Webster at Marshfield Centennial Portrait of a Farmer Statesman
The Marshfield centennial piece recalls Daniel Webster’s seaside farm life near Green Harbor, noting his love of stock raising Jersey cattle, fishing, and talks with neighbors. It covers his move to the Thomas farm in 1881, his quiet residence, and the upcoming centennial events with rail access, tented post prandial rites, and a Scribner’s excerpt by Professor Wilkinson.
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Marshfield
Webster
Mount Vernon
Washington
Monticello
Jefferson
Mr. Webster
Green Harbor
Thomas
Captain Thomas
Marsifield
Court
Cabinet
Senate
Marshield
Wilkinson
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Scribner’s
Davitt Sees Ireland Reform Conference Postponement
New York dated report notes Davitt on the Dublin conference set for October 17. He says the fate of the Land League movement on both sides of the Atlantic rests on the 300 Irish representatives attending. He mentions planks for labor, evicted tenants relief, franchise reform, home manufactures and related reforms.
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Davitt
Ireland
Dublin
Land League
Atlantic
Land League scheme pitched as business venture
The document asserts system, mechanic's institutes, and related bodies will gain recognition through dedicated departments and that an association for land purchase will not fund Irish land. It promises a businesslike, share-based structure similar to a previous exhibition effort, with capital raised as the scope is clarified.
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Mechanic's Institutes
A Prolific Mother of Philadelphia: One Woman’s Unbelievable Family
A Philadelphia Mercury profile tells of a Columbia Avenue matron who became mother to twenty one children by age under 21, with twenty one total by her husband’s death. She recounts triplets, twins, and several single births across decades, all while managing a bustling household and keeping her name private.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Mercury
Columbia Avenue
New York Mercury
The
Mercury
Arpa
Creation
John
Mary
Jobo
Nother
Johny
Scotland
United States
Iit
Yale Senior's Fund Raising Case Stirs Classes
Albert E. Smith a Yale senior was arrested for taking money on false pretenses. Juniors paid 65 dollars sophomores 103 dollars freshmen 180 dollars and an extra 30 dollars from an 86 dollar contributor. Meetings were held with E L Lindsey representing Smith. some offered to refine funds while others would testify at trial. The total likely nears 500 dollars and Smith’s role as catcher on the consolidated nine aided his schemes.
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New Haven
Conn
Albert E. Smith
Yale
E. L. Lindsey
Smith
Eacee
Consolidated Nine
University
Arsenic in Tea Seizes Pennsylvanian Villager
Police arrest W G Whittaker of Paschalville near Philadelphia on serious charges of poisoning his wife Jennie and ten children aged 2 to 24, plus a 19 year old boarder Wayson Cooper. Whittaker allegedly put arsenic in a water bucket used for tea. several victims are reported in critical condition.
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Philadelphia
Penn
W. G. Whittaker
Paschalville
Jennie
Chidren
Wayson
Mary
Eve
Sarah
Bertha
Willie
Wayson Cooper
Whittaker
Milkman’s Boston Milk Prank In Nashua Tale
A Nashua milkman recalls a Boston family summering there who complained about Nashua milk. After requests for richer milk, he secretly sent the bottom of an undisturbed can turned sky blue. The family praised it as the rich blue Boston milk they sought.
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Nashua
Boston
Pater
Act of Fortune by Kansas Central Engineer at Circleville
Thomas Fortune, engineer on the Kansas Central railroad, performed a heroic act near Circleville. While approaching a child on the tracks at 15 miles per hour he reversed the engine, jumped to the pilot, and grabbed the child as the locomotive nearly struck.
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Thomas Fortune
Kansas Central Railroad
Circleville
Leavenworth
Doc Wilson to be Married
Dr Levi Wilson who drew public attention after causing an arrest has secured a marriage license in Providence and plans to reside there. The doctor and his arrival stirred a wild campus scene on College street Saturday, causing a chaotic rush and excitement.
