Democratic Gains Reported in Hayes and Garfield Homes
The Hayes residence swung to the Democrats by 809 votes, while Garfield’s former home shows a 30 vote Democratic gain. The New York Commercial Advertiser praises Ohio strength for the administration, noting Republican leaders avoided visible opposition on election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherford B. Hayes
Garfield
Ohio
New York
Ex-Congressman Slayback Killed by St Louis Editor
Ex congressman Slayback was shot and killed at about five yesterday afternoon by Col. John Cockrell editor of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Slayback was a leading citizen and prominent lawyer in St. Louis with a long familiar presence. Cockrell has an ungovernable temper and friends have feared trouble from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slayback
John Cockrell
St. Louis
Missouri
Cockrell
John A. Cockrell
Post-Dispatch
Col
A. W. Slayback
Henry W. Moore
Col. Cockrell
Jno
Mr. Moore
Col. Slayback
Moore
Charles E. Slayback
Merchants’ Exchange
John M. Glover
McGullin
McGuffin
Pulitzer
Charles P. Johnson
McGovern
Release of Insane Patients from Ward's Island Sparks Protest
Within months nearly a dozen men were forced from Ward's Island asylum by legal action. The latest case, Thomas Keating, won release after a sheriffs jury hearing despite the superintendent's claims of insanity. None of the others released showed signs of mental illness since leaving the institution, all patients kept there due to interested parties. The situation is condemned as horrible and widespread beyond New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward's Island
New York
Thomas Keating
Keating
Hell Gate
Lighthouse Board
Hallett’s Point
Cape Elizabeth
Matinicus Rock
Maine
Congress
Dudley Hunt
Venezuela
Boston
Alaska
William Gouverneur Morris
Sitka
Wachusetts
Wrangel Island
Navy Department
Reciprocity in Criminals Across the Canada United States Border
The article argues that formal reciprocity in criminal matters between Canada and the United States is lacking. It notes criminals evade arrest by crossing the border, praises Toronto Chief Justice Haggerty for Canada’s surrender efficiency, and urges both governments to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement to return offenders promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Haggerty
Toronto
United States
Ohio Republicans in sorrow over Garfield fate
The Ohio Republican stance is shaped by a Cleveland Herald critique. It argues the party cannot mobilize full support without energizing the masses, condemning Washington spoils, selfish leaders, and quarrels in New York and Pennsylvania. It cites fear of defeat and sorrow over the president’s life and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland Herald
Ohio
Bangor Whig
Herald
Cleveland Herald
Garfield
Maine
Vermont
the Herald
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Tammany Hall
Irving Hall
County Democracy
John Kelly
H. O. Thompson
Kelly
Franklin Edson
Produce Exchange
Judge van Brunt
Edson
Tammany
United Democracy
Buffalo Courier
Erie County
Cleveland Republican Campaign Club
New York City
William How
J. M. Heatherton
Howard Crosby
Murder at the Post Dispatch Editorial Room in St Louis
A shooting in the Post-Dispatch editorial room ends with Col. A W Slayback dead and John A Cockrell, the managing editor, as the shooter. The report notes Cockrell and colleagues fled the scene and that Slayback had a pistol. the motive stems from a recent editorial and prior disputes with the paper.
