Knights of Labor Assembly Faces Declining Membership
At the Indianapolis session, the Knights of Labor noted a yearlong decline in membership and finances. Totals show 259,518 reported and 37,900 unreported members with 5,666 local assemblies in good standing, a stark contrast to over 800,000 at the Richmond meeting. Balance sheets reveal cash drops from 120,000 to 46.39 and ongoing debates over leadership, immigration limits, and constitution reform as Powderly contemplates remaining in charge with a handpicked cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpianarous
National Assembly Knights of Labor
North Carolina
Richmond
Workman Powderly
Minneapolis
Hary J. Skeffington
Cincinnati
D. A. 48
General Assembly
Workman
Powderly
Litchman
Indianopolis
Knights of Labor Assembly
Chicago
George Schilling
District Assembly
Inpranarouis
Thomas B. Barry
Mr. Barry
Barry
Treasury
District Assembly No
District Assembly No. 48
Inpranapolis
Barry Case
Michigan
General Executive Board
Cooper Union
New York
Master Workman
Order
T. W. Powderly
Sunday Saloon Sermons Demand Sabbath Law Enforcement
Rev S A Northrop and Rev KH TM Earn preach on law and order urging a quiet Sabbath and closure of Sunday saloons. They argue for strict enforcement, noting officials arrest criminals but should also prosecute saloon keepers. Dr Barns emphasizes the sanctity of the Sabbath and a rest day backed by Christian tradition and national law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Northrop
The
Baptist Church
Dr. Barns
Wayne Street
Barns
France
America
Plea Trial In $100000 Breach Suit In Beaver
Mrs Eliza Hibbard widow of Dr Henry Hibbard sues Henry C Fry general superintendent of Rochester Timber for breach of promise. Fry a widower and reputed millionaire proposed marriage and secret nuptials at Niagara Falls. couple traveled to Pittsburgh before Fry backed out and ceased visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirrspung
Navy
Eliza Hibbard
Henry C. Fry
Rochester Timber Company
Beaver
Niagara Falls
Pittsburg
West Virginia Keeps Democratic Governors and Legislature
Waernine West Virginia reports show Judge A. B. Fening elected governor by a small but definite Democratic majority. The state ticket votes heavily Democratic, and the legislature will sit with forty-six Democrats, forty-four Republicans, and one labor union independent on joint ballot. The presidential ticket is assuredly Democratic by about one thousand votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waernine
W. Va
A. B. Fening
Brakemen Strike Settled in Indiana Compromise Reached
The Brakemen's strike on the Louisville New Albany and Chicago railway ended in a compromise at Lazarette Indiana on November 16. The company will pay through brakemen two cents per mile and local brakemen two and one tenth cents. The demand for a third man on each train was dropped.
French governess commits suicide in Bonnell mansion
In Youngstown Ohio Madam Oisell Goudert a 23 year old French governess employed by iron manufacturer Henry O Bonnell died after setting fire to the attic and leaping from a window. She had been in the United States only three months and had written to friends in New York saying she wished to return there.
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Yornastown
Oisell Goudert
Henry O. Bonnell
Youngstown
New York
Paris
France
Tariff Debate Echoes in Indianapolis Campaign Visit
Capt J B White Twelfth district congressman defeated for reelection and Judge Ninde of Fort Wayne visited General Harrison. White attributed Indiana GOP victory to protectionist tariff, argued surplus should pay bonds, and warned against tariff cuts favoring the rich. He claimed protection lowered costs and spurred U.S. manufacturing growth.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
White
Republican Congress
Enticed Woman Robbed of $32 in City Saloon
Lizzie Hakes of Lake County Michigan arrived with baby in tow and missed her train after meeting Thomas Elliott who led her to a saloon. He choked her and stole $32 plus $20 found on him and $12.05, later recovered. Elliott was captured by a railroad man and police and jailed.