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Doc Wilson
Levi Wilson
Wesson
Providence
College Street
Washington. Douglass Voice in Utah and Star Route Trial Debate
A Washington dispatch outlines Judge Jere Black arguing against Governor Murray’s removal and Utah commission actions. He contends no vacancies exist from August election failure, and warns of overreaching power if the governor gains appointment authority. The piece also notes a harsh critique of retroactive measures and mentions onetime mill worker's end-of-life finances and a will leaving sums to relatives in Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Murray
Utah
Utah Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Jere Black
Conness
jJudiciairy Committee
Theovernor
Senate
Hoar
Bayard
Ower
Bevelpee
Blackburn
Conference Committee
Judge Black
Edmunds
Congress
French Opposition to the Treaty Rumor Stirred
Washington reports the State Department has no corroboration for a French bid to derail the U S Mexico reciprocity treaty. Grant and Trescott, named in August to negotiate, have not yet left for Mexico, and officials have no word on a potential Roustan reassignment affecting the French legation.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Mexico
General Grant
William H. Trescott
Roustan
Douglass Denies Virginia stump for straight-out Republicans
Fred Douglass denies plans to campaign for any Republican slate in Virginia or Ohio. He supports coalition to end the color line in politics and says colored Virginians should ally with the Mahone movement to secure voting rights. He cites old age and fatigue as reasons for avoiding campaigns.
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Washington
Fred Douglass
Virginia
Douglass
Ohio
Washington School Board removes colored child from white school
In Washington on September 27 Professor Gregory with the school superintendent placed his child in a white school, prompting many white withdrawals. The school board met, took cognizance, and today the child was transferred to a colored school. The board’s letter cites public policy to avoid breaking up the school or hindering growth by any one child or parent.
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Washington
Gregory
Significance of Philadelphia Trial and Other Matters
Washington report on the Philadelphia dummies case notes the defendants were tools of larger ring members and that profits went to the Saulsburys Parks and associates. It explains bonds totaling 205000 on contracts worth over a million and outlines key links from Joe McKibben to Lansbury and McDewitt. It also mentions open settlement plans for Turtle Mountain Chippewa lands and a Monthly Debt Statement showing treasury cash and certificates.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Funk Arbuckle and
Casson
Saulsburys and Parks
Joe McKibben
Saulsbury
Lansbury
McDewitt
McKibben
Gedding
Parks
Brady, Dorsey Et al
Bank teller Bigelow freed on bail amid postal uniform ruling
F Bigelow the Bank of the Republic teller who defaulted was released from jail on twelve thousand dollar bail. Assistant Postmaster General Hatton issued an order requiring all letter carriers on duty to wear full uniform under penalties of suspension and loss of pay.
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F. Bigelow
Bank of the Republic
Hatton
Weaver's Hidden Hoard And Pittsfield Mage Figure
Within a little over a year Carl Edward Kreps a weaver in Harold's mill has become a familiar figure about the streets. Poorly dressed and unkempt he is said to be a food citizen. Last Saturday Dr Paddock of Pitts eld and Dresser and Collins of Hinsdale operated upon him for strangulated hernia.
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Pittsfield
Carl Edward Kreps
Harold's Mill
Dr. Paddock
Pittseld
Dresser and Collins
Hinsdale
Indignant Town Talks Over Bridgewater Matrimonial Scandal
Bridgewater residents are stirred by a sensational tale of infidelity and divorce. Lawyer Henry Augustus Blake of Denver allegedly wed Caroline Hale of Bridgewater while married to Nellie Stetson, with Blake and Hale accused of conspiring to hide the marriage and the prior divorce. A public serenade in front of Hale’s home and an effigy incident added to the town’s uproar as details emerge from Rhode Island and Massachusetts connections.
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Bridgewater
Bedlam
H. A. Blake
Blake
Black Guard
Currie
Rhode Island
Sey A. Blake
Denver
Col
Cartle E. Hale
Artemius Hale
Lake
Nellie Stetson
Nahum Stetson
Abington
Hosea Kingman
Miss Hale
Artemas [Hile
Mass
Congress
Caroline A. Hale
Caroline
Carrie
Helen F. Stetson
Henry A. Blake
Miss Stetson
Bridge- Witter
Mr. Stetson
Carrie Hale
Haly
Rombi
Warwick
Providence
Henry Augustus Blake
Cal
Senate Clerk George Ames Falls From Hotel Window
Ricamonp Indiana September 30 United States Senate clerk George Ames a son of the late Bishop Ames of the Methodist church and nephew of Senator Booth jumped from a third story window at the Grand Motel to escape officers and physicians. He was injured severely and probably fatally his insanity traced to novel reading and confinement not heredity.
