Petron Dispatch notices carrier changes to avoid delivery issues
Pittsburg on April 7 100 a notice from The Dispatch informs readers that subscribers who changed residence must notify their carrier or agent by person or letter to the business office. The business office of The Dispatch has moved to Corner and Selibfeld and Diamend streets.
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Pittsburg Rail Links To Chicago Through Fortyt Miles of Track
Findlay reports Pittsburg and Western to buy the American Midland and push forty miles of new track to create the shortest Pittsburg Chicago route. The plan hinges on consolidating near moribund lines into a single trunk, with Reading extending to Pittsburgh to form Eastern and Western connections. Capitalists seek to elevate these lines to high importance for Pittsburg’s interests.
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Pittsburg
Findlay
Pittsburg and Western Combination
American Midland
Chicago
Iit
Reading
Pittaburg
Ice Costs Sour Butchers In Hot Summer Clouds
The local ice shortage worsens as hot weather nears and meat sellers face two to three times higher ice costs. Some fore Agents with freezing plants anticipate relief, but widespread supply remains uncertain after a winter with limited Lake Superior ice shipments.
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Lake Superior
Boycott Threats In City Baseball Contracts
The article discusses a potential boycott by Knights of Labor against a Great Western Band hired by city baseball managers. It questions the fairness of using public patrons to resolve internal labor disputes and argues labor groups should settle among themselves without dragging the public into quarrels.
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League Baseball
Great Western Band
Pittsburg
Kuidits of Labor
Knights of Labor
K. of L
Democratic tariff split shown by Philadelphia papers
A Philadelphia columnist pair argues for free tariff on raw materials wool coal lumber iron ore jute hemp salt and chemicals while condemning the Mille bill. They claim this single tariff stance exposes Democratic inconsistency amid distrust of trusts and sugar tariff protections.
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Philadelphia
Harmer
Times
Widespread Ideas Reflected in Chica Reply
A reader notes a broadly shared notion in response to a question stirred by Chica, highlighting how a single reply mirrors common opinions echoed across diverse voices. The remark suggests a broader, recurring theme in public discourse.
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Chica
Purity in Politics Debate Over a $10,000,000 Plan
A reader proposes using ten million dollars to purify politics by buying votes and even a legislature to pass reform measures. The piece criticizes bribery as a method and argues true reform requires virtue and public trust, not purchased outcomes.
Lesson in law and order from Irondale turmoil
The Irondale incident shows a town struggling with political clashes and a marshal’s shooting. The piece argues the broader need to teach respect for legal authority, blaming disregard for self-government and suggesting whites must model lawful behavior to guide Southern Negroes toward lawful conduct.
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Irondale
Alabama
South
Windrim Draw Poker Question Baffles Senators
Senators debate whether U S Supervising Architect Windrim won money from Powell Clayton in a draw poker game. With prima facie testimony, they weigh whether to elevate Windrim to world champion status or probe which building Clayton wished located to suit him.
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Windrim
United States
Powell Clayton
Mr. Windrim
Up &O
Bridge on Penn Avenue East Liberty Needs Repairs
Reports from the Penn avenue bridge in East Liberty highlight the need for timely repairs to prevent a closure. The situation underscores concerns about city management and infrastructure maintenance, noting potential danger if a bridge is not kept in repair.
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Penn Avenue
East Liberty
Ballot Reform Bill Slammed by St. Louis Globe Democrat
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, a Republican-leaning paper, says Governor Hill's veto of the ballot reform bill destroys any Democratic chance to elect a U S Senator next year. It notes the paper’s frank admission that reform could have helped Democrats win a Senate seat in New York.
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St. Louis
lobe-Democrat
Hill
Globe Democrat
United States
New York
Prohibition on American Pork To Be Reconsidered
GretMasy signals a shift as she nears repeal of the pork ban. After testing the grand food clarity policy, critics argue it hasn’t lived up to its promises and may require reversal.
