Shipping World News Arrivals and Departures at Major Ports
Movements of sea going craft at principal American and foreign ports with schedules of vessels due to arrive and depart from Philadelphia New York Delaware River and Bay. Foreign mails closing noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Delaware River
Bay News
Port of Philadelphia Listings for June 1 1890
Arrivals and clearances for Monday May 31 list steamers, schooners, and auxiliary vessels with cargos including sugar merchandise ballast lumber and phosphate. Notable names include C. G. Hempstead & Son W. P. Clyde & Co. and George C. Eckhardt among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bawtry
British
Stavely
Stettin
Shields
Sugar
C. G. Hempstead
Grace
Baltimore
Merchandise
Groves
J. Frank Seavey
Kelly
New_York
Salt
J. L. Nicholson
Annie Camp
Hale
Rappahannock
F. L
Ac Ee
Dora Allison
Rose
Wilmington
Del
Ballast, Co
L. Higbee
Theodore Dean
Hodgdon
Carteret
N. J
Phosphate
Ak & Hardt
Charles
Davis
Sooge
Jacksonville
Lumber
Stetson & Winsmore
Pennsylvania
Hannah
Antwerp
International Navigation Company
Orion, Smith
Newport News
J. A. Dinning
Richard Willing
Fowler
Elko, Warren
Noack
Ciampa Emelic
Cable Girgen Rk
Ciampa Em
Ocean Steamers Schedules and Philadelphia Departures
The notice lists steamship arrivals and departures with routes to Philadelphia and European ports. It includes vessels such as Assyrian Minnesota and Waesland sailing to Antwerp Liverpool and London in early June, plus Norfolk Bay area and breakers at Breakwater. It also covers memoranda of schooners arriving from Cienfuegos and other ports, and the closing of foreign mails from June 1 to June 3 with multiple departures to Europe and the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Antwerp
Bergenland
Liverpool
Nederland
Waesland
Glasgow
Minnesota
London
Port of New York Arrival and Departures Summary
Arrival at New York includes the vessels TroRe Dema Tara City of Rome Glasgow George Liverpool Chateau Lafite Naples. Departures list Sailed from New York May 81 with clearances to Bremen via Plymouth Nomadic Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
TroRe
Dema- Tara
City of
Shipping News Fragment with Numerous Arrivals and Sails
A May 31 dispatch from Huelva notes Bona sailing to Baltimore not previously reported. Other entries show ships sailing from Yokohama to Braemar Tacoma Rio Janeiro and from Southampton to Koenigin Luise New York, with arrivals including Scotia Baltimore Heligoland Philadelphia and Christiania. The string of ports includes Hartlepool Donirk Catracrag Crue Pensacola Newport News and New Orleans with scattered May dates and partial vessel names due to damaged OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huelva
Bona
Baltimor
Yokohama
Braemar
Tacoma
Rio Janeiro
Valapa
Philadelphia
Southampton
Koenigin Laie
New York
Hamle
Scotia
Baltimore
Heligoland
Christiania
Balpest Hartlepool
Catracrag
Donirk
Crue
Savannah
Fecamp
County Down
Pensacola
Newport News
Helen
New Orleans
Sailed and Passed Steamers and European Mail Closings
Maritime notices list multiple vessels sailing from Genoa Liverpool Pensacola Philadelphia and Baltimore with dates May 20 to May 31 and ports including Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburg Bremen and Dublin. European mail openings show Lahn St Louis Majestic Westernland Normannia and final port references with dates June 1 to June 3 plus a Mauna Loa cargo report bound for Rio de Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent
C. V
Sora
Genoa
Ferrandina
Liverpool
Gracia
Pensacola
Electrician
New Orleans
Sedgemore
Baltimore
Greenbrier
Newport News
Rotterdam
Urbino
Nama
Batoum
Philadelphia
Prawle Point
Bewery
Port Tampa
Norfolk
Slist
la Flandre
Antwerp
Isle of Wight
Persia
Hamburg
New York
Brow Head
Ingram
Beaufort
8. C
Dublin
Aachen
Bremen
Dover
Glengoll
Westgate
Lundy Island
Lony
Bristol
