Silver Certificates and Beverages in Early Finance News
Treasurer Wyman issues a notice on silver certificates payable against gold deposits and express delivery options. A separate Internal Revenue decision denies a special tax on bitters sold as medicine, with a formula showing 32 percent alcohol, 64 percent water, and 4 percent oils and flavorings. A Washington dispatch notes Senator Edmunds backs a Government Telegraph bill and possible telegraph company consolidations. A New York party reports the Foster gaslight beacon at Sandy Hook is functioning after three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Wyman
United States
New York
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington Dispatch
Edmunds
Congress
American Rapid
Bankers
George
Mississippi
King
Louisiana
Chamber of Commerce
Maritime Exchange
Mercantile Marine of New York
Sandy Hook
Medals of Honor Awarded at Spectable Reef Lighthouse
Treasury Department awards gold medals of honor to Joseph Cardran and Alfred Cardran for heroism in saving Tom Marshall the keeper Edward Chambers and Edward Lasley assistant keepers at Spectable Reef Lighthouse Station Bois Blanc Island Lake Huron. Flags at half mast for Judge Black death at State Department. J B Gardner bequest to Patriots Donations. commissions to study Northern Pacific RailRoute Montana. Deputy Marshal appointment authority questioned. Kansas fee account prompts ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Joseph Cardran
Alfred Cardran
Tom Marshall
Edward Chambers
Edward Lasley
Spectable Reef
Bois Blanc Island
Lake Huron
Judge Black
Department of State
State Department
Buchanan
Weas
Boston
J. B. Gardner
United States Treasury
D. D
Northern Pacific
Montana
Lawrence
U. S. District Court Commissioners
Kansas
Tri State Grangers Fair Opens at Williams Grove
The Tri State Grangers Fair opened at Williams Grove near Harrisburg on the 21st with about twenty five hundred attendees. Governor Pattison gave the opening address as crowds noted the exhibit may surpass last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Williams’ Grove
Harrisburg
Pattison
Surrender of a Warren bank cashier in Boston
Kirtland M. Fitch, former cashier of the Second National Bank in Warren Ohio surrendered to police in Boston on the 21st. He admits embezzling 82000 dollars from bank funds and losing it in New York stock speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evebessier
Kirtland M. Fitch
Second National Bank
Warren, C
Boston
New York
Warren
Yruitbull County
R. Ellis, Jr
Cincinnati
Second National
Fitch
Trumbull County
Ellis
Columbus
Springfield
Catherine Weakly
E. F. Weakly
New Carlisle
Clarke County
Pioneer Association
Germantown
Arrest of Josephine Bochere for attempted poisoning
The report states Josephine Bochere was arrested at Buffalo after a nighttime event. She is charged with attempting to procure poison to poison her husband. Neighbors noted Bochere has fallen ill on several occasions, with suspicions of poison in meals. She owns some property and has recently received attention from a boarder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Bochere
Bufalo
Bochere
Death of Capt Calvin W Brown Old Woodward member dies in Washington
Capt Calvin W Brown formerly of Cincinnati and one of the Old Woodward boys died in Washington on the 21st. He served through the Civil War, enlisted in the 24 Kentucky Infantry, joined Hancock's corps after three years, and fought at Chickamauga and Stone River among other engagements. Alleged Bond Frauds at Philadelphia Starr held on 1500 bail in Boston for disposing of 3000 of fraudulent bonds to Wilkinson, both prominent citizens drawing comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin W. Brown
Cincinnati
Woodward
Washington
Kentucky Infantry
Hancock
Chickamauga
Stone River
Philadelphia
Jesse W. Starr
Boston
Mass
George R. Wilkinson
Abduction of a St. Louis Girl
Seventeen year old Mary Churchill daughter of James Churchill a leading St. Louis citizen has been mysteriously missing from her home since the 19th with no clue to her whereabouts found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Churchill
James Churchill
St. Louis
Pleuro Pneumonia Strikes Salem Conn Cattle