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GretMasy
Weather Bureau
Miss Fussonfeather
Saratoga
Washington gossip on Mrs Dudley and Mrs Harrison
A sharp Washington note claims Mrs Dudley avenged her husband by pretending not to recognize Mrs Harrison in a dry goods store. The piece mocks how such a daily slight becomes political fodder and downplays a minor letter in national matters.
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Washington
Tariff clause signals pressure on cotton bagging trust
The clause adds a duty on jute bagging while placing jute on the free list, a move with suspicious implications for the cotton bagging trust’s ability to operate. The measure suggests political leverage over the industry and may affect competition and costs for cotton shippers.
Doom-sealers threaten week-long smash of cities
The notice declares a planned destruction of Chicago and Milwaukee and other time zones, predicting a week of upheaval from tomorrow. It mentions Chicago's attitude toward an exposition project and complains Milwaukee figure Geo. W. Peck suffers from the sudden curtailment in this major action aimed at “smashing education” in English.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Geo. W. Peck
Senate orders only trusted Republicans in jury box
The confirmation of United States Marshal Mizell of Florida expresses the Senate's command to place only tried and loyal Republicans in the jury box, reflecting partisan expectations influencing jury selection.
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United States
Mizell
Florida
United States Senate
Tax city clergyman condemns Easter focus on fashion
A city tax clergyman yesterday argued in a sermon that Easter should center on contemplating holiness rather than millinery and dressmaking. He labeled such views as impracticable and reconciling poorly with modern fashionable church practices. The piece notes Mormon migration from the UK to Canada and Mezion, calling it a regional shift with broader implications.
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Tax City
Lord Salisbury Praises George Washington
It is pleasant to learn that Lord Salisbury has taken to praising George Washington. Since the Tory leader has progressed to a new stance, observers note a shift in political rhetoric.
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Lord Salisbury
George Washinden
Easter Sees Baseball Season Open To 20000 Fans
Easter opened the Players' League season with 20,000 spectators in attendance. The piece notes the era's reforms and weather forecasts as improvements, while affirming players' rights to own themselves and the strength of popular institutions.
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Easter
Players’ League
Fanveil Hall
Prominent Figures in Health and Society Circa The Era
Prominent individuals appear across society pages, noting health of General Alfred H Teert in New Haven and ex governor Pollock’s illness. Mentions include Miss Clara Banton praising Louisville, Rev De Courer’s retirement after thirty years, and duchess promotions from Miss Yenaga. Observations on Mr Depew’s secretary, George H Baker’s looks, Mrs MorToor’s grace, and daughters’ simple upbringing conclude the column.
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Alfred H Teert
New Haven
Conn
China
James Pollock
Clara Banton
American National Red Cross
Louieville
de Courer
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Brooklyn
Manchester
Lady Mandeville
Miss Yenaga
New York
Mra
Chaunceyt M. Derry
Mr. Depew
George H. Baker
Philadelphia
N. P. Willis
America
Charles Godfrey Leland
Byron
Baker
Easter Dispatch 160-Column Issue Delights Readers
The Easter Dispatch 160 column issue brims with news and features from around the world. It reports Czar sickness amid Nihilist talk, Boulanger’s bid for fame, German policy shifts after Bismarck, and local crime including a brutal murder. It also covers sports, public works, licensing, and a literary lineup featuring Lubomirski, Wilcox, Moody and Sankey, plus numerous contributors.
President Miles promotion pleases public in Tribune view
The New York Tribune asserts the President correctly interpreted public wishes by promoting General Miles to Major General after General Crook's death, a move that leaves the public evidently satisfied and aligned with expectations.
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New York Tribune
General Miles
General Crook
Impediment to Travel in Williamsport Over Street Rails
Williamsport officials petition the Attorney General for a writ of quo warranto to force the Williamsport Passenger Railway Company to show cause why it should not operate portions of its road on West Third and West Fourth streets or lose its charter. The city says tracks obstruct travel after extensions two years ago across cross streets. The dispute has persisted, with Contrellor fixing Wednesday for action.
