Promoter Wins Shelbyville Rail Franchise Amid Night Tour
Shelbyville Indiana March 21 The city council awarded a franchise to a Chicago promoter backed home company for an electric railroad with 120 days to bond 10000 and build within two years If floated the line would reach Hope Greensburg Edinburg and other towns Promoter McClain wooed council members after the vote and councilman Bass a police officer reportedly served drinks at a saloon stop prompting a raucous night of revelry and speculation on the project a gold coin find near an old burned house adds odd color to the tale
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Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis
Hope
Greensburg
Edinburg
Cc. C. McClain
Chicago
McClain
Home Company
Frank Bass
Bass
Avon Residents Petition To End Army Canteen
Avon citizens appeal to Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge to back a law abolishing the army canteen. The Friends church in Plainfield will be dedicated Sunday by Rev. Albert J. Brown of Indianapolis. Charley Wills, missing since November under peculiar circumstances, has returned and will not explain his departure.
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Plainfield
Ind
Avon
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Friends’ Church
Albert J. Brown
Indianapolis
Charley Wills
Young farmers from Indiana head to North Dakota
A band of 300 farmers from Howard, Cass and Carroll counties left Kokomo for northern North Dakota to work with the Great Northern railway. Another 275 will depart next week. The story also notes 12 year old Logansport prodigy Harry B Morriss who can add three figure columns aloud and memorize pages after one reading.
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Kokomo
Ind
Howard
Cass
Carroll Counties
North Dakota
Great Northern Railway
Harry B. Morriss
Logansport
Campbell Freed After Reformatory Stay
John W. Campbell, who served one year in Jeffersonville reformatory, is released on a technicality after the Supreme Court found the indictment faulty. He was accused of defrauding Adams Express at Bruceville of 400 dollars and was returned for a new trial, but Adams Express declined to prosecute, and Judge Willoughby freed him.
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Vincennes
Ind
John W. Campbell
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Adams Express
Bruceville
Supreme Court
Adams Express Company
Willoughby
The
Terre Haute Express
Sapho
Charles Dalman
Pleasant Township
Allen County
Fort Wayne
Must Produce That Book
Shelbyville Indiana March 21 George M Ray seeks to collect a stationery account claiming an exact copy of his contract with the county commissioners exists in a missing record NN County experts say the document must be produced or officers face charges over balance gaps on the books
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Shelbyville
Ind
George M. Ray
Richmond News Briefs Highlight Local Nominations and Changes
Miss Anna Harrison resigns as matron at St Stephens hospital in Richmond. Cohen the check swindler convicted in Chicago after fleeceing Richmond hotels. J J Mills of Earlham College to deliver Hagerstown high school baccalaureate address. City invited to join Indiana municipal league and jail to get a female prisoners apartment. Rev A W Lamport to dedicate the new Methodist church at Logansville April 1.
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Richmond
Ind
Gepl
Anna Harrison
St. Stephen’s Hospital
Cohen
Indiana
Chicago
J. J. Mills
Earlham College
Hagerstown
Indiana Municipal League
A. W. Lamport
New Methodist
Logantsville
Lover's suicide attempt shocks Indiana town
Clarence Filbert, 18, of near Victoria, attempted suicide Saturday night after a breakup with Mary North. He fired a pistol through his head while returning from church and was given aid. he warned he would finish the job if he recovers.
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Linton
Ind
Clarence Filbert
Victoria
Mary North
Mary
Filbert
Police Judge Criticizes Circuit Court Leniency
Fivansville Indiana March 21 Police Judge Winfrey accuses the circuit bench of favoring the rich by lightening sentences from his court He claims the bench undermines his authority and notes actions against vagrant tramps with harsh methods to curb the nuisance
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Fivansville
Ind
Winfrey
Circuit Court
Circuit Bench
Found a Kettle of Gold
Albany Ind March 21 John blank location reports a curious discovery of a kettle reportedly filled with gold and a local resident named John to identify further details in the small town note
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Albany
Ind
John
Four Can't Graduate At Centerville School Board Feud
In Dublin Indiana on March 21 the Centerville dispute over graduation plans ends with the board permitting only four of eight seniors to graduate. The disagreement centered on whether pupils should give orations or read essays with a speaker chosen by the class.
