California Flood Strikes San Bernardino Valley Ravaging Lines
News of the week reports severe floods in the San Bernardino valley. Bridges and tracks on the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads were destroyed, 150 acres of cultivated land swept away, a school building carried off, and towns like San Bernardino and Colton isolated. Widespread damage runs into hundreds of thousands while aid efforts and restoration work begin amid disrupted communications and impending resumption of service.
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California
San Bernardino Valley
Bernardino City
San Bernardino
Colton
Los Angeles
San Bernardino County
San Gabriel
Downeys
Santa Fe
San Diego
Yuma Board of Trade
Southern Pacific
Southern California
Santa Anna
Sante
Sanego
Orange
Flood Swamps Yuma Area As Gila River Rises
Floodwaters advance toward Yuma from Adende and Gila valley, rising at one foot per hour. Residents relocate to hills, telegraph office inundated, levees under close watch. Government farm workers evacuate, Aztec residents move to Moas, many livestock lost, railroads and bridges destroyed in the region.
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Yuma
Ari
Adende
Gila Valley
Government Farm
Texas Hill
Gila
Moas
Colorado River
Yuma Appeal Committee
Renerogs
Arizona
Detroit Oper
Slifton
Guthrie
Trains Delayed by Flooded Mohawk Valley Ice
Albany reports tell of New York Central & Hudson River railroad disruption as Mohawk River rose to record levels since 1865. Ice jams blocked lines west of Albany. trains ran via West Shore between Haffmars and Schuyler Junction. Travel largely resumed by Saturday as danger waned.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
H. Walter Webb
Mohawk Valley
West Shore Road
Haffmars
Schenectady
Schuyler Junction
Utica
Mohawk River
Central Railroad
River Rise Threatens New Levees in Lower Mississippi Valley
In New Orleans on February 28 the long rising river causes anxiety as unfinished levees from last year's flood lag behind. Weak new dikes may not withstand pressure from Ohio and other tributaries, with rains expected to worsen conditions. The river near the city sits two feet three inches below its record peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Or
Eans
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Mississippi
Anna Dickinson in Danville Insane Asylum
Anna Dickinson, famed lecturer and author, is confined at Danville insane asylum after violent conduct aboard a train and prior knife incidents at home and in public. Her finances and career troubles are tied to a contract dispute with Senator Quay, and widespread charity contrasted with personal decline.
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Wilkrsbarre
Penn
Anna Dickinson
Danville Insane Asylum
Anna
Susan
Miss. Dickinson
Quay
Harrison
Miss Dickinson
West Pittston
Dickinson
Whitelaw Reid
France
Western Congress invite passes Kansas Legislature
The Kansas Legislature approved a resolution inviting Western states to a commercial congress to discuss economic Western issues. The congress will be in Kansas City starting April 15 for a week, inviting Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other states and territories east of the Mississippi and several western entities.
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Topgrka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas City
Ohie
Jana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Midian
Wisconsin
Illinois
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma Territory
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
New Mere
Wackington
Braves
Western States Assembly Urged By Nevada Senator
W M Stewart United States senator from Nevada writes that a congress of growing Western states would organize a powerful federation. He notes timely movement, calls for wealth producers to have a voice, and offers to participate in future proceedings.
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W. M. Stewart
United States
Nevada
West
Standing of the Two Parties Erastus Wiman Comment
The article notes Liberals may win the March 5 general election and overturn Conservative gains. It lists current Dominion House strengths: Ministerialists 182 and Opposition 81, with regional splits including Ontario and Quebec. Both sides claim confidence in favorable returns and emphasize heated partisan feeling as the outcome approaches.
