The Dispatch Advertises World Wide Offices and Availability
The notice lists Eastern Advertising Office in New York and Brentano's in New York Paris and London as outlets for THE DISPATCH. It invites foreign readers and advertisers to visit offices while in New York and mentions hotel newsstands as places to obtain the paper.
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Hoom RD
Tribune
New York
Dispatch
Brentano's
Cafon Square
T Ave. de Opera
Paris
France
Etrend
London
Eng
Patch Dispatch Period Rates and Office Move
The notice lists subscription prices for The Dispatch per day and per week with Sunday editions and changes in delivery, including a year and monthly plan. It also notes a price of 20 cents for daily dispatches including Sunday and specifies a weekly rate. The business office relocation is announced at Smithfield and Diamond Streets in Pittsburgh.
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Poctace Fnre
Parey Mieraren
Danny Desratee
Darky Desraren
Bouxpat Disraten
the Dispatch
Smithfield and
Diamond Streets
Sugar Duties Debate Highlights Trust Interests
The House debate on the sugar schedule revealed two key features. A California Republican pushed to reduce duties to aid free raw sugar imports, while Democrats largely supported that Republican amendment. The piece notes California refiners benefit from high refined sugar protection and argues Democratic votes favored the trust, contrasting claims of party solidarity.
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Sugar Trust
California
Sandwich Islands
McKenna
Mr. McKenna
Louisville Courier Journal
Stanford's Great Scheme Sparks Fresh Land Loan Bill
Senator Stanford introduces another land loan bill proposing officials with salaries from six thousand dollars to run a government backed lending program at two percent interest. Telegraph reports suggest it mirrors his first proposal while critics say it would create high paid positions for government loan work and boost greenbacker ambitions.
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Stanford
Quay's Hints Stir Nominating Fight Amid Party Watch
As conventions near, Senator Quay's leanings puzzle Democrats and Republicans alike. The piece argues Delamater on the Republican side faces the only internal challenge, while Pattison on the Democratic side would threaten Republican chances if Delamater aligned with the GOP. Quay hints at a strategic coup, saying any Republican candidate could suit him, keeping his true plan concealed. Allegheny County’s Montooth remains a viable contender with steady backing.
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Quay
Beaver Statesman
Delamunter
Rominee
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Delamater
Hastings
Montooth
Osborne
Repub- Tewn
Allegheny County
Hox
Joan B. Roninsos
Delaware County
John B.compton
Crawford County
Republican Committee
Erie Dispatch
Ebedford County
Scull
Bedford County
Longenecker
Stone
Bedford
Burdick
McKean
Thomas Capp
Lebanon
Mercer County
Henry Hall
Williamsport
E. K. Martin
Gove
Lancaster
Kane
Watson
Warren
Emery
Russia Seeks War As Armies Face Broad European Tensions
Report from St. Petersburg suggests the Russian army favors conflict not against a specific foe but as a rule of life. The piece notes soldiers’ warlike bent and hints at a wider European mood, with armies across the continent shaped by military aims and social roles.
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St. Petersburg
Europe
Rusdia
Russian War Motives and Class Tensions in 19th Century Russia
The piece argues the army’s influence lies with aristocratic officers rather than peasants who perform the fighting. It claims officers seek war for promotion and to shield internal affairs, fearing German dominance and Drei Bund. It notes no current war threat with Germany, predicting Turkey as likely early victim if Russia chooses conflict.
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Germany
Europe
Russia
William
Turkey
Parliamentary Distinctions Highlight Fringe of House Debate
A tone of satirical recap notes the row in the House and the new rules about parliamentary language. It cites calls denouncing a colleague as a sewer versus a conduit and discusses the shift from intent to word choice in defining unparliamentary speech. The piece references Truthful James and past rulings to frame current conduct.
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Point Bus
John James Ingalls
James
Divided Canadian Opinion on Newfoundland Fisheries Debate
The Montreal Board of Trade debate reveals sharp race based splits over English policy granting French fishing vessels privileges without Canadian consultation. Anglo Canadians fault the government while French Canadians defend French interests, even risking war alignments with France.
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Newfoundland
Montreal
France
United States
Believer or Agnostic: Ingalls Faces Both Ways
A Washington-era commentary questions Senator Ingalls of Kansas about changing views on immortality. It notes an 1889 shift attributing Massillon’s argument, recalls 1883 agnosticism at Senator Hill’s funeral, and asks how he explains apparent contradictions. The piece suggests Ingalls may hold opposing opinions simultaneously.
