took five years to finish, and created Lake Mead the world’s largest artificial reservoir. The dam stands 736 feet high with a bottom width of 660 feet tapering to 45 feet at the top.
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Boulder Dam
Black Canyon
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Arizona-Nevada
Las Vegas
Nev
Colorado
Gulf
Rocky Mountain
Boulder Canyon
California
Lake Mead
Origin of Annie Oakley phrase explained in slang reference
The term Annie Oakley in Godfrey Irwin’s American Tramp and Underworld Slang means a free admission pass to a show. Passes were punched with holes to deter resale and refunds if a show did not go on, likened to target cards after Annie Oakley shot them. Oakley performed with Buffalo Bill’s circus for seven years.
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Annie Oakley
Godfrey Irwin
Buffalo Bill Circus
Light-Hearted Fashions for Summer Wardrobes
Summer friendly patterns offer easy to wear outfits for home or lake trips. Slacks with a bolero and topper use denim gingham seersucker or jersey and feature a flattering square neckline. Sizes 12 to 20 require specific yardage. pattern 1332 includes a sew chart and 3% yards braid trimming. Pattern 1480 tailored for sizes 12 to 14 requires 35 inch material plus trims. Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs for 15 cents each from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Household Tips From A Bygone Era
Practical hints for home care and cooking include buttering raisins to keep them from sinking in cake batter, using pickle syrup as a roast flavoring, hemming new curtains to ease later adjustments, and avoiding soap on raincoats. Odor control, banana preservation, and cheese grating methods are covered along with greasing pans, preventing smoke on griddle cakes, and washing new linens before use.
Giraffe at London Zoo Rapidly Grows After Birth
A Collier's Weekly note describes a newborn giraffe stretching as its legs align. The animal stood 62 inches tall at birth and reached 75 inches by the next afternoon, illustrating rapid early growth.
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London Zoo
Collier's Weekly
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Monterey
Virginia Stivers Bartlett
Pues
Nina
Dom Pédro
Palacio
Mexico City
Californias
Pacific
Atlantic
Los Estados Unidos de Ameri
United States of America
United States
Washington
George Washington
Don Jose Dario Arguello
Columbia
San Francisco Bay
James Kendrick
Robert Gray
Californios
Dirndl
Sautiny Rosendale Ver Ferry
Uniqus Ferry-Morse
Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Detroit
Robertson
Coleman
Ron
Etrike & Mate
Phils
Los Angeles
Gell
Ruth
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