Towne Sworn In Amid Appointment Clause Debate
Charles A. Towne is sworn in as Minnesota’s new senator after credentials dispute over term length. Senator Chandler notes constitutional limit ends at the next legislative meeting. swearing in proceeds with Frye administering oath. House passes the vast legislative appropriation bill for 24 million with 1281 pages in record time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Towne
C. K. Davis
Minnesota
Senate
Nelson
Towne
Chandler
New Hampshire
Committee On
Frye
House
Bingham
Pennsylvania
Appropriations Committee
Senate debates May-Paunce treaty behind closed doors
Washington December 11 the senate spent nearly five hours in executive session debating the May Paunce treaty five or six senators spoke including Morgan who revisited his stance on the Clayton Bulwer treaty Teller argued the general importance of the first clause and urged U S canal construction without ratifying the treaty Money Stewart Frye and others also spoke in the session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Morgan
Teller
Carter Remanded After Federal Court Ruling
Oberlin M. Carter former U S A captain sentenced to five years for misappropriation of government funds at Savannah harbor work is sent back to Leavenworth penitentiary warden Robert W McLaughey. The court overruled the demurrer on the habeas corpus writ and sustained trial court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
St. Louis
Hook
Federal District Court of Kansas
United States
Amos Thayer
Oberlin
M. Carter
U.S. A
Savannah
Robert W. McLaughey
Federal
Leavenworth
Death by own action or horrible fall before shoppers
Edward Schuster, in New York on December 11, died after either falling or leaping in front of an approaching train on the Sixth Avenue elevated line at Thirty third Street. His body was ground to pieces as onlookers watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Schuster
Sixth Avenue
Thirty Third Street
Local Racehorse Owner Killed by Train near Latonia
Edward Brown a prominent race horse owner in Cincinnati was struck and killed by a Louisville and Nashville train near Latonia Kentucky on December 11. The incident occurred as the trainer attempted to cross the tracks, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Edward Brown
Louisville & Nashville
Latonia
Militia in Pursuit of Escaped Convict Kuhns
Indiana security forces widened the search after Kuhns, the escaped convict, was spotted near Logansport and fatally wounded several members of the sheriff's posse. He remains at large as the militia pursue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Kuhns
Logansport
Man Kills Two in Texas Bar Fight Then Surrenders
Madisonville Texas December 11 Seth Duncan opened fire in a bar killing H. T. Slaughter and E A Simonton. Duncan surrendered to authorities as the dispute that led to the shooting is described as a long standing grievance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Tex
Seth Duncan
H. T. Slaughter
E&. A. Simonton
Duncan
Respectable Black Hills Man Charged With Murder
Harry Tier, long time Homestake Mining employee and Evanston resident, arrested by Sheriff Wood of Evanston to answer murder charges from Aug 16 1852 in Hilliard Wyoming. He fled to the Black Hills after shooting J B Wheeling in the back during a saloon quarrel, then lived openly under the name Lyons. The case reportedly rests on strong evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Harry Tier
Homestake Mining Company
Wood
Evanston
Wyo
Hilliard
J.B. Wheeling
Tier
Lyons
Wheeling
Brainerd Man Commits Suicide in Philadelphia Hotel
Charles I Kaeracter of Brainerd Minnesota, linked to Kaeracter White lumber firm, died after taking carbolic acid in a Philadelphia hotel. He had been treated for heart failure at a nearby hospital and left in improved condition before returning to his room where he was found dead beside the poison bottle. No letters or money were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles I Kaeracter
Brainerd
Minn
Reepers
Kaeracter & White
Kaeracter
Tie
Kaeracer
Statue to honor Senator C. K. Davis planned in capitol grounds
The chamber of commerce at St Paul has begun a drive to erect a statue honoring Senator C. K. Davis. A petition will seek funding from the incoming legislature for the capitol statue, with a second appropriation requested for a replica in the rotunda of the national capitol.
