Extermination Plan Studied To Halt Sparrow Plague
Ames Iowa a swat the sparrow campaign is under way with Iowa State College zoologist J E Guthrie advising farmers. He says vigilant spraying and a controlled method can boost next year’s crops and cut chicken mites hog cholera and sparrow numbers. The plan includes feeding sparrows and then using soaked grain with strychnine to kill them, a technique deemed largely safe for other animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
J. E. Guthrie
Iowa State College
Disciples of Christ National Convention Set for Des Moines
The national convention of the Disciples of Christ will meet in Des Moines from October 9 to 15 next year, after a telegram from the board of managers of the Men and Millions movement in St. Louis. The gathering, expected to be the largest church meeting here, may attract about 15 000 laymen and clergymen, following the last convention in Los Angeles during the San Francisco exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Disciples of Christ
Churches of Christ
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Suit Over Million-Dollar Mason City Deeds
Judge Clark hears a suit contesting deeds and transfers alleged to involve more than 2 million dollars in property given to George W. Brett by his Los Angeles father William Brett. Albert Brett and other heirs claim they were neglected in distribution amid a deeded estate that includes 7,000 acres in the county. The father, 90, recently deeded most of his vast holdings to George W. Brett, with five defendants being the children of a deceased daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Clark
George W. Brett
William Brett
Los Angeles
Cal
Albert Brett
Divides Riches as Christmas Gift in Webster County
Ole Williamson, a pioneer farmer of Webster county, apportions his entire wealth except the old farm home among seven children. Each receives a formal document detailing their specific gift. The total amount given is 27626.89 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Ole Williamson
Webster County
Williamson
Laborer Inherits Fortune After San Francisco Death Claim
Marshalltown man Fred A Armstrong aims to prove that Margaret Thomas who died in San Francisco about a year ago is his mother Margaret Armstrong-Thomas. If established he becomes sole heir to about $40 000. The life stories of Margaret Thomas and Armstrong's mother are closely mirrored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Margaret Thomas
San Francisco
Margaret Armstrong-Thomas
Fred A. Armstrong
Armstrong
Stamp Tax on Bank Checks Sparks Iowa Banker Protest
Des Moines reports the proposal to raise federal revenue with a stamp tax on bank checks triggers strong opposition from Iowa bankers. They are urging the Iowa Bankers Association to take action against the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Col Hepburn Improves After Illness in Washington Plan Abandonned
Col W P Hepburn has improved greatly after weeks of illness and is rapidly recovering. He and Col Hepburn and Mrs Hepburn had hoped to spend the winter in Washington but have now abandoned the plan.
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Col. Hepburn
Ames Winter Short Course Sees Near 2000 Enrollment
Iowa State College plans the annual winter short course with nearly 2,000 anticipated registrants. The one week program runs January 31 to February 5 replacing the holiday period. Several farmers conventions will be held in connection with the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Saloon License Issued for 1916 in Keokuk
Philip Nichols, veteran Keokuk saloonkeeper, has petitioned the city council through his attorney for a license for 1916, issued by the board. The action tests repeal constitutionality and signals a significant political fight. Nichols has led the matter statewide, with showkeepers in Iowa and nearby states watching closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Philip Nichols
Nichols
Iowa
Iowa Seventy Years Since Statehood Becomes Landmark
Des Moines notes Iowa is sixty nine years old on December 28 marking the 1846 admission to union. Population then 102,388. current census 2,224,771. State railroads now universal. farming and livestock contribute about a billion dollars to the economy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Much Paving Progress in Atlantic City
Atlantic lays twenty two blocks of paving this year at 1.14 per yard, including twenty one street blocks and eleven alley blocks, plus twenty one blocks of curbing at 42 cents per foot. Concrete paving now covers eighteen miles, the most of any western city its size, with plans to extend next year by three or four miles in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
T H.ce
Officer Held Liable for Negligence in Attachments
In Towa City the district court held former Sheriff Theodore Fautz liable for delaying service of a writ of attachment for $78 until attachable property had left the city. The ruling assigns responsibility for the officer’s negligence and orders payment to the firm that obtained the attachment.
