Average circulation details for The Dispatch editions
The dispatch provides figures for the daily edition monthly ending April 1 2559 at 27 986 copies and for the Sunday edition March 1889 terms of subscription and postage. It notes postal rates and carrier delivery charges including per week rates and 2 cent postage for double or triple copies and Sunday editions.
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Pe Dispatch
Isaac
the Dispatch
United States
Conte
Friends
Getherren
Slaughter of the Licenses in Pittsburg
The Pittsburg court under Judge White narrows liquor licenses, granting fewer than 10 to Pittsburg and under 150 in Allegheny County. Proponents praise reducing saloons while opponents lament loss of access. critics worry illicit sales may rise and enforcement become harder. The Brooks law era shows a sharp decline from over 3000 taverns countywide.
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White
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Judge White
Prohibition Vote Defeated In Massachusetts
Massachusetts joins New Hampshire in voting against the Constitutional Prohibition Amendment. The setback echoes Western and Southern states that favored prohibition, while Pennsylvania appears to favor Brooks law restrictions. The trend suggests limited popular support for constitutional prohibition nationwide.
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Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
New England
Bright's Odd Taste Bars Shakespeare Dialogue
The article notes John Bright disliked Shakespeare's dialogue citing its interrupted sentence flow as diminishing interest. He favored long orations and old style rhetoric, yet appreciated Shakespeare's sonnets and poetry, suggesting eccentric genius behind the divergent view.
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John Bright
Shakespeare
Mr. Bright
England
Latter Day Miracles Draw Springfield Crowd
Mrs Pauline King a prominent Springfield resident claimed to fast for forty days and drew a crowd as she and others prayed and sang. An eight gallon stone jar of well water stood on the platform but the water resisted conversion to wine, ending without miracle.
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Pauline King
Springfield
Ilinois
The Water That Would Not Become Wine
A detailed critique of Mrs. King and her miracle meetings. The author argues failure to produce wine shows either ignorance or imposture, noting credulous audiences and the tendency of promoters to exploit religious zeal for money and attention.
Quay's Grievances Shake Pennsylvania Machine Politics
Washington reports show Senator Quay railing at patronage distribution and rival officials. He snarls at Senator Sherman for sharp play while fearing being cut out as the machine’s power wanes. The once-canny leader laments lost influence as national politics pull him further from discreet action.
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Washington
Senator Quay
Quay
Matthew Stanley
Senator Sherman
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tom
Napoleon
Beaver
Carnegie's rail rates feud sparks Pittsburgh riot memory
The Financial Chronicle criticizes Mr. Carnegie's stance against the Pennsylvania Railroad while recalling the 1877 Pittsburgh riots. It argues rail policy fueled anger toward corporations, urging firms to respect the law and win public goodwill to endure.
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New York Financial Chronicle
Carnegie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Chronicle
New York Journal
Dispatch
Financial Chronicle
Wanamaker Questioned for Post Office Reform
Washington correspondent accuses Wanamaker of running the Post Office like a Philadelphia merchandiser. He says the public dislikes the methods and that office seekers are foiled by Wanamaker’s first assistant. The piece urges departments to operate on strictly business lines to win public favor.
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Washington
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Reform weary politicians and press exposed in Pittsburgh column
A Pittsburgh newspaper column critiques Washington correspondents overreaction to office seekers, praises Wanamaker's business methods, and ridicules moves to lock up criminals without trial. It notes Diamond street improvements, salt trusts, taxes on farmers, licenses for Pittsburgh, and Oklahoma boomers amid political spoils distribution.
Prominence Notes and Social To-Do Lists Across Capitals
A miscellany U.S. social and political brief mentions Mags Parsons Lathrop writing a novel, Father Mathew’s centenary plans, a memorial window in Hanover New Hampshire, and Miss Pauncefote’s social charm in Washington. It also notes superstitions about Harrison’s honorees, illness among officials, a forgery arrest, libel cases, and a musical prodigy son of Senator Spooner, plus a San Francisco tale of the Mexican President’s wife aiding distressed opera performers with a $3,000 aid telegram.