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Senator Davis
St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce
C. K. Davis
State Capitol
National Capitol
Stampede for Gold Fields Near Nelson Washington
News from Nelson Washington dated December 12 reports a stampede up Fourth of July Creek a branch of the Kettle River where sheet gold has been found with ground valued at ten dollars per cubic yard. The strike lies on both sides of the British American boundary and is linked to George Arnett an old miner said to have cleaned up about ten thousand dollars after secret digging over three or four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson, Wash
Fourth of July Creek
Kettle River
George Arnett
City Hall Building Accepted in Stanley Wisconsin
The city council accepted the new city hall from Contractor Allan and moved the fire apparatus to the building. The upper floor will serve as a school room to relieve overcrowding, with nearly 150 pupils registered in the primary grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Stanley
Wis
Allan
Alleged Counterfeiter Hanson Captured in Spokane
Edmund Hanson alias A Lear, said to lead a Spokane counterfeit gang, was seized. He formerly worked as a bridge watchman for the Great Northern. Police found counterfeit molds and letters ordering bullion at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Edmund Hanson
A. Lear
Hanson
Great Northern
Condensed News In Brief From Across The Nation
A roundup of diverse notes covers deaths in Flint and Milford, Ohio, and St. Paul Minnesota. strikes at Acushnet Hathaway mills and British colonial agent Canen’s death in Columbus. Launch of a four masted schooner for Standard Oil at Bath, Maine figures. ducal voyage hints. a 60 year sentence for Anthony Poor in Collins Missouri. Fire at St Marys church in Kankakee. arrest over fraudulent stock. Armenian massacres warn of dire conditions. Kid West completes a cross country walk early. $200,000 funded for Lick Observatory expedition costs.
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J. W. ‘Foster
Flint
Mich
Lorain
Ohio
Charles Pelton
Milford
American Window Glass Company
Daniel Canen
Columbus
John J. Gronewald
St. Paul
Minn
Rudyard Wipling
Southampton
South Africa
Standard Oil Company
Bath
Acushnet & Hathaway Mills
New Bedford
Mass
Thomas Taylor
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles McCaul
Philadelphia
Duke and Duchess of York
United States
Australia
Anthony Poor
John Adams
Collins
Archbishop Kean
Dubuque
Town
Blas Aguirre
Mexico
St. Mary's
Kankakee
Cr. P. Bentley
Colorado
Clinton
Iowa
Ollie Odell
Arthur Cupps
Ole
Turkey
Armenia
Supervisor Chamberlain
Lebanon
Davenport
Annie Hughes
Harry West
Kid? West
New York
San Francisco
D. O. Mills
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Lick Observatory
South America
Millers and Manufacturers' Insurance cited to show cause
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner orders Millers and Manufacturers' Insurance Company of Minneapolis to appear and show cause why its license should not be revoked. The firm is charged with issuing policies not countersigned by local agents evading a 2 percent tax and using New York policy forms instead of the Wisconsin standard form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Giljohan
Millers and Manufacturers’ Insurance Company of
New York
Wall Caving Sinks Wheat Bin at Peavey Annex
A section of the Rice's Point Peavey annex in Duluth collapsed, causing about 3,000 bushels of grain and concrete debris to spill onto the ice. The fifteen concrete bins stand 90 feet high and 33 feet in diameter and held roughly 75,000 bushels of wheat.
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Duluth, Minn
Peavey Annex
Rice’s Point
Evidence Grows Around Cappys Gustan in Stanley Murder Case
Arraigned in St Paul on suspicion of murdering Ollie Odell at a Stanley resort, Arthur Cappys and Ole Gastan face a tightening case. Witnesses place them in Stanley the night of the murder, the coroner's jury sits, and a preliminary exam was waived with a trial set for December 17.
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Thorpe
Wis
Arthur Cappys
Ole Gastan
St. Paul
Ollie Odell
Stanley
Taft
Stanleyon
Dee
Iowa boy nearly killed in assault by teamster
Grinnell Iowa Dec 12 Hans Safe a Nevada teamster has been arrested for a brutal attack on 15 year old Orlie Hahn. Safe allegedly struck the boy over the head with a pitchfork while intoxicated causing dangerous wounds and the boy remains in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Iowa
Hans Safe
Nevada
Orlie Hahn
Safe
Freeman's Acquittal Looked For
Jamestown North Dakota December 12 Judge Glaspell holds court in Valley City J R Freeman to be arraigned on charges of shooting two Valley City boys who bombarded his apartments with stones Both youths recovered and Freeman is expected to be acquitted under the court belief
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Freeman
Jamestown
N. D
Glaspell
Valley City
J. R. Freeman
Miners Escape Death In Anaconda Shaft Rescue
Fifteen Bell mine workers at the Anaconda property in Hrutte Montana narrowly escaped suffocation after a fire, burning for weeks, spread through the mine. Six men on a lower level failed to surface. a rescuer descended to find them unconscious and both groups were saved with great difficulty as gas impeded the efforts.