Ulstermore
Hig Lamm
Serer
Jone
Ela
Wee Tournine
Lucania
St. Paul
Thampton A
Victoria
Campania
London
Glasgow
Favre
Berlin
Aurania
Southam
Southampton
Bismarck
Amburg
Ohio
Southampton Gas
Andalusia
Maasachusetts
Amsterdam
Lahn
Remen Majestic
Aeveteve
Southwark
TD Cesses
Gladiolus Babe Eeeereneee
Gibraltar
Alliance Eee
Don Sete
Servia
Uissivsippt
Panes
Britannia
Teviotdale
Mixed British Shipping Notices From May 31
Miscellany reports the British ship City of Benares arriving at Montevideo and cleared to Esqui malt with heated cargo. surveyors advise cooling by placing heated cargo between decks. Also, the Ardmore is ashore near Caspar Straits with one crewman dead, condition critical. The West gate, from Penincena to this port, likely to float at Maassluis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
City of
Benares
Baxter
Penarth
Esquimalt
London
Ardmore
White
Bangkok
Brazil
Caspar Straits
Malay Archipelago
Oae
Rotterdam
Westgate
Peincetena
Maassluis
Freight rates for coal and pipe cargoes to major ports
Freight table lists schooners William H Bailey coal from Philadelphia to Groton at 70 cents. Cornelia Soule pipe from Philadelphia to Boston at 1.70. St Thomas coal from Philadelphia to Boston 75 cents to wharf. Rebecca Douglas stone from Wilmington Del to Southport 75 cents and Brunswick to Boston dry cypress on private terms. J Howell Leeds pipe from Philadelphia to Boston 1.75. British steamer Phoebe 17 000 quarters grain from Philadelphia to Belfast at 2 shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bailey
Philadelphia
Groton
Cornelia Soule
Pipe
Boston
St. Thomas
Rebecca Douglas
Stone
Wilmington
Del
Southport
Brunswick
J. Howell Leeds
Phoebe
Belfast
Ministers Read Papers on Church Mission and Union
Rev Malcolm J McLeod read on the church as divine, not human, forethought and its mission to society. A letter from a bicycle committee urged Sabbath respect from wheel clubs. Rev T D D Clark spoke on union meetings with other denominations, stressing edification and conversion as aims. Rev I N Foster shared Confederate prison experiences. Devotional day next Monday with Ci Mission and Church Extension Society details. Rev Skillman discussed pantheistic trends in religious thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm J. McLeod
Chester
Christian Church
Bicycle Committee
Wheelmen’s Clubs
T. D. D. Clark
Bryn Mawr
Clark
I. N. Foster
D. D
St. Paul's Church
Danville
Andersonville
M. Boswell
Cy Mission and Church Extension Society
Eighth and Vine Streets
Royal Blue Line to Baltimore Details Highlight Fast Service
The item notes the Royal Blue Line to Baltimore with fast time frequent trains prompt service and excellent dining cars. It mentions track rock ballast and machines burning coke with no smoke and no dust. In OM City Pennsylvania dated May 5 certificates 88c credit shipments 141 850 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Blue Line
Baltimore
OM City
Public Kindergartners Report Strong Year of Growth
The last session of the year praised wide progress across Kinder gartners work with 190 classes now in operation up from 175. The program covers 4 750 city children and includes mother classes instructing adults in Froebel's philosophy and child development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeenth
Spring Garden
Constance Mackenzie
Froebel
Tillman resolution query eyes standing committee shift
Washington May 31 there will be effort by some Senators to have the Senate committee on contingent expenses amend the Tillman resolution for an investigation of sugar stock speculation by a standing committee rather than a special one Objection arises over the chairmanship likely going to a Democrat and some urge using the committees on privileges and elections or judiciary for the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee
Tillman
Senate
Lodge
Peffer
Edge
