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The grave in Holy Cross Cemetery

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By Bill Lombardi Hometown Weekly Correspondent In October of 1929, the stock market crashed. Millionaires became penniless overnight as the Great Depression began. In the absence of welfare programs, poverty ran rampant. It was in this context that local eyes began turning to a cemetery in Malden. In late October, 1929 it was rumored that miracle...
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