Pleuro-pneumonia has broken out among the cattle at Salem Connecticut with two herds affected. Both are in quarantine by order of the State Commissioners who will prevent its spread. The Treasury Department in Washington feels no apprehension of wider outbreak beyond the present locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Salem
Conn
Treasury Department
Washington
Congress of Laboring Men Calls for Unity and Postal Telegraph Plan
At the New York Labor Congress session on the 22nd the secretary was instructed to address the next national party Conventions with workingmen demands. A resolution favored a Government Postal Telegraph system. The Executive Committee was tasked to contact national and international labor groups to build broader unanimity. Charles Smith F. H. Foster and Fred Blend were named to urge workingmen to unite for self protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of Laboring Men
Labor Congress
New York City
Charles Smith
F. H. Foster
Fred. Blend
Pennsylvania Labor Riot Ends in Killings at Punxsatawney
During wage payments to railroad hands on the 22d in Punxsatawney Pennsylvania a wage dispute sparked a riot. A Hungarian worker Peter Yeder was killed and two other workers John Shermitz and John Dale were shot. An Irishman Tom Kearny was beaten. Fifteen rioters were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Punxsatawney
Peter Yeder
John Shermitz
John Dale
Tom Kearny
Destructive Fires Hit Empire Oil Works and Paper Mill
Destructive fires destroyed the Empire Oil Works in Long Island City on the 22nd, with damage estimated at 500000 dollars. Four workers were seriously injured, one likely to die. The Chester Pennsylvania paper mill of J Howard Lewis also burned the same day, causing 80000 dollars in losses and a boiler explosion that killed one man and seriously injured three, including the proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Oil Works
Long Island City
N. Y
J. Howard Lewis
Chester
Lewis
Fatal Railway Accident Near Forest City Ark
A passenger train on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad went through a trestle near Forest City on the 22nd. The baggage car and two coaches plunged down the embankment killing three persons and injuring fifteen, while no sleeper was harmed. Victims include H. Goldberg Goodwin Ark Sol Salenger Brinkley Ark and John Adair of Memphis. Injured include Captain White of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis & Little Rock
Forest City
Ark
H. Goldberg
Goodwin
Sol Salenger
Brinkley
John Adair
Memphis
Captain White
Memphis & Charleston Railroad
Double Tragedy in New York Ends in Suicide
Elizabeth Cameron aged 28 was killed by gunshot in her New York City apartment on the 23rd. George Beattie, 44, then shot himself fatally. Beattie had been a bartender for Nor emac, husband of the victim, and was dismissed for drinking. Authorities cite malice toward Nor emac as a motive. Knight Templar Officers Elected in San Francisco on the 23rd include Grand Master Robert E. Wither and Deputy Grand Master Charles Rome among others. Treasurer and Recorder re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth Cameron
New York City
George Beattie
Beattie
Mrs. Cameron
Noremac
Knights Templar
San Francisco
Robert E. Wither
Virginia
Charles Rome
Nework
John P. S. Gobin
Pennsylvania
Hugh McCurdy
Michigan
J. Larue Thomas
Kentucky
George C. Perkins
California
Malaria at Seaside Resorts Alarms New Hampshire
Malaria has appeared at several New Hampshire beaches with many ill. Mr. Lewis a wealthy Philadelphian died at his Portsmouth cottage on the 23d from malignant typhoid fever, his household ill. Defective drainage blamed. Mrs Ward a Rye Beach hotel guest also died on the 23d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Lewis
Portsmouth
Ward
Rye Beach
Chinamen Seek Damages Over Queues in Prison
Five Chinese inmates at Trenton State Prison threaten to sue the state prison keeper and Board of Inspectors claiming damages for deprivation of their queues. They argue the Constitution protects their right to practice their religious rites and that the queue is part of their Chinese religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Paterson
Board of Inspectors
Call to Revenue Reformers in St Louis October 2 1883
The Missouri Free Trade League led by ex Governor Phelps invites all opponents of a protective tariff and supporters of revenue reform to a nonpartisan conference in St. Louis on October 2 1883. Delegates from allied organizations and individual sympathizers are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Free Trade League