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Dublin
Ind
Centerville
Small-pox scare hits Williamsport area
William Smart near West Lebanon contracts small pox. He had circulated in public spaces and was shaved at a barber shop after the first symptoms appeared, raising fears the disease is widely spread.
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Williamsport
Ind
William Smart
West
Lebanon
Smart
Two New Oil Wells Open in Indiana Field
Loogootee Indiana March 21 Two wells finished one a dust er and the other to the south flowing 35 barrels of the finest oil a day Great excitement and plans to develop the entire field this spring as operators rush to expand production and tap new reservoirs.
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Loogootee
iInd
Accidental Shot Wounds Indiana Hunter
Bloomington Indiana March 21 William Polly injured himself when his gun discharged while hunting. Lawrence Marine was severely mangled by a dynamite blast during blasting work.
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Bloomington
Ind
William Polly
Lawrence Marine
Aaron Goodwin Dead Pioneer in Lebanon Ind
Aaron Goodwin, an early pioneer, is dead in Lebanon Indiana on March 21. He was known for his roles in local settlement and community leadership. The report notes his death but provides few additional details about the circumstances or survivors.
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Aaron Goodwin
Lebanon
Ind
Sply
Miners weigh powder purchase and wages in District 11
TERRE HAUTE Ind March 21 District 11 miners met to decide on buying powder and weekly wage payments. President W D Van Horn is expected to win re election Thursday.
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Terre Haute
Ind
District 11
W. D. van Horn
Aged Lovers Elope From Elwood To Covington Ky
Louis E Cheek aged 84 and Mrs Margaret Bacon aged 76 eloped from Elwood Indiana Tuesday to wed in Covington Kentucky amid opposition from their children.
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Elwood
Ind
Louis E. Cheek
Margaret Bacon
Flwood
Covington
Old Persons Dying in Wayne County in Two Months
Dublin Indiana reports more than 25 residents over 70 and over a dozen over 80 have died in the past two months in Wayne County.
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Dublin
Ind
Wayne County
Indiana Inklings A Mix of Ventures and News
Marion opens a new skating rink while Hartford City eyes an auto plant and Kempton may host a canning factory. Sapho sells in Anderson as Greenfield builds a depot. Clergy sessions and funerals, deaths, diarized feats, and local doings fill this Indiana roundup of 1900 era notes.
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Hartford City
Kempton
Anderson
Fort Guerin auctioned amid Dreyfus era fervor in Paris
Preparatory to its demolition the Guerin fort once resisting French authorities during the Dreyfus affair was sold at auction in Paris. Flags bearing the inscription Death to the Jews fetched 8 francs each and confiscated runs sold well above intrinsic value.
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Paris
Guerin
Dreyfus
First Thing With the Cubans Says Root
Secretary Root reports from Cuba that inquiries in Havana Matanzas and Pinar del Rio yield useful information for future dealings. He notes Cubans seek independence but may not be ready for May elections and stresses stable municipal governments before full independence. He foresees prosperity ahead.
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Washington
Root
Tepad
Cuba
Havana
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Maude Adams Cast For Statue At Paris Exposition
Miss Maude Adams is cast in a new role as a life statue titled The American girl. The statue, molded in a foundry on W Sixteenth street from 14 carat gold valued at 200000 dollars, will represent the typical American girl at the Paris exposition. She posed for Miss Bessie Potter last summer, who calls the piece her best sculpture.
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Country Place
Five children injured in Corry coasting accident
Five youngsters were hurt when a bob sled carrying twelve children, weighing 800 pounds, failed to steer on a Fairview Street hill. The crash toppled into a deep ditch near a bridge, and Clarence Ferris may die while Mayme Allen Mary ONeill Bessie Crowe and Edward Perry were also injured.
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Corry
Clarence Ferris
Mayme Allen
Mary O'Neill
Bessie Crowe
Edward Perry
Fairview St
Canneries Fail to Operate in Rappahannock Valley
Norfolk Va March 21 operators of fruit and tomato canneries in the Rappahannock valley say they will not operate this season due to the high price of cans.
