Naples Illuminations and Shrines Across Centuries
In Naples the proliferation of shrines reflects more than piety. From 1770 lamps failed and a Dominican monk Padre Rocco installed 100 wooden crosses and Madonna images, sustaining light through locals who guarded and tended them. Vows and ritual dress mark offerings, including sailors and foundlings, with dramatic public ceremonies during Vesuvian eruptions and other catastrophes. The piece notes vows to saints, dramatic processions, and a stark custom of displaying the dead at doorways for final farewells.
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Naples
Padre Rocco
St. Francis
San Ciro
St. Anna
Santa Casa Dell’ Annunziata
Foundlings’ Hospital
Vesuvius
Boscotrecase
Annunziata
Christ
Italy
Popolano
Arlington Letter by R E Lee to G W Custis Lee
Study this distilled parental guidance from a 1852 West Point letter by Robert E. Lee to his son. It emphasizes frank honesty, duty, kindness with firmness, and living without duplicity, ending with the classic line about duty and unity of character. The piece reflects Lee’s quiet authority and moral instruction.
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Son
West Point
G. W. C. Lee
R. E. Lee
Custis Lee
United States Military Academy
Arlington House
New York Sun
New Mexico
Connecticut
Davenport
Stamford
G. W. Custis Lee
Feathers in Men's Hats stir London fashion trend
A London hatter predicts a surge in men's aigrettes as hats increasingly sport feather tufts. Pheasant claws appear with the feathers and a metal base ornament, with prices ranging from four to one dollar each.
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London
Letter Made All the Difference
An Englishman returning from a world tour was amused by a local paper report that ended with unchanged. The compositor had omitted a letter c, turning unchanged into un changed, altering the meaning and surprising many readers.
North Carolina Coast Draws Fishermen With Rich Fall Hauls
The Beaufort coast yields blue fish sea trout mackerel and croakers as october and november bring strong winds and migrating schools. Large hauls include 66 000 pounds on the George B Balster and 90 000 pounds on the Dewey with crews earning substantial shares. Shrimp heading and packing dominate near the shore while menhaden supplies fuel six offshore factories. Lookout Bight and Cape Lookout form a natural trap aiding migratory fish movement.
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North Carolina
Beaufort
N. C
Bogue
Core Sounds
Harker’s Island
Beaufort Inlet
Cape Lookout Point
George B Balster
Cape Lookout
Lookout Bight
Deserted Woolstein Village: Last Inhabitant Refuses Departure
A Prussian hamlet near Cassel named Woolstein is abandoned by all but one resident. About a hundred villagers left for America after the soil proved sterile and rail links were severed. The school closed and the church held its last service as Frau Hoeft, an eighty year old shepherdess, remains certain she will die in her birthplace.
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Woolstein
Cassel
Prussia
America
Frau Hoeft
Benevolent Earthquake Fuels Oil Boom at Piru Well
A Piru California tremor in Ventura County abruptly turned a failing No. 1 Diamond Valley Oil Co. well into a strong producer. Water shutoff and a sudden 32 gravity oil flow followed the quake, just as abandonment looked likely. The company, largely Anaheim stockholders, expects steady production continuing.
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Piru
Ventura County
Diamond Valley Oil Company
Anaheim
Diamond Valley Company
Anahein
Cal
Plain Dealer
Muscle Maladies Revealed as Nerve-Driven Weakness
The article renames neurasthenia as muscle maladies and explains the cause as overfed, flabby muscles. It advocates rejuvenating muscular tissue to treat the condition and restore strength.
Feminine Limitations in Art Cited by Mand Powell
Mand Powell notes few women reach the stature of great male artists. He argues women excel at mothering but rarely sustain motherhood into art, lacking full commitment to artistic forms and expression.
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Mand Powell
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