European powers face economic ties and danger at Bath tragedy
Maximilian Harden predicts Franco German economic cooperation while Britain’s empire remains globally fixed. Paris to Berlin talks on working conditions aim to align plans with Dawes methods. The death of Princess Radzi at Bath casts gloom as residents recount peril on Mount Bradley and warn against cliff edge flirtations.
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France
Maximilian Harden
Britain
Gibraltar
Ste
Panver
Harlem
Dhuive
Giermeany
Paris
Berlin
Lantien
Aorheugh
Dawes
Radziwill
Mt. Kinee
Camden
Maine and Montana elections show business push gaining momentum
Maine and Montana primary results indicate business groups mobilize large vote efforts with 33 and 30 percent gains respectively. National and local organizations join manufacturers drive, as women mobilize, clubs pledge to post bulletins and encourage turnout. Mussolini signals conciliatory policy while praising fascist public works and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Montana
All New England Week Seeks To Aid Local Growers
Boston business leaders and farmers discussed the threat to New England produce from out of state shippers. The Boston City Committee assured growers that markets will receive more attention and support for New England products during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Boston
Weather Chief Claims High Forecast Accuracy
James H. Scarr, in charge of New York City's weather bureau for fifteen years, asserts his 88 percent accuracy based on forecasts across his territory during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Scarr
New York City
Weather Bureau
Chicago institute gathers 2800 sand specimens in bottles
A scientific institute in Chicago collected 2,800 sand specimens stored in bottles for study. The project aggregates samples from diverse environments to chart mineral composition and regional geology. Researchers aim to map sand types and aid geological research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Freeport Doctor Nathan T. Hyde Dies Leaving Family Ties
Dr Nathan T. Hyde a Freeport physician for two decades and Gorham graduate who also practiced in Cr oham for 16 years died after a long illness. He was born January 12 1851 in Freeport and educated at Bowdoin Jefferson Medical School and in Gorham. He served on Freeport town boards and held membership in several lodges. survived by his twin brother Rocklind Mass a daughter Elizabeth of Freeport and a son Nathan Bath towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan
Tlyde
Freeport
Nathan TD
Blyde
Crorham
Hyde
Board of Health
Ele
Terraseeket Lodge
Freeport Lodge
Masons and the
Odd Fellows
Rocklind
Mass
Hin
Elizabeth
Oasem
Blyde Bath
Mary Frances Hyde
Bath
Floradora Recalled On Radio At Bathman’s Request
A Bath couple heard Floradora’s score broadcast again on WEAR TV radio Friday night after a long gap since its Broadway prime. The husband, listening solo, wrote the station asking for another airing, and the reply said it would be played Friday. The couple had celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in New York years ago and recalled the show vividly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Haive
New York
Broadway
Funeral services honor World War veteran Louis A. Jack
Full military honors were paid Louis A. Jack, World War II veteran, at his funeral Saturday afternoon at his parents home 73 Washington Street. Rev C Myron Tubbs led the services and American Legion ritual followed at the house and grave in Maple Grove by Roland F Smith post leaders Dr A A Stott and Roscoe F E Perkins. Bearers from the Post included Perry N Thompson Norman Morse Edward Arsenault and William Robson. A grave salute came from Oliver Webster Howell Smith Harold and Eugene Hart and taps were sounded by Harry A Starbird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Jack
William A. Jack
Washington Street
C. Myron Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
American Legion
Maple Grove
Roscoe FE. Perkins
A. A. Stott
Roland F. Smith
San Francisco Builds First Vehicle Subway for Ferry Area
San Francisco plans its first vehicle subway to speed 170000 daily commuters and traffic at the Ferry building. The 900 foot long tunnel will be 28 feet wide and cost 340000 dollars. Evening rush hour sees over 890 streetcars around the Ferry loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Koreans Start Returning to Japan for Work
Korean laborers who fled Japan after the September earthquake are returning to seek employment. Reports from Shimonoseki, a main gateway for Japan Korea traffic, show about 150 Koreans per day entering Japan as they resume searching for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Shimonoseki
Japan-Korea
Outing at Small Point by Central Maine Power workers
Central Maine Power Company employees enjoyed a Small Point outing on Sunday. Nine autos carried the group to the reach about 10 in the forenoon and the return was by moonlight. Aelambake featured with picnic dinners. Notables present included Ralph W. Bragg and family, Charles Merry and family, John Lowery and sons, George Perry, William Sherman and son, Margaret Daley, Beatrice Merrill, Albert Thompson and Warren Parris plus attendees from Bath, Freeport, Yarmouth, Lisbon Falls, Brunswick and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Company
Ralph W. Bragg
Mar
Charles Merry
