Sights and Snares of Naples and Vesuvius in 1881
Special correspondence from Naples recounts a Rome to Naples tour focusing on agriculture and plow design, Italian stock quality, and street life. The writer detests Southern Italians yet praises Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii excursions, detailing a five dollar Vesuvius round trip, railway ascent, perilous lava cone walk, and dramatic volcanic activity amid a crowded city.
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Rome
Atlantic
Continent
Italy
Ireland
Sam
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Pompaii
Pittsburgh
Vesuvius
Bay
Pompeii
Herculanium
Craer
Vulcan’s Forge
Visit to Vesuvius and Pompeii Exposes Ancient City Life
The narrator recalls near disaster at Vesuvius while observing eruptions and lava. He then details Pompeii excavations begun in 1775, revealing temples, theatres, homes, art, and daily life. Observations cover housing, ovens, bread, wine shops, and urban craft, with plans to continue to Brindisi, Athens, and Constantinople.
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Pompei
Vesuvius
Naples
Rome
Brindisi
Athens
Constantinople
Love, Long-Distance War Time Marriage Reunites Lovers
Mrs. Barter of Mount Vernon Indiana faces five years in prison after a gloved shooting attempt that narrowly missed Mr. Wertz. A separate Evansville Journal item cites Frank Mueller recalling Henry Rhenick’s rheumatic cure with St Jacobs Oil. Carrollton tale follows of Franklin Brodlier and Mary Roller, lovers split by war, widowhood, and a later union funded by a $100 draft.
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Evansville
Ind
Frank
Mueller
W. Franklin Street
Journal
Henry Rhenick
St. Jacobs Oil
Carrollton
Franklin Brodlier
Mary Roller
Bull Run
Reeder
Far West
Various Anecdotes and Advertisements From The Era
A medley of notes on patent medicine endorsement laws in France, a Davenport Iowa investor abusing Leadville mines funds, a Jersey City boy cured by Cuticura remedies, a Colorado jail burglar with a hidden toolkit, Brown's Iron Bitters favored by many professions, a Harrisburg boy's fatal brain fever after a circus stunt, and Parker's Hair Balsam promoted as a solution to hair loss.
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Davenport
Iowa
Leadville
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C. W. Callender
Castle Mills
Gage’s
Greencastle
Greencastle Foundry
and— Machine Company
BEE Line
I. &St. L. and
Indianapol
Buffalo
New York
Boston
New England
ST. Louis
Qleveland
Indianapolis
Ml Iyg
A. P. Harrison
Addreas
C. Gale
J. Smith
Tfil
Cleveland
Taraxine
A. Kiefer
Davis
London
Illinois and
Louisiana Streets
Reeves
America
Cor. Hinais
Louisiana Sts
Vatens Bank
Lodianepolis
C. J. Kimble & Son
Hathaway Block
Ivory
Thomas
W. A. Brown
Masseville
Erie
France
Swayne
Chas. Eayre Hinkle
Jersey City Heights
N. J
Colorado
Harrisburg
Parker
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
True & Co
Augusta
H. UatLerr & Co
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Columbus
Bugey Company
Ohio
BUCS
Sirs
Laporte Ind
Avulo Vurzy
Dunn & Wilson
Plymouth
F. D. Park
United States
Bray & Henn
Council Bluffs
Brewster
Weeks & Kimble Carriage Manufacturers
Laytonsville
Maryland
R. A. McCormick
Cadix Ohio
Daniel Wood
Francis A. Foster
Boston Mass
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