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Ricamonp
Ind
United States Senate
George Ames
Bishop Ames
Methodist Church
United States
Booth
Grand Motel
Indianapolis
Ames
Baltimore
Rose of Thomaston, Me.presses charges against Ellis in Thomaston
John 8 Rose of Thomaston, Me., filed a police court information today against Edwin H. Ellis who fled with Mrs. Rose. The clergyman was arrested and jailed on two charges of adultery and defrauding Tremont House of his board bill. He was remanded for a week after appearing before the police magistrate this afternoon. Mr. Rose spoke with his wife, who refused to return home.
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St. John
N. B
John
Rose
Thomaston
Edwin H. Ellis
Connecticut Supreme Court Opens Bar To Women
The Times reports that the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled Miss Mary Hall may practice law after passing the examination. Any woman of proper age with required attainments may seek admission, though few may venture into the field.
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New York
the Times
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Mary Hall
Connecticut
Boarding-house Fire Kills Two Quarrymen at Lemont
A flames swept through a boarding house in Lemont NL this morning. Two quarrymen named Coova and Green perished in the fire their bodies burnt beyond recognition.
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Lemont
Coova
Green
Fatal steam pipe explosion at Seaton and Lea foundry
At Hoginese Joseph Barber was killed by a steam pipe blast at Seaton and Lea's foundry. Fireman William Dwyer was thrown through a window and severely injured in the accident occurring in October.
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Atchison, Kun
Seaton & Lea
Hoginese
Joseph Barber
William Dwyer
Hurricane devastates southern Ireland and Cork spire toppled
A terrible hurricane struck southern Ireland causing extensive property destruction. In Cork many houses were unroofed, the spire of Limerick Cathedral toppled, and the Francescan Church in Killarney unroofed amid numerous wrecks and accidents along the coast.
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Dor
Ireland
Cork
Limerick
Killarney
How the Egyptian Question Will Probably be Settled
Constantinople reports that British negotiations with powers aim to back English financial control of Egypt, Suez protection, and army reorganization. Turkish sentiment blames England for presiding over a new Egypt while promising to endorse prearranged terms if a conference reconvenes. Explosion. Cairo reports an ammunition train blast near the railway station causes deaths and widespread fire with massive ordnance and stores destroyed.
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Constantinople
Egypt
England
Suez Canal
Caposielly Gicug
Turkey
Porte
Cairo
Bonapartists Quarrelling in Paris Over Duel Feud
Paris dispatch reports Jeromeist and opposition Bonapartist factions clashing at a meeting as revolvers and sword-canes were drawn. The duel between editors Dichard and Massas sparked renewed hostility, while Republicans note the split undermines their enemies.
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Londdon
Times
Paris
Bonapartists
Pays
Petit Caporal
M. Dichard
Petit Capora
M. de Massas
Corubat
Dorsey Reappears in Town Amid Indictment History
A Middlebury correspondent notes John W. Dorsey once known for star routes has been in town since Saturday with his wife and children living on South Street. Recounting a life from Dorset tinsmith to star route contracting dummy for his brother, he is described as illiterate yet robust and familiar to Vermont towns.
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Dorseys
St. Johnsbury
Middlebury
John W. Dorsey
Star Route
Dorsey
South Street
Washington
Hiim
Dorset
Vermont
Bellows Falls Manufacturing Company
Texas
Bloody Church Affray at Hampton Cross Roads
In Wytheville Virginia on Sunday last, a Baptist service at Hampton Cross Roads ended in a terrible affray as Jerry Cox and Levi Bryson drew pistols and fired. The audience panicked, women and children screamed, a shot struck a bonneted woman, and the minister maintained calm amid the chaos.
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Wytheville Va
Hampton Cross Roads
Jerry Cox
Levi Bryson
Fatal duel ends after minister leads tense exchange
A firing erupted in a pulpit as Cox and Bryson clashed with a rival. The minister spoke amid bullets flying over his head while bystanders tried to intervene. Bryson was shot in the breast and mortally wounded, yet fired a final volley before his opponent dropped dead.