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Towa City
Theodore Fautz
Destructive Wholesale Fire in Davenport Destroys Morton Marks Store
A fire at Davenport destroyed the wholesale grocery establishment of Morton L. Marks causing about 150000 in losses. Firemen fought the blaze from daylight, preventing spread to nearby buildings, but the cause remains unknown as the big wholesale building burned completely.
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Davenport
Morton L. Marks
Prominent Franklin County Man Recovers From Petrol Poisoning
Iowa Falls report C S McCrellis recovering from petrol poisoning after he started an automobile in a closed garage and crawled under the car. His wife pulled him clear and called physicians. he was unconscious but survived.
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Iowa Falls
C. S. McCrellis
Franklin County
McCrellis
Simpson Fund Surpasses $309,000 in Endowment Drive
Simpson college endowment drive totals rise with late subscriptions pushing pledges above 309000 dollars. Trustees expect the fund to exceed the 300000 dollar goal by at least ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Indianola
Simpson College
Large Sum for Improvements Valley Junction Paving Complete
Twenty four blocks of bitulithic paving begun Sept. 10, 1915 in Valley Junction have been finished and turned over to the town. The project totals $93,000 in 1915 improvements with $70,000 for paving, $10,000 for curbs, and $13,000 for the storm sewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Junction
Fire In Court House at Albia Quickly Contained
Firefighters saved the Monroe county courthouse in Albia from major damage after a basement wood pile fire was noticed early. The blaze, started in the basement, was extinguished with only minor damage reported.
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Court House
Albia
Monroe County
Old German Church Burned Down in Rockwell Fire
The German Lutheran church in Rockwell was totally destroyed by fire believed to start from an overheated furnace. By the time discovered the blaze was too advanced to save any part of the building. The church had stood twenty years.
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Rockwell
Senator L L Taylor Dies After Icy Fall
Centerville obituary notes Senator L L Taylor longtime Appanoose Davis district representative from 31st to 34th assemblies died aged 77 after a fall on icy pavement. He planned to preside over the new Commercial Savings bank opening soon and was active in church, business, and politics. He suffered a broken hip and other injuries in the accident.
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Taylor
Centerville
L. L. Taylor
Appanoose-Davis
New Commercial Savings Bank
Normal Extension Work Expands Across Cedar Falls College
Cedar Falls State Teachers College extends normal extension into ninety five counties under President A H Seerley. Over 10 000 teachers enrolled and about 100 staff teach elementary normal work for rural and small town teachers. Initiated two years ago with a legislative appropriation to expand.
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Cedar Falls
State
Teachers’ College
A. H. Seerley
Plan Jubilee Celebration To Honor Iowa Statehood
Iowa officials back a diamond jubilee to celebrate the seventy fifth anniversary of statehood in Des Moines in 1921. Governor Clarke and Secretary of State W. S. Allen urge a weeklong national attention gathering with speakers and entertainers at venues like the fair grounds and Coliseum to showcase Iowa's progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Capitol
Clarke
W. S. Allen
Fair
Capitol Grounds
B. W. Garrett
Supreme Court
Crapo Park
Iowa Woman Back to Front in War Zone
Helena Hayes Gleason of Cedar Rapids, honored by Belgium for aiding Belgian refugees, plans return to the front with her husband Arthur Gleason after a visit to New York. She nursed the wounded in trenches and received the order of Leopold. She believes the Allies will win and supports the Belgian cause.
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Cedar Rapids
Helena Hayes Gleason
Hilda of
Belgium
New York
Arthur Gleason
Gleason
Prominent Woman Doctor Leora Johnson Dies After Illness
Towa City mourns Dr Leora Johnson a longtime club leader and the citys first policewoman who died after a two months illness. She championed animal cruelty regulation and led charitable club work making her a state noted leader in civic circles.
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Towa City
Leora Johnson
Johnson
President of Iowa Firemen Found Dead in Council Bluffs
Charles M. Nichol aged 63, president of the Iowa Firemen's Association and a decade longtime chief of the Council Bluffs fire department, was found dead in bed. Physicians attributed his death to heart trouble aggravated by grip.