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Norfolk
Rappahannock Valley
Akron firm forms to buck pottery trust
The independent pottery and tile company of Akron Ohio with capital of 75000 was incorporated in Columbus March 21 to buck the recently formed pottery trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Independent Pottery and Tile Company
Akron
Pottery Trust
Col. Henry S. Bunker Found Dead In Toledo Office
Col. Henry S. Bunker prominent attorney and military man was found dead in his Toledo office with a bullet wound in the neck. A revolver lay nearby. investigators face whether the death was suicide or murder.
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Toledo
Henry S. Bunker
Paris Exposition Delays Warn Americans
Paris Exposition Chicago dispatch reports the Tribune correspondent stating Americans should not expect readiness before June as nothing is prepared yet. The warning emphasizes delays at the event opening and urges patience from visitors and participants.
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Chicago
Paris
the Tribune
Narrow Escapes From A Night Fire In A Street Row
In the early hours Cyrus Allen at 624 W Eleventh St faces $1500 fire damage from an overheated cookstove. He and his wife narrowly escaped. their two year old was rescued unharmed. A nearby house owned by Allen and another owned by E Fernan also damaged. Sophia Dinwiddle at 622 W Eleventh St suffered about $150 loss. Fire briefly spread across the row before water plug stopped it.
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Cyrus Allen
Eleventh St
Allen
E. Ferman
Sophia Dinwiddle
Neigers
Assistant Chief Coots Injured Answering Fire Alarm
First-assistant-fire-chief Charles Edward Coots was thrown from his wagon at Capitol and St Clair, suffering severe facial and head wounds. He was taken to 815 N Capitol Ave and remains conscious, with lip cuts and a brain concussion. Fire under a different house caused $10 damage from a faulty flue.
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Charles Edward Coots
Capitol Ave
St. Clair-st
N. Capitolave
Broadway
John Oliver
Ross
Coots
Oliver
John G. Pendergast
George Niehaus
St. Clair St
Niehaus
Senate-ave
Jefferson Martin
Indiana Ave
Hulda Stout
E. Market St
Back to His Old Haunts Fire Strikes Acme Laundry Site
A one story building at Big Four tracks and Fifteenth street formerly occupied by Acme laundry, owned by Dickson and Talbott, was set on fire Tuesday night. The blaze caused minor damage after the door was forced and was spotted by John Coleman. Edward Dorsey suspects an arsonist linked to prior incidents.
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Big Four Tracks
Fifteenth St
Acme
Dickson & Talbott
Lince
John Coleman
Edward Dorsey
Tramps Fined for Sleeping in School House
Harry Martin Thomas Kennedy and John Laffery were fined by Squire Smock for sleeping in No 4 district school house Perry township. Constable Pritchard arrested them Monday night when they sat by a roaring fire smoking and telling stories. Books were missing, suspected stolen by tramps.
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Harry Martin
Thomas Kennedy
John Laffery
Squire Smock
Perry Township
Lacy
Pritchard
Plutocracy or Bossocracy Warned by Evans Woollen
Evans Woollen spoke to the Yoke fellows of First Baptist Church Tuesday night about the republic, its origins and traits. He warned the danger of political sleep leading to a government not a democracy but a plutocracy or bossocracy.
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Evans ‘Woollen
First Baptist Church
Republic
William Campbell Conscious After Fall From Wagon
William Campbell, the street car line worker who fell from the top of the emergency wagon on Friday, remained conscious briefly Tuesday night, the first time since the injury. He will likely be moved soon to his brother’s home at 31428 West Twenty third Street.
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William Campbell
W. Twenty-third-st
Prince and Princess of Wales Dine at Lipton Charity Eatery
The prince and princess of Wales dined at the Alexandria, Lipton’s affordable restaurant for the poor, in London on March 21. Crowded London society diners overwhelmed the venue, hindering its charitable mission.
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London
Prince and Princess of Wales
Alexandria
Thomas Lipton
Body of Charles Perfater Recovered in West Virginia Mine Disaster
Fire Creek West Virginia March 21 50 bodies recovered from the Red Ash mine disaster with others still trapped. Charles Perfater identified as one victim. Rescue efforts continue as authorities report ongoing salvage operations.
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Fire Creek
W. Va
Charles Perfater
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Mrs Zimmerman
Mrs Calvin Zimmerman of Milesburg Pennsylvania endorses One Minute Cough Cure as a speedy harmless remedy for coughs colds croup and sore throat. She cites immediate relief for bronchitis pneumonia grippe throat and lung diseases and says it can prevent consumption. Available at all druggists.