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Dominion House of Commons
Minis
Province
Terial
Sition
Qwrariow
Tiberbeuroses
New Bru AY
Pultae
Faiand
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
Minis- Oapo
Scotia
New Brunswll
Manitoba
Heananpere
Mints- Bypo
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Fawand Rane Erhalten
Manitotm
Northweest Territories
Great Canadian election contest narrows to days
Ottawa reports the contest nearing final stages with nominations finished and fewer than a week until verdict. Liberals claim strong support across the Dominion, Oliver Mowatt lauds British loyalty at Toronto rally, Sir Richard Cartwright urges U S conciliation while maintaining loyalty to the English flag. Erastus Wiman’s stance on cross border influence becomes a campaign flashpoint.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Toronto
Oliver Mowatt
Richard Cartwright
Ontario
Ingersoll
Canada
United States
Free Silver Advocated in House Coinage Debate
Nevada representative Bartine, on behalf of minority members of the House coinage committee, filed a report urging passage of the silver free coinage bill. The lengthy document critiques 1873 demonetization, argues for silver backing and potential world support, and pledges the United States will prosper under any plausible financial system. The report asserts the question is not prosperity versus ruin but which path promises more growth for the republic.
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Wasui Incton
Bartine
Nevada
House Coinage Committee
House
United States
Vaites Tes
Puncinaion
Rencey
American Republic
P Sue
Ator McPherson
Llarmont Av
Wartin
Jones
Republican State Centre
Ilinois
Arill
Unite States
Co Davis
Col. L. Polk
National Farmers’ Alliance
Wadesboro
N.gc
Cleveland
United States District Courts
New York City
State Line Steamship Company
State of California
Columbia Patent Company
Chicago
Washburn & Moen
Kansas
Cherokee Strip
Prairie Schooner
Hagerstown
Ind
O. F. Deal
George Needham
C. B. Case
Arthur Reeves
Richmond
George Me
J. C. Busim
Sacramento
Cal
Seveney
Peffer Pushes Copper Coinage Idea In Kansas Speech
Alliance senator Peffer told Atchison constituents he supports free coinage of silver and, notably, copper. He displayed a copper cent and claimed 15 cents could buy copper enough to make $2, arguing that copper would be good money and should be plentiful.
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Peffer
New Alliance
Kansas
Atchison
Champion
Hawaiian ministry refuses to re sign amid Kalakaua funeral
From San Francisco February 27 United States flagship Charleston reports the Hawaiian ministry will not re sign and Queen Liliuokalani has appealed to Hawaii Supreme Court to oust them. Kalakaua funeral on the 16th drew the largest crowd ever seen on the stands with the Charleston band leading the procession. Royal mausoleum rites were by the Archbishop of Honolulu and Master Mason Phillips. Bells tolled and minute guns fired as the cortege moved.
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San Francisco
United States
Charleston
Honolulu
Liliukaolini
Supreme Court of Hawaii
Kalakaua
Xariestan
Mohican
Royal Mausoleum
Ehbishop
M Mason Phillips
Candler Attacks Subsidy Plan in House Debate
Hon John W Candler of Massachusetts 9th district denounces subsidies as unsound and unfair to the many. He argues for a substitute allowing merchants to buy ships abroad for economical trade and cites a general system of bounty as a dangerous principle.
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John W. Candler
Ninth
Massachusetts
House
Sherman Warns Against Missing Nicaragua Canal Opportunity
Senator Sherman argues rejecting the Nicaragua canal opportunity risks failure or ceding control to rivals. He warns that private interests would turn a global trade route into a dependent empire, citing Hong Kong and Suez as cautionary examples, urging support for the project with minimal cost and risk. Manchester reports on Blaine's treaty with Brazil and growing English manufacturing excitement.
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Sherman
Nicaragua Canal
Gibraltar
Canada
India
Hong Kong
China
Suez Canal
Manchester Chamber voices trade edge for American goods
The Manchester Chamber of Commerce warns England must gain time advantages to compete with the United States. A speaker cites duties and exchange rates that lift American goods about 87 to 165 percent above UK costs, favoring U S imports unless rates shift. He notes potential price gaps on printed cottons and textiles if Brazil trade figures alter.
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Brazil
United States
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
England
Manchester
Trade with Canada tops England in last year totals
The report notes Canada's trade advantage over England shows a record last year surpassing by over a million dollars the England Dominion trade. U S exports to Canada reached 40 million and imports 52 million balancing for the U S at 12 million. Comparisons to 1889 and South American purchases are also cited.