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Mags
Parsons Lathrop
Father Mathew
St.Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal Church
Hanover
N. H
Benjamin Hale
Dartmouth
Hobart College
Pauncepote
Julian Pauncefote
Washington
Harrison
Murat Halstead
Denmark
Enander
Thomas Ryan
Mexico
Russell Harrison
Palmer
Spain
San Francisco
Madame Diaz
The Topical Talker and the Economy of Placed Folly
A narrator critiques frugal living and wasteful purchases by the poor and by others, focusing on an old man in arrears who buys an expensive plush album on installments. He also comments on Econ omy’s aging residents, shifts in its identity, and the Shiras family at the Economy hotel.
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Spenathrift
Treasury Department
Gronor Sumas L
Allegheny County
Marquette
Shiras
George Shiras I
George Shirase II
George Shiras HY
Ehila “Se
Shiras I
Dixmont
Rapp
First Controller Durham Resigns from Treasury
Durham quits after a rupture with Attorney General Miller over John Davenport election accounts. Secretary Windom accepts the resignation effective immediately, citing hostile press and discord within the administration rather than fault in Durham’s conduct.
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Washingter
Durham
Treasury Department
Windom
Miller
John S. Davena
New York
Peenteen Coats
Davenport
Alds
Busin
A Flying Train Sets Record On New York Line
A limited express from New York to Boston on the New York Providence and Boston Railroad ran six miles in five minutes after a derailment delay near New Haven. Engineer Charles C Vara on Connecticut and conductor W H Reynolds shaves minutes off schedule, claiming a record pace between Wickford Junction, East Greenwich, Providence, and Groton with a passenger train featuring multiple cars and a rebuilt engine out of the shops.
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New Lowpox
New York
Boston
New York, Providence and Boston
Stony Creek
New Haven
Groton
Thames River
Connecticut
Charles C. Vara
W. H. Reynolds
Vara
Providence
Makan
Wickford Junction
East Greenwich
Vars
Stonington Road
Easter Monday Celebrated at the White House Grounds
Easter Monday at the White House overflowed with children rolling dyed eggs on the grassy knolls. Mothers and maids watched as infantile crowds joined the scene while the Marine Band planned tunes for the afternoon.
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Hixeron
White House
Promised Land
Oklahoma
Secrets Tracy Eee the Marine Band
Kellar Delights at Grand Opera House with Clever Automata
Review notes Mr Kellar delivers graceful and amusing tricks though many are not new. Highlights include Psycho Echo and Astarte machines and a Hindoo seance finale. Spanish students charm with sunny music from guitars mandolins and violin, while plush stage drapery frames the show.
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Kellar
Grand Opera House
Keillar
Pranks of Model Servants Draw Big Laughs at Bijou
Ed Hanlon and T. W. Ryley reprise familiar roles in Le Voyage en Suisse at the Bijou last night. The large audience laughed heartily as the company delivered the humor with capable timing while scenery and mechanical effects convincingly depicted Swiss travel misadventures.
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Pittsburgers
Ed Hanlon
T. W. Ryley
Bijou
Switzerland
Borris Theatre Opens Season With The Main Line
The Peat Lenten season at this popular house opened auspiciously yesterday with The Main Line. Miss Florence Roberts shines as Pussy and Aureee Martine as Don Van. Eugene Bertram as Jim Blakely and Walter Osmond as Sam Burroughs also standout.
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Florence Roberts
Martine
Don van
Eugene Bertram
Jim Blakely
Walter Osmond
Sam Burroughs
Pittsburg
Leavitt Company Delights At Williams Academy
The Leavitt Company appeared last night at Harry Williams Academy of Music and offered a strong cast with talent. In the English extravaganza Monte Cristo Jr the pretty women and diverting comedians provide an excellent show. The Mexican portion is very attractive and the specialties are amusing.
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Leavitt Company
Harry Williams’ Academy of Music
Strange Pitcairn Islanders Visit Philadelphia Ship
The L Schepp hosts Pitcairn Governor Thursday October Christian who says 115 residents descend from mutineers. Fifteen English‑descended, Seventh Day Adventist followers board with tales of a tobacco and liquor ban and a need for women’s clothing, as Pitcairn receives supplies in exchange for fruit and provisions.