John Lowery
Jack and
Nelson
George Perry
William Sherman
Donald
Margaret Daley
Beatrice Merrill
Albert Thompson
Warren Parris
Bath
Ralph Morse
Freeport
BE. Kingshorn
Yarmouth
J. Lamb
Lisbon Falls
Frank Saunders
Leon Jenkins
Brunswick
Giant twin stars studied by Victorian telescope
Using the 72 inch Dominion Observatory telescope in Victoria B C scientists observed twin stars far hotter and brighter than the sun. The pair, 52 million billion miles away, shine 12 500 times as bright as the sun and have a planet or volume times that of Earth. They orbit each other in a large ellipse about 178 million miles in diameter every two weeks at speeds near 128 to 153 miles per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Observatory
Victoria
B. C
Popular Science
Assessors to Meet After Election Date Change
Maine assessors annual convention dates moved from November 4 5 and 6 to November 11 12 and 13. Sessions set in the hall of representatives at the state house with the shift due to the national election on Tuesday November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Association of Maine Assessors
Hall of Representatives
State House
Interesting Career Of A Bath Pastor
Rev. George B. Wolstenholme has just accepted a call to Peoples Baptist Church. Born in Lancashire England he moved to Canada as a child and began work in a blast furnace and coal mines before pursuing education. He attended Bethel Bible Institute Spencer Mass Coburn College Colby College and Cambridge style debates gaining praise as a speaker and debater. He led debate teams defeated several colleges including Notre Dame, and studied theology at Newton Theological School.
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George B. Wolstenholme
Peoples Baptist Church
Lancashire
Eng
Sidney Mines
Cape Breton Island
Yalclal
Sidney
Sullivan's River
N.S
Bethel Bible Institute
Spencer
Mass
Toth
Mast Mt Vernon
Readtielf Depot
Queantine
Minerson School of Oratory
Boston
Columbia School of Oreform
Chicago
Coburn Chissient Institute
Coburn
Pno
Colby College
Newton Theologieal School
Colby
Tie
Titts
Tegi
Clark University
Western Reserve
Kahimazoo College
Michigan
Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Wedding College
Des Moines
Simpson
Indianola
Colorado College
Berea College
Kentucky
William and Mary
Williamsburg
Preacher
Ife
Zeta Psi Fraternity
Pi Kappa Delta
Glee Club
Interchurch Movement
New York
Morse High Graduate Married at Wiscasset
Miss Ruth Dunwood Bailey of Wiscasset married Capt. Ellis Percy Skelfield of Portland at the bride’s parents’ home. The ceremony, led by Rev. S. W. Brown, included sister ma tron of honor Mrs. Paul Havenstein and bridesmaids Edna Bailey Rita Gillett. best man Theodore Herold. The bride, Morse High and Simmons College alumna, was a Hartford hospital dietitian. The groom, Palmolive Co. executive and youngest US merchant mariner captain, will reside in Boston after a two month honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Dunwood Bailey
Wiscasset
Ellis Percy Skelfield
Portland
Bernard TB. Bailey
S. W. Brown
Montswenage Baptist Church
Paul Havenstein
Sound Beach
Conn
Edna Bailey
Rita Gillet
Kingston. Pa
Barbara Bailey
Theodore Herold
Boston
Morse High School
Simmons College
Hartford Hospital
Tartford
Connerted
Palmolive Co
Merchant Marine
Sheffield
Telephone Employes Outing to Thomas Point Draws 125
About 125 New England Telephone workers from Lewiston Brunswick Bath Augusta and Gardiner joined the Saturday outing to Thomas Point. Activities included baseball potato balloon and three legged races with a Lewiston exchange game highlighted. Committees led by Cates Woodhouse Paterson Trott Winslow Willihan Fuller Joy Beattie Pheney Dill Hodgkins organized dinner sports prizes and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas’ Point
New England
Lewiston
Brunswick
Bath
Augusta
Gardiner
Fred M. Winslow
Patrick L. Willihan
Minnie IL. Fuller
O. W. Joy
Ralph Beattie
Gerald P. Pheney
W. W. Dill
FE. B. Hodgkins
Hodgkins Breaks Ward Voting Record with 59 Years
Willard A. Hodgkin of 433 High Street cast his ballot in Ward on Monday Sept 8, breaking a longevity record with 59 years of continuous voting in the same ward. Born June 2, 1844, he first voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and has remained in the same party as a staunch Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard A. Hodgking
High Street
Abraham Lincoln
New Zealand Speakers to Attend Maine Convention in Portland
Mrs. Rachel Don and Miss Henderson of New Zealand will speak at the Maine W C T U convention in Portland on September 4 25 and 26 They tour America to learn about U S prohibition efforts and hope to visit pioneer prohibition stores. Gloria Trumpeters of New York are among attractions in demand at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Rachel Don
Miss Henderson
New Zealand
Don
Henderson
America
Novisit
Gloria Trumpeters of
New York
Bath Painter Louis A Jack Dies at 40 in Bath
Bath painter Louis A Jack, 40, World War veteran and traveler who lived at 477 Washington street, was found dead in bed by his wife. Death was ruled accidental from an overdose of chloral for insomnia. He served in the navy and army, traveled from Alaska to France, spoke for several organizations, and wrote a travel book. He leaves his English wife, two Bath sons, parents, a brother Frank Jack of New Haven, and grandmother Mrs. Lewis Pepper.