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Council Bluffs
Charles M. Nicholson
Iowa Firemen’s Association
Will Contest Mulch Repeal Draw Davenport Prohibition Fight
Davenport saloonkeepers vow to resist prohibition enforcement and open all taverns to create a test case. They held a secret meeting to plan the challenge and aim to hire top legal counsel. Attorney General Cosson will travel to Davenport to lead the defense of the saloons.
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Davenport
Cosson
Auto Plates Delayed Again for 1916 Supply
State automobile department faces delays as suppliers under contract fail to deliver the promised 385,000 pairs of license plates. One plant can only produce a few thousand pairs weekly, while a second plant schedules 10,000 pairs each on January 7 and January 14.
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Automobile Department
French liner Ville de la Ciotat sunk in Mediterranean attack
Paris reports 80 dead after the French liner Ville de la Ciotat was torpedoed without warning in the Mediterranean on December 24. No Americans aboard. The ship, 6,390 tons, sank in 15 minutes as a British Moss Line steamer rescued survivors.
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Ville de la Ciotat
Mediterranean
Paris
Germany
Moss Line
Marseilles
CAPT BOY ED DEFENDS SELF SAILS FOR ROTTERDAM
Captain Karl Boy Ed former naval attache for Germany sailed from New York aboard the Rotterdam amid a farewell statement defending his supply aid to German warships and denouncing a Providence newspaper for spy hysteria. He left with Col. E. M. House and Brand Whitlock, key Wilson aides, on the Holland American liner.
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New York
Karl Boy- Ed
Washington
United States
Rotterdam
Boy Hdl
Fand
Providence
Three Brothers Killed in Marion Police Shooting
In Marion Iowa two Freelan spur policemen John McDougal and John Kimbro fatally shot three brothers on Sunday during an arrest for drunkenness. The clash began when one brother struck Kimbo with a stove poker. The victims were John Wilkas twenty six William Wilkas twenty Frank Wilkas twenty eight.
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Marion, I
John McDougal
John Kimbro
Kimbro
John Wilkas
William Wilkas
Frank Wilkas
Germans Die in Wreck Near Posen
Eighteen German soldiers were killed and 47 wounded when a train filled with furlough troops jumped the track at Bentschen station near Posen on Wednesday.
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Berlin
Bentschen
Posen
Canadian officer arrested over $100,000 theft in Manitoba
Lieut Col Robert Simpson of the Canadian medical corps was arrested in Bow Street court on an extradition warrant charging him with the theft of $100,000 in Manitoba.
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London
Robert Simpson
Canadian Medical Corps
Bow Street
Manitoba
Warden Osborne Indicted by Westchester Grand Jury
White Plains N Y Dec 30 Thomas Mott Osborne warden of Sing Sing prison was indicted on five counts by the Westchester county grand jury probing prison conditions.
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Warden Osborne
White Plains
N. Y
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Westchester County Grand Jury
Safe Conduct Sought for Condensed Milk to Aid German Babies
Washington dispatch reports the state department asked Ambassador Page in London and Ambassador Sharp in Paris to secure safe conduct for a cargo of condensed milk intended to feed starving German infants.
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Washington
State Department
Ambassadors Page
London
Sharp
Paris
Germany
Storm Sweeps East Crippling Rail and Telegraph Lines
One of the East Coast’s strangest storms in years battered New York and surrounding areas with rain hail snow and thunder. Winds reached 90 mph causing six deaths, wrecking telegraph wires, sinking barges and scattering debris. Coastal rescue crews saved twenty five aboard canal boats near Sandy Hook. A Pas saic tenement and a Brooklyn church were unroofed, and a barge towed by the Seneca sank east of Ambrose lightship after taking on water.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Coast Guard
Passaic
N. J
Brooklyn
Seneca
Norfolk
New England
Ambrose
Bryan Halts Peace Trip After Ford Illness
New York dispatch reports William J. Bryan has postponed his planned peace voyage to Europe citing Henry Ford's return to the United States. He canceled passage for himself and Mrs. Bryan. Ford is only slightly ill, and Gov. Hanna of North Dakota is hospitalized in Copenhagen with influenza.