Interesting Reports Presented The Election of Officers Etc
The last executive session of the Woman's congress in Portland opened at 10 A M with Miss Abby W May presiding. Reports from Massachusetts Nebraska and Maine covered suffrage education and criminal statistics while officers were elected including President Julia Ward Howe and a long list of vice presidents and secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Abby W. May
Massachusetts
Miss May
Nebraska
Colby
Mary Eastman
Pen
Maine
Sarah W. Devoll
Wise
Julia Ward Howe
Rhode Island
Maria Mitchell
New York
Elizabeth B. Chace
M.D
Armenia White
New Hampshire
Emily E. Reed
Vermont
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
New Jersey
Charlotte L. Peirce
Pennsylvania
Ellen M.connor
District of Columbia
Finette
Harriet A. Townsend
Alice C. Fletcher
Phebe M. Kendall
Mary J. Safford
M. D
Mary A. Livermore
Mary F. Eastman
Lita Barney Sayles
Connecticut
Henrietta W. Johnson
L. D. Douglass
M. i. Cohen
Ellen Mitchell
Illinois
Sarah H. Stevenson
Caroline M. Severance
California
Emma M. McRae
Indiana
Mary Wright Sewall
L. G. Hufford
Clara M. Holmes
Iowa
M. A. Woodbridge
Ohio
Evelyn L. Mason
Wisconsin
S. ©. 1Ttle
Mary C. Peckham
Ruth C. Denison
Big Blaze at Bridgeport Grain Elevator Losses
A large fire in Bridgeport Connecticut destroyed John Hurd's grain elevator, burning 50,000 bushels of oats and 10,000 bushels each of corn and wheat plus 30 tons of mixed grain. Losses reach 135000 dollars with 42500 dollars insured. Debris blockades rail tracks delaying trains. Cause undetermined. Nearby telegraph briefs report additional fires and damages in Adams New York and Boston area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
John Hurd
New Yor
New Haven
A Serious Collision on the Fitchburg H Rail road One Man Injured
A collision occurred on the Fitchburg H railroad resulting in one man being injured. Emergency crews responded quickly, providing medical aid and securing the scene. The victim's condition was not released and investigators began examining the cause of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Republican Drive to Divide Aroostook County Debate
March reports note 20000 dollars in liquor fines collected in Portland and discuss a legislative push to split Aroostook County to create a solid Republican seat. Somerset nepcene court at Skowhegan adjourned after 22 days. Eugene Harder sentenced to life in state prison for murder. A Brunswick ticket office burglary yielded minor copper coin theft. safe untouched. Portland Transcript ponders pensions for Aroostook War veterans who received land warrants. Women's Christian Temperance Union in Rockland elected officers and backed a women’s reformatory prison. delegates to national convention chosen. meeting headlined by Mrs McLaughlin of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Aroostook
Somerset Nepcene
Skowhegan
Eugene Harder
Somerset County
Maine Central Railroad
Brunswick
Portland Transcript
Congress
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Rockland
L. M. N. Stevens
Clara M. Farwell
H. N. Jones
E. S. Hunt
Louisville
McLaughlin
Boston
Potatoes Sell at Half a Dollar a Bushel in North State
Reports show a large excellent crop in the northern section with potatoes priced at 50 cents a bushel. Keene hosted a musical convention ending Friday with a grand concert and strong applause for Ernani and The Huntress duet by Misses Maynard and Merrill. Attendance was down from peak years, but the event was financially successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene
Ernani
the Huntress
Maynard and Merrill
Post Office Department
Rochester
Osman B. Warren
Warren
Boston
Vermont Horse Races At Howard Park Burlington
