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Alvin Tobias Hert
1865–1921American politician and mayor
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Alvin Tobias Hert, the American politician and mayor, was born in 1865. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. The longest list in Indiana is Gary’s, with 68 names.

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