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Loreto is the spot in central Italy whither, according to the story, the Casa Santa (Holy House of Mary and Joseph) was transported from Nazareth in 1295 by angels. Around it was built a great basilica. In the Litany which is sung there every Saturday, the Blessed Virgin is urged to pray for the faithful by her "Divine Maternity and Immaculate Virginity"; then as "Mirror of Justice, Mystical Rose, Tower of David, House of Gold, Ark of the Covenant, Morning Star. Refuge of Sinners, Comforter of the Afflicted, Help of Christians, Queen of All Saints...
...Catholic Universities declared a four-day strike, in memory of the "Four Days of Liberty" under Blanquier, locked themselves in the building and hung revolutionary flags from the windows. A crowd of over 2,000 organized a parade and attempted to march to Chile's White House, the Casa Moneda. Kept away by a formidable cordon of police, the crowd retreated, relieved its feelings by tossing bricks through the windows of the Casa del Pueblo (founded by Ibanez). Then it gathered in front of the home of Miguel Letelier who had been suggested in the evening papers as Minister...
...mean cotton farming, I mean real farming. As one of our most successful farmers in Casa Grande said at a Chamber of Commerce banquet, "A really successful farmer is one who raises everything he possibly can that he needs for his own family. Of course it meant work but he never knew a successful man yet who didn't work...
Viewed from the roof of the Casa Granda, the winter of 1923 or 1924, an endless procession, all moving to this rhythm, the snaking of parties of gayly costumed boys and girls, single or double file. All on foot?and stepping. Roustabouts from the docks, cane cutters from the fields, women from the tenderloin, ragamuffins from everywhere, all swinging to the beat of that endless tune, to me then nameless. Groups of gleeful boy volunteers furnish the music. Home-made instruments?bongos of nail kegs or other kegs with ends knocked out or of hollowed log chunks, manacas, claves...
Most famed bar (not smart): Sloppy Joe's. Naughtiest night club: La Verbena. Smartest shops: El Encanto and Casa Grande...