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Calvin Zimmerman
Milesburg
Merchant's 30 Restaurant and Union Laundry Ad
Open day and night offerings advertise Merchant's 30 Restaurant at 50 NTL with first class Brazilian Balm for asthma and catarrh. Also promotes Old Reliable Union Co operative Laundry and phone number 1268 for contact.
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Merchant's
Union ‘Co-operative Laundry
City boards approve multiple street paving and sidewalk contracts
The Board of Works adopted resolutions for wooden block pavement on Noble and New York streets, brick and gravel roadway work on Bird and St Paul, cement walks on Harlan Arlington Capitol area, and sewer work in several alleys. Seven petitions for gravel roads and brick walks on Jones street were noted, and contracts were awarded to P. E. Phillips, P. P. Tall, and W. C. Allen for cement walks on Fourteenth, Harlan, and Capitol avenues, with final action recorded on these resolutions.
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Noble-st
Marlowe-ave
Arsenal
Washington St
Blackford
California
Windsor-st
Jones St
Dakota
Capitol Ave
Pennsylvania-st
Twenty-first-st
Boston
Highland-ave
Washington
Oliver-ave
River-ave
Harding
Kentucky
Market-st
Local street improvements rescinded and deferred after remonstrances
The notice lists multiple street projects in Richmond including asphalt roadway and cement walks on Talbott avenue and Washington street, sewer work on Thirtieth street, and gravel roadways on Market street. Action was rescinded on main sewer on Tenth street and final action deferred on several others due to remonstrances.
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Richmond
Talbott-ave
Twenty-fifth
Point
Washington-st
Belmon
Warmon
Walcott-st
Sturm Ave
Michigan
Birch-ave
Henry
Oliver
Deloss-st
Shelby
State
Draper-st
Cottage
Minnesota
Marloweave
Oriental
Arsenal
Thirtieth-st
Meridian
First Alley
Market-st
Miey
Richland
Tenth-st
Senate
Fifteenth
Twenty-fourth
Twiinvis
Mount St
Washington
Jackson
Woodlawn-ave
Beville Ave
Second Alley
Shelby-st
Pleasant Run
Raymond-st
Ohio St
Noble
Local births, deaths, and marriages listed in brief
Births for Jonas and Fannie Bowers. Herman and Gertrude Dedert. Henry E and Hila Blair. Arthur and Alice Turner. Henry P and Fannie Green. Arthur and Canfield. Frank I and Mary Griffith. J F and Smith. Millard and Annie Anderson. Harvey and Marie Reiney. O S and Eda McGee. Charles and Catharine Anthrobust. Deaths include Wm D Farlee. Infant Verburg. Mary E Rusie. Helen H Taylor. Ella M Laycock. Infant Lewis. Lou E Duell. Charles Wilharm. Laura H Hubbard. Infant Reiney. George Carter. Eliza Whetfield. Marriages: John Jenkins and Flora Shields. Elmer Thompson and Clara Thompson. Jay N Sternberg and Marie G Platt. Clement P Abel and Clara Ridenour.
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Jonas
Fannie Bowers
Temple Ave
Herman
Gertrude Dedert
Arsenal Ave
Henry E
Hila Blair
Sheffield Ave
Arthur
Alice Turner
Irvington
Henry P
Fannie Green
Blakest
Canfield
College Ave
Frank I
Mary Griffith
Buchanan-st
J. F
Smith
Walnut-st
Millard
Annie Anderson
N. Liberty-st
Harvey
Marie Reiney
Jefferson Ave
O. S
Eda McGee
N. Senateave
Charles and Catharine Anthrobust
Schiller-st
Wm. D. Farlee
English
Verburg
N. Senate-ave
Mary E. Rusie
Walcott-st
Helen H. Taylor
W. Tenth-st
Croup
Ella M. Laycock
E. McCarty
John Jenkins
Flora Shields
Elmer Thompson
Clara Thompson
Jay N. Sternberg
Marie G. Platt
Clement P. Abel
Clara Ridenour
Building Permits and New Constructions Listed
A record of building permits includes Christian Lentz Monterey street frame house $50, Fred T. Berger 618 N Capitol avenue frame house $975, Mrs Springstein 1416 Brookside avenue summer kitchen, Chas Boyer 306 314 EB North street brick flat $8000, Wm Waggenmaus West Thirty first street near Senate avenue frame dwelling $650, Sophia Anselm Bismarck avenue Haugh n repairs $25. Additional line references Michael W Hiseton on College, porch work noted unclear.