The last races at Howard park Burlington were Friday. Ellen owned by W J Stewart of Ticonderoga won the first purse of 400 with best time 2 55. Phyllis owned by C Wagner of Dixons Landing Quebec won the free for all purse of 600 with time 2 25 the fastest trot ever in Vermont. Northfield Friday morning excitement over the escape and recapture of Frank Gifford tied to Northfield Savings Bank case. Officer Russell chased Gifford who freed himself, then leapt into the river and surrendered after a brief pursuit and warning shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Park
Burlington
Ellen
W. J. Stewart
Ticonderoga
Phyllis
C. Wagner
Dixon’s Landing
P. Q
Vermont
Northfield
Frank Gifford
Northfield Savings Bank
Russell
Gifford
White House Probing Jeannette Cases and Lighthouse Plans
Detailed dispatches recount Merrick defending the start of the Jeannette inquiry, possible transfers to special counsel, and potential dismissals for misdeeds. Updates cover the White House mansion repairs, Tiffany & Co decorations, the Jeannette board’s testimony, and the Hell Gate electric light project with plan adoptions and budget-driven closures of certain lighthouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Board of Enquiry
Hell Gate
Alaska
White House
Northborough church marks 50th with Rev Houghton address
The Northborough Congregational Church celebrates its 50th anniversary this Sunday with Rev. W. A. Houghton of Berlin delivering the address. Local events also note a boy’s injury, drum lesson incidents, and public interest in a Plymouth breakwater project funded by a $14,000 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northborough
Beach Point
Plymouth
Mass
Ella Saunders
Stoughton
Holmes
Canton
Arthur Waite
Savoy
Lynn
H. K. Flagg
Waite
Flagg
Tillson Hill
Newport Bicycle and Running Fair Winners Highlight Providence Club Victories
Fred Binford and J Magoon of the Providence club won first and second in the half mile bicycle race at Newport. Edward Buffum, C G Plummer and W G Plummer of Newport also won events including Buffum in the two mile race and Plummer with Langley in the mile. Speedress by B C Borden dominated the 2:25 trotting class with three straight heats. Mascotte by A Johnson won the 2:45 class in three heats. Jupiter captured the running race in two straight heats. The fair closed this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Binford
J. Magoon
Providence Club
Newport
Edward Buffum
Plummer
Buffum
Langley
B. C. Borden
Speedress
Captain Webb Nearing 12514 Hours in Water Bet at Horticultural Hall
Capt. Webb battles fatigue and digestive upset while aiming to surpass 12514 hours submerged in salt water. Dr G E Lothrop offered a $1000 wager against $800 that he would not reach midnight. A Post reporter notes his near normal vitals, improved condition after dinner, and crowds watching the strange endurance feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Webb
Horticultural Hall
G. E. Lothrop
Windsor Theatre
Boylston Museum
Dr. Lothrop
Mom
Webb
Arabi Pasha Denies Massacres and Surrenders After Defeat
In a defense before a panel, Arabi Pasha denies complicity in the Alexandria massacres and burning, asserting he led the national party and surrendered when Cairo's resistance collapsed after Tel-el-Kebir. Other items note Alison committee findings on the channel tunnel, Irish banking prospects, and property seizures tied to rebellion leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabi Pasha
Alexandria
National Party
Cairo
Tel-el-Kebir
Pene
Archibald Alison
Channel Tunnel
England
United States
Lisbon Economista
M. de Brazza
H.M. Stanley
Congo River
Africa
Federal Council of
Switzerland
Egypt
Dublin
Home Rule League
Irish League
Paris and France illustrated lecture at Tremont temple