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Committee On Judiciary
Railroad Magnates Meet Chambersburg Visit Relays Rail Route Talks
President Harris of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway arrived by special train in Chambersburg and was met by Benjamin M. Hood of the Western Maryland Railroad. They toured toward Cherry Run to inspect joint property used in the Reading Western Maryland and Baltimore and Ohio triple alliance for a new freight and passenger corridor from New York and Philadelphia to Pittsburg and points west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersburg
Harris
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Benjamin M. Hood
Western Maryland Railroad
Cherry Run
Western Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Reading
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Chicago
Points West
Marriage Licenses Read Across a Long List of Couples
A lengthy roster of marriage licenses shows numerous couples including James White and Catharine Glynn, Frank B. Rhodes and Roberta N. Gill, Lafayette W. Nieweg and Rose I. Hoffner, William F. Genth and Clara E. Glisson, and many others. The list pairs prospective spouses in alphabetical sequence with varying middle initials and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James White
Catharine Glynn
Frank B. Rhodes
Roberta N. Gill
Jacob F. Fuchs
Mary A. Kass
Lafayette W. Nieweg
Rose I. Hoffner
William F. Genth
Clara E. Glisson
Harry W. Houck
Abbie R. Holland
Louis G. Melcher
Cora C. Schultz
Pietro Avella
Nunziata Gallo
George Reed
Helen Crossley
Jacob Kaltenstein
Katharine Polnesih
Adolph Folger
Eugenie Weeber
John H. Flett
Bertha EB. G. Cassidy
George B. Young
Alice W. Cox
Charles H. Trafford
Ella M. Burkhardt
Joseph L. Montgomery
Elizabeth G. Muffley
Daniel Dutcher
Sadie Thomas
Jean B. Rycke
Rosa A. M. Yoressen
Francis X. Ferg
Grace Vernon
Harry &. Langstroth
Laura A. Hoover
Daniel F. Brown
Mary E. Myers
Charles Y. McCreight
Lillie B. Ray
Joseph H. Snyder
Jennie L. Wilson
Felix Stein
Leah Tobias
William M. Amsted
Susan Seltzer
David P. Mason
Mary A. Carlsson
John A. Fitzpatrick
Hannah V. Richardson
Enos R. Banks
Annie Harria
Paul R. Conard
Margaret A. White
William J. Clark
Ella T. Devlin
Carl Eberspacher
Bertha von Bialkowska
William McKeever
Ellen Crowley
Joseph C. Murphy
Bertha Jardella
Frank D. Chase
Jentie J. Hopkins
Albert Jefferson
Annie Dudley
Richard Y. Boyer
Sarah J. Johnson
Matthew Neilley
Margaret A. Scott
Lyman F. Restein
Dorothy Schlegel
Clarence Conrad
Nine P. Baker
Hadley Jones
Emily E. Neff
Frederic KR. Barnes
Sara A. Dounton
Albert Nelson
Lillian H. Matthias
Frank W. Warburton
Anna M. Hauser
James Campbell
Bridget Nixon
Emilio Dominelli
Pasquialena Clericnzio
Clement A. Brown
Rebecca J. Vaughan
Augustus Tucker
Alice Fassett
Robert
Austin
Deborah W. MacCollister
William H. Jeffreys
Lucy
Hubbard
Marynett Lewis Marriage Notice in Camden May 20 1897
The record shows William Marynett to Miss Lorne Lewis both of Philadelphia in Camden New Jersey on May 20 1897 by Rev V H Burrell at 43 per street. Morrison Gaddes marriage follows May 20 1897 at 43 Cooper Street Camden to John Morrison and Mamie Gaddes both of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marynett—Lewis
V. H. Burrell
Per Street
Camden
William Marynett
Lorne Lewis
Philadelphia
Morried O Adds
H. Burrell
Cooper Street
N. J
John H. Morrison
Mamie Gaddes
Welsbach 4 Commercial Company
Wall Street
New York
Anstis Anne widow of Robert Anstis funeral notice
Multiple notices list names and ages, with obituaries for Anne Anstis Mary A Armst Baxter Walter and others. The item includes addresses in Philadelphia Camden Burlington and references to funeral times and residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Paseral
Aera Ae Fc G'Crelsen
Philadelphia Obituary Notices Include Dozens of Funerals