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Lizzie Hakes
Levena
Lake County
Mich
Richville
Huntington
Thos. J. Elliott
North Depot
North Clinton Street
River Bridge
Muncie
Marshal Myer
Rascal
Wells Street
Lillie
Alo
Escapee John McCain Labeled Broken in Chattanooga News
The Sentinel reports John McCain, recently escaped from the state insane asylum, is found in Chattanooga very broken and very sick. Gart Shober of Fort Wayne Indi presented a dispatch to Hon. R. C. Bell, once McCain’s counsel, while local officials express no interest in taking him. Fort Wayne ties noted as the likely custodian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Sentinel
John McCain
State Insane Asylum
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gart Shober
Fort Wayne
Ind
McCain
Bevery C. Bass
Shober
R. C. Bell
Bass
Deaths Reported This Week by City Undertakers
The city undertakers log for the week ending today lists Sylvester Grosjean aged 30 from liver disease. infant child of Albert Ruby at 3 days from exhaustion. William Golicke 37 with brain concussion. Nicholas Till 1 month from exhaustion. George Rielhmiller 4 years from lung fever.
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Sylvester Grosjean
Albert Ruby
William Golicke
Nicholas ‘Till
George Rielhmiller
Umbria Sets Eastbound Atlantic Passage Record
The Umbria arrived at Queenstown at 100 o'clock last night, completing the fastest eastern passage across the Atlantic on record in six days two hours and twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Umbria
Queenstown
Terrible explosion at Bass foundry burns worker to death
Charles Pliett of Haus Works suffered a coke gas blast in a cupola room at Bass foundry and machine works Friday afternoon. He survived the initial fire but died next morning at home after severe burns and agonizing pain witnessed by coworkers and family. He leaves a wife and seven children.
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Bass Foundry and Machine Works
Charles Pliett
Frank Finke
Christ Miller
Me Comes Home Surrenders to Sheriff in First Degree Murder
J B Shoaff returned to Butler Indiana after his father brought him home from Ohio. He admitted he did not escape and is jailed on a murder in the first degree charge for William Golicke's death. His attorney seeks release on bail, possibly via habeas corpus. The grand jury convenes in a week, delaying trial prospects.
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J. B. Shoaff
P. B. Colerick
Butler
Ind
Viberg
Ohio
Churubusrs
Mr. Golick
Divorces Filed by Yerk and Courady Couples
Delia Yerk through attorney W P Breen seeks one decree of divorce from Charles Yerk citing neglect and drunken spendthrift. He earns good wages but squanders them and abuses her, forcing her to work washing. John Courady also seeks legal separation from Mary Courady in a separate filing by H C Hanna.
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Delia Yerk
W. P. Breen
Charles Yerk
Yerk
Mary Courady
H.C. Hanna
Falk divorce filing amid alleged abuse and threats
Mrs. Rachel Falk seeks a Wells circuit court divorce from Jacob Falk alleging years of inhuman treatment including forced labor, denial of home access, verbal abuse, choking threats, blasphemy, and interference with Sabbath schooling. She claims marital assets and seeks custody of two children and four thousand dollars alimony.
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Jacob Falk
Bluffton
Esquire France
Bluffton Chronicle
Rachel Falk
Wells
Jacob
Mahoning railroad progress and potential management change
In Finduay on November 19 residents discuss visits by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe executives inspecting the route between Finduay and Ottawa. A potential management shift could speed up development of the line and the Mahoning road’s business plans. Kansas is highlighted as a strong Republican state with Harrison leading by 82,000.
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Finduay
Mahoning
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe Road
Ottawa
Mahoning Road
Kansas
Harrison
Turbulent Hayti threatens New York dispatch
A messengers letter from Port au Prince, forwarded to Washington, describes blockades and disorder in Port-au-Prince, with claims of assassinations and factional support for General Hipholite while General Legitime is favored elsewhere. It notes the Haytian Republic steamer seized as pirate and American lives spared after foreign protest. Seven American vessels detained amid no defense against mob depredations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mesars. Messenger & Co
Maiden Lane
Port-au-Prince
State Department
Washington
Bayard
Hayti
Ounce
Tele- Maque
Petit Guave
Leogane
Jeremie
Aux Cayes
Mirngoane
Bank Burglar Milled by Police Named in Fort Wayne
A bank burglar believed killed by City Marshal Clune after a pursuit near Springfield Massachusetts. Twenty two tramps boarded a local freight, fought train hands, and stones were thrown at the depot. Six captured, one killed carrying nearly $30, with a New York letter and names John McGean August Sonnenburg linked to Fort Wayne Indiana, address No 10 High Street.
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Springfield
Mass
Clune
New York City
Brother
John McGean
August Sonnenburg
Fort Wayne
Ind
High Street
Fort Wayne Youths Attacked at Monroeville Fair
A Fort Wayne party visiting Monroeville for the Catholic fair was attacked by local troublemakers. Charley Bulger of A. C. Treutman's wholesale grocery was slashed with a knife in a street scuffle while John Dalton of Meyer & Niemeyer defended himself. Bulger is resting at home.