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Hrutte
Mont
Bell
Convict Neville Dead After Parole Life Sentence
Jesse B. Neville who killed Nels Paulsen in Winona in 1885 was released on parole a year and a half ago and died at his Dakota Village home from typhoid fever. He had led an exemplary life since leaving Stillwater penitentiary, working at the government quarry in Lamoille and supporting his aged mother in Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Jesse B. Neville
Stillwater
Nels Paulsen
State Board of Pardons
Dakota
Lamoille
Miss Rose Ryan Killed in Madison Runaway
Young woman, Miss Rose Ryan twenty five, daughter of Mrs William Ryan, died instantly in a Lake county runaway southwest of Madison South Dakota. She was with her sister and brother in law at the time and was very popular locally.
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Madison
S. D
Rose Ryan
William Ryan
Lake County
Armnged Against Europe
The National Zeitung editorial argues that the United States has grown into a major world power and that, in both economic and political terms, America is arrayed against Europe. The piece appears on page one as a carefully prepared commentary from Berlin.
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Europe
Berlin
National Zeitung
United States
America
Woman Dies After Fall From Northwestern Train
Mrs. James A. Campbell of Chicago died from injuries after falling from a Northwestern train between Ripon and Dartford while moving between cars on December 12.
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Ripon
Wis
James A. Campbell
Chicago
Here
Dartford
Mrs. Dewey's Mother Dies in Washington
Mrs Mary L McLean mother of John R McLean died at his Washington residence after a brief illness. Present at the death were her daughters Mrs Dewey and Mrs Ludlow wife of Rear Admiral Ludlow her son John R McLean and Admiral Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Washington
Mary L. McLean
John R. McLean
Mrs. Dewey
Mumps Led to Death by Suicide Attempt in South Dakota
Warren Doty of the Yankton reservation near Morrison, S D, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. He had shown mania symptoms worsened by mumps. He slashed his throat five inches. the razor fell and his wife seized it from his hand.
Skull Fracture Sinks Worker in Winona Construction
John Regan Jr. suffered a severe skull fracture when a pipe fragment fell onto him while building a sewerage ejector chamber in Winona Minnesota. Doctors say he may recover from the injury.
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Winona
Minn
John Regan, Jr
Robbers Strike Mentor Knitting Mills in Painsville
Four masked men forced entry to the Mentor Knitting mills office in Painsville Ohio bound the watchman and his wife then blew the safe with nitro glycerine. The heist yielded no money and the robbers escaped.
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Painsville
Ohio
Mentor Knitting Mills
Engineer Promoted at Chicago & Northwestern
Winona Minnesota December 12 C S Hall chief engineer of the Minnesota and Dakota division of the Chicago and Northwestern road has been offered a promotion to move to Chicago for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona, Minn
C. S. Hall
Minnesota & Dakota
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Chicago
Judge sentences Lowe for assault with intent to kill wife
James Lowe, of Neillsville Wisconsin, is given eight years in the penitentiary after a jury disagreement in a prior trial. Judge O Neill announced the sentence on December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
Neillsville
Wis
O’neill
James Lowe
Fire destroys multiple Thompson businesses in December blaze
A December fire in Thompson North Carolina wiped out Leach's Pharmacy the Vienna Hair Growers' plant T J Smith's implement block and Palmer's grocery and notion store. Loss is total and partially insured.
