CENSUS NEPOTISM CHARGE SPARKS ST PAUL DEMAND FOR PROBE
A heated St Paul indignation meeting pressed United States District Attorney Hay to prosecute alleged census frauds in Minneapolis. The gathering urged swift action, citing ties between Hay and Harrison Miller and claiming potential venue influence. A petition signed by local leaders asked for vigorous prosecution and immediate service of related complaints.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Isy
Haveeen
Mixx
St Paul
Nere
Smith
Atney Hay
Anneapolis
Harrison & Miller
Indianapolis
Census Spector Port
Harrison
Miller
Davenport
Minnesota
Iaisir
John B. Sanborn
Mayvor
C. E. Flandran
J. A. Wheelock
Fred Driscoll
Pioneer Preas
A. H. Wilder
David Day
Maurice Auerbach
Holman
Russell Bisxell
Walter S. Morton
O. P. Morton
Indiana
Thomas Cochran
D. C. Sheppard
Sanborn
Flandrau
Thiel
St Louis
Captain Williams
Hessys
E. A. Stevens
Philadelphia Census Figures Rise to 1 040 449
Philadelphia census returns show a city population of 1 040 449 in 1880 figures, a rise of 195 978 since 1880, an increase of about 22 percent. Supervisors report strong dwelling growth and urban expansion across the district.
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Philadelphia
Robert B. Beath
Philapo
Census figures hint Cincinnati population near three hundred thousand
Cincinnati and Hamilton county census returns are far from complete with only one ward finished. Early indications put Cincinnati’s population around 300000 and Hamilton county near 400000 as results trickle in amid disrupted counts and uncertain accuracy.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
New York Population Estimate Tops 1 627 227 Says Murray
Supervisor Murray estimates New York City's population at 1 627 227 from census reports. Twenty districts remain only partially enumerated, with Brooklyn contributing nearly 900 000. He expects total city population over 2 500 000, though final figures await complete district returns in Washington.
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Brooklyn
Diefatch
New York
Washington
Indiana Enumerators Use Doles for Political Work
New Castle Indiana June 21 census enumerator George Washington Bunch was seen with a pocket book listing polling headings including Republican Democrat National Prohibition and more. A remark column advised what literature would reach the voter and urged judicious silence, suggesting Republican party coordination in Indiana.
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New Castle
George Washington Bunch
Teack
Post Ofice
Republican
Democrat
National
Prohibition
Union
Farmers’ Alliance
Greenbacker
Indiana
Republican Party
State Census Progress Delayed In New Orleans
Special telegram from New Orleans reports census work behind schedule as half enumerants have turned in lists. Supervisor Baldy notes overflowed parishes slow the process and next week will continue. State census conducted in March as a check shows about 1 147 000 for Louisiana and 236 300 for New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Baldy
Sime
Louisiana
Boston Population Near 418000 Says Globe
The Globe reports Boston’s population at about 417,720 based on census returns complete or nearly so. The figure implies a gain of about 55,000 since 1880 and 27,327 since the state census five years ago.
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Bostrox
the Globe
Boston
How to Buy a Horse by Week-Long Trial Advice
A Brooklyn Eagle piece recounts a veteran dealer’s method for safe horse buying. He urges a week's trial at $1 daily plus stable board to reveal true value, arguing many poor purchases stem from overbidding and bargain fever rather than fair pricing and informed judgment.
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Tnere
Inoculating Cattle Experiments Aimed at Texas Fever Prevention
Experiments at the Missouri State farm test inoculation to reduce Texas fever in cattle. Researchers report partial success creating a virulent fever as protection and reproducing the virus outside the animal. They hope gradual methods will yield complete herd protection. Texas fever outbreaks may become rare.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Missouri
Texas
Bellicose Altercation Ends With Arrest in Spring Alley
Yesterday afternoon William Law and Mrs. Skawriski clashed in Spring alley. Law allegedly assaulted Mrs. Skawriski, prompting Alderman Burs to oversee the incident. She was arrested and posted bail for a hearing tomorrow.