Mr Harry W French delivered the fourth in his series to a large Tremont temple audience on Thursday evening. The theme Paris and France featured moonlit parks and Paris landmarks including the Grand opera house, Versailles, Fontainebleau, and views toward Spain, the Mediterranean and Switzerland. The collection closed with a moonlight Saar valley view and Bryant quoted lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. French
Tremont Temple
Paris
France
French
Opera House
Versailles
Fontainebleau
Spain
Mediterranean
Switzerland
Valley of the
Saar
Bryant
Borden Estate Admin Granted as City of Alexandria Sails Late
New York surrogates grant letters of administration to Mary Borden and Frederick Whitmore for William Borden estate. Borden held a large interest in Fall River steamboats. The City of Alexandria sailed at 7 am toward Havana and Mexican ports due to a reported cyclone. Maritime Exchange forms committee for yellow fever relief in Pensacola. Subscription appeal issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rollins
Mary
Borden
Frederick W. Whitmore
William Borden
Fall River
Alexandria
Timmerman
Havana
Mexican
Maritime Exchange Today
Pensacola
Brother of Tennessee sheriff killers shot on train
Bob Taylor, one of three brothers who killed the Hamilton county sheriff and deputy last month, was captured on a passenger train near Lebanon by Sheriff Goodall and was shot dead during resistance. Another brother is surrounded near Rockwood. a posse pursues him. Reward stands at $16,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
George Warren
George F. Wits
Superior Court
Union
United States Court
Hartford
Pforzheimer, Keller & Co
New York
Noadih Watson
Thompson
Watson
Isaac Eckstein
Eckstein
St. Louis
Bob Taylor
Hamilton County
Tennessee
Lebanon
Goodall
Taylor
Chattanooga
Rockwood
Daniel Voorhees described as a useless senator and ambitious commonplace man
Special correspondence from Washington portrays Daniel W Voorhees of Indiana as a senator with no clear political principles. It mocks his intellect, attire, demeanor, and public speaking and argues his name fanned ambitions without real policy stance. It cites a famous exchange with Edmunds and questions his fitness for power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Washineton
D. C
Daniel W. Voorhees
Indiana
Voorhees
Mr. Voorhees
Mr.Voorhees
Lynn
Webster
Daniel Webster
Daniel
Daniel W
White House
The
Republic
Notable figures and visits listed in Barre area report
Judge iden of Barre health improving. Sir Edward Hutchinson and London party at Hotel Vendome. Kimball of York County aged 8 argued before supreme court. Portland architects plan 40000 building for Waterville Classical Institute presented by ex Gov Coburn. Boston and Albany railway directors completed road inspection with Chester W Chapin guest. Portland Bangor Machias Steamboat Co. declares 10 percent dividend amid surplus. Gladstone reportedly owns Niagara land near Table Rock and Prospect House, unwilling to sell. M Moriarty of Salem attends democratic meeting en route to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iden
Barre
Edward 8
Hutchinson
London
England
Kimball
York County
Supreme Court
Portland
Coburn
Waterville Classical Institute
Boston and Albany Railway
Chester W. Chapin
Springfield
Bangor
Machias
W. E. Gladstone
Niagara ‘Alls
Table Rock
Prospect House
M. Moriarty
M. Moriarty & Co
Salem
Mass
Crawford House
New York
Colored lithographic plate portraits American editors
The Travellers' Insurance Co of Hartford issues a lithographic plate showing reduced facsimiles of first pages from major American newspapers with editor portraits at center. Represented papers include New York press, Tribune, Sun, Staats-Zeitung, Herald. Whitelaw Reid, Dana, Ottendorfer, Bennett depicted. Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Philadelphia figures named. work credited to Root and Tinker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travellers’ Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn
