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  2. James Braidwood - Wikipedia

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    James Braidwood (1800–1861) was a Scottish firefighter who was the first "Master of Engines", in the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. [ 1] He was born in Edinburgh, the tenth child of Janet Mitchell and Francis James Braidwood, a cabinetmaker. The family lived in College Street next to the University of Edinburgh. [ 2]

  3. The Scotsman - Wikipedia

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    The Scotsman. The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, National World, also publishes the Edinburgh Evening News.

  4. Ruth Lyons (broadcaster) - Wikipedia

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    Station (s) WKRC. WSAI. WLW. WLWT. Ruth Lyons (born Ruth Evelyn Reeves October 4, 1905, died November 7, 1988) was a pioneer radio and television broadcaster in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is said Ruth Lyons accidentally invented the daytime TV talk show. Like Arthur Godfrey and others of the era, Lyons built a TV empire.

  5. Deaths in June 2007 - Wikipedia

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    June 14, 2007. p. 17. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Former mayor Donald Clancy dies at age 85 Donald D. Clancy, 85, mayor of Cincinnati in the late 1950s and an eight-term U.S. congressman for Ohio's Second District died Tuesday of Parkinson's disease at his Montgomery home. ^ Nelson, Valerie J. (June 16, 2007).

  6. Why aren’t millennials and Gen Z having kids? It’s the ...

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    In fact, people under 50 without kids are three times as likely as older childless people—36% compared with 12%—to say they can’t afford to have them, according to a new report from Pew ...

  7. Obituary - Wikipedia

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    An obituary ( obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [ 1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [ 2] According to Nigel Farndale, the Obituaries Editor of The Times, obituaries ought to be "balanced ...

  8. Spring Grove Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum (733 acres (2.97 km 2)) is a nonprofit rural cemetery and arboretum located at 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.It is the third largest cemetery in the United States, after the Calverton National Cemetery and Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery [2] and is recognized as a US National Historic Landmark.

  9. Legacy.com - Wikipedia

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    Current status. Active. Legacy.com is a United States-based website founded in 1998, [ 2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [ 3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [ 4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U ...