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William Law
Nine Hungarians Detained as Contract Laborers in McKeesport
Nine Hungarian workers bound for McKeesport Pennsylvania were ticketed for travel on June 21 and detained this afternoon at the barge office as contract laborers.
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McKeesport
New York
Nine Millions Offered in Lottery Charter Fight
New Orleans reports no vote on extending the Louisiana Lottery Charter as of June 21. A Democratic caucus is planned for Monday to prevent a split, with anti lottery Senator Stamant facing bribery charges and Governor Nichols implicated. Lottery backers claim a two thirds House vote may be secured for Tuesday.
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Tee Diepatce
New Orleans
Lousiana Lottery Company
Harris
Senator Lott
J. Morris
Stamant
Nichols
No Food With Liquor Dismisses Public Bar Charge
Boston judge frees Thomas Connors in Roxbury Court, ruling serving a sandwich with drinks does not make a public bar. He states licensing requires a public bar, and food is not a factor, suggesting other liquor dealers may follow suit.
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Boston
Balster
Roxbury
Connors
Jin
Deadly Electric Fluid Strikes Carl Crouse at Potatoes Field
In Newark on June 21 during a county storm Daniel Lake and Harry Fiteell sheltered under a sapling while Frank Crouse son of farmer George Crouse stayed under a larger tree. A bolt struck Crouse on the head killing him instantly. His clothes were torn from his body. In his vest pocket were silver dots and a watch, the current melted the silver but left the watch intact. He was 21 years old.
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Newark
Daniel Lake
Harry Fiteell
Frank Crouse
George Crouse
Crouse
Strike brewing in Osceola coal region
Dissatisfaction among miners in Phillipsburg Beech Creek and Osceola coal districts fuels talk of a strike. A general meeting issued a circular demanding higher prices and safer labor, with dead work pay. A joint meeting in Phillipsburg on the 27th aims to push an adjustment. Over 15,000 miners affected.
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Minera
HunorxGepon
Phillipsburg
Beech Creek
Osceola
Body of Niagara Falls Woman Found on Lake Ontario Shore
Special telegram from Locxcroft reports the body of Mrs. Reagan of Niagara Falls recovered on Lake Ontario near Olcott. She leaped to her death June 9 from Goat Island at the falls. This is the first body found about forty miles away, carried by high water and swift current. The body was badly bruised and decomposed.
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Locxcroft
Lake Ontario
Olcott
Reagan
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Mrs Stuart Robson Dead in Cohasset Harbor
Mrs Stuart Robson wife of the comedian died suddenly at their summer residence in Cohasset Harbor Mass. She had been in good health earlier and died within an hour after suffering a prostration while playing with grandchildren. Cause is believed to be a ruptured near heart blood vessel.
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Cohasset
Mass
Stuart Robson
Cohasset Harbor
R. Robson
Creshore
Boston
Grand Division adjourns to meet in St Louis next year
The Grand Division of the Order of Railway Telegraphers adjourned in June after a session here and set next meeting in St. Louis. Elected officers include H. S. Lambin of Columbus Ohio as Past Grand Chief Telegrapher A. D. Thurston as Grand Chief TelegraphER and S. O. Fox of Vinton Iowa as Grand Secretary and Treasurer.
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the Order of Railway Telegraphers
St. Louis
Lambin
Columbus
A. D. Thurston
Fox
Vinton
Three Boys Committed to Jail in Alleheny Larceny Case
Three youths named A Fallen P Doran and John Campbell were committed to jail yesterday by Mayor Woman of Alleheny on a barge of larceny. They are alleged to have tapped the till of Mrs Weiss on Avenue on Monday last for the arrests Lieutenant McKelvey.
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A. Fallen
P. Doran
John Campbell
Alleheny
Charerd With Investing Ladies Arrest Sparks Disorder Charge
A young man named McMichael was arrested and jailed at Allegheny station on nine charges of disorderly conduct after allegedly insulting women pedestrians on Taggart Street.
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Charerd
S& Young
McMichael
Allegheny Station
Taggart Street
Unknown Floater Found Near Cook's Ferry
The body of a 9 year old drowned boy dressed in knee pants was recovered this evening at Cook's Ferry, one mile below. The incident was reported to the Dispatch.
