Italian Voices: Making Minnesota Our Home

Index

Index 307 Abbagnata (Abbanat), John, interviewed, 275–78 Abbagnati Orchestra, 276–78 Abruzzi-Molise, Italy, 39, 116–17, 203, 263, 269; Cascalenda, Campobasso, 10, 17, 38, 39, 40, 247–48; Ripabottoni, 10, 39 Acona, Italy, 97; Montelago, 127–28, 241 Alar, Joe, 16 Alba, Richard, 193 Albany Mining Company, 83–85 Allegrezza, Frank, 25 All Saint’s Day, 160 All Soul’s Day, 160 Alpena Mine, 16 Altobelli, Antonio, 226 Aluni, Santino (Sam), 14, 44, 109, 202–5, 234–38; acting, 266–69; Army service, 235; citizenship, 204; family, 16, 204–5, 235; employment, 235, 236–37; union involvement, 202–4 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 36–37 Amato, Concetta, 104–5, 231 Aquila, Italy, 148 Arrow Company, 53–54 Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Association, 72 Aurora, 6, 203, 275–78 Baldi’s Grocery, Eveleth, 97, 226 baptisms, 133, 146–48, 165, 185, 238, 246; food, 181–82 Barry, Margaret, 144 Bastinelli, Mary, 269 Batinich, Alex, xii–xiv Batinich, Mary Smilanich, xiv Battaiola, Cipriano, 22 Baugham, Muffalda (Muffa), 52 Bedore, Marie, 122 Belcastro, Peter, acting, 269; Army service, 206–7; education, 206, 207–8; family, 205–6; immigration, 205; on Italian clubs, 207–9; marriage , 207; move to Eveleth, 207 Benevento, Italy, 197 Beraducci, Anna, 221 Bertelli, Tarquino, on baptisms, 148; on Columbus Day, 158; on folk remedies, 114; on winemaking, 229, 230 Bertone, Virgil, 185–86, 232; interviewed, 273–74 Black Hand, 93, 111, 119 Boiano, Campobasso, AbruzziMolise , Italy, 116–17 boardinghouses, 49, 51, 77–107; food, 79, 82, 84–85, 87, 90–92, 94, 97–98, 101, 103, 106–7; leisure activities in, 100, 101; padrona, 55, 78–80, 89; rules, 80, 100–2; sex in, 80, 100, 104; social networks, 96–97; “star boarder” system, 80; traveling salesmen, 92 bocce, 193, 195, 198, 249; competitions, 189–90; history, 188–89; on the Iron Range, 189–90; rules, 189–90; women, 190, 193 Braga, Joe, 154 Braga, Louis, 154 Braga, Rosa, 54–55, 111 Brama, Marietta, 6, 77, 81; interviewed, 175–76 Bretta, Candida, 244 briscola, 188, 192 Brizzi, Mary, 221 Brown, W. G., 83–84 Bugni, Peter, 217 Buhl, 71, 106, 111, 148, 170, 221; Grant Underground Mine, 46, 89; grocery stores, 95; Italians in, 16, 45, 81–83, 88–92; religious institutions , 174 Bunco, 188 Bussey, Pierina Maracchini, 127–29 Butler Brothers, Nashwauk, 46, 52 Cabalero, Rosetta, 115 Cadute, Maria Antonia Mansueta, 160–62 Cadute, Pasquale, 160 Caesar, Julius, 188–89 Cagin Company, Duluth, 36–37 Calabria, Italy, 45, 81, 93, 94, 106, 111, 112, 115, 154–55, 229, 263, 266, 285–89; Melia, 83; Rosarno, 6; San Giovanni Fiore, x, 4, 129, 205–6; Savelli, 112; Taurianova, 193; Tiriolo , Catanzaro, 257 Calvino, Italo, 265 Caola, Giovanni (John) B., interviewed, 20–24 Caola, Orsolina, 20, 23 Capistrano, Campobasso, AbruzziMolise , Italy, 269 Caradori, Angelo, 229 Carnevale, 120, 155 Carnevali, Emanuel, 6 Carozzo, Rocco, 221 Casagrande, Reno, 268 Cascalenda, Campobasso, AbruzziMolise , Italy, 10, 17, 38, 39, 40, 247–48 Catholic Church, see religion Cavarnardi, Italy, 97 Chiodini, Primo, 207 Chisolm, 173–74, 217, 221, 273; boardinghouses , 104–7; bocce, 189–90; dramatic companies, 263, 266; ethnic mix, 273–74; Italians in, 54, 104–7, 136–37, 154, 184–87, 231–34; men’s society, 158; religious institutions , 110; Societá Mutuo Soccorso (Mutual Aid Society), 173 Christmas, 134, 144–45, 153–55, 171–72, 176–78, 206, 214, 224, 246 Christopher Columbus Society, 173, 152, 218 Chivasso, Italy, 273 Civita, Campobasso, Abruzzi-Molise, Italy, 116–17 Ciresi, Dominic, 224 Ciresi, Rose, 193 Cluett Peabody & Co., New York, 53–54 Cobassani, Teodoro, 268 Cocchiarella, Luciana, 106 Colosimo, Immacolata, 55, 154; interviewed , 73–76 Colosimo, Mike, 74, 75, 154 Columbus Day, 127, 152, 157–58, 185–86, 216–18 Columbus Memorial Association, 127. See also Columbus statue Columbus statue, St. Paul, 158, 216–17. See also Columbus Memorial Association Concordia College, St. Paul, 72 Constantine, Ben, 54 Cosetta, Dave, 190, 196; grocery, 226 Costacciaro, Italy, 114, 266 Crea, Dominic M., 83–85 Crea, Samuel G., 194 Crete Mining Company, 85 Crosby, 112 Cumberland, Wisc., xiii Cuppoletti, Armando, 269 Cuyuna Range, 7–8, 112. See also Iron Index 308 Range D’Agostino, Iaquinta Giovanna Philomena (Mama D), birth, 139; education, 139–40; family, 139–43; on folk remedies, 141–43; on religion , 143–45; retirement, 138; St. Joseph’s Table, 157, 182; settlement house experiences, 143–45 D’Aloia, Filomena, 106 Damiani Grocery, St. Paul, 226 Dante Alighieri Society, 173–74 Dayton...