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Canada
England
Dominion
United States
New Tuberculosis Treatment Described in Berlin Meeting
Prof Liebrich outlines cantharidate of potash as an injectable remedy for tuberculosis and lupus. Dr Fraenkel and Dr Hermann report positive early results. Minister Von Gossler pressures the disclosure as Liebrich continues investigations.
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Benxutx
Liebrich
Berlin Medical Society
Fraenkel
Hermann
Liebrech
von Gossler
Blackburn letter on Democratic stance and silver issue cites Clem land
Senator Joe Blackburn-letter extract to Paducah outlines opposition to Cleveland's presidential nomination in 1892 due to silver coinage disputes. Blackburn stresses a Democratic standard aligned with free coinage and party sentiment, favors no favored candidate, warns against New York candidates, and insists the nominee reflect Democratic majorities on key issues.
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Louisville
Joe C
Blackburn
Paducah
Cleveland
Senate
New York
Tam
Winchester Farmers League Formed In Litchfield Town
Winsted Conn Feb 27 Farmers from Litchfield towns met at Town Hall to form the Winchester Farmers League with George S Burnham elected president Tunis Good enough vice president and Francis Page secretary and treasurer The group aims to influence politics and legislation to aid farmers without harming the public welfare This marks the seventh farmers league organized in western Connecticut recently to balance political power in the state.
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Farmers’ League
Connecticut
Appalachian basin wealth shown for Chicago fair
West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee natural resources attract attention as the richest in iron coal and timber. State and private exhibitors plan large displays for Chicago world exposition. A Southern West Virginia man cuts coking coal and other displays include splint coal and cannel. A poplar log and 40 ton special car are prepared for transport via Chesapeake and Ohio line down the Guyandotte to a bridge and car hoist.
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Great Appalachian Basin
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
United States
Chicago
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
Guyandotte River
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Bank wrecking trial yields guilty verdicts in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on February 28 the trial of the Bank of America wreckers ended with George F. Work James B Dungan and Louis E Pfeiffer found guilty. Sentencing was postponed due to a new trial motion. One conspirator McFarlane remains at large as a fugitive. The case revealed extensive fraud involving bank policy holders and debtors.
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Philadelphia
Bank of America
George F. Work
James
Dungan
Louis E. Pfeiffer
Work
McFarlane
American Life Insurance Company
Mrs.feiffer
Pfeiffer
Plan to create single civil service commissioner with two deputies
The House reform in the civil service committee approved a bill to replace the triple headed commission with one commissioner and two deputies. The salaries are set at 6000 for the commissioner 3500 for the chief examiner and 2500 for the secretary. A deputy may act as commissioner in absence or as designated by the commissioner. The chief examiner must be of the opposite political party to the commissioner, removals for political reasons are prohibited and the removing officer must state reasons in writing.
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House Committee On Reform
Joseph William Bazalette
Metropolitan Board O Works
Drainage Actem
London
Albert and Chelsea
Bath
Durham
San Felipe
Mex
Albert Docks
Shipping Federation
Scotland
Rome
Mermilod
Sir Charles Dilke
Forest of Dean
Gloucestershire
Sir Charles
M. du Boisgobey
Africa
Harrington
Henry Hope Morley
Samuel Morley
Reichstag
Germany
France
Ussia
Baltic Sea
England
Italy
Mediterranean
Trades Union Party
British Labor Commission
Trades Unionists
Labor Commission
John Burns
New Unionist Party
Richard Sutton
Genesta
Lackburn
Blackburn
Dillon
O'Brien
Jai Jossmars
Bradstreet weekly failures report by region
New York on February 27 Bradstreet records 218 business failures in the United States for the week, down from 243 prior week. Regional totals include Middle States 38 New England 36 Southern 36 Western 50 Northwestern 33 Pacific 24 Territories 1 and failures in Canada 41 versus 52 last week.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Middle States
New England
Southern
Western
Northwestern
Pacific
Territories
Enads
Treasury Disburses Near 20 Million for Pensions
The Treasury Department distributed almost 20 million dollars for pensions. The National Woman Suffrage Association opened its annual convention in Washington on Thursday. A Martha Washington tea event in Long Branch featured Aunt Judy Cummins impersonating Martha Washington at age 111. Sugar will join the free list on April 1 with refined sugar distribution planned nationwide soon after. Reports note 656 widows and 163 fatherless children from the Sonny Hill mines incident in Nova Scotia.