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Ispostri
Cook's Ferry
Anglo German Agreement Concedes Heligoland to Germany
Berlin reports the Bundesrath backed the Anglo German pact granting Heligoland to Germany. The note details Caprivi’s aim, Moltke’s fortification view, and public opinion pushing for the cession while islanders favor emigration to America over German rule. Immediate Turkish war indemnity demands from Russia and Balkan notes follow.
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von Caprivi
Africa
Heligoland
Weser
Elbe
Hamburg
Bremen
Count von Moltke
Bundesrath
Germany
England
Lord Salisbury
Count von Hatffeldt
Chancellor von Caprivi
Zanzibar
Admiral Henks
Henks
Great Britain
America
France
East Africa
Porte
M. Nelidoff
Balkans
Russia
Turkey
Carlsbad Visit Set Before Conference with Kalnoky
The report notes a figure traveling to Carlsbad to meet with the locality on July 1 and to have a subsequent conference with Count Kalnoky, outlining a sequence of diplomatic engagements.
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Carlsbad
Count Kalnoky
Wharton Barker Arrested in Neighborhood Dispute
Special telegram reports Wharton Barker president of the Finance Company of Pennsylvania and Barker Bros. & Co. was arrested by telephone and released on his own recognizance after a warrant by Magistrate Urner over a dispute involving a torn boardwalk on Wyncote avenue in Chiltenham. Oliver Perry Smith filed charges after purchasing Barker property and McCall selling the walk. Hearing set for Monday at 4 PM.
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Philadelphia
Wharton Barker
Finance Company of Pennsylvania
Barker Bros. & Co
Anglo-American Bank
Urner
Norristown
Oliver Perry Smith
Barker
Wyncote Avenue
Chiltenham
Custer
Smith
McCall
Cloudburst at Wheeling disrupts rail traffic and floods area
Special telegram reports a noon cloudburst four miles east of Wheeling causing widespread washouts and landslides along the Ohio River rail line. Cameron is flooded. trains from East West and South delayed. Furniture seen afloat on the Ohio River. damage amount unknown. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad hardest hit. big washout on Wheat River.
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Wheeling
Cameron
Ohio River
Barnesville
Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bowlesburg
Wheat River
Foreman Berger Arrested Over Revolver Threat
Long Island City June 21 Foreman Frank Berger of Barbara Asphalt Works was arrested on Mayor Gleason's warrant sworn by Edward Slattery who says Berger threatened to pull a revolver. Striking cartmen demand $4 per day, and when the company tried to hire its own horses and carts, strikers jeered and assaulted Benjamin Bannon and John Shea. Berger denies drawing his revolver and is held in $1,000 bonds for examination.
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Long Island City
Frank Berger
Barbara Asphalt Works
Gleason
Edward Slattery
Berger
Benjamin Bannon
John Shea
Croker to be examined by Fassett panel Monday
Ex-Chamberlain and Tammany leader Richard Croker will face the Fassett Investigation Committee on Monday in New York. The probe is expected to focus on issues raised by Brother-in-law McCann, with Fassett's absence noted as regrettable by some allies.
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New York
Tammany
Richard Croker
Fassett
Senator Fassett
Croker
McCann
Too Noisy For the Neighbors Arrests of Gapper and Stepson
Albert Gapper and his stepson John Walton of Forty-seventh street were arrested after neighbors complained of boisterous Saturday night celebrations. They were locked up at the Seventeenth ward station and face a morning hearing.
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Albert Gapper
John Walton
Forty-seventh Street
Seventeenth Ward
Arrest of Two Southeldersa for Their Own Good on Market Street
Detectives arrested John Wagoner and Charles Miller on Market Street after being found intoxicated with three women. They carried over $450. Edward Dwyer and Paul were also detained at Seventeenth Ward station awaiting Judge Leslie on assault charges linked to a prior Forty-First Street beating of John Coffey.
