Pan American Medical Congress Opens in Washington
President Cleveland welcomes the Pan American Medical Society as a four day session begins at Albaugh's Opera House with about 1000 delegates and many attendees. Dr. Pepper presides, speeches emphasize public health and sanitary cooperation across nations.
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Washington
United States
Pan-American Medical Congress
Albaugh
William Pepper
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Bishop Paret
Dr. Pepper
Pan-American Medical Society
F. Montiambert
St. Lawrence
Bean
Juan J. Ullea
Costa Rica
J. F. Hibbard
Richmond
Ind
American Medical Association
American Association
Pan-American Congress
C. O. L. Reed
Cincinnati
Hudson’s Bay
Straits of Magellan
Francisco A. Risnez
Caracas
Venezuela
Congress
Was He Murdered Case Shocks London
London reports renewed public interest as the body of young Hamborough is exhumed at Ventnor Isle of Wight. He was shot while hunting near Loch Fyne and his life was insured in two policies of 10000 pounds each assigned to Mrs Munson. The post-mortem notes no hair singeing, suggesting the shot came from a distance and was not accidental.
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London
Young Hamborough
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
Hamborough
Loch Fyne
New York
Munson
Lord Houghton
Ostend Theatre Panic Sparks Fire Before Curtain
In Ostend at the Eden Theatre gas ignited theatre drapery just as the curtain was to rise. Lions tried to extinguish the blaze but failed, and within two minutes stage scenery was on fire. The audience rose to exit as panic struck, thirty to forty people were trampled but no fatalities reported.
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Brussels
Eden Theatre
Ostend
Disappearance of Weinberger Shocks East Side Hebrews
Panic sweeps Jewish business district as Bernard Weinberger vanishes amid closing of three banks and his distillery. Rumors claim manager Moses Herschdorfer fled, Weinberger sailed to Hamburg aboard the Normannia two weeks ago. Clerk says he owed $70,000 and sought $25,000 from a brother.
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New York
Bernard Weinberger
Moses Herschdorfer
Weinberger
East Side
Essex Street
East Grand Street
East
Houston Street
Munroe Street
Hamburg
Normannia
Herschdorfer
Max Ornstein
Shortest Boston to Chicago Route for World’s Fair Travel
If you go to the World’s Fair use the Hoosac Tunnel Route with West Shore and Nickel Plate for fastest service. Three route choices from Boston, with Niagara Falls return via Washington and New York or via Montreal. Lowest fares guaranteed and same rate on all trains. Depart Boston morning afternoon or evening and reach Chicago next day. Sleeping cars available without change. Tickets at ticket agents or 250 Washington Street Boston Mass.
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Hoosac Tunnel
West Shore
Nickel Plate
Poston
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Washington
New York
Montreait
Boston
Washington Street
Mass
Breckinridge Pollard scandal seen as stalemate in Washington
Washington reports mixed signals in the Breckinridge Pollard affair as Mrs Blackburn and Mrs Blackburn plan to testify that Breckinridge introduced Pollard as his intended wife. Senator Blackburn defends Breckinridge while counsel Phil Thompson influences views, and Pollard remains under her attorneys orders in a quiet Washington home. The case is believed unlikely to go to trial.
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Washington
Breckinridge-Pollard
Senator Blackburn
Luke Blackburn
Breckinridge
Miss Pollard
Blackburn
Phil Thompson
Colonel Breckinridge
Kentucky
Welsh Choir to Compete at Eisteddfod in Chicago World’s Fair
A forty-voice choir from South Wales led by a conductress and accompanist will compete at the Eisteddfod international singing contest at the World’s Fair. Most members are soloists from Cardiff with prizes from various Eisteddfodau. They perform God Is My Guide and The Spanish Gypsy Girl and may join mass chorus for Lewellyn. After Chicago the choir tours several cities before returning to Wales by late September.
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Chicago
South Wales
Cardiff
Schubert
Lassen
Lewellyn
J. Thomas
Old Country
Hay Fever Convention in Bethlehem adjourned for season
The United States Hay Fever Association met at Sinclair House in Bethlehem with Colonel M. Richard Muckle presiding. Speakers included Dr. C. F. McGahan, Rev. Dr. Rea, and others. The secretary noted most guests were hay fever sufferers and urged ongoing local improvements and cautions against ineffective cures. Three-fourths of Bethlehem visitors were hay fever guests.