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Bath
Far North
Louis A. Jack
Washington Street
Mr. Jack
William A. Jack
Boston
Navy
New York
New Tedford
Army
Fort Riley
Kan
Pacific
Northwest
Alaska
Germany
Jack
England
France
Willian
Stanley
Frank Jack
New Haven
Conn
Lewis Pepper
Everard W. Appleton 53 Dies After Foot Injury
Everard W. Appleton, 53, died suddenly at his home 17 Cummings Street after complications from an accident a month earlier when a casting broke his right foot. He was born in West Newbury, Mass., and worked at Trout's Express and Atlantic Express, then Bath Tren Works, Ltd., before joining Watson Irye Co. He leaves wife Laura Duncan, two daughters Mary and Dorothy, his mother, and brother John of Hollywood, Cal. He was a Mason and member of Polar Star lodge and Central church men’s club.
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Everard W. Appleton
Cummings Street
Mr. Appleton
West Newbury
Mass
Charles FF
Mary Hf. Appleton
Bath
Trout's Express
Atlantic F Express
Bath Tren Works, Ltd
Watson, Irye Co
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Men’s Club
Central Church
Tle
Laura Duncan
Mary
Dorothy Appleton
John Appleton
Hollywood
Cal
Everard W. Appleton Funeral Held at Home
Funeral for Everard W. Appleton was held Saturday at 2:30 PM at 17 Cummings Street. Rev. David L. Wilson of Central Church officiated. Pallbearers were Raymond Powers John Shaw Ralph W Bragg and William J. Crafts. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everard W. Appleton
Cummings Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Raymond Powers
John Shaw
Ralph W. Bragg
William J. Crafts
Oak Grove
Miss Gertrude Lord Visit Noted In Everett News
Miss Gertrude Lord of Everett Massachusetts is a guest of her uncle Everett Lord in this city with family greetings and social attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Lord
Everett, Mass
Everett Lord
This City
Maine Sportsmen Meet Moves to $1 Resident Hunter License
The 27th annual Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game association opens a three day session at Tallwood Inn Lake Maranacook with a push for a $1 resident hunting license. They expect $100000 extra revenue for game propagation and seek changes to the dog law and closed brook postings, plus bear protection and more refuges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Sportsmen’s Fish and Game Association
Tallwood Inn
Lake Maranacook
Frank W. Wardwell
Wardwell
Three Candidates Mentioned for Councilor Post
Names mentioned as successors to Hon. Rupert H. Baxter of Bath for a governor's executive council seat from the third district include Charles S. Cummings of Auburn Ralph F. Burnham ex-Mayor of Auburn and Ernest F. Clason of Lisbon. The election is to be decided by the legislative delegation from the entitled county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Bath
Sagadahoe
Androscoggin
Franklin
Franklin County
Charles S. Cummings
Auburn
Androscoggin County
Republican Committee
Ralph F. Burnham
Ernest F. Clason
Lisbon
Baxter
Bath to End Daylight Saving Time on Sept 28
Bath gears shift back to standard time on September 28 10 days before daylight saving ends. National Defense Day prompts flag displays but Bath sees few flags. State Trust Co staff visited New Meadows for dinner led by Treasurer George C Libby and directors Stephen Hegarty Leola Ellisteller Gladys Leavitt Alvin Diggs Wilbert Wilson. A Massachusetts car collided with a northbound trolley on Front Street near Broad with damage disputed between auto owner and trolley company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
State Trust Co
New Meadows
George C. Libby
Stephen Hegarty
Board of
Gladys Leavitt
Leola Ellisteller
Leo Andrews
Alvin Diggs
Wilbert Wilson
Massachusetts
Front Street
Broad
Mrs Josephine Deschenaux Dies After Illness in Bath
Mrs Josephine Deschenaux aged 19 wife of Charles O Deschenaux died Saturday night at City hospital after about five weeks illness. Born in Brunswick she lived in Bath two years. Survived by husband two children Charles and Marie three brothers George Albert Joseph Richards and three sisters Louise Rose and Ellen of Portland. Funeral Tuesday at two at 485 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Descheneaux
Charles O. Descheneaux
City Hospital
Brunswick
Rennie
Alphonsine Richards
Bath
Charles
Marie
George
Albert
Joseph Richards
Louise
Rose
Ellen
Portland
High Street
Concrete roofs replace clay tiles in China with American methods