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Treasury Department
National Woman Suffrage Association
Washington
Martha Washington
Long Branch
N. J
Judy Cummins
Sonny Hill
Novia
Seven Widowed Mothers and a Waterspout City Scene
A New York headlines segment details Harlem tunnel disaster aftermath with pneumonia deaths, a Beppington gunboat trial on Long Island Sound, and a 15 foot freshet flooding Broadway and electrical lines. It notes political moves on spoliation claims, Connecticut farmers leagues, and local crime reports. It also recounts a domestic comedy where Polhemus Diltz vows to court his wife again after a kitchen quarrel.
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Hemood
Haver
Any
Broad Way
Steamboat Square
Beadway
Beppington
Long Island Sound
Friends
Senate
House
Litchfiela County
Conn
Winchester
Ala
Gov. Jones
Congressional Agricultural Fond
Agricultural College of
Auburn
Jeremiah O'Connor
St. Lawrence's Church
New York
Harlem Tunnel
Asa Stone
Ind
Indiana
Hosmer A. Johnson
Chicago Medical College
Roosevelt Hospital
Elevated Railroad
Fulton County
J. A. Morse
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Proctor
Collinsville
Ill
St. Louis
Artors
William Kinccaid
Sherman
New York City
Grant
Elizabeth
Bulkeley
Middleton Reeves
Hagerstown
Wineland
London
North American
Cornell University
Wilard Fiske
Washington
Washburn
Minnesota
Windom
Minneapolis
Minn
Thurston
Ms Doe
National League For National Convention
Nashville
Senator Quay
Republican National Committee
Blaine
Pennsylvania Company
Ircuit
Congress
Pierce
New York State Insurance Department
Massachusetts Benefit Association
Maxwell
Arkansas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Broadway
Post Office
United States
E. K. Wilson
Maryland
House of Representatives
Elec
Buckland
Ie Mas
Polhemus Diltz
Mary Jane
Mr. Diltz
Diltz
Jim
Dirtz
Iad
Mr. Diltx
Ex Empress Visit and European Turmoil Stir Controversy
Long dispatch notes foreign irritation over the ex empress of Germany, a tense British stance on labor schemes, and a grim Chilean civil conflict with Balmaceda’s forces clashing with Congress aligned navy. Reports cover Valparaiso, Baquedano, and massacres, plus Irish leadership debates and notable deaths and strikes.
Market Report of Butter Cheese and Grocery Prices
The section details receipts and prices across dairy items such as butter and cheese, noting steady or rising demand and varied prices from multiple dairy producers and markets. It also covers eggs, beans, fruits, vegetables, hay, flour, coffee, and other groceries with current quotations and stock levels for the week, reflecting a broad wholesale market snapshot and shifting availability.
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Hankinn Co
Vermont
Im Hatton
Ian Abdarier
Ian Eg
New York Extra
Liverpool
New Brunswick
New York
Maine Greentob , Jr
Mase
Atawrben
Hebron
Jersey
Norfolk
Ohio
St. Andrews
Dinner hour conflict at St Augustine hotel ends by vote
The New York Times reports a hotel dinner hour dispute at a St Augustine property. A ballot settled the matter with 35 votes for a late 6 pm service. Young women guests backed 6 o clock while men favored earlier dining. The piece notes fashion implications and hints at possible broader changes at summer resorts like Saratoga.
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New York Times
St. Augustine
Saratoga
Making Time Fly. Coast Telegraph Cable Incident
A damaged Coast Indian coast telegraph story describes two English ships repairing a cable near Bombay. They were half a mile apart and used Bombay and Aden as relay points to communicate. The chaotic OCR text ends mid-sentence with unclear phrasing about messages and routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
India
Bombay
Ombay
Aden
Sue Ber
Adena
Empress Frederick Visit Sparks Paris Tensions
The ex-empress of Germany aroused Paris unrest as she toured Versailles and St Cloud provoking insults and fears of a Franco German clash. German retaliation on Alsace Lorraine and rousing press critiques heighten bid for warlike brinkmanship between two nations.