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Christian Lentz
Monterey-st
New York
Vermont-sts
Fred T. Berger
Capitol-ave
Senate-ave
Sophia Anselm
Bismarck-ave
Haughn
Chael
Hiseton
Ayty
A State Official Loses His Brand New Bicycle
D H McAbee chief of the state department of inspection once rode a old bicycle to avoid theft. His wife bought him a new 1900 bike which vanished from the corridor at noon after he left it near the east entrance at the state house. He plans to paint the next one in bright colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. McAbee
State Department of Inspection
State House
Nome gold belt across Behring sea reaches Siberia
Henry Cowley, a late Klondike arrival, corroborates the belief that Nome gold diggings extend across Behring sea to Siberia. William Frye and Charles Swanson reached Dawson from the Siberia coast on Feb. 7 and reported finding rich diggings hundreds of miles inland in Siberia opposite Nome, though Cowley refuses to reveal exact locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Nome
Behring Sea
Siberia
Henry Cowley
William Frye
Charles Swanson
Dawson
Cowley
Mayor Parkinson Backs Sheldon Plan For City Government
In Moundsville West Virginia on March 21 Mayor Parkinson announced adoption of the Sheldon plan to run the city as Jesus would The decision follows a religious meeting that led to 600 conversions and faces strong opposition from minority groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Echo
Moundsville
W. Va
Parkinson
Sheldon
Jesus
Scott Will Stick
The senate committee on elections ruled Tuesday that Senator Scott of West Virginia was duly elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Elections
Scott
West Virginia
Cracked the Safe at Talbotton Post Office
The Talbotton Georgia post office safe was blown open Tuesday night and robbed of 675 dollars. Police report 373 dollars in cash and 300 dollars in stamps stolen. No arrests mentioned. Public safety notes describe the incident as a robbery by blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbotton
Carnegie Group In Atlantic City Hints At Settlement
At Atlantic City on March 2 the Carnegie steel group gathers with Andrew Carnegie and leaders including Charles M Schwab and Henry Phipps as talks hint at settlement outside court. Lovejoy and Phipps attend, long conference held, Frick expected, others silent amid stalled litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Carnegie Steel Company
Andrew Carnegie
William Bertram
New York
Henry A Lawrence Phipps
F. T. F. ‘Lovejoy
M. Clemson
Charles M. Schwab
A. M. Moreland
Pittsburg
Lovejoy
Phipps
James J. Simpson Named Postmaster at Lamb Indiana
James J. Simpson was appointed postmaster in Lamb Indiana with the announcement coming from Washington on March 21. The appointment elevates local postal service leadership and follows standard federal procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James J . Simpson
Lamb, Ind
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Bacchus
Howard, Cass and
J. W. Campbell Freed
Express Company
Indiana Inklings
Marion
Christian Churches of
Argola
Elkhart Ministerial Association
Salem
E. A. Cole
Tipton
Martinsville
Howard County
Greentown
Maxwell
Moses Plank
Flora
Lida Craycraft
Hoosier
Middlefork
Engstrom
Parke Presbyterian Church
Evansville
Francis W. Thomas
Dunrieth
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Thomas M. Petro
Company M
Fourth Infantry
Manila
Darlington
D. C. Drake
Walton
Henry Boeke
Vanderburg Infirmary
Walter Heimrich
Henderson
Kokomo House
Saphi
Muncie
Sapho” i
Frankfort
Irwin
Kickers
Sterling Electric Company
Lafayette
Daniel C. Cope
Miss Adams
Col. Bunker
Wm. Campbell
Board OF Works
Paine’s
John H. Williamson
Grand Island
Cal
Paine
M’abee
Theodore Thoma
Bruno Steindl
Biz Féne
Commer
Washington and
Meridian Streets
Carnegie and Frick
Russia
Brussels
Lamb
Rome
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