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Williamsport
Corway
Kirkpatrick
Beory Baker Died On Nellevernon Road Evening
Belleveunoy April 6 Henry Baker, late messenger, died at the residence of M. Grahm. The funeral will be held at Kittanning, Ma. next General Hare. Orry of Muxico April 6 General Hare formerly Chief Customs officer on the Northern frontier, is dead.
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Beory Baker
Belleveunoy
Henry Baker
Nellevernon Road
M. Grahm
Kittanning
General Hare
Orry
Muxico
Hare
Review of Hypnotism Spiritualism and Magazine Notes
The April Forum discusses hypnotism and spiritualism with notes from Dr Charcot and Mr Hodgson on truth and fraud. It highlights the American newspaper as a vital, complex product, critiques its faults, and reviews other periodicals and literary pieces in Lippincott's, Popular Science Monthly, and Scribner's.
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J. M. Charcot
Richard Hodgson
Charles Dudley Warner
Warner
Italian Masters Photographs Spark Wood engraving Triumph
The piece lauds Hebert and Stillman for groundbreaking wood engraving and notes their Italy focused art history series reaching broad popular appeal. It claims New York leads in reform pressures across politics aristocracy propriety manners and law enforcement amid snubs and insults.
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Hebert
Stillman
Encouraging Outlook for Money and Stocks Seen
A New York telegram reports Henry Clews & Co forecasts an easier money market ahead. April settlements passed with minimal disturbance as interior demand wanes and gold exports decline. Easier money in New York and London is expected to stimulate stocks, reversing Wall Street stagnation amid broader industrial progress and a quieter trade outlook.
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New York
Henry Clews & Co
London
Stock Exchange
Cspital
Wall Street
Wallstreet
No Pretext for Collecting Money in Ballot Reform
The Australian ballot system would remove pretext for collecting money to print tickets and pay holders of window books. Legitimate campaign expenditures, apart from hiring speakers and brass bands, would be reduced to a very low figure.
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Philadelphia Record
Tar Dispatch Sunday Edition Growth Promised
The Tar Dispatch reports a remarkable rise in its Sunday issue with a circulation over 55,000. The 20 page edition features top writers and the paper plans a new Hoe perfecting press to boost facilities, aiming to remain among the foremost United States newspapers.
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PitTrixval Dispatch
Tar Dispatch
Tunis
United States
Emperor of China Begins Fortnight Journey With 10000 Retinue
The Emperor of China has started on a fort night trip accompanied by a retinue numbering 10,000 persons as part of a grand celebratory journey. A nice little family party to entertain.
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New York Herald
Emperor of China
Mass press notes and political quips surface in miscellany
A jumbled digest notes the Massachusetts Press Association planning a Southern Jount event next month with no duels booked, Ireland’s population drop, Bismarck’s resignation, and skepticism about Idaho’s admission to sisterhood. It critiques press remarks on American humor, a Kansas case of spousal whipping, and Kentucky wage control for married women.
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Masschusetts Press Association
Kentucky
Two Homeless Waps Reach Philadelphia to Stay With Grandmother
Two young Burkes, Chrissie aged five and Sophia aged four, traveled from Stockton California to Philadelphia with help from kind strangers. After the deaths of their parents, the sisters were sent to Atco New Jersey to live with their grandmother Mrs. Burke. Officials and railroad workers ensured safe transfer, and the girls showed contentment upon meeting their grandmother and beginning a new life.
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Philadelphia Times
Western Express
Broad Street
Expreza
Chrissie
Sophia Burke
William Burke
California
Stockton
Sophia
Th Future Howe
Outlook for Republican Success Lacks Policy and Drive
A Dispatch commentary from April 1 notes deep Republican gloom and doubts about winning in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. It criticizes President Harrison for apathy and lack of vigor, suggesting the party lacks a distinctive policy to rally voters. discontent favors change over stagnation as the likely outcome.
