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Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)
Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)

Slayer hopes children won't visit him, I do not want Than to see me here, he would be only making a 3,000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken a(...)

Date4/22/1935
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Original Toronto Star caption: Slayer hopes children won't visit him; I do not want Than to see me here; he would be only making a 3;000-mile journey to have his poor heart broken at the end of it; declared Harold W. Vermilyea; convicted murderer of his mother; from the death cell in Belleville jail; when told that his son; Than; shown here; sought to come from California to say farewell prior to his execution. {Incomplete}
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120954F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Belleville
County:Hastings (Ont. : County)
Province or state:Ontario
Comedy is his business: . . . and I won't have anybody telling me how to run my business, says Mark Breslin, who owns Yuk Yuks. Some comedians see nothing funny in his policy
Comedy is his business: . . . and I won't have anybody telling me how to run my business, says Mark Breslin, who owns Yuk Yuks. Some comedians see nothing funny in his policy
1/18/1984
Wants a chance: A gloomy Rob Ducey, cut by the Jays, said he hopes someday he'll get the opportunity to show what I can do at the major league level
Wants a chance: A gloomy Rob Ducey, cut by the Jays, said he hopes someday he'll get the opportunity to show what I can do at the major league level
3/5/1991
Poor Alex Partners: Leah Cherniak of Theatre Columbus, left, Crow Theatre's Deborah Porter and Dean Gilmour of Theatre Smith-Gilmour have high hopes and modest goals for their new digs
Poor Alex Partners: Leah Cherniak of Theatre Columbus, left, Crow Theatre's Deborah Porter and Dean Gilmour of Theatre Smith-Gilmour have high hopes and modest goals for their new digs
3/18/1987
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
5/26/1984
The way it was: By time designer Roland Jutras, above, is through with the old King Edward Hotel, he hopes it will be the new five-star hotel of the city, at tracting people who want to see, and be seen in, what is best in its field
The way it was: By time designer Roland Jutras, above, is through with the old King Edward Hotel, he hopes it will be the new five-star hotel of the city, at tracting people who want to see, and be seen in, what is best in its field
9/26/1979
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
Pickering resident Gordon Auld hopes that since Ontario won't build access roads for the Pickering Airport at present, he may not have to move after a(...)
7/10/1975
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
South Norwood. "Dear Mr. Langbridge; I can only say I would very willing send you a cheque of a hundred pounds for the poor fund of your parish"
August 4, 1891
Illustration of a boy and a girl standing near a field of wildflowers. The boy is dressed in a ...
I want Haag's candies for Christmas : they are pure, they won't make me sick
1888
Canadian author Brian Moore, here from California to publicize his 12th novel, says Canadians shouldn't be so hard on a poor immigrant like me. I feel(...)
Canadian author Brian Moore, here from California to publicize his 12th novel, says Canadians shouldn't be so hard on a poor immigrant like me. I feel(...)
10/11/1979
When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.
When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.
8/31/1984
Making links: Constable Bission Ramdewar hopes improved communications with ethnic minorities will enable him to prepare police for touchy situations
Making links: Constable Bission Ramdewar hopes improved communications with ethnic minorities will enable him to prepare police for touchy situations
7/5/1988
I am an optimistic person by nature, said O'Keffe, who joined Local 94 president Nelson Miller at the head of the union negotiating The brakdown came despite earlier hopes by both sides that last night's negotitions would bring an end to the strike
I am an optimistic person by nature, said O'Keffe, who joined Local 94 president Nelson Miller at the head of the union negotiating The brakdown came despite earlier hopes by both sides that last night's negotitions would bring an end to the strike
3/9/1987