A long list of May 1897 obituaries and funeral notices from Philadelphia households. Entries include Bechtold Henry aged 7. Buck John age 53. Burk Catharine 60. Burke John 47. Butler widow 80. Carr Bridget unknown. Clough William 70. Dakers John. Darragh George 40. Devlin James. Dollerton Maggie. Dougherty Susan. Elliott George H two ages. Farrow Sidney Ball 19. Frew William 75. Garrett Sophia Gray 21. Grubb William Henry 4 months. Hall Peleg 68. Hortz Samuel B 7. Hyland Mary 32. Kelly James 54. Lafferty Frederick P. Le Bon John P. Lippincott Levi 75. Lockhart Sarah A 28. Loomis G Wilson 86. McBride John 88. McCloskey Ellen C. Corkle wife of Jed D. many services scheduled at churches and residences across West Philadelphia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anstis
Anne
Arme Obe
Mary A. Baxter
Walter
Beatty
Thomas
Bechtold
Harry
T. Booth
Joshua W. Buck
John
Burk
Catharine
Burke
Butler
Elizabeth
Carr
James
Bridget
Clough
William
Cressman
Matilda Dakers
Darragh
George
Devlin
Collerton
Maggie
Dougherty
Susan
Elliot
George H. Farrow
Sidney B. Frank
Pauline
Frew
Gerre Grubb
William H. Hall
Peleg
Hertzmael B. Huidekoper
France Hyland
Mary
Jeffries
Ella Mahler
Charles A Elley
Kripps
William H
Henry
Amelia Bechtold
Pyare
Joshua W
Philadelphia Post Office
Montgomery Avenue
Old West Grove
Broad Street
Buck
John Buck
Howard Street
Patrick Burk
Eaglefield Street
West Philadelphia
John Burke
James Dougherty
Monument Road
Belmont Avenue
St. Bridget’s Church
St. Dennis
Ubil
William K. Butler
Baring Street
Chester
John Butler
East Fourteenth Street
Carre
Edward Carr
East Somerset Street
James Carr
Francis J. Carr
Rittenhouse Street
St. Patrick's Church
Cathedral Cemetery
William Clough
Wallace Street
Weat
Philadelphia
Matilda L, Cressman
Tobias J. Cressman
Danville
Sellersville
Enos D. Althouse
Dakers
John Dakers
William A. Backlhus
Corlies Avenue
Bodine Street
St. Michael's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Dollerton
Eliza Dollertton
Centennial Link
D. of L. Idaho
Cincinnati
Pauline Frank
Leopold Lowenthal
Upper Second Street
Evansville
Indiana
William Frew
Robert Frew
Mervine Street
Eleventh
Diamond Streets
Fernwood Cemetery
Garrett
Sophia Gray
George L
Sophia C. Garrett
Grace Church
Mount Airy
Gerrett
Ettie
Mary Gerrett Kerkeslager
Jacob Gerrett
William H. Calflesh
North Fortieth Street
Grubb
William Henry
Harry J
Amanda H. Grubb
South Seventh Street
North Seventh Street
Peleg Hall
St. Peter's Church
Third
Pine Streets
Hortz
Samuel B
Ella B. Hortz
H. D. May
Catharine Street
Huideeoper
Meadville
Frances Shippen
Henry Guippen
Edgar Huideoper
Hyland
Michael Hyland
South Twenty-fourth Street
Ella.m
Mary A
Harper Jeffries
Spring Garden Street
Kahler
Charles Augustus
Conrad
Catherine Kahler
Scherer
Lambert Street
Kelly
James Kelly
Kimball Street
William H. Kripps
Allegheny Avenue
Lafpferty
Frederick P
William T. Lafferty
Lafferty
Winifred
Charles Lafferty
Parrish Street
Our Mother of Sorrows
LE Bon
John P. LE Bon
T&th
Richleau
Bensalem Township
Bucks County
Episcopal Graveyard
Lippincott
Moorestown
N. J
Levi
Friends’ Meeting House
East Moorestown
Market Street Ferry
Lockhart
Sarah A
John Lockhart
Emma Wilson
Pierce Street
Logan
Frank Logan
South Thirty-first Street
Loomis
G. Wilson Loomis
North Broad Street
McBride
John McBride
Sessineer
Meredith Street
Clayon McCloskey
Ellen C
Bernard McCloskey
Mary Sodal
Sacred Heart League
Garnet Street
Newvane de Maccor
Mangecorkle
Jed D
Holmertne
Uric Acid Poison and its Wide Range of Effects
Uric acid poison results from the accumulation and deposition of uric acid or its salts in the system. It acts slowly but can be sudden and fatal, causing gout rheumatism kidney and bladder stones Bright's disease neuralgic affections nervous prostration eczema dyspepsia and more. In women it may cause swellings dropsical effusion uraemic coma and convulsions often appearing during or after scarlet fever and typhoid fever.
