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An unexpected avalanche in Italy…

Blog-6-20-2014-from-Italy [1]What started off as a series of basic questions concerning one of our newspaper listings [2] quickly turned into considerably more.  Someone from a small-town near Naples, Italy was seeking coverage of an 1883 earthquake which had devastated the region. Thankfully, the issue we had contained the coverage he needed, and we sent it on to him. Typically, this would have been the end of the story. Blog-20-2014-Italian-ConnectionHowever, he soon informed us the newspaper and associated interactions with Doreen Mileto, our office manager, had turned into quite the human interest story at his end – appearing in one local Italian newspaper… and then another… and yet another – creating an avalanche of interest. While you may need a translator to read the articles (the one shown above is not available on-line), please enjoy:

Terremoto di Casamicciola: Copia storica del New York Times presto a Ischia [3]

RACCONTO’ TERREMOTO DEL 1883, COPIA STORICA DEL NEW YORK TIMES ACQUISTATA DA ISCHITANO [4]