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Great Headlines Speak For Themselves… Black Dahlia found…

July 11, 2019 by The Traveler · Leave a Comment 

The best headlines need no commentary. Such is the case with THE BOSTON POST, Massachusetts, January 17, 1947:  “FORMER MEDFORD GIRL FOUND SLAIN“

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