Buffalo Lithia Water Claim Promoted as Uric Acid Remedy
Advertisement touts Buffalo Lithia Water as a natural treatment that dissolves uric acid deposits and prevents their accumulation. It claims to relieve conditions caused by uric acid poisoning and cites medical authorities backing the assertion.
Milligan and Moore families listed in Philadelphia obituaries
A mobility of funeral notices from May 1897 to June 1898 lists William Milligan age 75 76 and numerous Moore Murphy O Brien O Donnell and Potts family members with residences on Wood land avenue Twenty-fifth Street Oxford Street Lenni Delaware County and other addresses. Interments span Holy Cross St Thomas Greenmount and Laurel Vale including public and private rites with High Mass and specific timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis’ Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Moore
Robert Moore
Oxford Street
Murphy
Katie
Michael
Margaret Murphy
Chatham Street
O'Brien
Patrick O'Brien
Lenni
Delaware County
St. Francia de Sales’ Church
St. Thomas’ Cemetery
O'Donnell
Catharine
North Twenty-second Street
Pilkington
Thomas W. Pilkington
Wetherill Street
Plant
Harry
Edward J
Althepia Plant
Germantown Avenue
Greenmount Cemetery
Potts
James Potts
Mercer Street
Mount Peace Cemetery
Leithgow
Priscillaw
Tenth Baptist Church
Eighth Street
Green
Rabison
Mary G
Catharine G
William Rabiison
Williams
Richards
G. Harvey
Virginia M
William H. Richards
Mary A. Quein
Vine Street
Roop
Glenn Cemetery
Sharpless
Joshuah Sharpless
Davis Street
Wissahickon
Fernwood Cemetery
Shriver
Norristown
Kate
George F. Shriver
Ust
Lafayette Street
Smith
Isabella W
Samuel Smith
Parrish Street
Richard Augustus Smith
Richard and
Arrabella Smith
Tacony
North My Oedatill
Staake
Weiney
Mamie Maccorkle
Fred D. Stashs
I Laura V. Breueent' Ilie
Ole Rer
Saar
Abraham Steiner
Mary
Geiger
Henry Tuttle
Palmer Street
Daughes
Seay and Shoes Postal Call Noted
A terse, unclear note mentions Seay and shoes in a postal context with a will call reference and a rasp remark. details are fragmentary and non-specific.