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Senator Ingalls
Kansas
Massillon
Mr. Sogalls
Senator Hill
Mr. Ingalls
Ingalla
Ingalls
Stanard scheme aims to flood money via 2 percent loans
The plan envisions lending to all at two per cent interest and using government presses to print money, sparking broad hope of wealth. Yet the prospect hinges on the Senator not monopolizing Treasury presses to fund railway land grant debts to the government, risking failure to cover Central Pacific Railway liabilities.
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Wuenx Stanard
Sonator
Central Pacific Railway
Me Sheeman's Appeal to Supreme Court on Execution Cruelty
The article outlines Me Sheeman's argument before the Supreme Court that electrical execution may constitute cruel and unusual punishment. It suggests broader public receptivity if the notion were further developed and clarified in legal reasoning.
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Me. Sheeman
Supreme Court
Dressed beef decisions spark inter States amendments amid political banter
The piece catalogs a string of sharp, satirical notes on public policy and politics. It mocks attempts to amend the Inter State Commerce Act and critiques officials, parties, and opinions from Krxa to Ingalls while weaving in jokes about rail ballooning weather forecasts police edicts and urban strikes.
Butterworth drawn: party organs clash over his stance
Born Republican and Democratic organs say that if Ben Butterworth carries this argument a little further he will be a Democrat. The Democratic organs note the Republican organs attack him for his frankness.
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Ben Butterworth
Late House events spur call for Queensberry style rules
Late events in the House threaten to show the need for a new ruleset modeled after the Marquis of Queensberry. The reflection points to modern governance and codes of conduct drawing on boxing era reforms.
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Marquis of Queensberry
The Best Man’s Dilemma and Odd Mayflower Incident
A Pittsburgh hotel introduces daytime dinners with live orchestra, imagining it as a new mid day dining novelty. A Mayflower Ohio River cruise tale ends with a passenger’s embarrassment as teeth and chewing gum become tangled, causing a dramatic near spill overboard.
Maine judges overrule Supreme Court precedents
The Savannah News notes that Maine judges show little respect for Supreme Court rulings and are overruling the original package decision whenever possible. It claims Speaker Reed sets a bad example for his state by disregarding parliamentary precedents.
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Maine
A United States Supreme Court
Reed
Supreme Court Reverses Pa Revenue Ruling in Norfolk and Western Case
The U S Supreme Court reversed the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a suit by the state against the Norfolk and Western Railroad Co over a 1879 license tax on foreign corporations. Norfolk and Western operated through lines via contracts with Pennsylvania lines though main operations were in Virginia. The state and railroads dispute the license fee of one quarter of 1 percent on authorized capital, with total claims not expected to exceed $2,000 to $3,000.
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Harrisburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
State of Pennsylvania
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Auditor General
New York
Philadelphia
Dauphin County
M. E Ulmstead
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Virginia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Shenapdeah Valley Railroad Company
Dauphin County Court
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Norfolk and Western
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company
Strawney's Plan to Colonize Upper Congo Attracts Opposition
The suggestion of sending freed African Americans to colonize the Upper Congo faces potential hurdles as critics call for stopping Arab slave-hunters and native cannibals from the region before any settlement effort proceeds.
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Strawney
Upper Congo
Prominent People In The News And Venerable Seafarers
A jumble of brief curiosities reports Ciarntes DipLer Warner visiting Los Angeles, Captain McCalla beginning a three year vacation, and General Teheng-Ki-Tong’s Paris wedding in the South of France. Notes on John Rosery’s weather mood, Mark Twain’s wealth and crusty demeanor, Recorder Smyth’s stern appearance, Axus Jenny Rusk at the White House, and Justice Fusilier’s cavalry bearing. Also mentioned are stamp king Joann Palewir in London, George W. Cable’s calm bearing, and Admiral Provo Wall’s 100th birthday recalling the Chesapeake fight.