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Philadelphia
L. Schepp
Race Street Wharf
South Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Gates
Dack
Christian
Pitcairn
Lttle
A Charming Home Wedding of Woodwell and Mortland
The wedding of hardware merchant William E. Woodwell and Miss H. Elizabeth Mortland took place at the bride’s mother’s home in Homewood. Rev. George Hodges officiated. few guests attended, with J. A. Martland giving away the bride. Attendants included Miss Childs and Miss Hester Martland. A levee and luncheon followed as the couple departed by the Fast Line.
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William E. Woodwell
H. Elizabeth Mortland
Homewood
George Hodges
East End Calvary Church
J. A. Martland
Miss Childs
Miss Hester Martland
Wonderful Little Lamps Strange Creatures Light by Their Own
London Standard reports on phosphorescence in nature. No subject has eluded science more than animal mineral and vegetable phosphorescence. The ocean hosts noctilucent organisms lighting waves for miles and turning water into a glow that rivals heated metal.
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London Standard
Ocean
A Many Colored Marvel of Luminous Sea Slugs
A sea slug named the pyrosoma glows in spots on its body and can be kept in aquariums. Naples hosts some specimens in its famed aquarium. When disturbed the light resembles a flame and the creature emits orange, azure, blue, white, and dark red hues as it moves through the water.
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Mediterranean
Pacific
Naples
Ditfi
Tiny Shark Emitting Constant Light Off Southern Shores
An extraordinary small shark found off the Southern States gleams with a steady greenish light across head and body. Captured specimens kept in a dark room reveal a luminous display not boosted by agitation, suggesting the glow aids prey attraction like fishing torches.
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America
Fishes That Carry Lights and Luminous Crabs
The article notes luminous crabs including a sapphirian species famed for vivid bioluminescence. It describes a phosphorescent school of mackerel signaling the fish with a pale blue to emerald glow. The text hints at gathering or surrounding them by their glow.
Fireflies in South American Customs and Travel Tales
The text notes debates on whether fireflies provide useful light and recalls travelers' accounts from South America. It mentions natives lighting paths and decorating hair and dresses with fireflies, tied with delicate silken threads.
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South America
Queer Firefly Catching Method Described
The Vera Cruz natives trade in fireflies caught by waving burning coal on a stick to lure insects into nets. Northern American fireflies differ by flashing, not steady glow, and are called thing bugs, with light similar to glow worms.
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Vera Cruz
America
A Strange Sort of Meteor Fell to Earth
A tale from French villagers describes a luminous fall seen in the night sky followed by finding a glowing mass in a ditch. They concluded a star burned the earth but discovered the light came from frogs' eggs developing bioluminescence.
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Terri
Luminous Fungi and Glow From Decomposing Potatoes
The piece notes fungi glowing on damp mine walls and caverns, occasionally emitting enough light to read ordinary print. It also mentions that decomposing potatoes can emit a striking light.
Egg Eating Contest Draws Staten Island Crowd
Eighteen Staten Island men competed in an Easter Eve egg eating contest at a West Brighton saloon run by Cogan. Six hundred hard boiled eggs were set out and at the 45 minute mark Jim Daly led with 2 dozen eggs, Johnston had 38 and Winters 37. Canary later claimed a 42 egg record.
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New Yor
West Brighton
Cogan
Harry Winters
James Johnston
Jim Daly
Eee Johnston
English Home Rule writer Henry Moyes dies by suicide
Lawrence Massachusetts April 21 Henry Moyes an English born Home Rule writer committed suicide yesterday in distress over a controversial article and identity reveal He left a note blaming the publication for forcing him to end his life and hoping workingmen friends would unite despite divisions caused by his writings
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Lawrence
Mass
Henry Moyes
Moyes
Jose Paatien
Hair of General and Mrs Washington Offered for Sale
The New York Sun reports a New York dealer advertises relics of Revolutionary figures including "The Hair of General and Mrs Washington" with a promise of genuineness and femineness. The ad touts an extraordinary chance to own a historical keepsake from the Father of his Country.
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New York Sun
Washington
Pigs in Clover and Shipping Plans Mentioned
A Philadelphia Times note critiques incumbents handing over power and questions who are the “pigs in clover.” A Washington Post reference discusses American shipping with Clarkson praised as a model, noting promises of large ship launches as a postmaster ships program.