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News OF the Shipping World
the Foreign Mails
Port OF
OCEAN
Eeeederbies
Swansea
Delaware Bay and River News
Robert F. Brattan
C. J. Kingsland
Annie E. Godfrey
Sarah D. Fell
Cienfuegos
Luke L. Pollard
Fernandina
Mars
Hugo Moleanar
Sourabaya
Atk. Hughes
John Currier
Hiogo
Andrews
Port Spain
Greenwich
Plers
Jeremiah Smith
Marcus
Lammermoor
Montreal
Matilda D. Borda
Timothy Pied
William L. Walker
William R. Hoste
Fall River
Gracie D. Chambers
Iceboro
Europe
Plymouth
Ireland
Belgium
Costa Rica
St. Louis
Majestic
Queenstown
Westernland
Newfoundland
Silvia
Jamaica
Ethelwold
Leeward
Windward
Cherbourg
Feruda
Era
Curacao
Orinoco
Vene Lea
Caracas
Columbia
Jan Holguin
Nas
N. P
Santiago de Cuba
S. S. Santigo
Nederland Weeee
News of Foreign and Domestic Porta
St. Johns, N. F
Assyrian
Opated
Airfax
Normannia
Mauna Loa
Methodist
W. J. Skillman
The
the Times
Paul
Charles A
Pilkinton
Thomas W.harpless
Joshua Shriver
Pate
Isabel Tracey
Nee Lizgle
Yerkes
Uric AC
Buffalo Lithia Springs
Laurel Gt
Cemetery
St. Grounds
Belmonvale
Sylvania Railroad
West Outail
S. Lelia B. Patruid Lie
L. FB
Patridge
Lansdowne
Edward Gc, Lee
California and
Texas
Sonth Illes Street
Turse
B. Satterler
New Phila
Park B. Harper
LA Franco
St. Cloud
Arch
Corner
Supplee's
Times Office
Levick’ S Son & CO
R. Dehardt
Cunningham
North Eleventh St
Ann Rman
UICE
ARC CO
Ave St
Racine
Wis
Tdennington
N. Z
Thomas Hanlon
Base
Philadelphia Ball Park
Louisville
Milles
Chestnut
Lasa's
Filbert
Hotel Walton News
Fordham
Franklin Field
South Sts
Sharon Hill
Hook Road
Burton Street
Sharon Hil
Disbrow & Yarnall Y
Newtown Square
Bryn Mawr Road
H. A. Webster
Keach
Thos
J. Hunt
Walnut St
Thomas J. Hunt
Ee Ree Ees
Nee
Sirians Concapatiel
Penntual Loan Institution
Chestnut St
Hale 1
Garmantown Avenue
Quaker City Carpet Cleaning CO
Festerrale Carpet Cleaning Works
North
Twenty-First Street
CME. CO
Girard A‘ Ave
Eerless
North Broad
Wallace
15Th ST
GEO. C
pAcCe
T ST
Attorneys-at-Law
pDeowax & Buettner
Arch Street
University Bedage
Chestnut’ Street Opera House
Opera House
Seer
Broad
the Castle &Quare Opera Co
Ee Wang
BNOU
Percelle
Gins
Peter Dailey
Marion Manola Mason
Jack Mason
Kat Kate
Doloaical Gg
L Garde
Jeanne
Egalays
Fou
Sia
Ransdults
Henry Burlesque Com Company
Neubauer
Geoulne
Market Street
Fourth Street
Twentieth Street
Tenny ‘Rocess
New
Liberties
Syracuse
Manhattan Loan and Storage Co
Vine
Nak
John P. Berkho
Corerry Street
South Broad Street
Chase & Campbell
Unica Sq
Passyunk Ave
Grassey
Court OF Common Pleas
Blair County
William L. Shellenberger
Pennsylvania Trust Company
Renee
Altoona and Wopsononock Railroad Company
Altoona, Clearfield and Northern Railroad Company
Frank G. Patterson
Altoona and Wopsononock
McCullough
Eleventh Avenue
Altoona
Hollidaysburg
Sai
Clearfield
Northern
R. R
John D. Blair
Thomas H. Grevy
County of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Finance Company
Guarantors Finance Company of
Iladelphia
Guarantors Finance Company of Philadelphia
John C. Grady
J. Howard Gendell
Williamson
New London
Conn
Ofice OF the Board OF Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings
Daniel H. Hastings
Joe D. Delaney
Amos H
MYLI
Benjamin * Haywood
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Board of Commissioners of Public
Harrisburg
J. Delaney
Board of Catamnsines of Public Grounds and Buildings
McGovern
Germantown Ave
North Front
Cp Terbrsok Farms
Melia Lice Penne R. R
Vendell & Smith
Piread St
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