Coxey Protests Spark Army Movement Contention
Coxey's march to the capital escalates into a clash as deputies and marshals confront the unemployed train near Boonsboro and South Mountain. In Maryland deputies are summoned to guard the procession while Spokane Judge Hanford orders deputies to protect Northern Pacific trains from seizure amid plans by commonwealers.
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Stillwater
Spokane
Wash
Hanford
United States Court
Marshal Vinson
Northern Pacific Road
Seattle
Tacoma
Coxey Supporters Blocked From Open-Air Meetings
District commissioners in Washington refuse Coxey movement supporters permission for open-air gatherings. They justify by law banning noisy street and park assembly and deny authority to grant permits. Coxeyites plan alternative actions despite setback.
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Washbherox
Weexl
Coxey
Train Stealers Face Serious Charges After Arrests
Seventy five deputy U S marshals arrived in Forsyte Montana to take over the Hogan group after the train theft. The train escorted by troops moved toward Helena as prisoners await arraignment in U S district court on charges of train theft and disobedience of an injunction. St Paul Minnesota reports startling information from Butte.
Curt Browne Leads Army Parade Figures in War Cartoon
An illustrated page features Curt Browne, adjutant general of the Army of the Commonweal, portrayed as a prominent agitator. The second panel shows the army marching with the colored standard bearer leading in the van.
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Curt Browne
Army of the Commonweal
Allen's Senate Debate On District Speech Prohibition
Washington April 28. Senator Allen's resolution censuring district authorities for barring admission of troops heading to Washington was debated in the Senate. West, Wolcott, Rolph, and Gray opposed. Ren defended his action. Harris' resolution then displaced the pending measure as the chamber prepared to reconvene at 11. Deputies pursuing the army left ahead of a 1,000 strong mob and martial law was being considered by Judge Knowles.
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Senate
WaenrncTon
Washington
West
Rem
Wolcott
Rolph
Ore
Gray
Ren
Harris
Peffer
Mife
Yeas
Mays
Dolph
Frye
Gal Bimger
Kyle
Knowles
Idaho marshal warned to prevent Coxey march train seizure
The Coeur d Alene district reports Coxey army activity in northern Idaho. Attorney General Olney orders the United States marshal to bar unlawful train seizures and to swear in deputy marshals as needed. If violations cannot be stopped, he must notify the president and seek federal troop support.
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Wasuineros
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene Minfig
Tete
Olney
Butte Contingent Seizes Engine on Northern Pacific Line
About 500 men from Butte forming the Coxey army entered an engine house and seized an engine and cars on the Northern Pacific railroad. The incident prompted warnings to leaders to watch for other trains as authorities prepared to intervene if trains were disrupted.
Hogan army seized near Forsythe in train theft case
Reports say troops from Pert Keogh seized a special train at Forsythe Montana after Hogan’s men occupied the Northern Pacific car. A fight was mentioned but no bloodshed. In Marcines Montana the stolen train was overtaken by marshal marshals’ social train as they entered the city limits.
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Ser
Pauw
Minn
Northern Pacific
Edieck
Pert Keogh
Forsythe
Hogan
Pwen
Wumi
Marcines
Mont
Columbus
Armory Sends Rifles to Washington for Coxey Threat
Springfield armory ships 100 Springfield rifles of 45 caliber and 65 carbines to Washington. Maj. Rexford in charge of ordnance at the armory directs dispatch by express and fast freight as a precaution against any Coxey’s Army attack.
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Springfield
Mass
United States
Washington
Coxey
Maj
Rexford
Express
Iowa Farmers Rally to Aid Kelly's Army Progress
Enthusiastic farmers from Avoca Iowa gather Tuesday to support Kelly's Army leaving Neola with seventy five wagons. They provide food clothing and blankets and send twenty two provision wagons while halting spring plow work to help the footsore marchers over twenty miles to Avoca.
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Iowa
Kelly
Avoca
Neola
Will Wreck the Train
In Apart, April 28, Chicago Rock Island & Pacific officials vowed to ditch any train Kelly or his men might steal. Yardmaster Hamilton distributed notices warning of attempts and consequences. Gen Kelly said the army would not board a train unless donated or paid for, and Atlantic reported 1,256 troops with about 200 new recruits joining. Deserters fluctuated daily, with 100 to 150 leaving then reappearing.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Kelly
Hamilton
Atlantic
Chicago Ironmolders Plan Independent Washington March
The Chicago Contingent reports 20 000 ironmolders will march to Washington independent of the main body. They expect Maj Gen Kelly and western cohorts to be greeted by armed police if they head this way. The council told Chief Brennan to bar entry into the city for public safety.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Washington
Kelly
Brennan
Armed Miners March on Toluca to End Work in Alabama
Three thousand armed workers from the Spring Valley district march toward Toluca to stop Toluca miners who ignored a strike order. Sheriff Lense telegrams Acting Gov. Gill twice seeking troops. Gill declines militia but goes to Toluca to inspect the situation.
