Arthur J. Iacofano Public Newspaper/Photo/Yearbook Search, 1942-1947 and 1985

Date: 2026-04-27 Status: completed automated public pass

Scope

Bounded search for public, stable artifacts mentioning Arthur J. Iacofano in 1942-1947 and 1985. Searched name variants and anchors including Arthur J. Iacofano, Arthur Joe Iacofano, Arthur Iacofano, Art Iacofano, Iaciofano, Yaciofano, Jaciofano, 35066128, 175th Infantry, 29th Division, Company B, Indiantown Gap, Cleveland, Euclid, 2025 Random Rd, and 373 E 232d.

BIRLS and already-ingested NARA military pages were not repeated.

Artifact Found

  • Cleveland Public Library News Index record 63566, public index page: https://cpl.org/newsindex/showrecord?record=63566&type=news
  • Ingested as source-online-index-cpl-news-index-arthur-j-iacofano-1985.
  • The public index gives two Plain Dealer obituary citations:
    • "Iacofano, Arthur Sr-obit"; 1985-01-25; Plain Dealer; pg. 09 sec. C.
    • "Iacofano, Arthur Sr : Husband Of Mary (obit.)."; 1985-01-24; Plain Dealer; pg. 05 sec. C.
  • No event record was created because the artifact is an index citation only, not the full obituary or a direct death-date record.
  • Full Plain Dealer scans remain covered by existing HIR-20260423-013.

Searches With No New Artifact

  • Cleveland Public Library News Index:
    • Iacofano found the 1985 Arthur Sr record above and a separate 1997 Arthur record outside this pass.
    • Iaciofano returned non-Arthur family entries outside this target lane.
    • Yaciofano and Jaciofano returned no target records.
  • Euclid Sun Journal / Euclid News-Journal public PDFs:
    • Source page: https://www.euclidlibrary.org/content/euclid-sun-journal-0
    • 325 public issue links were enumerated for 1942-1947 and 1985.
    • 324 issue PDFs were downloaded and text-converted for search: 1942: 52, 1943: 50, 1944: 33, 1945: 38, 1946: 46, 1947: 47, 1985: 58.
    • One archive link returned 404: https://cdn.euclidlibrary.org/cdn/esj/1947/19471113/19471114.pdf.
    • No hits for Iacofano/Iaciofano/Yaciofano/Jaciofano, 35066128, Indiantown Gap, 175th Infantry, 29th Division, 2025 Random, Random Rd, 373 E 232/East 232, or E 232d.
  • Euclid Public Library yearbooks:
    • Source page: https://www.euclidlibrary.org/content/yearbooks
    • Searched 9 public PDFs: 1942 Canteen; 1943 Log; 1944 Log; 1945 Buzzer; 1945 Log; 1946 Log; 1946 Opus; 1947 Opus; 1985 Euclidian.
    • No target hits. A lone RANDOM OCR hit in the 1946 Log was unrelated to Random Road.
  • Internet Archive:
    • Advanced exact search for Arthur Iacofano / Arthur J Iacofano / Arthur Joe Iacofano / 35066128 returned no results.
    • Broader Iacofano results did not produce a target 1942-1947 or 1985 public artifact for Arthur J. Iacofano.
  • Cleveland Memory CONTENTdm:
    • No results for Iacofano, Iaciofano, or 35066128.
  • Ohio Memory CONTENTdm:
    • Iacofano/Iaciofano searches returned only out-of-scope or non-Arthur hits; no target 1942-1947 or 1985 Arthur artifact.
  • Cemetery and memorial page web searches:
    • No stable public memorial/grave artifact for the target Arthur J. Iacofano was found in the scoped search pass.

Notes

  • A public 1952 Euclid city directory search result for "Iacofano Arthur J (Mary)" was verified as out of scope for this 1942-1947 and 1985 pass and was not ingested.
  • No new human-input blocker was discovered; HIR-20260423-013 still covers the needed full Plain Dealer obituary scans.