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Cox
Bryson
Death in the Storm at Heathville Virginia Mill Flood
A Virginia miller named Bush escaped a deadly flood when his house was swept away during Friday night’s storm near Heathville at the head of the Great Wicomico river. His wife and five children drowned while asleep in the house. Three bodies were recovered along with timber remains, as a steamboat report details the tragedy and recovery efforts.
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Baltimore
Bush
Heathville
Wicomico River
Cumberland County
The Robert E Lee Burns on the Mississippi River
The palatial steamer Robert E Lee burned to the water’s edge before dawn forty miles below Vicksburg on her first season trip from New Orleans. It was valued at 160000 dollars and many passengers and crew were lost or severely burned while attempting to escape. Names include Mrs Pointer of May sville Ky and Mrs McClellan of New Orleans among others. the incident also wiped out the ship’s books and mail and her cargo of 500 bales of cotton.
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Vickssburg
Miss
Robert E. Lee
New Orleans
Pointer
Maysville
McClellan
Adams
Baton Rouge
Searle
Vicks
Moonshiner Surrenders After Snake-Guarded Hideout
In North Carolina a veteran distiller Charles Follas fled moonshine officers to a creekside hole. He found a nest of rattlesnakes guarding his underground still and hurled boiling corn mash at pursuers before surrendering, claiming the snakes forced his capture.
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Dallas
N. C
Charles Follas
Pallas
Folius
Follas
Folias
Latin School Boy Survives Harrowing Harbor Swim
A Latin School pupil recounts a perilous Tuesday voyage in Boston Harbor. After losing his boat, he swam to shore, endured cold wind and dusk, found shelter with locals, and returned home safely with his gun and clothing recovered.
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Dorchester
Thompson's
Savin Hill
How Cattle Shows Have Degenerated in Taunton Court
In Bristol County District Court Judge Fox laments a large crowd at the Bristol County Agricultural Society event. He condemns the fair as a nursery of drunkenness and crime and indicts the society for permitting liquor and gambling nuisances. He asserts officers could stop the misconduct if they chose.
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Taunton
Fox
Bristol County Agricultural Society
Chicago Post Office Leads Nation in Business Volume
The Chicago Post Office handles the largest volume of mail for 15,000 firms and individuals. The biggest single delivery goes to Lord & Thomas, the renowned newspaper advertising agents, per Inter-Ocean on September 2, 1882.
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Chicago Post Office
Lord & Thomas
Inter-Ocean
Woonsocket Heavy Weights Family Totals 1524 Pounds
The Burkett family of Woonsocket Rhode Island is noted for extraordinary weights with John W. Burkett at 27 pounds and his wife and children ranging from 145 to 220 pounds. The combined family weight sums to 1524 pounds.
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Woonsocket
Woonsocket R. I
John W. Burkett
Abbie
Gertrude
Ida
Annie
Georgianna
Oscar
David Evans Dies at 104 in Wakenela Residence
David Evans of Wakenela died at his home on September 30, aged 104 years and 4 months. The longtime resident is survived by family and was noted for his long life and local community ties.
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David Evans
Wakenela
Comet Cross Sighted From Cambridge to Boston
Harvard and Berlin astronomers report fresh observations of Comet Cross. Early Sunday morning a bright haze appeared above the eastern horizon and formed a 45 degree scimitar tail. The nucleus showed a dull red color and the comet stood brighter than the 1880 comet. Observations will continue at Harvard as long as the sighting lasts.
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Harvard Observatory
Harvard Bservatory
Washington
Oppenheim
Berlin
Professor Swift Deciphers Local Comet Findings in 1848
Rochester observer Professor Swift reports the comet seen October 1 with a twenty degree curved tail and a dark central strip like Donati’s 1858. The tail lacks a secondary segment, brightness fades as it recedes from the sun, and the body is not the 1830 or 1843 comets, with naked eye visibility ending soon.
