Word: thirteens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thirteen years ago when Spada first set out to make a name for himself with a double-barreled shotgun and a pocketful of shells, he was a plump, handsome young man, looking for all the world like a road company tenor in Cavalleria Rusticana. His reputation began to grow when he shot two gendarmes in the back, killing one. He considered the highway between Ajaccio and Sopigna his personal property, collected tribute from all travelers for years. He avenged himself on a young man who ran away with his mistress by murdering the boy's uncle and a cousin...
German measles again became the prevalent source of worry around the Hygiene building, with the appearance of thirteen more cases yesterday. This rapid multiplication of roseate sufferers adds so greatly to the total in Stillman, that there are now more hands to hold than nurses to hold them. At present every House but Adams is represented among the afflicted, but the Gold Coasters entertain high hopes that they will soon crash through...
...Unlucky thirteen was the number of pitchers Coach. Fred Mitchell retained on the Varsity yesterday when he cut down the battery candidates at the close of the opening week of practice. This group of twirlers and their partners on Captain Dick Maguire's catching squad will be joined on Monday by the full turnout of aspirants for all positions...
...Third Class team, which numbers thirteen men has as its leading contenders William Loomis, Harold White, Frederick Bigelow, William Quinby and Thomas Motley. It is expected that Dartmouth, Williams, the White Mountain Ski Runners, and the Newport Ski Club will send competitors...
...snapped 20 pictures for TIME. Thirteen of them, appearing herewith, were successful...