Press
New York
Thurlow Weed
Tribune
Sun
Staats-Zeitung
Herald
Whitelaw Reid
Charles A. Dana
Oswald Ottendorfer
James Gordon
Bennett
Boston
Hringen
Daily Triad
R. M. Pulsifer
Sunday Herald
RE. B. Haskell
Chicago
The
Times and Tribune
Wilbur F. Story
Joseph Medill
Hartford Courant
Joseph R. Hawley
Cincinnati Commercial
Murat Halstead
Louisville Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
Philadelphia Ledger
G. W. Childs
Messrs. Root and Tinker
Railway regulators eye three city rail accidents and deaths
Railroad commissioners will investigate three recent incidents including the Springfield derailment on a leased line, a collision between a New Haven and Northampton passenger car and a construction train on the Froy and Greenfield road, and the death of Charles Wayne Dodge at the Eastern station yard. They will then examine the Boston and Albany road. Harbor commissioners grant licenses for a dolphin near Magee's wharf Chelsea creek and approve wharf extensions at Provincetown and East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
New York and
New England
New Haven
Northampton
Froy and
Greenfield Road
Charles Wayne Dodge
Eastern
Boston and Albany Road
Harbor Commissioners
Boston and Hingham Steamboat Company
Magee
Chelsea Creek
Swift
Provincetown
City of
Boston
East Boston South Ferry
East Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Post Publishing Co., Publishers
Telegraph and Mail
Deacon Converse
Dr. Updegraif
Bishop
Daily Transcript
Holyoke
Beverly Times
Beverly
Outline
Haverhill
Charles J. Guiteau
Jones
Boston Herald
Erie
Music Hall
Faneuil Hall
Stewart L. Woodford
Post
Providence Journal
Journal
Register
Hartford Post
Fifth Avenue Theatre Company
the Women’s Congress
Telegraph
Terrell
Tex
Holt, Rivens & Co
S Bank
Maples & Webb, Muckeboy & Co
J. W. Brice
H. Brin & Co
C. L. Jones & Son
Morning Star
Adams
N. Y
A. B. Finson
M. Totman
E. F. Ramsdell
Washington Street
Max & Samuel Rephel
Miss George
Heustis& Studley
Somerville
Medford Street
Joseph A. Talpey
Orange
East Deerfield
Foye
Greenfield
High Deck Bridge
Bates
Darkins
Fred Briggs
Erie and
New England Express
J. Howe
Howe
Perkins Street
East Somerville
Howard
Nims
New Londown
William A. Carroll
New Haven Register
Harbor House
McMunn
NEW England News
WasaHi IncTon
D.C
Foreman Dickson
Star Route Jury
District Attorney’s Office
H. H. Wells
Dickson
Merrick
Brewster Cameron
Cameron
Messrs. Tiffany & Co
Edward Farmer
Mare Island Navy Yard
Board of Inspection
Johnson
Arctic
Lieut
de Long
Melville
Commodore Calhoun
Danenhower
Thomas J. Brady
Army and Navy Register
Judge Freeman
Texas
Mexico
Howgate
Dr. Macdonald
Money Order Division
Money Order Service
Irish
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Grand Jury
Day
Salter
N.H. Colby
G. W. Towle
N. B. Snelling
F.C. Foote
H. L. Abbott
F. B. Stevens
Eagle Hotel
Manchester
Willie Lippitt
Providence
Sugee
Indiana Mob
Evansville
Ind
Redman
Gill
Ford
McFadden
Posey County
St. Johns
N. F
Hamburg
Cape Race
Oscar Wilde
St. John, N. B
Moncton
Young Men’s Christian Association
Wilde
Cricket
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Arthur
Comstock
de Bevoise
Atlanta
Tifton
Brunswick and Albany
Green
Mayo
Martin Harrell
Harrell
Jordan
Vickers
Vuelta Abajo
Herredura
Consolacion del Sur
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Denver
Rio Grande
Colorado
Manchester Cadets
Coxcorp
N. H
Capt. Webb’s. Long
the New Republic
Gotham Gleanings
Panama
William Ousten
Lancaster
Betsy Bland
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Paul Pringle
Mansfield
DeSoto Parish
Alfred Smith
Petersburg
James Raps i
James Stohiemer
J. Watkins
F. Lantier
Lima
Peru
Pierola
Calderon