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Southeldersa
John Wagoner
Charles Miller
Southside
Market Street
Shore
Robinson
Edward Dwyer
Paul
Seventeenth Ward
Leslie
John Coffey
Forty-first Street
The Emma Schmotzer Verdict Filed by Coroner
A verdict according to the facts was rendered yesterday by the Coroner in the Emma Schmotser case. She died Friday at Southside Hospital from Paris green poisoning. Testimony showed despondency after the young man she planned to accompany to Cleveland went there without her.
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Emma Schmotzer
Emma Schmotser
Southside Hospital
Paris Green
Cleveland
Fire at Hope Street House Causes Alarm
A still alarm was sent to Engine Company No. 4 yesterday afternoon for a small fire in the house of Mrs Jane Smith on Hope street between Gist and Miltenburger streets. The blaze, caused by a defective flue between the rafters of the roof, was extinguished with several Babcocks.
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Jane Smith
Hope Street
Gist and
Miltenburger Streets
Speak-Easy Crackdown Arrest Nets Three: Sugar Held
Thomas Sugar was arrested by Lieutenant Shafer last night for operating a speak-easy at his home on Lawn Street in the Fourteenth ward. He was lodged at Fourteenth ward station and will face a hearing this morning.
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Thomas Sugar
Shafer
Fourteenth Ward
Lawn Street
A Quarrel and Carting in Allegheny Alley
In an alley from West Diamond street Allegheny last night George Washington colored quarreled with Albert Robinson cut him and was arrested.
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West Diamond Street
Allegheny
George Washington
Albert Robinson
Wederborgians Convene in Chicago Headlines Report
In Chicago on June 21 the general convention of the Swedenborgian New Jerusalem church in the United States gathers this afternoon with Rev Chauncey Giles of Philadelphia presiding in Scanton noted in dispatches from URICAGO.
Reed Wins Battle Over Silver Bill in House Committee
Washington dispatch reports Reed's supporters win control of the debate over the silver free coinage bill. The bill is sent to the Coinage Committee and expected to be amended, with no guarantee of passage this session. Democrats and free coinage factions suffer a major rout as party leadership is blamed and Speaker Reed gains momentum.
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Coinage Committee
Washington
House
Senate
Mills
Bland
Springer
Mild Criticism Of Secretary Bialine At Capitol
A June report claiming Secretary Bialine denounced the McKinley bill before the Senate Appropriations Committee sparked Capitol excitement. A close aide cites the remarks as a targeted critique of reciprocal South American terms, not a broad denunciation, noting Bialine’s steady protectionist stance and affinity for Pennsylvania institutions.
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Bialine
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Capitol
Pan- American Congress
Biniie
Bisine
Pennsylvania
Harrison Did Say It Special Telegram to The Dispatch
Washington June 21 A special telegram reports that President Harrison told a friend he was out of the 1892 presidential race. The friend named is James H Woodward of Oakland California Pacific coast agent for the Wabash Railroad who was in Washington on business and pressed the President on the remarks.
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Washington
Harrison
James H. Woodward
Oaklond
Cal
Wabash Railroad
Federal election bill to be considered by House early next week
The Federal election bill faces House action early next week as the Committee on Rules plans to report a resolution making it a special order on Monday. Republicans split on how long to devote to debate, with Lodge and fellow advocates urging prompt action.
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Conger
Dispatch
Committee On Coinage
Committee On Rules
Republicans Move to Fast-Track Key Measures in Congress
The piece notes a split among Republicans on timing and debate while Democrats threaten filibuster tactics. A Caucus Committee circular urges every Republican to attend daily sessions next week, signaling intent to push party pledges from the national platform into law amid pressure to unify in passage.
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Caucus Committee
Confiscation Bill Decrees Mormon Funds for Utah Schools
In the Senate on June 21 a House bill to apply funds from the Mormon Church to Utah common schools was taken up. An amendment to endow learning institutions under church control faced opposition. Debate over timing tied to pending Supreme Court litigation on polygamy ended with passage of the bill, subject to conference and future review.
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Senate
House
Butler
Utah
General Board of Education
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Edmunds
Voorhees
Vermont
Supreme Court of the United States
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Supreme Court
Teller
Yeas
Payne
Mr. Edmunds
Messrs. Hawley
Plumb and Teller
A Pastoral on Atheism by Cardinal Manning
A pastoral sermon from His Eminence Cardinal Manning discusses atheism and agnosticism, condemning passive unbelief as intolerant and urging belief in God. It contrasts modern doubt with biblical proof, cites Jeremiah and Luke, and emphasizes churches as fountains of living water and altars of the Trinity.