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Toluca
Curcaco
Spring Valley
Lense
Gill
Death of J. Seligman Banker in Coronado
Jesse Seligman of the firm J and S Seligman bankers New York and London died in Coronado California from pneumonia and Brights disease. He arrived four days earlier with his wife and daughter and died Monday morning before the family could reach him.
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Kores. del Cornonado
Cal
Jesse Seligman
J. and S. Seligman
New York
London
Bright
Coronado
Kilinski centennial celebra tion arrests send 209 to Siberia
Warsaw April 26 213 persons arrested last week for taking part in the Kilinski centennial celebration 209 have been sent to Siberia leaving four still detained.
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Warsaw
Kilinski
Siberia
Ex Chancellor Hammond Dies in St Louis
Des Moines reports the death of William G. Hammond former chancellor of the Iowa State University law department. A noted scholar and author he led the university law school until 1881 before becoming dean of the St. Louis law school. Iowa leads in many farm statistics per a new census bulletin. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument commission selects designs and figures for the monument to be erected on the old state house site.
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Oldiers’ and Sailors
Des Moines
William G. Hammond
Law Department
State University of Iowa
St. Louis
United States
Blackstone
Francis Lieber
New York
Iowa
Anamosa
Law
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St. Louis Law School
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Texas
Dion Cooks
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Ohio
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
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Seanews
Nebraska
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Sues
Mississippi River
State House
Capitol
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Dodge
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Carse
Lowane
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Hatch
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Senator Harlan
Robert Lincoln
London
Abraham Lincoln
Coxey Outlines Plan for Washington Entry
Coxey directs a march from Rockville to Washington with about twenty four men at the fair grounds awaiting departure. The army will camp at Rockville Legal Tender overnight and proceed to Brightwood park before moving to the Capitol grounds for a march and meeting on the steps. Police say orderly processions on Pennsylvania avenue are allowed but marching onto the Capitol grounds is not.
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Coxey
GalTrer
Brightwood Park
District of Columbia
Washington
Capitol
J. B. Osborne
Browne
California
Moore
Coxey Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Grounds
Body found on railroad track near Keokuk
A man’s mutilated body was found on the track of the St. Louis Keokuk and Northwestern road two miles above Keokuk. Authorities investigated the brutal discovery and sought clues to identify the victim and the circumstances of death.
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St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Road
Keokuk
New York Has Varied Epithets and Notable Facts
The Grant Monument association in New York spent 47070 last year and holds a balance of 433238.76. The article mentions Empress Josephine’s opal "The Burning of Troy" lost after Paris fell to the Allies, a petrified woman reported to the Washington geological survey, and Maj. Powell noting Portland cement in the figure. It notes UK publication counts of magazines including religious ones.
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New York
Empire City
Gotham
Metropolis of
America
Grant Monument Association
Josephine
Troy
Paris
Geological Survey
Washington
Maj
Powell
United Kingdom
Theosophy
Sun Struck English Footballer Noted. Bridging Boat Race Wins
The piece highlights an English footballer sun struck at end of March with a reference to Oxford-Cambridge boat race where the heaviest crew leads the series with forty-one wins in fifty-seven races. It also cites records in trotting twenty miles, cycling twenty miles, and rifle shooting at the California midwinter fair.
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Grorce Heim
California
Miners Strike Bulletin Maps Nationwide Work Stoppage
National UMW bulletins guide 400 districts on strike status alluding to long stoppage. Pennsylvania leads with 55 000 out while Ohio Kentucky Tennessee report large numbers. Illinois Indiana Alabama and Iowa show varying idle periods. Rallying message urges calm resolve and warns coal stocks may vanish.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Indiana
Ilinois
Rich Hil
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Idie
Covention
Albia
Colorado
Debs Orders General Strike on Great Northern
Debs of the American Railway union calls for a strike on all Minnesota divisions of the Great Northern after failed settlement talks. Conference with Hill yielded no concessions and ended with Debs issuing the general strike while lines from St Paul to the coast shut down. Nonunion workers face tension as green employees are viewed with caution on the switches.
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St. Paul
Minn
Great Northern
Debs
American Railway Union
Minnesota
Howard
Hill
Brotherhood
Agricultural Appropriation Bill Passes House Committee
Washington April 30. The house committee on agriculture completes the agricultural department appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1895. The proposed total is about 2,450,000 compared with 2,280,000 for the current year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
Elk Starvation Deaths Across Wyoming Border
Hundreds of elk found dead from starvation in Lanper Wyoming as cold weather drove them from the mountains. The loss is mourned due to elk scarcity outside Yellowstone Park.
