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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
7
A medical student turned doctor recalls buying a detective camera to photograph passengers at a rail depot. He idolizes a pretty girl, calls another ugly, and names two images Beauty and The Beast. The summer trip with friends exposes his vanity and a budding romance with Miss Barnes.
Sheriff A C Gumbert of Pittsburg used his own invention a self hanging device on Dowling Green a negro murderer The deputy triggered the trap and the wire weight did the rest Doctors said Green died instantly The device aims to share the burden of execution among officials and the condemned alike
Hartford asserts the oldest American school title, founded in 1638 by William Gibbins with town aid and tuition. It received bequests in 1655 1659 1664 and 1680 and stayed under town care until 1847 when merged with Hartford high school's classical department.
The duke of Wellington leads in foreign titles with fifteen in total. A third were bestowed on his ancestor by foreign governments. He is a prince in the Netherlands, a duke in Spain, and a count, marquis, and duke in Portugal.
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