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Ciarntes DipLer Warner
Los Angeles
McCalla
United States
Enterprise
Paris
Teheng-Ki-Tong
France
Jonnx Rosery
Mark Twain
Chicago Times
Recorder Smyth
New York
Axcus Jenny” Rusk
White House
Fusiler
United States Supreme Court
Joan PaLwelr
Strand
London
Grorce W. Cable
Sre Provo Wall
Chesapeake
England
Boston Harbor
Corbin wedding gift: private car trip to Mexico for Philadelphia couple
Austin Corbin presents a Philadelphia couple with a wedding gift of his private car for a Mexico trip. The carriage is stocked with provisions and includes servants, reflecting Corbin’s grand gesture. The scene suggests the couple’s response may lean sentimental.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Austin Corbin
Philadelphia
Mexico
Mr. Corbin
Cochran Will Distributes Land and Funds to Churches
The late H B Cochran probate will allocates an acre in Mifflin township for a Catholic church at Duquesne and assigns the brick mortgage from John M Yohe or a 400 limit for a frame church. It provides 6000 for a parochial school, 2100 to Agnes Church, a mortgage to Paul Orphans Asylum, and 100 for Lebanon Presbyterian repairs. Minor bequests to relatives follow.
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H. BH. Cochran
Mifflin Township
Phelan
Duquesne
Johbn M. Yohe
Agnes Church
Paul Orphans Asylum
G. W. Leadbeatter
Reynoldton
Lebanon Presbyterian Church
Don
C. and
Niede, Bovard
General Harrison Allen Sued Over Book Portrait Fee
General Harrison Allen of North Dakota was sued in Philadelphia after agreeing to pay $100 for a full page phototype and biography in a biographical book. He later declined the book and the matter went to court.
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Philadelphia
Harrison Allen
North Dakota
Carr
Allen
Pennsylvania
Aimerican Biographical Publishing Company
Charles BR. Deacon
Sant
Deacon
Behring Sea Question Tabled At Cabinet Meeting
In Wasmington on May 20 the Behring Sea matter was discussed at the cabinet session. It is understood the administration intends to adhere to the prior policy and maintain the stance on the issue.
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Wasmington
Reception for Pastor Holmes at Shadyside Church
A warm reception celebrated Rev. Richard Holmes and Mrs. Holmes at Shadyside Presbyterian Church. Guests met the new pastor and family, praised church relations, and discussed plans for the new edifice and a forthcoming choir. Ice cream and cake were served by Sunday school young ladies.
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Richard 8. Holmes
Holmes
Shadyside
Mr. Holmes
Dodge
George W. Dilworth
Lerry Sughman
F. Andre Henry Breed
George A. Berry
William Moorhead
Miss Bayard Honored In Pittsburgh Society Gatherings
Louise Bayard daughter of former Secretary of State, guest of Miss Elizabeth Moorhead, receives wide social attention in Pittsburgh. A Monday evening at the Oakland home of Mr and Mrs Kirk Porter, a card party with Mr and Mrs Max Moorhead, and upcoming entertainment at Mr and Mrs Reuben Miller mark her cordial receptions.
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Pitesburg
Louise Bayard
Bayard
Elizabeth Moorhead
Fifth Avenue
Moorhead
Kirk Porter
Oakland
Reuben Miller
Max Moorhead
Kennedy Moorhead
Kuhn
Death of Mrs Ayres Casts Shadow Over Woman's Club Meeting
The Woman's Club held a somber session in the Teachers Library after the sudden death of Mrs W S Ayres a beloved member who spoke at the last meeting on Spain and Queen Isabella A committee led by Mrs George H Taylor and Mrs A B Ramsey was appointed to prepare sympathy resolutions for the bereaved family Papers on the Vineyards and Religions of Spain were discussed and plans for a summer excursion were outlined
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Woman's Club
Teachers’ Library
W. 5. Ayres
Spain
Isabella
George H. Taylor
A.B. Ramsey
Woman's Journal
Tomorrow's Concert for Soldiers Widows Home Benefit
The Ladies of the G A R plan a Thursday Old City Hall concert to raise funds for the Soldiers Widows Home in Hawking Station. Pittsburgh talent performs as the project funds improvements to the building and grounds, with a June dedication announced for public inspection.
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Old City Hall
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Department of the Ladies of the
G. A
Hawking Station
Grand Lodge Delegates Feast in Turner Hall
About 100 ladies and gentlemen including delegates to the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah gathered in Turner Hall Forbes street last night. The evening opened with secret work of the order and a Rebekah degree demonstration by Alice Kay Lodge No. 1%. The delegates and their guests then enjoyed a banquet served by Alice Kaye members with a substantial spread. M D Wylie Past Grand Patriarch of the State presided as toastmaster.