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Israel
Jesus Christ
Jeremias
State News Briefs Highlight Haymaking and Local Incidents
General state notes report haymaking at peak across the state. Reading councils set a 94 mill tax rate. A burglar takes $400 from Mrs. Waltman in Williamsport. Jostin Hurok sues Pennsylvania Rail for $90,000 over an arm loss. A Lancaster freight train lifts a team 200 feet. A woman in New Brighton snaps Mary Burns’ hair. Universalists meet in Couneaut, W. Pa. Smiley buys Franklin Citizen Press. Harrison to visit Mt. Gretna encampment with General Schofield. Juper Brows blocks licenses in Warren county. licensed packages to follow. Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry to plan September reunion in Franklin. Evissa Kane buys 12,000 acres, totaling 22,000 in Elba Valley. Eight jockeys, including four novices, arrive in Erie for Algeria farm service. Virginia martins seen around Williamsport market square, noted for potential ornithology value.
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Waltman
Williamsport
Jostin Hurok
Sharon
Pennsylvania Road
Lancaster
Mary Burns
New Brighton
Lake Erie
E. W. Smiley
Franklin Citizen Press
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Macky
Gilfillan
Dickey
Warren
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Franklin
Evissa K. Kane
Kane
Union Oil Company
Bingham Estate
Kinzus Creek
Bradford
Mr. Kane
Eihasua Valley
Erie
New York
Algeria Farm
Abducted Child Sparks Transatlantic Melodrama
Englishman Henry Harding, in New York since 1883, abducted his six year old daughter from Brooklyn, sailed to England, and left behind a tangled domestic tale. Harding had married Jennie Hamilton, a 16 year old artist model, endured prior elopements, separations, and a web of affairs involving furniture dealer Armbeister. The child remains with relatives as Harding seeks divorce and custody. The case unfolds across Newark Brooklyn and London with detectives, betrayals, and a forged death lead.
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Henry Harding
New York
Harding
England
New Yeak
Brooklyn
Jennie Hamilton
Aedee
Hedia
Newark
Armbeister
Love and anger on a Chicago street quarrel
In Chicago Times the tale recounts a fashionably dressed pair of socialites who plotted to trap a wealthy gentleman. One woman lured him and invited the other, leading to a plotted tryst that ended in a dramatic hallway confrontation with slashing teeth, ripped gloves, and stolen hair and rouge. One woman fled, leaving a torn Southside social circle in her wake.
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Chicago Times
No. 2
Cave-In Halts Rail Work Near Steubenville
A collapse in Gould's tunnel on the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis line near Steubenville blocks traffic. Four of a gang of Italian workers were injured, while twenty five men clear wreckage. no trains can pass until tomorrow morning.
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Gould
Pittsburg
Cincinnati and St. Louis
Tolkien baths advertised at Natatorium on Duquesne Way
A Victorian notice promotes weekly Tolkien baths for sedentary men and women including merchants bankers lawyers ministers and clerks. The Natatorium on Duquesne Way is highlighted as a premier Turkish bath establishment with male and female attendants. Open daily 9 AM to 9 PM Sundays 6 AM to noon Sundays 6 AM to noon Tuesdays marked for ladies only and Fridays 8 AM to 6 PM reserved for ladies.
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Duquesne Way
United States
Photographs Free With Cabinet Purchase This Week
Hexpnuices & Co announces free 8210 photographs with every dozen cabinets sold this week at No 68 Federal St Allegheny Also selling cabinets at $1 per dozen Braddock parade note lists Richardson Hart and Mra Aaron as attendees with timing at 6 oclock Saturday June 21 specifics are unclear due to garbled OCR
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Hexpnuices & Co
Federal St
Allegheny
Diew Richardson
Braddock
MagGiz
Mra
Daniel Fe Aaron Ia Hart Tins
Feneillen Meupay
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