Popular Science Monthly notes concrete roofing tiles made by American machines are replacing ancient clay tiles in China. In Hong Kong 250 houses are under construction by American methods to ease a housing shortage already so severe that each house is sold before completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Popular Science Monthly
Hongkong
Butterflies Drink Whiskey Says British Zoologist
A British zoologist reports in Popular Science Monthly that male butterflies seek liquor while females avoid it. In a screened garden, butterflies were given whiskey and water. males consistently chose the liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Creditors Meet On Sept 27 In Bankruptcy Case
Referee William T. Hall informs creditors of Arthur T. L. Jerry of Georgetown that the bankruptcy was declared Sept 6. The first meeting of creditors is set for Sept 27 at 10 a.m. at the referee's office where a trustee will be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trankruptcy
William T. Hall
Arthur TL. Jerry
Georgetown
Thay Dé
Bowdoin Professor Sewall Near Return from Arctic Expedition
Charles S. Sewall, Bowdoin College professor and Arctic explorer, is returning on the auxiliary schooner Bowdoin after a 15 month Far North scientific expedition. He received a Friday cable from Donald B. MacMillan saying Sewall expects to reach Wiscasset Saturday. Cable sent from Battle Harbor Labrador via Fogo dated the 11th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Sewall
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Far North
MacMillan
Wiscasset
Battle Harbor
Labrador
Fogo
N. F
Boston woman visits brother Francis G Cook on Court I Street
Miss Sarah Cook of Boston is a guest of her brother, Francis G Cook, residing on Court I Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Cook
Boston
Francis G. Cook
Court I Street
Michigan potato growers reorganize under five year plan
The Michigan Potato Growers Exchange reforms under a five year contract model akin to Minnesota and Maine. Fred Smith says localities have joined since last summer after the delegate body endorsed the long term plan. The exchange closed its year with 1,850,121.50 in gross business from handling 3000 cars. Pool prices for Chiefs grade reached 1.10 per hundred, with 734 cars sold. second grade No 1 brought 1.00 per hundred from 2388 cars. Returns to growers rose 40 percent over the prior season. Smith blames unorganized growers in Minnesota and North Dakota for last fall’s market demoralization, noting Minnesota’s new exchange should boost price stability this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Smith
Minnesota Exchange
Farm Bureau to Hold County Meeting in Presque Isle
Aroostook County Farm Bureau executive committee voted to hold the annual meeting in Presque Isle on Wednesday October 22. The group includes farmers and others aiming to advance agriculture and rural life and to cooperate with the University of Maine College of Agriculture and USDA in Extension work. The bureau has stressed planting seed potatoes in plots for six years to improve seed quality and reduce seed exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroostook County Farm Bureau
Presque Isle
Farm Bureau
College of Agriculture
University of Maine
United States Department of Agriculture
Portsmouth Navy Yard Seeks Blacksmiths and Helpers
Vacancies exist in the Portsmouth Navy Yard blacksmith’s force. Two first class blacksmiths needed for light or heavy fires earning 92 cents or 2 dollars per hour respectively. Three blacksmith’s helpers required at 56 to 61 cents per hour. Apply by letter to Board of Labor Employment, Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Board of Labor Employment
Portsmouth
N. H
Sabino Improvement Association Plans Monday Social
Sabinoites will host a Monday night social at the home of Mr and Mrs Loring Small West Bath formerly the Jenky Mitchell place at 630 for the first of a fall and winter series. The Smalls provide all the green corn and the ladies supply refreshments for a fine supper and social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino Improvement Association
Loring Small
West Bath
Jenky Mitchell Place
Marriage Ties in Denmark Bank Rule Contemplates Earnings
Danish banks consider a rule barring marriage for employees unless they earn at least 4000 crowns plus war price bonuses. In one bank such pay is not reached for 14 years of service, risking extended celibacy for clerks if enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Politiken
Trustee’s Final Report in Spinney Bankruptcy Filed