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Bethlehem
N. H
United States
Hay Fever Association
Sinclair House
M. Richard Muckle
Philadelphia
C. F. McGahan
Aiken
S. C
Rea
Mr. Thompson
Henry J. Dewey
T. Tuthill
New York
Edgar Palmer
Wisconsin
William Fish
Dedham
Samuel Keys
Cincinnati
H. H. DeLeon
Charleston
John Peacock
D. D
Gahan
Muckle
One Drowned In Harbor Incident Near Portsmouth
Edward Galvine drowned at Little Harbor while working on a scow for Eastern Dredging Company. A broken bar threw him and two coworkers into the water. the other two were rescued, but Galvine sank before help arrived. He was from Harbor De Grace and leaves a wife and six children. The body was recovered.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Edward Galvine
Little Harbor
Eastern Dredging Company
Galvine
Harbor de Grace
N. F
Poker raid crimes cloud Lawrence court scene
In a Lawrence Police Court session several well known locals faced charges after police raided a hotel poker room Sunday night. Captain Murphy and Inspector Remick led the raid on the third floor. David Dobson and Robert T. Harmon were arrested but bailed. Harmon fined fifty dollars or three months. Dobson and three others fined five dollars each for card gambling.
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Lawrence
Captain Murphy
Remick
Ballepby
David Dobson
Dobson
Robert T. Harmon
Harmon
Fred H. Davis
Thomas H. Burns
Thomas Hadfield
Bank of England declines loan to Indian Office forcing exchange rise
The Bank of England reportedly refused a 3.5 million pound loan to the Indian Office. Ginn Mills Currie & Co offered 3 million pounds to push exchange up to 1s 37-8d enabling council bills. An import duty on silver is contemplated. Madrid cabinet may extend aid to the Bartaco Espanol of Havana and authorize drafts on the home treasury as gold leaves Cuba amid high US exchange premiums.
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London
Financial N
Bank of England, Hantne
Ginn, Mills, Currie & Co
Madrid
Bartco Espanol
Havana
America
Pope to Publish Third Edition of Latin Poem
The Pope will issue a third edition of Leonis P.P. XIII Carmina et Inscriptiones. Two short poems will appear in the volume with a preface by Professor Brunelli. Only two copies will be produced, printed and bound with fine craftsmanship.
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Rome
Leonis P.P. XIII
Brunelli
Paasch Declared Dangerous Lunatic in Berlin
Berlin reports Herr Paasch the noted anti Semite has been pronounced a dangerous lunatic and committed to the asylum at Walidorf.
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Berlin
Herr Paasch
Walidorf
New England Railway Talks Promise No Strike
Engineers and firemen oppose a 10 percent wage cut for New York & New England railroad employees. A secret conference between union members and President McLeod yielded no public results. Workers insist no strike will occur and expect a prompt settlement, with some returning to Hartford as talks continue.
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New York & New England Railroad
McLeod
The
Chicago Herald
Slam
Charles C. Milwood
Hartford
North Shore season nears close as hotels wind down
The North Shore shuts for the season. The New Winthrop will close after breakfast today as numbers shrink from 200 boarders. The Colonial closes Monday and Winthrop follows by month end, leaving year-round residents to fill the town. Social events, cottagers ball at the Bijou, and a final band appearance mark the closing. Crescent Beach ends its season outfits and Strathmore Hotel shuts, while the Point of Pines holds out with fish dinners and dances until next Sunday.
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Winthrop
Gibson
Colonial
Kennedy
Grady
Crescent Beach
Strathmore
Andunday
Point of Pines
Pines
Thayer
Sage’s breach of promise suit setback delays amended answer
Russell Sage faced a setback in the Delia Keegan breach of promise suit as Judge Gregarich vacated a five day extension to file a further amended answer. Sage must rely on the first amended answer filed last week while the latest amendment becomes void. The case seeks $100000 in damages for alleged breach of marriage promise.