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Grand Lodge
Turner Hall
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Daughters of Rebekah
Order
Forbes Street
Alice Kay Rebekah
Alice Kaye
M.D. Wylie
Swimming Hours Extended At Natatorium For Teachers And Students
Interest in swimming grows with ladies attending the Natatorium and managers extending next Friday hours to 6 o clock possibly permanent. Prof Wood of the High School pressed for the benefit of Public School teachers and students. About ladies took their first lesson yesterday.
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Wood
Mozart Club and Boston Symphony on Second Grand Concert
Review describes a near full Old City Hall audience for a program under conductor Nikisch including Goldmark Sakuntala and Schumann Symphony No.4. Soloists Steinbach Fraser Vogel Strauss and Hekking receive praise, with strong choral power and orchestral unity highlighted.
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Mozart Club
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Second Forest
Old City Hall
Paul Zimmerman
Bervas
Mozart
Dem Serali
Madam Steinbach
Jalena Schumann
Yayo Igoaca
erZo
Demersseman
Momsioul Les Mole
Wagner
Haeusey
Weber
W. EB. Wolfe
Magele P. Fraser
Joseph A. Vogel
John A. Strauss
Goldmark
Sakuntala
Mr. Nikisch
Strauss Orchestra Electrifies Boston in Opening Concert
The New York Herald lauds the Strauss orchestra as complete and strong in Boston in Music Hall. It notes a small string section yet praises the vigor of Strauss and the electric energy of the waltzes and overtures.
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Strauss Orchestra
Boston
New York Herald
Ita
Strauss
Lange
Music Hall
Err
Langley Faces Rift Over Smithsonian Zoo Leadership
Staff correspondent reports a dispute between Prof. Samuel Langley and Prof. William T. Hornaday regarding who should oversee the Smithsonian zoological gardens. Hornaday, long a key force behind the project, resigns after Langley favors a new superintendent arrangement under G. Brown Goode. Hornaday had suggested executive experience but is sidelined, drawing bitter feelings from friends.
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Hixoter
Samuel H. Langley
Allegheny Observatory
Thut
Smithsonian Institution
William T. Hornaday
Smith-sonian
Zoological Gardens
Prof
Hornaday
Smithsonian
Prof. Hornaday
Zoological Park Commission
Langley
Charce
Hornasday
Current Timely Topics and Local Notes
A miscellany of opinions and colorful snippets mentions Congressman Vaux, ballot reform, circus lemonade quality, and a Meadville rooster tale. It notes Miss Mattie Mitchell of Oregon praised for beauty and sense, and hints ex governor Foster eyeing Congress. The column closes with market wit about oil brokers being whipped in swings of the market.
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Mattie Mitchell
Senator Mitchell
Oregon
Weea
Still in the Balance in Kemmler Case at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard the Kemmler writ of error appeal on May 2 over death by electricity. Roger M. Sherman argued the method may violate due process as cruel and unusual punishment under the Fourteenth Amendment. The court adjourned without a decision, rescheduling for Friday.
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Washinotos
Kemmler
United States Supreme Court
Roger M. Sherman
Sherman
New York
Supreme Court
Court of Aspeas
Ander
Virginia nominates two to Worlds Mail commission
Governor McKinney named ex-Congressman John T. Harris of Rockingham county as Democratic Commissioner and General V. DB. Groner of Norfolk City as Republican Commissioner to the Worlds Mail from Virginia.
Conspiracy Charges Brought in Montour County Case
Frank P. Howe manager of North Branch Iron Company and detectives Leisenring Williams held to court in $1,000 bail each on conspiracy charges connected to alleged efforts to obtain information aiding a rival firm Johnson Company. Points of evidence show Leisenring, an North Branch employee, collaborated to lure Johnson officials into illegal activity. Cases to be heard at Montour County Court next term starting Monday.
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Danville
Frank P. Howe
North Branch Iron Company
Henry H. Lessenting
James Williams
Arthaur J. A Moxham
Johnson Company
Johnstown
Moxham
Leteenring
Edward HK. Entwiste
Henry Shea
Bert
Murphy
Montour County
Howe
Leisenring
Wiliams
Johnson
North Iron Company
Statewide party candidates emerge in Pennsylvania races
The article lists multiple states candidates for Congress and State Senate including Daniel J Horner on the Republican ticket and B S Conliss on the Democratic ticket. It notes discussions about candidates in Bedford Mercer and Sullivan counties and mentions party strategizing around Speaker and Lieutenant Governor races.