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Eox
Frederick
Germany
Paris
Versailles
France
St. Cloud
la Liberte
Deroulede
Boulanger
Caprivi
Alsace-Lorraine
Europe
M. Ribot
Emress Frederick
Riforma
Rome
Carnot
Frederic
Frenc
Patriotic League
Vologas Gazette
General Election Coming with Labor Measures Ashore
London Feb 27 There is growing expectancy of a general election in the autumn. Ministers supporting dissolution of Parliament cite the Irish split and budget gains as advantages likely to fade next year. Behring dispute, pacific foreign policy, and Irish local government bill fuel fears of Unionist rupture. Schnadhorst coordinates, provincial agents in touch, local candidates chosen as the central election fund grows. Middleton lacks equal organizing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor Commission
Lord Salisbury
Behring Sea
United States
Schnadhorst
Central Association
Middleton
Maybrick Case Reopened Amid Justice Stephens Crisis
London reports rising concern over Mr Justice Stephens amid rapid insanity claims linked to the Maybrick case. A major effort presses to reopen the Maybrick inquiry as Baroness von Roque arrives, challenging the cannasel and alleging juror influence in Mrs Maybrick’s conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Justice Stephens
England
M Aybrick
Maybrick
Baroness von Roque
Watertown Cattle Market Arrivals and Prices
Weekly livestock arrivals at Brighton and Watertown show cattle at 475 dollars, hogs 30,469, horses 759, with Western beef at 5.50 per 100 pounds live weight. Hides, tallow, and skins priced in cents, including Brighton hides and country hides, plus calf and dairy classifications.
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Brighton
Watertown
The Fly's Great Speed in Flight
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald piece describes tiny insect wings driven by strong muscular energy. Flies circle a fast horse and overtake prey, even at high wind. A writer notes a beetle or dragonfly darting up to 80 to 100 miles per hour in wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Early Morning Wakeup Request From a Master
A fragment from the Springfield Graphic shows a master asking to be woke at o'clock sharp with the valet replying politely. The odd phrasing hints at a comic or dialogue row about punctuality and courtesy in a household.
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Springfield Graphic
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Erastus Wiman
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Wiman
King Kalakaua
Nicaragua
Mr. Blaine
Necticut
The
Philadelphia Bank Wreckers
Chicago Tribune
Polhemus
APAR
Party of Congress
Valparaiso
Esmeralda
Chilean Times
Baquedano
Peru
Santiago
Balmaceda of
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Pisagua
Balmaceda
Iquigne
Parnell
Richard C. Kerens
America
Kerens
United Aos
Insha
al Ag
Parey
McGerthy
Irean Parnell
Boston
Zorg
Tagala
Desi
Do Akola Olga
Do Fair
Maracaibo
Buernmanger
Muscatel
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Lleme
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Turi
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Palern
Messina
Mohole Theatre
Ork
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Shore
Haddock
Dover i
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Ieios Ayres
Li Montevideo
Rio Grande
Sierra
Sime Ate
Zanzibar
Die
Chinas
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Hhd
Icarne
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Isan
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Cat
Pei
Pbc
Sanemente
Empress Frederick
Stephens
Boston Stock Market
Ace “Bia
Anniston City
Bosto Qegipere
SY Houiston
Brookline
Campobello
Cutler
Branklin Park
Maverick
Nahant
Nepenne
Sullivan Harbor
Winter Harbor
West End
Winthrop
Seee
Wollaston
Cessee
Atlantic & Pavitic
Atch
Topeka
Boston & Lowell
Cleveland & Can
Connecticut River
Fitchbur
Neweo & New
New York & N_E
Proensburg & Lake
Galid Col
Union Pacific
Vermont & Maas
Somenon
Wisconsin Central
Prefe
Aliouezt
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Bonanza
Power & Montan
Seos
Calumet & Hevia
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Watertown Cattle Market
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