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New York
Russell Sage
Delia Keegan
Sage
Ia al
Mrs Henrietta Swan Wed to Samuel Blatchford in Quiet Pittsfield
Pittsfield dated Sept 5 Mrs Henrietta Tilden Swan daughter of the late Henry A Tilden and niece of Samuel J Tilden married Samuel Milford Blatchford deputy surveyor of customs of New York in a very quiet ceremony at her sister Mrs Q A Whittleseys home The Rev Thomas F P Hughes rector of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre New York officiated
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Pittsfield
Henrietta Tilden Swan
Henry A. Tilden
Samuel J. Tilden
Samuel Milford Blatchford
New York
Q. A. Whittlesey
Thomas FP. Hughes
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Hurricane warnings and shipboard rules from the Hydrographic Bureau
Washington reports Congress will review the Navy Department Hydrographic Bureau after the great hurricane. Abbe identified the storm from limited data and predicted its landfall earlier. Proposals seek offshore stations to collect storm data and issue warnings. The pilot chart offers three rules for mariners: heave-to and watch for shifts, use starboard tack for right shifts, and maintain course with oil to prevent heavy seas.
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Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Hydrographic Bureau
Abbe
United States
Leto
New British War Ships Majestic and Magnificent Profile
Washington reports the new British battleships Majestic and Magnificent measure 390 feet long, 75 feet beam, 2712 feet mean draught, and 14,900 tons. They aim for 16.5 to 17.25 knots with forced draught, carry four 12 inch breech loaders, twelve 6 inch rapid fire guns, sixteen 12 pounders, twelve 3 pounders, and five 18 inch torpedo tubes. Armament features include two armored turrets, hydraulic loading prospects, and armored shields on gun turntables.
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Washington
Majestic
Magnificent
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines Form Trust
A Duluth to Evening Sun report says Lake Superior Consolidated Mines organized to control Mesaba Gogebic and Spanish American iron mines. Backed by Rockefeller, Colgate Hoyt, C W Wetmore, Merritts, and Gates, the venture plans a 30 million dollar capital with New York head office and Cleveland branch.
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New York
Evening Sun
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Bessemer Iron
Cuba
Standard Oil Company
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines
Leonidas Merritt
Alfred Merritt
Merritt Brothers
Mesaba Range
C. W. Wetmore
F. T. Gates
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Francis Case Sees Heirs Win Probate Appointment
In Pittsfield Probate Court Judge Robinson appoints Homer B. Nash administrator of the estate of late cashier BE S Francis of Pittsfield National Bank. Mrs Francis of Boston pressed for appointment but heirs lawyers argued against her. Opened safety deposit drawer at the bank is anticipated to reveal further developments.
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Pittsfield
Robinson
BE. S. Francis
Pittsfield National Bank
Francis
Boston
Pecans
James Rnce
Marshall Wilcox
Composer Itzel Dead in Baltimore at 29
Adam Itzel Jr a noted musician and prolific composer died in Baltimore this morning from consumption aged 29 His greatest popular success was the opera The Tar and the Tartar and he was known as Professor Itzel in musical circles.
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Baltimore
Adam Itzel, Jr
Professor Itzel
Schooner Golden Rule Seaward Passage ordeal at Green Island
The Schooner Golden Rule of St. George capt Vaux arrived at Vineyard Haven from Calais for Fall River with lumber. In a Aug 29 gale off Green Island Me she tore sails deck load and leaked badly. Pumps kept working as captain's wife helped save vessel. After crossing Rip light ship she took on water to five feet and jettisoned remaining deck load before reaching port.
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Vineyard Haven
Golden Rule
St. George
Vaux
Calais
Fall River
Green Island
Cross Rip
Durham Mech College Begins Term in New Buildings
In Durham New Hampshire the Agricultural and Mechanics College opens its first term in newly dedicated buildings. The college reports its largest registration ever with forty three students on the sure list and nine more reasonably sure. President Markland has assumed full charge as examinations begin.