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Lanper
Wyo
Yellowstone Park
Brooklyn Lets Go Suburbs to Join City
In Amany New York on April 30 both houses of the legislature adjourned sine die after passing bills annexing the towns of Flatbush Gravesend and New Utrecht to the city of Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Amany
N. Y
Flatbush
Gravesend
New Utrecht
St Louis Counterfeiters Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Federal grand jury indicted twenty five persons in St Louis. Among the cases, Herman B. Ewer R. H. Dunaway Alexander J. Cheatham William T. Yow and Alfred Jones alias Yow were charged with manufacturing and passing base coin.
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St. Louis
Herman B. Ewer
R. H. Dunaway
Alexander J. Cheatham
William T. Yow
Alfred Jones
Alias Yow
Death of the Oldest Ex Governor Berry Dies in Bristol
Ex governor N S Berry aged 95 died in Bristol from pneumonia. He was the oldest ex governor in the United States and lived in Coxcorp, New Hampshire.
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Coxcorp
N. H
N. S. Berry
United States
Bristol
Death of Merritt Owner Cries from Mesaba Range Strain
C. C. Merritt, a member of the family that owned the Mesaba range for a year, died Friday evening in Minnesota. The strain from negotiations over range control led to his condition, with heart ulceration given as the immediate cause.
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Merritt
Dutois, Minn
C. C. Merritt
Mesaba Range
Greek cities wiped out by devastating earthquake
An earthquake in Greece on April 30 has destroyed numerous villages including Thebes and Atalanta. Fatalities are feared as widespread ruin follows the disaster in Athens and surrounding areas.
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Greece
Thebes
Atalanta
Grant the Hero Observances Mark Grant’s 72d Birthday
The Galena Illinois celebration honors Ulysses S. Grant with a parade to Turner hall and Grant Park ceremonies led by Luther Laflin Mills. Chicago and New York events include receptions and banquets by political figures and Republican clubs.
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M. Galena
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Luther Laflin Mills
Chicago
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Moses P. Handy
New York
Hamilton Republican Club
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Marquette
Gen
Oglesby
Illinois
Alger
Michigan
Resignation amid Michigan starvation unrest
Iron Mountain Michigan April 30 Poor Commissioner McClintock resigned to Chairman McNaughton as 500 idle workers passed a resolution giving two hours to leave the city or face consequences. Marchers received two dollar orders usable at any store. Afternoon 800 orders issued to married men. Conservative estimate: 2500 city residents without food.
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Michigan
Iron Mountary
Mich
McClintock
McNaughton
County Board
Death in the Minsh. Chicago Lumber Yard Tragedy
A lightning strike Friday night killed two men and injured two others at J Stevenson’s lumber yard 250 Twenty second street Chicago. The deceased are Freedman Presevy and Joseph Preuccill. The wounded are Joe Kalep and W Kofvak. The incident shocked workers for over an hour.
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Minsh
ChicaGo
J. Stevenson
Freedman Presevy
Joseph Preuccill
Joe Kalep
W. Kofvak
Reorganization Planned for New York and New England RR
Boston April 30 news states a plan to reorganize the New York and New England railroad by creating a new company with capital stock of 25 000 600 dollars. The proposal aims to consolidate assets and operations under a fresh corporate structure.
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Boston
New York & New England Railroad
Grubb Dies by Suicide in Jail, Obscene Mail Case
Creston Iowa April 10 Fred Grubb arrested Thursday for sending obscene matter through the mails died by suicide in his jail cell using strips torn from his blanket. He was to be moved to Council Bluffs for trial.
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Creston
Fred Grubb
Council Bluffs
Germany Will Cling to Samoa
The Berliner Neuest Nachrichten reports Emperor William has told foreign office officials that Germany will not abandon its interests in the Samoa islands under any circumstances.
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Samoa
Bexurm
Berliner Neuest Nachrichten
William
Foreign Office
Samoan Islands
Trade outlook dimmed by strikes and labor unrest
R G Dun reports continued business weakness amid widespread strikes. Liabilities of failing firms rise, with April totals around 86.99 million and manufacturing and trading losses sizable. Coal and railroad disruptions slow shipments. few cities show real trade gains while western rail traffic declines.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
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United States
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Bradstreet’s
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Four Murderers Lynched Near Tallulah Louisiana
A Tallulah dispatch reports four Boyce assassination suspects seized by a mob and hanged to a tree near the crescent where the crime occurred. Shell Claxton Camp Claxton Scott Harvey and Jerry McCly were executed quietly as authorities race to capture Tom Griffin and face additional trials for seventeen jailed suspects.