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Asbixatox
Quay
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Crooked Party Lines and Tariff Debate
The piece argues that both major parties resemble protectionists, with the tariff bill serving as evidence. It calls for universal protection across industries, opposes free trade, and states that a party must be decisive and enact its principles. It condemns legislators who waver as unfit.
Broad Statesmanship and Partisan Hypocrisy in Politics
A critique of party leaders across the tariff debate denouncing Prohibitionists, license advocates, and religious intrusion. The piece accuses Republicans of opportunism and lack of political economy sense, contrasts Democrats as non progressive, and condemns self serving politicians pursuing office for personal gain or corporate favors.
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Sunday Observer
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Party of Progress and Enlightenment
Dow
Magony
Cane
Buncombe
Political parties must embrace workers to secure lasting power
E. W. Lignts argues that the next dominant party must win over the federation of trades Knights of Labor farmers Nationalists and Socialists by backing government telegraphs railroads municipal ownership and public banking to serve all citizens. He says party leaders only favor corporations and warns old parties to adopt these policies or face a long untroubled lease of power.
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Miss
Congress
Federation of Trades
Knights of Labor
Farmers’ Organizations
Republican
Democratic
E. W. Lignts
Pleasant Family Reunion Honors Longtime Allegheny Matriarch
A family gathering at Mr Charles Hass residence at McXee's Rocks celebrated Mrs James Hamilton's 89th birthday. An Allegheny County native since 1810 she enjoyed gifts from her children grandchildren and great grandchildren in attendance.
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Charles Hass
McXee’s Rocks
James Hamilton
Allegheny County
Hamilton
Prohibition and Defeat in Iowa Referenced by NYT
The New York Times notes that Iowa’s defeat of the Republican Party stems in part from the party's stance on prohibition. The banner Republican state pattern is discussed, with various causes cited for the setback though prohibition is singled out as a contributing factor.
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Iowa
Public library site debate in Pittsboro column
A letter to the Pittsburg Dispatch argues over Carnegie Library site choice. It weighs west of Grant Street versus a stockyard plot near Putnam Street, claiming a dual benefit setup would ease transport and provide a grand civic space. The piece contrasts New York style landmarks with local transit plans.
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Dispatch
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Carnegie Library
Pittsboro
East Liberty
Allegheny City
Grant Street
Secbenley
Ce Ee
Greensburg
Braddock
Wilmerding
Jeannette
First Ward
Old City
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Jersey City
Harlem
East
Fifth Avenue
Penn Avenue
Broadway
Madison Square
Carnegie
Wilkinsburg
Homewood
Torrens
Carr Place
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Putnam Street
Wall's Station
Letter to the Editor on Library Location in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburg reader urges placing a city library on the hill rather than in suburbs. He argues railroads and major employers would help fund and support a central branch, listing offices and institutions like the Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, Westinghouse, and the post office as potential backers. He calls on officials to remove objections and questions why a library should be built outside the city.
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Post Office
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High School
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Cotman
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Pirtssurg
Veteran questions service pension news accuracy in Dispatch
A Southside veteran asks where The Dispatch gets news that a service pension bill passed while Congressman Dalzell says it has not. The veteran cites an April 5 letter and a prior Dispatch editorial noting Senate passage and House rejection, seeking clarification on apparent contradiction.
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SovurHsime
Senate
Congress
House
Arrow head making by Native artisans across ages
Indian arrow heads were crafted from flint obsidian or hard stone and sometimes metal. Stone beads were chipped to shape by red armorers who also fashioned metal beads using crude tools. The article notes barbed forms were common and underscores the skilled labor of ancient North American manufacturers.
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uLtox
Names of the days origins and a calendar query
Jean McLean of Steubenville replies to Kearf Leer of McKeesport with a Saxon and Viking naming derivation for the days of the week. It notes Simday from the sun Monday from the moon Tuesday from Tussco God of War Wednesday from Woden Thursisy from Thor Friday from Friga wife of Woden Saturday from Saturn.