Salt Lake City
John F. Caine
Coopers
Coopers’ Union
Delaware Pilot
Alzina
Rise
Geo. Turner
Seoville
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company
Twentieth Maine Veterans Association
Round Top
Gettysburg
Joshua Chamberlain
John B. Bachelder
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, Will By the Fall River Line
Ellis Spear
Washington, D. C
A. W. Ross
Glendale
Cincinnati
James T. Porter
United States Secret Service
East
CASO
Senate
Edmunds
Mr. Edmunds
Indiana Statesman
Joorhees
House of Representatives
Blaine
Democratic Party
Gen. Garfield
Gen
Morrison
Jefferson
J. Edmunds
Bayard
Senate Finance Commilcy
George F. Hoar
Monticello
Hoar
Pennsylvania Avenue
McDonald
Coe
Gen. McDonald
Senator Voorhees
Hy.ln
Boston Inland
Board of Railroad Commissioners
New York and Boston Inland Railroad Company
New York and Boston Inland Railroad Association
Selectmen
Board of Selectmen
New York Construction Company
Wiliam A. Crrafts
Faxton
Norfolk
Wesleyan Hall
Atll A. M
Walter Bradlee
Milton
F. A. Hobart
Braintree
William S. Danforth
S. D. Wadsworth
J. O Burdett
Hingham
Charles H. Smith
Dover
J. E. Crane
Bridgewater
J.S. A. Lothrop
Cohasset
Peleg McFarlin
Carver
B. 8. Lovell
Wymouth
H. H. Faxon
Quincy
S. Packard
Brockton
Ccc
LMS
C. Bumpus
Weymouth
Hosea King
George F. Williams
Dedham
W. H. Osborne
East Bridgewater
F. D. Ely
Jonathan Wales
Randolph V.s
Grover
C. Wie Sumner
Wrastus Worthington
George W. Kelley
W. H. Osborn
C. W.sumner
Ikavesususs
Cwec Aeseswnncdp
Lee Ae
WOO Oases Icoidens
Miro Vessee Siscacsac
Bowadon
Ciivetiscdesecse
Peat
Burdett
Everett C. Bumpus
Faxon
Bumpus
Norfolk County
Plymouth County
Charles A. Mackintosh
Dam
Mackintosh
Colburn
Justice Field
James Gately
Union Hall
Boylston Street
EK. B. Harvey
Westboro
Henry B. Leach
Taunton
Messrs
Charles Marsh
E. B. Barber
Sharon
D. B. White
Raynham
J. H. Osgood
S. S. Ashley
Northboro
Tron
Theodore Dean
Nathaniel Wales
Francis Hunnewell
Brookline
Charles A. Reed
George R. Fowler
E. B. Harvey
Charles March
Marblehead
Abbot Hall
Richard Ramsdell
Democratic Town Committee
Ateling
Butler
L., Foster Morse
Thomas J. Gargan
America
Nova Scotia
Gutermuth
Rothenburg
M. Englehardt
R. G. Gutermuth
Goekritz
Durin
League
W. H. Whitmore
Col. French
Gen. Butler
Josiah G. Abbott
S. W. Bowerman
P. A. Collins
Wm. BD. Northend
John R. Thayer
Charles Levi Woodbury
L. Foster Morse
Music
M. M. Cunniff
Prince
Albert Palmer
Benj. F. Butler
Edward Avery
E. F. Pillsbury
John K. Tarbox
Charles 8. Lilley
David O. Allen
Boardman
Republican Party
Lamar
Colquitt
Macon
Georgia
Murphy
Christ
Patsy
Albert R. Lamar
Indianapolis
J. A. New
the Times
McKinley
Simon Cameron
Beaver
House of Congress
Concorp
West Virginia
Wheeling
West Va
Goff
John W. Mason
Gibson Seem
Kenna
Milwaukee
Wis
Keyes
Coxconp
Oet
Moody Currier
Prohibitionist Party
Des Mores
Eighth Congressional District
Louis Bonnell
James M. Freeland
Clark E. Barrows
Eastford
Fla
N. C. Shackleford
Italy
Rosasco
Genoa
E. C. Farrington
Gen. Berry
H. H. Dodge
Cleveland
Island Pond
C. N. Chevalier
New York and New England Railroad
Grand Trunk Railroad
Columbus
the Gazette
Adams, Brown
Defiance
Fairfield
Huron
Miami
Portage
Seneca
Newman
Boylston
Proctor
William Harris
Baltimore
Joseph Proctor
Howard Atheneum
Joseph Murphy
Kerry Gow
Gilmore
Mme. Modjeska
Globe Theatre
Bccone
Camille
Parvenu
School For Scandal
Maggie Mitchell
Park Theatre
Esmeralda
Madison Square Theatre
Park
Nelson Waldron
Madison Square
Daniel Frohman
Burnett
Elbert Rogers
North Carolina
John E. Owens
Lydia Ann
Kate Dennn- Wilson
Annie Russell
Dave Hardy
E. J. Buckley
Estarook
Charles M. Walcot
Jack Desmond
George Drew
E. G. Spangler
State House Notes
F.geldowsky Furniture
East Cambridge
Cambridge Railway
Scollay Square
LE Page
Huntington Ave
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