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New York
Henry Ford
United States
William J. Bryan
Europe
Rotterdam
Bryan
Ford
Stockholm
L. B. Hanna
North Dakota
Copenhagen
Cabinet Nearing Modified Conscription Bill for England
London reports the British cabinet has virtually decided on a modified conscription bill to be introduced in the House of Commons next week. The measure would grant the government power to draft single men while preserving Asquith's pledge to married men. Rumors say Reginald McKenna and Walter Runciman have resigned. their resignations are not yet accepted.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
Reginald McKenna
Walter Runciman
Erin Sunk After Explosion Near Amsterdam
The Dutch steamer Erin foundered at sea after an explosion. Three crew members were killed and three wounded. It is believed the ship struck a mine near Amsterdam on December 81.
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Amsterdam
Erin
Jefferson City Fires Entire Fire Department Over Snow Removal
Mayor Cecil W. Thomas dismissed the Jefferson City fire department except the chief after firefighters refused to shovel snow from the city hall roof. The action leaves the city with the chief and may affect emergency services during winter conditions.
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Jefferson City
Cecil W. Thomas
Huerta Ill, Moved From Fort Elias to Wife's Home
Gen Victoriano Huerta reported seriously ill while held in El Paso for alleged neutrality law violations. He was moved from Fort Elias prison to his wife’s residence for treatment.
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Huerta
el Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
United States
Fort Elias
General Dodge Is Seriously Ill In Council Bluffs
General Grenville M. Dodge Civil War veteran railroad builder and banker is seriously ill at his home in Council Bluffs Iowa announced Monday He is in his eighty fourth year.
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Dodge
Council Bluffs
Grenville M. Dodge
Eight Indicted for Conspiracy to Wreck U S Munition Plants
Federal grand jury in New York charges Congressman Frank Buchanan H Robert Fowler Frank Monnett David Lémar Jacob C Taylor and Labor's National Peace Council members with conspiring to cause strikes in American munition plants. German agent Franz von Rintelen and others named. Indictments under Sherman act carry up to one year in prison and 10000 fine. Arrests ordered.
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New York
Peace Council
United States
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
H. Robert Fowler
Frank S. Monnett
Ohio
David Lémar
Jacob C. Taylor
Labor
National Peace Council
Franz von Rintelen
H. B. Martin
Herman Schulters
Lamar
von Rintelen
Rintelen
Wolf of
Wall Street
England
Falmouth
Department of Justice
Peace terms expected from Vienna under central powers
Geneva reports a dispatch stating Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg will travel to Vienna with full peace terms for central powers. After talks with Baron von Burian the terms will be sent to the allies, with Germany proposing a conference at The Hague. Also notes Ted Lewis defeated Willie Ritchie in ten rounds in New York. A fire in Little York, Illinois destroys the principal business block, with losses around $65,000.
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Geneva
Vienna
von Bethman-Holweg
Baron von Burian
Germany
Hague
New York
Ted Lewis
Willie Ritchie
Galesburg
Ill
Little York
Warren County
Bombs Cause Fire Aboard Inchmoor Sugar Steamer
Incendiary blasts aboard the British steamer Inchmoor, moored in Erie basin near Brooklyn, triggered a two hour blaze in hold No 3 as crew fought the flames. An explosion followed lifting the hatch and several more blasts occurred, with chemical bombs suspected. The Inchmoor, chartered by the English government, was to sail with 3400 tons of sugar on Tuesday.
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New York
Inchmoor
Erie Basin
Brooklyn
Music Education Expenditure Highlighted In Meeting
President J Lawrence Erb of the University of Illinois spoke at the Music Teachers National Association in Buffalo noting Americana spends about 225 million annually on musical education He urged closer coordination between music teaching and broader educational efforts pointed to the meeting in Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
J. Lawrence Erb
University of Illinois
Music Teachers’ National Association
Wilson 59th Birthday Celebrated at Dinner
President Wilson marked his fifty ninth birthday on Tuesday with a single dinner event in Hot Springs Virginia. A cake decorated with 59 candles graced the table as the centerpiece of the celebration.