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The
Philadelphia Times
Washington Post
Postminster
Clarkson
Pauncefote Arrives as New British Diplomatic Agent
The New York World reports Sir Julian Pauncefote, newly arrived as British diplomatic agent, refused comment to the press citing fatigue. The incident marks a poor start and suggests the new minister lacks press familiarity, unlike his predecessor.
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Sackville
New York
Julian Pauncefote
Hasbands Take Notice Easter Bonnets in Early View
A Baltimore American note observes Easter bonnets prior to purchase, advising readers to admire designs early to avoid sticker shock when the bill arrives.
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Baltimore American
REAPING THEIR REWARD. Appointments Made in Washington
Washington April 2 William R Tapham of New York promoted from clerkship to Chief of the Division of State Drage in the Interior Department appointed a cooun of vote at a Boston vice Peter J Hughes Mr. Thomas has had 15 years experience in the mal service Presley Morris near Goshen Ohio died suddenly after being attacked and cut by a pin blood etc
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Washington
Wiliam R. Tapham
New York
Sta Drage and Theee Interior Department
Boston
Peter J. Hughes
Mr. Thomas
Mal
Coraddalf
Presley Morris
Goshen
Deaths of a Day. Stacren Blake Boetos
Stacren Blake of Boston died after a weeklong illness, born in Boston in 1657, at Boetos on April 2. Jol C. Park of Boston, a noted Whig orator and Harvard alumnus, died at Newton last night, aged nearly, with ties to the Suffolk Bowsom in the Br. aayee ee introduction to the Bickeas.
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Stacren Blake
Boetos
Tanton Blake
Boston
Jol C. Park
Park
Newton
Harvard
Suffolk Bowsom
Under the Violets Poem Fragment by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A fragmentary poem describes a maiden buried beneath violets with a wooden cross, not a stone, as spring birds and trees loom overhead. The verse imagines nature waking around the grave and a tender bud blooming despite the snow, with implied death and origin in the poet’s voice.
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Hang
Oliver Wendel Holmen
Twilight sighted burning 800 ton brig near Santa City
Notes from New York report a brig of 800 tons on fire with spars hanging over the aids as the Twilight sighted her on April 9. The next day the Twilight found large wreckage but no sign of the crew. The vessel was described as the brig Twilight, from Domingo.
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Santa City
New York
Twilight
Domingo
Firemen Battle Large Elevator and Refinery Blaze
Six fire engines continue pumping water on the burned elevators from last Friday while coal still smolders. The Wilcox lard refinery walls blaze on the west and south sides as lard and grease feed the flames and smoke fills the neighborhood.
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Wilcox Lard
Sir Julian Pauncefote Visits New York City
British Minister to the United States Sir Julian Pauncefote met visitors in a Prince Albert coat, discussing weather and Central Park before avoiding Canada and fisheries talk. He praised Delmonico's and American hotels, lunched with Whitelaw Reid, spent the afternoon with General Sherman, and plans to return to England with his wife and four daughters, leaving for Washington tomorrow.
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Julian Pauncefote
United States
Central Park
Canada
New York
Berlin
Paris
Viengs
London
Delmonico’s
Whitelaw Reid
General Sherman
England
Washington
Terre Haute
Charley Knickerbocker
Gaul
France
Dudely Vanderdam
Charie
General Boulanger
Robert
Maris
New York City
Oklahoma
New Jersey
J. Paul Pioneer Press
Fourteen Bitten by Mad Dog at City Hospital
Fourteen persons sought medical care at Chambers Street Hospital today for dog bite wounds inflicted yesterday by a mad dog. Patrick Walsh, 18, suffered the worst injuries after being bitten three times while chopping wood on the pavement, leaving three gashes on the back of his right hand.
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Chambers Street
Patrick Walsh
A Better Class of Immigrants
Castle Garden reports five thousand arrivals in the last hours as immigration rises to a spring peak with May likely bringing even more. Most passengers came from Hamburg Antwerp London and Havre and three quarters intend to settle in western and northwestern states. Officials credit new states admitted to the Union for the boom praising the arrivals as of the right stamp to enrich the Republic.