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Fort Wayne
Monroeville
John Dalton
Meyer & Niemeyer
Charley Bulger
A. C. Treutman
Bulger
Fort Wayne Lodge Celebrates First Anniversary in Phoenix Hall
The Fort Wayne Lodge No. 19 of the Ancient Order of United Workmen marked its first anniversary with a Friday ceremony at the Phoenix Lodge hall Seidel block. The event featured addresses by James E. Lonergan W.S. Harrison solos by Lolo Stout and Ada Davis, Anna Vedermark, and remarks by W. J. Vesey and Rev S A Northrop. A banquet followed and attendees praised the entertainment and the order's future.
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Fort Wayne
Order of
United Workmen
Phoenix Lodge
Seidel Block
James E. Lonergan
Myr. W
A. Northrop
Baltimore and Ohio railroad stockholders meet elect board
In Baltimore on November 19 the annual stockholders meeting elected the new board of directors: Charles F. Mayes William M. Burns Deenatur H. Miller William H. Blackford George D. Kevin Wesley A Tucker Maurice M. Gregg J Wilcox Brown and William S. Atkinson.
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Balttimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chas. F. Mayes
Wm. TI. Burns
Deenatur H. Miller
Wm. H. Blackford
Geo. D. Kevin Wesley
A. Tucker
Maurice M. Gregg
J. Wilcox Brown
Wm. S. Atkinson
Vote totals announced for governor and state officers
The state has counted 536 634 votes for governor with Hovey at 263 194, Matson 261 003, Hughes 9 766, Milroy 2 661, giving Hovey a 2 191 plurality. Lt governor Chase leads Myers by 2 256, Griffin secretary of state by 2 219, Carr auditor by 1 950, Olds district judge by 2 040, Berkshire second district judge by 1 841 over Howk.
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Hovey
Matson
Hughes
Milroy
Chase
Myers
Griffin
Miers
Carr
Munson
Olds
Dollars
Berkshire
Howk
Train passengers sail from Jacksonville northward
A telegraph from the Sentinel lists varied items: a Jacksonville train carrying passengers left for northern cities. Dakota Governor Melletts travels east for talks with General Harrison on admission. a Waterloo New York man awaits execution for a jail murder. Thanksgiving proclaimed by Governor Gray. Denby dismissed as envoy over a Chinese official letter. a New York farmer jailed for six years of courtly pursuit. Provo missionary sessions report funds accounted and women missionaries encouraged.
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The
Sentinel
Jacksonville
Fla
Melletts
Dakota
Harrison
Charles Johnson
Waterloo
N. Y
John Walters
Isaac P. Gray
Denby
Cores
Mitchell
Oregon
J. M. Dougherty
New York
Mary Anderson
Missionary Council
Protestant Episcopal Church
Washington
Rochester
Louisville
New Albany
Ireland
Nelson A. Miles
Los Angeles
Cal
War Department
San Francisco
Pacific
Howard
Atlantic
State of New York
North River Sugar Refining Company
Great Sugar Trust
Supreme Court
House of Bishops
Episcopal Church
Washington, D. C
Hen. Hendrick
Columbus
Ohio
New Mexico
Arizona
Kentucky
General Missionary Committee
M. E. Church
New York City
Grand Army appoints new adjutant general and aides
General order from Grand Army of the Republic headquarters announces appointments including E G Granville of Kansas City as assistant adjutant general and Robert F Wilson of Chicago as senior aide de camp. It notes 33 583 suspensions in 1887 1888 and forms a committee to define relations with the Sons of Veterans consisting of A R Conger Akron Ohio Thomas Bennet Richmond Indiana and Washington Gardner Albion Michigan.
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Cniiaco
Grand Army of the Republic
E. G. Granville
Kansas City
Robert F. Wilson
Chicago
Grand Army
The
Sons of Veterans
A. R. Conger
Akron
Ohio
Thomas Bennet
Richmond
Ind
Washington Gardner
Albion
Mich
Two Hilled Sewer Collapse Claims Two Workers
Pirrspure November 19 a cave in on Fifty-secon street's new sewer killed J B Sands contractor and bricklayer Charles Baker. The incident occurred about 11 o clock today and responders rushed to the scene.