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Thompson
Thompson, N. C
Leach's
Vienna Hair Growers
T. J. Smith
Palmer's
Notion
Fire destroys store and post office in Ivanston
Fire wiped out the large general store of B.EB Craft and the village post office in Ivanston, Fort Dodge Iowa. Estimated loss about 2500 dollars including stamps and postal fixtures. Insurance coverage placed at 1100 dollars.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
B. EB. Craft
Ivanston
Czar’s Condition Improves In Livadia Bulletin
A bulletin from Livadia reports the czar’s weight rising and typhoid-affected organs returning to normal as his condition shows steady improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Livadia
Montana Official Vote Canvass Totals Released
The official canvass of Montana results shows William Jennings Bryan receiving 27 146 votes, William McKinley 25 875, Eugene V Debs 708, Joshua Woolley 298, and Donnelly 115 in Helena on December 11.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Bryan
McKinley
Debs
Woolley
Donnelly
Poisoned by Tea Killings at Dandviken
Stockholm dispatch reports eight people at Dandviken poisoned after drinking tea. Three victims have died and others show signs of illness. Authorities investigate possible tampering or contamination.
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Stockholm
Dandviken
Jury Returns Verdict in Odell Case at Thorpe
In Thorpe Wisconsin on December 11 the coroner's jury found Ollie Odell was killed by a bullet from a weapon in the hands of Arthur Cupps or Ole Gustad and they are being held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorpe
Wis
Ollie Odell
Arthur Cupps
Ole Gustad
Death in Vendome Hotel Likely Gas Incident
Sioux City report states nineteen year old Andrew A. Kincannon was found dead in bed at the Vendome hotel. He likely died from a gas blast or from relighting a blown gas flame after an initial extinguish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Town
Andrew A. Kincannon
Traveling Library Sent to Witoka Minnesota
A free traveling library from the Women’s Study club under the Winona free public library is dispatched to Witoka. The collection of fifty volumes will stay six months before moving to another location in Winona county, with several circulations expected in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Witoka
Farmer Henry Deurkopp fatally struck by runaway wagon near Alma
Henry Deurkopp, a 50 year old farmer six miles from Alma Wisconsin, died after a runaway wagon was frightened by a passing train. He was dragged several blocks before succumbing to injuries from the accident reported December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Wis
Henry Deurkopp
Iie
Richards Is Acquitted in Chinaman Shooting Trial
Dr. C B Richards was acquitted in Fond du Lac Wisconsin of shooting a Chinaman last summer with intent to kill. He testified the revolver fired after being struck by the Chinaman's club. A small riot occurred at the time amid China turmoil.
Bankrupt Farmer Files Petition in Winona County
A petition in bankruptcy was filed by Frank Everett Ketchum, a farmer near Dover. His liabilities total 1734 dollars with assets of 610 dollars, all claimed exempt.
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Winona
Minn
Frank Everett Ketchum
Dover
Oakey Appointed Polk County Judge in Wisconsin
Madison Wis Dec 9 Gov Scofield appoints Charles H Oakey of Osceola county judge of Polk county to succeed Ole Larson deceased Oakey resigns municipal judgeship to take the new post.
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Oakey
Madison
Wis
Scofield
Charles H. Oakey
Osceola
Jude
Polk County
Ole Larson
Young Iowan Admits Express Safe Theft
Keokuk Iowa December 11 Harry Taylor son of a prominent family and a messenger on the Adams express run from Keokuk to Des Moines confessed to robbing the Express Company Safe here of $1 000 on the night of September 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Iowa
Harry Taylor
Adams Express
Des Moines
Express Company
Timber Belt to Be Opened in Clam Falls Venture
Osceola Wisconsin reports a major lumber enterprise planned for Clam Falls in the northeast county. Chicago capitalists have bought oak timber belts and will cut 5,000,000 feet this winter and erect a top equipped sawmill. A rail line is hoped to be built next year to serve the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Wis
Clam Falls
Chicago
Acquitted but Rearrested in Post Office Robbery Case
Milwaukee December 11 Thomas Far tell known as Old Dad Flynn and William Harrison called Lefty Fitzgerald were acquitted in a United States court on the charge of robbing the Berlin Wisconsin post office in February. They were immediately rearrested and are suspected of links to large robberies in Galena Illinois Chilton Fond du Lac Waukesha and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Thomas Fartell
Old Dad Flynn
William Harrison
Lefty” Fitzgerald
Tornado Jim
United States
Berlin
Wis
Galena
Ill
Chilton
Fond du Lac
Waukesha
Fire destroys Anson Aldred company stock in Stiles