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Castle Garden
Hamburg
Antwerp
London
Havre
United States
Mormons to Arrive by Guton Line This Summer
European missions report high activity with nearly 2000 recruits for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Two to three companies of Mormons are expected to be brought to the area aboard Guton Line steamers in the coming summer.
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Europe
Guton Line
Steamera
Church of the Latter-Day Saints
Absconding Attorney Foster Said Hidden in Mexico
Information from the Produce Exchange states William Riley Foster Jr. an attorney for the Gratuity Fund trustees is in Mexico where extradition is unlikely. He fled September 27 after defrauding the fund of 165000 via fictitious mortgage. His father paid 60000 to trustees. A Bayport inventory will assess Foster property worth 40000 to 60000 with a 5000 reward for his arrest.
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Produce Exchange
William Riley Foster, Jr
Mexico
Foster
Exchange
Bayport
Old Guard Preparations March to Zion Church
The Old Guard in white cutaway coats blue trousers and gold lace paraded up Fifth Avenue led by Major George Washington McLaan to Zion Church where Rev Tiffany spoke of the group’s mission. They plan centennial celebrations with parades and entertainments for allied military groups during centennial week.
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Old Guardawen
Fifth Avenue
George Washington McLaan
Zion Church
Tiffany
D. D
Old Guard
Old Guarda
Boston
Washington Light Infantry
Charleston
Governor's Foot Guard
Connecticut
Rabid Dogs Kill Two Pigs As Town Seethes In Fear
In a rural area near George Craven's farm two large dogs bitten by a rabid canine suffered hydrophobia. Crowds gathered to witness the afflicted animals convulse as a farmer had one dog shot amid nearby stock being watched and quarantined.
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Ma.a%, Inc
George Craven
Leonard J. Thomas Dies at 4 in Eden Maine
Leonard J. Thomas of Eden Maine died yesterday at age four. He held the oldest commission as postmaster in the United States dated November 71 1824, having received five commissions and dying an incumbent. A gentle reminder notes a vacancy on the Supreme Bench and Pennsylvania’s capable Chief Justice.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Goats and snakes in a string of wild encounters
Reports from multiple states describe goats facing rattlesnakes in Georgia and Arkansas, with a Milledgeville billy goat trampling a four foot snake. A hunter near Reidsville and a boy near Sherburne, New York, both engage rattlers. A ground rattlesnake in Conway county and a cottonmouth in McMinn county are also noted with snakelings escaping. A shipboard python fights an attack near Singapore.
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Freep Anson
Milledgeville
J. Opon
Reideville
Frep D. Smrrh
Sherburne
XN. Y
Lakeside
Cal
Missus Spiller
Conway County
Ark
Indies
Irons Rowpes
Rogers’ Creek
McMinn County
Tene
Rowden
Prunos
Singapore
Curious Condensations From a Maine Farm and Far-Flung Notes
A Maine farmer’s bizarre tale of fox carcasses and a bell in a bedroom is mixed with scattered items: a railroad bagage master’s snake kill near Norwich, gophers wrecking Dakota farms, bears raiding camp molasses, Jewish colonies in China and African Christian clans, a Fresno burro and bulldog fight, a St Louis counterfeit case with multilingual testimony, a Chicago mastiff detective, and a Caribou pension exam blunder with a ticking watch miscue. The column blends odd anecdotes, local color, and curiosities from across the country.
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Maine
Ana
Arthas Schloss
Es. Fils
George P. Rogers
New London Northern Railroad
Yantic
Norwich
North Foster
B. L
James Greene
Jimmie
Maple Grove
China
Africa
Abyssinia
Fresno
Cal
St. Louis
Chicago
Chester
Ryan
Jay
United States
Caribou
Little Pleasantries and Jests From The Era
A humorous collage of witticisms about marriage moving, upscale prices, and social quirks. Notable quips reference wives, quarters, and social scenes, with lines touching on butter costs, marital dialogue, and cosmopolitan notions from New York and Oklahoma. The piece blends jokes on marriage, society, and language usage from a bygone era.
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Academy of Music
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