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Wilson
Hot Springs
Harvard Professor Hugo Munsterburg Ill at Home
Cambridge Massachusetts December 30 Professor Hugo Munsterburg of Harvard is ill at his home with an attack of grippe and influenza according to his daughter Margaret who spoke on Tuesday afternoon
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Hugo Munsterburg
Cambridge
Mass
Prof. Munsterburg
Harvard
Margaret
Missing Savannah Insurance Man Found Dead
The skeleton of Curtis Copeland a 39 year old prominent insurance man who disappeared three months ago was found in woods near Savannah Ga. It is believed he died by his own hand.
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Savannah
Curtis Copeland
Here
Copeland
Son of Mrs Eddy Dies in South Dakota
George W. Glover, only son of Christian Science leader Mary Baker Eddy, died at his home in Lead, South Dakota, on Monday after a brief illness from peritonitis. He was seventy six.
German peace feeler outlines terms for global settlement
Berlin reports a Wolff news agency summary of a Neue Zurcher Zeitung article detailing German peace terms. Proposals include Belgian sovereignty under conditions, no French territorial annexations, Poland’s separation from Russia as a German-ruled kingdom, restoration of German colonies, and France and Russia indemnities plus annual Belgian and possibly Polish or Russian payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sermiofficial Wolff Bureau
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Poland
Russia
France
Belgium
Meuse
Wolff Bureau
Yale great Thomas Shevlin Dies at 59
Thomas Shevlin millionaire lumberman and former Yale football captain died in Minneapolis at age 59 from pneumonia after a six day illness. He coached Yale's 1905 champions and later steered several teams to wins. His lumber holdings and $1.5 million life policy marked a wealthy career. he is survived by a widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Thomas Shevlin
Yale
Shevlin
Eli
Willard and Fulton Heavyweight Title Bout Called Off
In New Orleans, promoter Tommy Burns and manager Tom Jones declared the March 4 heavyweight title bout between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton canceled. The decision ends weeks of wrangling after Burns and Dominick Tortorich clashed over promotion of the event.
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New Orleans
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Minnesota
Tom Jones
Willard
Tommy Burns
Dominick J. Tortorich
Willard-Fulton
Burns
Dominick Tortorich
Washington Plans Protest Over British Mail Interference
Washington emitir reports from Consul General Skinner in London indicate the state department will protest to the British foreign office over interference with American mail to and from Holland. The notice urges Britain to explain its actions immediately and the protest will be drafted for rapid transmission.
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Washington
Skinner
London
State Department
Holland
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Alleged Forger Takes Life in Ul
Sterling UL December 31 T N Childs of this city is alleged to have forged the name of Ed Shurtleff former speaker of the Illinois house of representatives for 500 dollars. After his arrest he committed death by own action to escape disgrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
T. N. Childs
Ed Shurtleff
Illinois House of Representatives
British seize Bernstorff mail in Lusitania case
Washington December 31 British authorities seized mail from the German foreign office to Ambassador Bernstorff. Reports say the mail contains instructions from Von Jagow concerning the Lusitania affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernstorff
Washington
Foreign Office
von Jagow
Lusitania
Puts Ban on Chain Prayers in Belleville Postal Service
Belleville postal clerks were instructed by Postmaster Philip Sopp not to deliver cards bearing an endless chain prayer. He said the prayer affected the nerves of some recipients and ordered removal from mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Philip Sopp
Sopp
Flyer No. 8 Crash Kills Fireman Near Sedalia
Missouri Kansas and Texas Flyer No 8 northbound crashed into an accompanying locomotive near Sedalia Missouri One man A E Klaven of Hannibal fireman of the light engine was killed in the wreck
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Sedalia
A. E., Klaven
Hannibal
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Union
Providence Journal
Freelanspur
U.S
Congressman Buchanan
Fowler and
Peage
Britain
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