Ernest M. White the Portland trustee has filed the final report showing $1,516.86 in property available for distribution. A final creditors meeting is set for Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. in Referee Hall’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Spinney
Phippsburg
Ernest M. White
Portland
Referee Hall
Gas Bomb Protects Cash Case Foils Burglar
A brief note from Popular Science Monthly describes a new burglar-proof cash carrying case. Inside the cover lies a gas bomb that detonates if thieves attempt to open the bag without the safety knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science” Monthly
Owen Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 240th Coast Artillery
The Adjutant General's department announced Thursday the promotion of Maj. Henry W. Owen Jr. of Bath to Lieutenant Colonel, with station at Bath, serving in the 240th Coast Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General’s Department
Maj
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Bath
240Th Coast Artillery
American Legion Unified March Prep For Sixth Convention
Horns are tooting and drums booming as about three hundred bands and drum corps prepare for the sixth annual convention of the American Legion. The mobilization aims to showcase disciplined performance and community support across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Maine Governor asserts official landing of U S aviators
Governor Baxter defends Maine as the site of the first official landing of U S army aviators in Casco Bay at Mere Point. He notes official greetings by his sister-in-law Mrs Kate M Thaxter, and says Maine will place a bronze marker at the landing spot to record the milestone while Boston newspapers question the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States Army
Maine
America
Baxter
Mere Point
Casco Bay
United States
Lieut. Smith
Kate M. Thaxter
Rupert IP. Baxter
Lieuta
State of
Steamboat Season Proves Successful for Local Line
The Augusta Gardiner and Boothbay Steamship Co. ends its season with the Virginia making final Augusta to Bath and Boothbay trips. Manager Walter M. Sanborn says the service will continue next year if patronage remains favorable and automobile traffic does not cause a deficit. The line served many travelers and plans to operate as long as public support continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Augusta, Gardiner and Boothbay Steamship Co
Augusta
Bath
Boothbay
Gardiner and
Walter M. Sanborn
Mr. Sanborn
Maine
Five Captaincies Earned by Cadet Garbisch at West Point
Cadet Edgar W. Garbisch achieved five captancies across his career from Washington Pa high school to Washington and Jefferson College and West Point. He led the gridiron squads as a captain in high school junior year, at W and J as a junior, and captained the Army eleven last fall and the tennis squad last spring. He also played guard at W and J before moving to center at West Point and was a near unanimous All American in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Military Academy
West Point
Edgar W. Garbisch
Washington, Pa
Garbisch
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington and Jefferson
Army
Turks Honor Woman War Veteran Tit Kara Fatma Hanem
Turkey’s only woman army officer Tit Kara-Fatma Hanem, widow of a Turkish major, retired with an honorary captaincy after serving on the Caucasus, against Armenians, and in Anatolia and Brusa. She was wounded, captured, escaped, and led a 3 year old daughter into battle before discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Tit
Kara-Fatma Tanem
Anatolia
In-Funn
Kara-Fatma Hanem
Brusa
Racehorse Shipped by Air Between Nations
A French bred yearling colt owned by a Dutch legation attaché in Paris became the first racehorse flown between countries. Popular Science Monthly notes the animal traveled from Paris aboard a French Air Union plane equipped with an aerial stall for horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Beijing
Popular Science Monthly
French Air Union
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the Times Company
F. B. Nichols
Tres, and
Treas
Bath, Maine
Mussolini
National Fascist Council
Matteotti
Rome
Manchester Guardian
Trieste
Son
Nathan D. Hyde
Floradora
Bathman
MORSE
Ruth D. Bailey
Ellis P. Skelfield
Hodgkins
E. W. Appleton Funeral
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association
Sagadahoc Square
Aroostook
OWEN
Merc ' Point
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