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Durham
N. H
Agricultural and Mechanics College
Markland
Massachusetts People's Party to Convene in Lynn at 2 P M
At 2 p m the People's parity of Massachusetts will meet in mass convention at Lynn to nominate candidates for the state election. Henry R. Legate serves as state central committee chairman. The executive committee will decide on member admission, requiring endorsement of a state socialist programme.
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People’s Parity of
Massachusetts
Mass
Lynn
Henry R. Legate
Missing 15 year old son described by mother
Police seek Arthur Gould, 15, 5 feet 4 inches, slender with black eyes and hair, round face. He wore a black coat with brown stripe, Scotch vest and pants, brown Derby hat. After Aug 22 he disappeared. mother searched Springfield and notified Station 6 on Aug 27. He last worked in Jordan Marsh cloak department. no known bad habits.
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Springfield
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Emin Pasha Death Report Details Cannibal Tribute
London dispatch reports Rev. A J Swann recounting Emin Pasha’s murder and cannibalism by Manyemas. He cites Arab hostility over a prior hanging tale, notes Emin’s caravan travel with Nubian followers, and mentions a Belgian force counterstrike after a Belgian’s fingers were found in a cook pot.
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London
A. J. Swann
Emin Pasha
Dr. Emin
Emin
Stanley
Victoria
Nyanza
Ruanda
Congo
Said bin Abeds
Dr. Livingston
Tanganyika
Hmin
Ujiji
Manyema
Tragedy as Children Die After Rat Poison In Loganport
Wilson Sayser and wife of Clinton township attended Labor Day in Logansport Indiana and returned to find their four children aged 5 to 14 and the family pet dead from rat poison ingestion. Police and coroner investigations began as authorities sought to determine how the poison came to be accessible in the home.
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Logansport
Ind
Wilson Sayser
Clinton Township
Suicide by Own Bullet After Misguided Attempt
At 35 West Street Milford Jesse Daniels aged 43, unmarried, shot himself in a drunken fit after trying to kill his brother Alfred. The bullet struck the right side of his head and killed him instantly. Alfred survived as the bullet glanced off the button of his pants. They lived with their widowed mother, 86.
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Milford
West Street
Jesse Daniels
Alfred
Salt spray scorches trees along coast after storms
New Haven report notes a peculiar phenomenon from recent storms where persistent salt water spray has browned and dying foliage on trees and bushes. Leaves on the waterward side show more damage, with discolored branches extending up to five miles from the sound.
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New Haven
Dover Pastor Postes $1000 Reward Over Fire Incendiary
The Reverend Ezra Haskell of Belknap Church vows to help hunt Dover arsonists by offering a $1000 reward for the detection and arrest of the incendiary responsible for recent fires. He appeals to citizens to act as authorities weigh insurance cancellations and ongoing investigations.
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Dover
N. H
Ezra Haskell
Belknap
New Hampshire Pharmacists Enjoy 20th Isles of Shoals Outing
The New Hampshire Pharmacists' Association celebrates its twentieth annual outing at the Isles of Shoals. The group, with accompanying ladies, arrived in port and will remain at the Shoals tonight. Tomorrow they will return to Portsmouth for a seashore ride and banquet at Rockingham House, followed by the annual election of officers.
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Portsmouth
N. H
New Hampshire Pharmacists’ Association
Isles of Shoals
The
Shoals
Rockingham House
Milford Man Commits Suicide Among Illness Woes
Frank E. She, 22, well known in Milford and Bellingham, died at his father’s Franklin Street home from a self inflicted wound to the left lung under the heart. The shooting occurred amid a history of illness and melancholy linked to health problems. He was unmarried.
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Milford
Frank E. She
James M. Sherman
Franklin Street
Bellingham
Olver
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Death of John S. Dwight veteran musician and editor
John Sullivan Dwight died after a long illness at his West Cedar Street home. Born May 18 1818 in Boston he entered Harvard in 1828 and later joined the Pierian Sodality. He founded Dwight's Journal of Music in 182 he edited it until 1881 and helped found the Harvard Musical Association. He was a Unitarian minister turned literary and musical figure and a trustee of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.