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Somerset
Congress
Daniel J. Horner
How
B.S. Conliss
Dushore
Sullivan County
W. G. Powwsli
Andrews
Culbertson
Deaths of a Day in Allegheny and Nearby Areas
Multiple obituary notices report George W. Smith of Allegheny dies at his residence on Knoll Street after a long life as a contractor and city official. The item notes his virginia birth, Pittsburgh arrival two years ago, and his church memberships. Also referenced are brief notices of Judge Himmel’s death in Chambersburg and other local obituaries with minimal details.
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George W. Smith
Allegheny
Knoll Street
Mr. Smith
Winchester
Pittsburgh
Braddock
Methodist Episcopal Church
North Avenue
Mwe
Olne
Ehim
Alph
Albert B
Smith
Radcline
M . Ig
A A
Curious Condensations Across The Nation
A collage of oddities and incidents from Athens Georgia to Maine and Michigan. A boy hooks a cow related death in Lalne, a Gainesville farmer grows cucumbers for a $5000 Northbound shipment, a German Reichstag note on doctors contrasts with French deputies. A wooden ship planned at Bath Maine weighs 3300 tons, while a conspiracy around a Ridgeway graveyard politics fuels mock violence. The Eureka list spans the Handy Boy collision, a huge Nee dies cantilever, a Perry Georgia monster like a rattlesnake, and a Bangor partridge freed from a barber’s shop cage.
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Tate Royale
Reichstag
Chamber of Deputies
James Moore
Escondido
Bath
Ridgeway
Mich
George J. Little
Saginaw
Needies
Cal
Alafia
Peru
Fla
Reimé
Anal
Ouida
Whso
Ogna de Sante
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Bes
WM. P. Lander
San Gabriel
Swayzee
Ind
Bangor
Edo
Macon
Myersdale
Somerset County
Edward Deal
Fragmented OCR Notes Show Fragmented Quotations and Caricatures
A garbled OCR fragment compiles stray quotes and bent humor from multiple sources. Mentions of doctors decisions by coroners and inferences about smoking precede a jagged section with a boy and a cartridge, reflecting a rough page capture with unrelated fragments.
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Smithfield
Diamond
Teems
Quays
Krxa
Ohio
United States Senate
Standard Oil Company
West Virginia
Aas
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Schenley Park
Foster
Hindoostan
India
Hotel Duquesne
Albert Menjou
Obio
Treasury of
BH. B. Cochran
Miss Bayard
Columbus Club
Charles J. Clark
Edwin Guer
Marion Station
Western Pennsylvania
Carnegie Hall
Y. P
C. E
Southside Presbyterian Church
J. K. Cruox
South Street
Wilkinsburg
Weat Penn Hospital
Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor
Boathside Presbyterian Church
Twentieth
Sarah Streets
Shady Avenue Baptist Church
Excelsior Quartet
Anna Leah Dickinson
Greenwood Avenue
Asylum
Crclorama Hall
Indiana State Normal School
Z KX Snyder
Nikisch
Ence
John A. Strousa
Wolfe
Mise Fraser
Vogel
Steinbach-Jaihons
Moli
China
Paris Opera Comique
Anton Hekking
Strauss Electrical Music
Congressman Vaux
Wallace
Bobby
Simeone
Michigan
Oak Road
Meadville
Few Lierary Society of
Mte. Ste. Ursale
Payne
State Politics
F. M. Himmel
Chambersburg
Francis M. Himmel
Franklin
Bright
Jertin
Jeremiah P. Brel Anerward
Supreme Pennsylvania
Lucinda Silk
William Silk
Scott Township
Silk
Fealdence
Panhandle
Polly Croul
Dernorr
Polly Croul Carlisle
Provi
Yette
Gon Bakar
Athens
Palo Alto
Jacob Howard
Lalne
Dr. Wickan
Manchester, VI
Gainesville
West Indies
Luizberg
Gaadaloupe
Antigua
Terre Haute
Bronson
Munsey
Ingersoll
Philadelphia Times
Tompkins
Fenderson
Heston Transcript
Johnny Partridge
Greenwood
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