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Tallulah
Boyce
Shearly Place
Crescent Place
Mr. Boyce
Shell Claxton
Camp Claxton
Scott Harvey
Jerry McCly
Tom Griffin
Vigilants Kill Five Horse Thieves in Oklahoma Territory
In Cheyenne country near Independence and Arapahoe vigilants pursued an organized gang from Greer county Texas. They overtook the band twenty miles from the Texas line and killed five of the seven ringleaders while the rest surrendered before being executed by the cedar tree.
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Swift
Oklahoma Territory
Hennessy
O.T
Independence
Arapahoe
Little Country
Cheyenne Country
Greer County
Panhandle
Texas
Texas Line
Toledo to Europe first grain shipments by eight vessels
Eight Canadian ships load the first direct grain voyage from Toledo to Europe. About 3,000,000 bushels of corn will be sent to Kingston and Montreal with plans for a subsequent 5,000,000 bushels of wheat. The route advances Col. 8. C. Reynolds' scheme and aims for rapid return shipments.
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Totedo
Toledo
Europe
8. C. Reynolds
Kingston
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Aliens Could Not Vote Constitutional Debate
The Michigan legislature approved a joint resolution to submit a constitutional amendment extending the voter eligibility window for foreigners who declare their intent. It was found that if ratified the change would bar all future aliens from voting.
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Lansing
Mich
Brazilian insurgents escape from Portuguese ships
Buenos Ayres reports that all Brazilian insurgents, among them Admiral Da Gama, detained on Portuguese warships, have escaped.
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Buenos Ayres
Admiral da Gama
Double Hanging in Virginia Jail Yard
Jim Robinson and Benjamin White were hanged in the Manassas jail yard for criminal assault on two white women in Prince William county last January. Despite talk of trouble among the Negroes, the scene remained orderly with no excitement.
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Virginia
Manassas
Jim Robinson
Benjamin White
Prince William County
Edwin Turner Dies at 105 in Curxroy Iowa
Edwin Turner, the oldest man in eastern Iowa, died Friday in Curxroy at age 105. He remained in good health and retained full mental faculties up to the day of his death, passing away on a Friday after a long life.
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Curxroy
Edwin Turner
Iowa
Iowa banks report strong condition with ample surplus cash
Iowa banks are in good shape with ample surplus funds and higher cash reserves than last year. Banks are acting conservatively and not issuing loans beyond normal business, shunning speculative borrowers as rates on country balances and time deposits fall. Bank Examiner John McHugh leads the national assessment.
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Iowa
John McHugh
Tragedy At OsKaloosa Courthouse Divorce Ending
Mrs. George Croft had just secured a divorce from her husband when Croft called her from the courthouse and fatally wounded her with a pistol shot to the left breast. He then killed himself by a shot to the temple, dying in the sheriff's office. Croft, 35, kept a billiard hall.
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George Croft
Oskaloosa
Croft
The Woman Suffrage Law Clarified
An erroneous impression about the new woman suffrage law is discussed. The statute specifies that in any city, incorporated town, or school district election for issuing bonds or increasing taxes, the right of any citizen to vote shall not be denied on account of sex, and women may vote under the same restrictions as men.
Man Shoots Victim Then Kills Self Near Norwalk
George Ashworth shot Mrs. Wilbur Mason near Summerset on March 26 and fled to a barn three miles south of Norwalk. As the posse moved him toward his mother’s farm, Ashworth killed himself. Mrs. Mason survived but death seemed certain.
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George Ashworth
Wil-bur Mason
Summerset
William Ash
Norwalk
Ashworth
Mrs. Mason
Weather and Crop Report Indicates Healthy Spring Conditions
The report notes cloudy cool weather with sufficient rainfall, ground in excellent condition, spring cereals emerging well, and a milder impact from the March freeze than expected. Fruit outlook shows improvement over two weeks ago, and farm work is progressing well.
Boy James Stephens 14 Ends Life in Mason City Jail
James Stephens aged 14 died by suicide in Mason City jail two weeks after being jailed for stealing a watch and chain. He had no known home after both parents died in infancy, and he reportedly ingested carbolic acid, dying within minutes.
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James Stephens
Mason City
Woman seeks divorce over onion habit and breakfast biscuits
In Davis County a woman filed for divorce citing her husband’s onion consumption and changes in grooming since the honeymoon. She also alleges he insists on warm biscuits for breakfast, as a continuing habit.
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Davis County
Indiana Republicans hold grand Indianapolis convention
The Indiana state convention in Indianapolis on April 25 drew crowds of statesmen led by Ex-President Harrison. Presiding at the event, “Uncle Dick” delivered a vigorous address praising the party's vigor and attacking the Democrats’ policy on tariffs, protection, and governance.
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Indianapolis
Harrison
Republican Party
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