The Neck lace tale by Maupassant recounted
A poor Frenchwoman, Madam Mathilde Loisel, imagines luxury and uses a necklace loaned by a friend to attend a grand ball. After losing it, she and her husband replace it with a costly replica, enduring hardship. The narrative then shifts to Don Pedro Fages in California, as he contemplates retirement and a personal life in the new world, hinting at future choices.
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Mathilde Loisel
Guy de Maupassant
Madam Loisel
Madam Forestier
Madam
Madame Loisel
Paris
Pedro
Mel
Augustias
Carmel
Manjera
Eulalia
Pedro Fages
Fages
la Gobernadora
Presidio
Pacific
California
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
Don Epifanio Sanchez
Mission San Gabriel
Don Pedro
Mexico City
Dona Eulalia
Don Epifanio
Pues
Epifanio
Satan
Mexico
San Gabriel
Los Angeles
San Juan Capristrand
Mission of
San Diego
Monterey
Californias
Spain
Royal Presidio
Garrett
Most Perfect Master Guy de Maupassant Short Story Titan
The French writer Guy de Maupassant, born 1850 and died aged 43, was famed as the most perfect master of the short story. His youth favored athletics and a circle with Daudet Turgenev Zola and Flaubert. Some early tales were banned but became boosts to sales.
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Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
Daudet
Turgenev
Zola
Flaubert
The Necklace Hoax Revealed in Paris Dinner Circle
A French couple borrows heavily to replace a diamond necklace and years later discover the original was paste. Mathilde Loisel loses status and beauty while repaying debts, then learns her friend’s necklace was only worth 500 francs. The tale emphasizes plot over character.
Governor’s El Camino Real Ride Marks California’s Growth
A governor rides along El Camino Real, noting a yellow highway now linking Upper California with Loreto and the old mission, twenty years after his first trek. He recalls pioneers clearing virgin lands, cairns and crosses left along the way, and contemplates age and his devotion to California amid blooming canyons and wildflowers.
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el Camino Real
Californias
California
Mission
Presidio
Upper California
Loreto
Lower
the Siren
Farm Life Has No Appeal to Peasants of France
The article notes peasant children pursue education since 1870, aiming for white-collar jobs. urban marriage shifts away from farming, and the peasant increasingly seeks city work. It contrasts French rural life with wartime gains, yet paints the farmer as still choosing the city for better prospects.
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France
Third Republic
Chicago Tribune
Paris
Mud from Piestany Spa Goes Global as Healers Export
Czechoslovakia exports a unique mud from Piestany known as tango. The dehydrated mud cubes and poultices contain radium silica iron and calcium and retain healing properties. Used worldwide to treat rheumatism gout sciatica and other ailments. The Plestany springs rise on a bathing island in the River Vah with waters about 140 degrees.
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Czechoslovakia
Piestany
Plestany
Vah
Lessons on Discipleship by Service and Wealth
A sermon outline on Mark 10 17 31 contrasts self with God, wealth with faith, and worldly success with divine reward. It recalls the rich young ruler, emphasizes surrender, and urges practical faithfulness, highlighting the dangers of wealth and the rewards of serving Christ.
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Jesus
Gus
Abu Ts
Christ
Man's Humble Origins Lifed By Breath Of Life
Religious quotation from Genesis 2 7 states that God formed man from dust and breathed life into his nostrils making him a living soul. The verse emphasizes divine creation and human origin in biblical narrative.
The Live Minister
The minister who becomes out of touch with men will soon forget to speak their language, risking loss of connection with the people and diminishing public trust in leadership.
What to Pray For What should we pray for
A concise prompt about prayer: pray for everything needed. It emphasizes covering all essential needs and requests with personal relevance and sincerity.
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la Senora la Gobernadora
el Gobernador
Palacio
The
Mission Carmelo
Sonora
Mantera
Angustias
Elizabeth James
Mathilde
Ball Syndicate
WNY Service
Irginia Stivers Bartlett
Virginia Stivers Bartlett
International Enday School
Harum Lunn
Western Newspaper Union
God
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