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RochEster
N. Y
Swift
Donati
South America
Seven Persons Said to Have Been Killed in Lan caster Riot
Private information from RiceMono Virginia reports a Lan caster South Carolina riot far more deadly than initial despatches. Seven killed and about twenty one wounded as a mounted force fired over white heads toward armed negroes. Stores closed, townspeople armed, firearms sold. Alleged threats to burn the town and murder whites cited with supporting documents.
Tragedy Near Clarksville Ends in Double Murder
In Pirrspora on October 1 a farmer named Baggers killed his wife with an iron poker after a quarrel in bed and then murdered his 13 year old daughter when she came to help. He returned to bed, was arrested, and denied knowledge. Infuriated residents nearly lynched him.
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Clarksville
W. Va
Baggers
Star Route Cases Convict Black in Federal Court
In Philadelphia in the star route cases the sealed verdict was opened. Joseph R. Black, a prominent coal merchant, was convicted. Funk Casson Arbuckle and Blackburn were acquitted. The jury recommended mercy for Black.
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Philadelphia
Penn
United States District Court
Joseph R. Black
Funk, Casson
Arbuckle
Blackburn
Black
It Must be a Quiet Place
Harmony Four Corners has excitement over discovery of paris green in Seth H Steere's well found in a tight bottle Suspicions rise in the thrifty village where a few families live apart The substance reportedly has been strewn along the roadside likely for cows' benefit, stirring local concern and rumor
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Providence Journal
Harmony Four Corners
Paris Green
Seth H. Steere
Corners
Duel With Butcher Knives Ends in Fatal Wounding
In New Orleans on Thursday morning Melissa Power and Addie Johnson fought with butcher knives over a man who courted both women. Power died from a chest stab wound. Johnson remains in critical condition with multiple wounds on face and body.
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New Orleans
Melissa Power
Addie Johnson
Fatal End From Dime Novel Reading
New York boy Frank Campbell, 14, a bootblack at 275 West Twenty-third Street, hanged himself this morning. He was fond of dime novels and may have sought to learn how hanging feels. the chain slipped and he choked to death.
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New York
Frank Campbell
West Twenty-third Street
Coinage totals at Philadelphia Mint in September
The Philadelphia Mint minted 7,876,800 pieces worth 3,367,672 dollars in September. The production included 222,500 eagles, 6,000 gold dollars, 1,100,1 silver dollars, 100 half dollars, 100 quarter dollars, 300,100 dimes, 1,098,300 five cent pieces, 300 S-cent pieces and 6,260,800 cents.
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Philadelpha Mint
Philadelphia
Yellow Jack's Ravages in Pensacola Epidemic
In Pensacola Florida on September 30 189? yellow fever reports show 40 new cases and 3 deaths by 1 pm today plus 62 cases and 11 deaths yesterday marking the thirty third day of the outbreak. The total reaches 764 cases and 78 deaths as lingering chill gives way to a warm day. Sisters of Mercy are praised for their noble nursing service.
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Pensacola
Fila
Sisters of Mercy
The Late Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe Arrives in Washington
In Springfield on September 30 Secretary Lincoln shipped sixty two trunks weighing about 8000 pounds to Washington. The trunks contained dress goods camel hair shawls erapes and trinkets purchased in Europe at a cost of 30000 dollars by the late Mrs Lincoln.
Ridge at Linton Mis Fell In Mysterious Incident
A fragmentary report describes an incident at Linton involving a ridge collapse or fall. Details are unclear but indicate injuries to a person, with medical response and uncertainty about cause or exact location.
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Ridge
Linton
Pius
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Izaak Walton
Reform For Ireland
Sturday
Worcester Savings Bank
Pittsfield Savings Bank
Lee Bank
America
Massachusetts Mills
Baxter
Messrs
Jenks and
Kreese
Germany
Mahone
Teller
Dakota
Turtle Mountain Band of
Maine
Over the
Ocean
Frendly Islands
London
Japan
Madrid
Manila
Plosion
Lonpon
Sebastopol
Egyptian Affairs
E. Dwyer Gray
Lawson
Gray
Walsh
Michael
Special Commission
Michael Walsh
Kavaugh
Letterpanix
County Galway
Thomas Walsh
Tunis
Hedjasz
Jeddah
Mecca
Athens
Thessaly
Mississippi
Cambridge and
Buffalo Observatories
Lancaster, S&s. C
Twente
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