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Johns. Dwight
West Cedar Street
John Sullivan Dwight
John Dwight
Harvard College
Harvard
Pierian Sodality
Boston
Lozart
Dwight
Harvard Divinity School
Unitarian
Northampton
Brook Farm
Dwight’s Journal of Music
Harvard Musical Association
Mary
Silas
Mary Barrett
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
Chauncy Hall School Prepares for Institute and College
Chauncy Hall School prepares students for the Institute of Technology, for Business and for College. Special classes welcome girls and young children with unusual care for health and well being.
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Institute of Technology
Two Men Arrested Over Fatal Rifle Shooting
Great Barrington Sept 5 Chief of Police Pilon arrested Thomas Kelly and William B Malloy charged with shooting Siegfried Alder who died from a rifle bullet. The men, employed in a livery stable, had been firing a 22 calibre rifle from a barn window. They surrendered and will be examined tomorrow evening.
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Great Barrington
Pilon
Thomas Kelly
William B. Malloy
Seigfried Alder
Kelly
Malloy
Moscow Arrests Rise Over Nihilist Plot Suspects
Vienna dispatch reports eighty five students eight professors and five women of rank arrested in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in a Nihilist plot against the Czar's life.
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Vienna
Moscow
Body Found in Charles River Identified Suspect Endless ID
The body of a man found floating in the Charles River remains unidentified. He may be Patrick J. Conway. A Granite Cutters' Union card dated in Kings county was on him along with a patient card bearing two prominent physicians from 172 Tremont Street.
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Charles River
Patrick J. Conway
International Granite Cutters’ Union
Kings County
Tremont Street
Monongahela Arrives at Queenstown for Cadiz Voyage
The United States training ship Monongahela docked at Queenstown this morning and reports all aboard in good health. The vessel will depart for Cadiz on September 5 in a follow-up leg of its patrol.
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Queenstown
Cadiz
Marine Michael Sullivan Rescued After Walk Off Wharf
Michael Sullivan, a 27 year old marine, walked off Long wharf yesterday and was rescued by George Barry and William Carlow. He was taken from Station 2 to Fort Warren on the steamer in a precautionary evacuation.
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Michael Sullivan
Long Wharf
George Barry
William Carlow
Fort Warren
The Friend in the Woods case in Providence Journal
The Providence Journal reports Joe Breslyn signed a note claiming he wrote the inscription From your friends in the woods linked to Mrs Barnaby’s death but cannot identify the man who recruited him or confirm exact wording. He drafted a word form, revealing discrepancies yet strong coincidences with the bottle label. A cheap novel tied to the case shows pencil tracings and erasures on its facsimile.
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Providence Journal
Joe Breslyn
Sherman Street
Joe
Denver
Will of Richard T. Auchmuty filed in Berkshire Probate
The late Richard T. Auchmuty of New York and Lenox filed in Berkshire Probate Court. His widow receives all Berkshire real estate and personal property, plus two New York Boulevard lots. The remaining estate goes to his relatives and those of his wife with no public bequests.
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Pittsfield
Richard T. Auchmuty
New York
Lenox
Berkshire
Boulevard
Freight Conductor Killed In Train Accident
Pittsfield Sept 6 John Pugh 51 of East Albany a freight conductor on the Boston and Albany was run over by his train near the steam power building this afternoon dying two hours later.
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Pittsfield
John Pugh
East Albany
Boston & Albany
United States Hotel Stockholders Vote to Increase Capital
The stockholders met yesterday at 11 o clock with President Henry Pickering presiding. A large majority attended and it was voted to raise the capital stock from 4000 to 500000.
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United States Hotel
Henry Pickering
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Pope
New England
North Shore
Tilden
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mess
Hydrographic Office
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People's Party
Gould
Walter Gould
Bellows Falls
Boston Sunday Paper
Livingstone
Salvator Beer
Burkhardt Brewing Co
Hanock St
Indiana
Granite State Nrulgists
James Crowley
Andover
Joan S$. Dwight
Chauncy-Hall School
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Heat and Gas
Lincoln Street
Haskell Mfg. CO
SKOW
Hegan
Sanitarium
Rhumatics
Skowhegan
Anog
Kingston &J
Breslyn
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