A large fire swept the Anson Aldred company stock in Stiles Wisconsin on December 11 causing about 75000 in losses. A strong wind spread the blaze to nearby buildings including the store harness shop creamery and four dwellings plus a summer cottage. Insurance coverage is 40000 and timely help from Green Bay saved the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiles
Wis
Anson Aldred Company
Green Bay
Presbyterians Report Strong South Dakota Synod
The seventh annual report on the Presbyterian church in South Dakota by secretary Rev. H. P. Carson shows 129 churches 105 ministers 5914 church members and 7600 Sabbath school members. Church property valued at 182000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Statistics
Sioux Falls
SL. D
Presbyterian Church
South Dakota
H. P. Carson
Evangelist Hunt Dismissed Ends Sioux City Campaign
The newly launched righteousness drive in Sioux City ends abruptly as C N Hunt the Minneapolis lawyer evangelist is dismissed by local associated charities amid ongoing clashes with local preachers over lack of harmony from the campaign’s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist Hunt
Sioux City
Towa
C. N. Hunt
Minneapolis
Associated Charities
Strange Fatality in Family in Fargo
In Fargo North Dakota on December 11 a strange pattern emerges in the Brown family. Within six weeks four relatives including two sisters and two brothers have died of typhoid fever. They were spread across different locations and the illnesses were not from the same immediate cause. Another family member remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
C. M. Brown
Woman dies in Winona hospital. coroner cites death by unknown means
From Causes Unknown Winona Minnesota December 11 Mrs Joseph Knitter died at the hospital in this city. It was believed injuries from her husband weeks ago caused her death but a coroner's jury found she died by means unknown. Knitter is serving a sentence for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Joseph Knitter
Kxnitter
Settlement Reaches All Damage Claims from Tacoma Tram Accident
Tacoma Washington December 11 all damage claims from the July 4 street railway wreck on Delia street bridge are settled. A loaded car plunged forty feet into a gulch killing 45 and injuring 305. Highest payment 4800 dollars total settlements 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Delia Street
Bass Stock to Be Planted in Mill Pond
A shipment of young bass from the United States Fish Commission is due to arrive in Redwood Falls Minnesota within days. The fish will be planted in the millpond and released into the lake after the new dam is completed. Dam construction will proceed vigorously in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Pond
Redwood Falls
Minn
United States Fish Commission
Millpond
St. Croix Lumber Yards Sold to Lamb Lumber Company
Aberdeen S D December 11 The St. Croix Lumber company has disposed of all yards north and west of Aberdeen to the Lamb Lumber company The deal includes the yards on the Soo line west of Oakes and on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul west of Aberdeen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Croix
Aberdeen
S D
St. Croix Lumber Company
Lamb Lumber Company
Soo Line
Oakes
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Condon Sentenced to Seven Years for Assault with Intent to Kill
Pierre South Dakota December 11 The jury found Tom Condon guilty of assault with intent to kill in the shooting of Tom Daly. Judge Garty sentenced Condon to seven years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
S. D
Tom Condon
Tom Daly
Garty
Condon
Escape Narrowly From Mill Shaft in Welch
William Igoe narrowly escaped death at Westerns sal mill in Welch, Welch Minnesota. His clothing snagged on a set screw and he was spun around the shaft several times before the fabric tore free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Wing
Minn
William Igoe
Westersal’s
Welch
Teen Girl Shots Self in Desperate Health Plight
In Helena Montana on December 11 a sixteen year old girl, Theodora Jermier, shot herself in the body with a revolver. Officials say poor health and poverty prompted the act and she likely will die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Theodore Jermier
State School annual report highlights farming advances and growth
Dean Liggett presents the annual State School of Agriculture summary detailing four bulletins, field work in wheat breeding and apple testing, extensive soil and feed research, and notable increases in attendance. Dairy, veterinary, poultry, and farm experiments across Crookston and Grand Rapids are described, with a projected 450 to 500 students for 1900 01 and a 10 percent rise overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ericulture
Reporg
of Agricutt Asjust
Dean Liggett
Airector
Crookston
Grand Rapids
Minnesota State Horticultural’ Society
Prof. Green
Snyder
Earry
Hecker
Minnesota
Board of Health
Mouch
Drew
Red River Valley
Coteau Farm
Whitney
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Wye
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Ind
Currysville
Cappys
Gustan
Neville
Wop Et Rege
Lilian
Eee Pv
Ssc
Sdeanah
Ween
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