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Fifty-secon Street
J. B. Sands
Charles Baker
Extra session discussed by Indiana leaders in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis Navy reports state senator elect Harry Francis Michigan City Eli Brown Whitley Colonel Matson Scott Ray Tom Byrne Evansville and other Democrats discussed a possible special legislative session with tentative approval while the governor ponders the plan A reform of benevolent institutions would place the board under the governor and allow removal without legislative action Republicans question gubernatorial authority over the newly elected legislature and recall Baker once called a similar session with bipartisan agreement.
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Inpianapolis
Ind
Navy
Harry Francis
Michigan City
Eli Brown
Whitley
Matson
Scott Ray
Tom Byrne
Evansville
Hovey
Baker
Bristling News Batch From Our Little Superb
A lively local roundup reports marriages Enoch Johnson and Emma Meyers and a boy born to H F Schnelker. It notes visitors Johan Wolf from Antwerp and Wabash improvements, plus campaign antics after Harrison’s election and a failed yelnig bee led by C W Cook.
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Jones
Enoch Johnson
Emma Meyers
H. F. Schnelker
John Brillmeyer
Captain Deardorf
Lillie
Johan Wolf
Antwerp
Fort Wayne
John Federspiel
Harrison
Bain
Charley Cook
O. D. Rogers
Ohio River
C. W. Cook
Stock’s
Henry Meyers
Ann Taen
Young Legislator Candidate For Speaker Of Next House
Hon Will H Shambaugh member elect from this county announces his candidacy for speaker of the next house. The race is expected to be overwhelmingly democratic and Shambaugh will enter caucus with strong Allen county backing following Cleveland and the democratic ticket.
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Will H. Shambaugh
House of Representatives
Shambaugh
Allen County
Cleveland
Chandler v Calumet and Hecla Mining suit decision in Michigan court
In Marquette on November 16, Judge Severens ruled against J H Chandler in a US court case over land possession tied to a major mine, with Calumet and Hecla Mining company holding valid title. the ruling moves to the supreme court. Also warning readers about Pond's Extract imitations and Witch Hazel lookalikes.
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Marqueite
Mich
J. H. Chandler
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
United States
Severens
Calumet
Supreme Court
Heavy early season snow hits Illinois and Iowa
A dispatch from northern Illinois and western Iowa reports the first heavy snowfall of the season arriving yesterday and last evening, impacting travel and daily routines across the region.
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Curiaco
Illinois
Iowa
The Final Flicker Republican Victory Parade
Republicans filled the streets last Tuesday night in a grand parade down Calhoun street led by Grand Marshal Boltz at 7 30 PM. The crowd cheered as red fires and roman candles lit the route while democratic rivals faced taunts and bets, ending with a call to focus on business after politics.
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Calhoun Street
Boltz
Lee
Andy Kalbacher
Dennis
Close Call on Wabash Train Ends in Morphine Mistake
Charles Thompson of Toledo narrowly escaped poison after swallowing a powder thought to be cold remedy on a crowded Wabash train. He later learned he had ingested morphine by mistake, was treated by Dr. Miles F. Porter with a stomach pump, and spent the night under care before resuming travel. He planned to wed in St. Louis on Wednesday.
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Wabash
McKinnie House
Miles F. Porter
Charles Thompson
Toledo
St. Louis
Drunken Troughs Attack Man Injures Miner on East Main
Three drunken toughs attacked Charles Walle and a colored man on East Main street Tuesday night near Clinton and Columbia. The assailants chased them to Atlantic Garden, where Walle was beaten about the head and shoulders, fracturing an arm. The other man escaped. Walle, of Superior street, is confined at home with injuries. The attackers’ identities are unknown and are to be punished if caught.
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Charles Wulle
East Main Street
Clinton
Columbia Streets
Walle
Atlantic Garden
Mr. Walle
Superior Street
Trustees Bond Question Trials Roy In Perry Township
George Gump Delphos Martin Thos Vandolah and Felix Roy petition circuit court to be released from Florentine Roy trustee of Perry township bond set at 12000 dollars. Charles McCulloch and John Mohr signed the bond. Mohr says he investigated Roy affairs and found them regular. Funds and papers of the township held at Hamilton National bank. petition cites withdrawal reasons not stated.