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Jean McLean
Steubenville
Kearf Leer
McKeesport
Tussco
War
Woden
Thor
Thunder
Friga
Saturn
Saturn. “Crafton
Thureday
Washington
Long Gone By Echoes In Spring Fashion
A palindelpata Times item reflects on spring's return as memories of past jests resurface. Poems of romance and decay mingle with forecasts of warmth, blossoms, and new refrigerators appearing in shop windows.
Curious Condensations from an Old Time Almanac
A long miscellany from several regions includes oddities such as a Massachusetts farmer who claims the cattle disease is spreading, Santa Rosa letter carriers complaining about oil-stuffed mailboxes, a New Mexico resident with a braided beard, high railroad treetops in Colorado, and a Paterson woman celebrating her 10th birthday with seventy descendants. Other items cover plowing by steam in Walla Walla, a Crook county preacher misquoting news, and a large 30-foot cereal plant in California. The column compiles curious notes on people, places, inventions, and oddities from across the country with no single focus.
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Jarwell Spence
Navajo Country
New Mexico
Sports & Beard
Marshall
Denver and
United States
Mary Cooper
Paterson
N. J
Bangor
California
Walla Walla Valley
West
Crook County
Oregon
Christ
Fort Lowell
Mountain Springs
Ariz
Tucson Gazette
Maud McLain
Hubert E. Lee
St. Jon_ 4
United State
Malcolm McPherson
Detroit House of Correction
Editinn
Milwaukee
Europe
Cleveland
Georgia
Ernest C. Kouls
Atlanta
University of Georgia
Toku
Japan
Tobukeji
Sagamo
Elon Booth
Newton
Conn
Booth
New York
Among The Wits Cartoon Snippets From Papers
A collage of humorous lines and quips from newspapers and magazines. Phrases touch on romance and manners with wry wit, including lines about love, weathered towns, and social scenes. The snippets hint at puns and playful exchanges across periodicals.
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Mezion
Mexico
Ent
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Boulanger
Emperor William
Bismarck
Hastings
New Jersey
Drygoods
Plummer & Co
Mississippi
Pringle
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Department of Public Works
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Judge Slagle
England
Senator Quay
Prince Josef Lubomirski
David Dudley Fiela
Claire A. Orr
Africa
Hill Nye
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Armoy Knox
Bank of England
Moody and Sankey
N.D. Wiliam Churchill
Pacific
Bert E. V. Luty
Hepburn Johns
Frederick KR Barton
Bumbalo
Bessie Bramble
George Hodges
Clara Belle
H. Rider Haggard
John G. Brenan
R. W.shoppell
Paysie
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R. Chadbourne
Shirley Dare
Miss Grundy, Jr
Meg
Eleanor Kirk
Caroline Bipton Pepper
Marquise DA
Seinen
Cnacann
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Grant Allen
Popular Science Monthly
Alice B. Tweedy
Lloyd
Boston
Toy
Harvara
Rof
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David Rittenhouse
Prof
Sumichrast
Fred 8
Mr. Webster
Hristian Rero
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Hawthorne
Wilson Barrett
Hamlet
Stanley
Emin Pasha
Ewin
Richard Vaux
Oliver T. Morton
Holmes
Morton
Andrew Jackson
James B. Thayer
Onry James
Margaret Deland
Edwin Bonner
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Scribner's Magazine
Horace
J. R. Weguelin
Karnak
Charles Henry Lidesa
Ladmor
Charles Lamb
Adave Tharet
St. Nicholas
E. J. Glave
Congo
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Nicholas
Timothy Cole
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Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard University
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Eavy
Hellefonte
Ireland
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United States Supreme Court
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London Times
the Times
Bill Nye
Kansas
Kings County Almshouse
Sand Hills
Crow Hill
Jamece Hamilton
New York Times
eLore
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Ime
Earth
Braintree
Mass
Caughi
Ood Anderson
Santa Rosa
Tranam
Jessie Carson
Osage
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Sammer
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Duchess of Marlborough
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Peanelle
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Cal
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Mich
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Willie
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Chicago Times
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Timothy Seed
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