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George Gump
Delphos Martin
Thos. Vandolah
Felix Roy
Florentine Roy
Perry Township
Charles McCulloch
John Mohr
Roy
Mrs Graham Stricken With Paralysis in Chicago
Mrs. Graham wife of the late Engineer Jim Graham of Wayne and Clinton streets traveled to Chicago to visit her daughter Mrs Henry Rous coup. Advices report she was seized with paralysis last week and now lies at her daughter's home in hopeless condition, having lost all use of her limbs and with physicians stating she cannot live.
Harris Back From Fort Wayne Talks of Toledo Enterprise
Vice President Harris returned from Fort Wayne with a group of New York capitalists including Theodore L. Frothingham and others. He would only say the road will be built, but not by whom, as the Toledo project gains momentum. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is recommended to prevent coughing before church.
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Toledo Bee
Harris
Mahoning
Fort Wayne
New York
Theodore L. Frothingham
Evarts, Choate, Beeman & Co
William Thorpe
H. E. McClure
W. A. Armstrong
Toledo
Noted Women Convene at Detroit Congress
The sixteenth annual Congress of the Association for the Advancement of Women opened in Detroit at the Church of Our Father on November 14. More than 250 members attended from across the United States and Europe, including Miss Calliope Rechigan of Constantinople, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Miss Frances E. Willard, Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Miss Ada M. Frederickson of Denmark, and others from Philadelphia, Iowa, Chicago, Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
America
Church of Our Father
Association For the Advancement of Women
Calliope Rechigan
Constantinople
Julia Ward Howe
Frances E. Williard
Antoinette Brown
Rumors of lynching and political upheaval travel wild
A Springfield dispatch traces rumors from Christian county that five witnesses in Bald Knobber David Walker's murder trial were lynched by ex Bald Knobbers after the supreme court ruling. The batch of items also notes resignations of post office officials, a shipwreck, a rail accident, a distillery fire, a shooting in Iowa, and political shifts in Congress.
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Springfield
Christian County
Bald Knobber
David Walker
Walker
Supreme Court
Frypuay
Ohio
W. S. Hammaker
Loraine Siddall
Findlay
Washington
London
Blackwatch
Naples
Odessa
New York
Schidam
Amsterdam
Cleveland
Harrison
United States
Downers, Grove
Burlington Road
Burrano
N. Y
E. N. Cook & Co
Warter.co
Hawleyville
Page County
Stephen Franks
Carrie Love
Franks
Charleston
S.C
the Times
South Carolina
News and Courier
South
Democratic Party
Osama, Neb
Henry W. King, Jr
Browning, King & Co
Beechler
Chicago
Senate
Mave Withdrawn From Through Westbound Freight
News from New York on November 15 reports weaker trunk lines withdrawing from through west bound business to preserve local rates. An advertisement promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a purifying alterative medicine that strengthens nerves and boosts the appetite, urging invalids to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ayer
Big Strike at Jones & Laughton's Iron Works
In Prrrspurc Pennsylvania on November 15 the 500 puddlers at Jones and Laughton's American iron works walked out in protest of a change in working hours. The scene includes noisy demonstrations and a chorus of cries and gestures from the workers. The article then abruptly shifts to an unrelated advertisement claiming Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy offers a $500 reward for a cataract it cannot cure, sold for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sage
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Pittsbury
Youngstow
Mamilun
Ont
Hartford
Conn
Cohoes
N.Y
Toronto
Canada
William Gleason
J. M. Bloomy
S. A. Northrop
NTS
Riibbard Anks
West Virginia
J. BR. White
Chattanooga, Tenn
Crape
Haus Works
Jerry Shoaff
Sacob Falk
Asenusi
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Charney Bulger
Ciwaco
Meyer E. Lindaur
Lindaur Bros. & Co
H. and
van Matthews
J. B. Woodruff
New Roads
Miss
Adand Purchase
Bolon Jenkins
Stephen Authon
Wallingford
Waitatna
Cutch
Tidia
Bombay
Great Britain Germany
James M. Dougherty
New York State
Republican National Committee
Fifth Avenue
Hopkins and Robinson Manufacturing
Harvard
Missouri
Fisk
Streeter
Francis
Dem
Kimball
Manning Gabor
Low
New Haven
W. WM. Shambaugh
Pond
Charlie Thompson
Grim
Munster
Phree
Drunken Toughs
Charlies Wulle
Congress of the Association For the Advancement of Women
Carmo
Wady Halla
Bahr-el-Ghazel
Hood
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