Phelps
St. Louis
Youthful Bell Boy Robber Captured in Chicago
Richard Fanning a twenty year old bell boy at the Sherman House Chicago was arrested after alleged heavy robberies while working at a Parker House Boston. Detectives say he is the same man who robbed Austin Corbin in Lexington flats New York and numerous Saratoga hotel guests. A partial confession was made and he was taken to Boston under a detective guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fanning
Sherman House
Chicago
Parker House
Boston
Austin Corbin
Lexington Flats
New York
Saratoga
Personal crisis reports and murders in brief
Aged Captain Heyrt, seated before the Washington Hotel in Baltimore, was violently assaulted and died from his injuries. In Abingdon, Virginia, during a saloon row, white man William Bridgeman shot and killed two African Americans and was arrested. In Scottsboro, Alabama, 19 year old Ige Perry accidental hanging occurred the other day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captains Heyrt
Washington Hotel
Baltimore
Abingdon
Wm. Bridgeman
Ige Perry
Scottsboro
Ala
Notable Early Deaths and a Murderous Shooting Incident
An account recalls a hanging planned like the Banks case with a rope tied to an outhouse roof and a man stepping from a box. It also reports Luxe Puilluirs, a Detroit bartender, killed his wife by three back-shot wounds on the 20th amid jealousy. Dr J C Regl, a Isadora, Missouri physician, was shot dead on the 23rd by William Andrews while attempting capture. Dr T R Hopson of Hoosick Falls New York was fatally shot on the 23rd by Chas Osterhoudt, who fled after shooting and who had refused his demand to visit the house where Osterhoudt’s wife lay ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxe Puiluiirs
Detroit
J. C. Reg
Isadora, Mo
William Andrews
T. R. Hopson
Hoosick Falls
N Y
Chas. Osterhoudt
Hudson
Osterhoudt
Smras Marchant
Cleveland
Dayton
Akron
Summit County
Catharine Bird
Amy Bird
Cora
Geo. Wrenn
Canaan Township
Monroe County
Michael Ryan
Cleveland, Youngstown and
Pittsburg
Alliance
Stark County
Springfield
George Slaughter
Cleveland Express
Lake Erie Road
Hazleton Station
Youngstown
Louis Kuntz
H. E. Shull
Canton
State Penitentiary
Alfred Laufner
U.S
Columbus
Washington, D. C
Laufner
Cincinnati
Fathers Horrible Deed in Breslau A Prominent Citizen
A Breslau prominent citizen, all five children under ten, were hanged to a bedroom rafter on the 21st, then the father died by his own hand. The discovery came hours later. authorities suspect insanity amid the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslau
Prussia
Expelling Jews From Russi Amid Protests and Riots Abroad
London dispatches report the expulsion of an American Jew from St Petersburg under the city’s anti Jewish law. Protests by Britain and the United States are noted while officials may not be strict. Riots erupt in Coatbridge Scotland between Orangemen and Catholics. A Times correspondent says Egypt would lack self government if British troops left. Twelve decomposed bodies found in Bermondsey. French losses at Hanoi cited. Berlin notes mobilization chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russi
London
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Coatbridge
Scotland
London Times
Alexandria
Egypt
A. E. Woop
4Th Cavalry
Paris
United States
Bermondsey
Hanoi
France
Berlin
Germany
Comte de Chambord Dies at Frohsdorf in Early Morning
Obituary notes the death of Comte de Chambord on the morning of the 24th at Frohsdorf after a long decline since May 15. Royalist and Republican papers offer restrained or respectful responses. Also reported: Sioux grievances commission sessions, Sitting Bull incident, yellow fever cases at Pensacola Navy Yard, and a Maine beach drowning tragedy with four missing or dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsch
Pensacola Navy Yard
U. S. Reservation
Navy Yard
Woolsey, Fia
Comte DE Chambord
Frohsdorf
Senate Commission
Fort Gates
Sitting Bull
Pensacola Navy-yard
Woolsey
Warrington
Navy-yard
New Hampshire
Berlin
Mathew Arnold
P. H. LoGan
Chicago
Federation of Trades and Labor Unions
M. J. Connolly
Cincinnati
Jarrett
Celtic
Sandy Hook
Coleridge
New York Bar Association
East River
New Bridge
Lord Coleridge
Elliott E. Sheppard
Fiftyfourth Street
Oquinquit Beach
Maine
Greenough Thayer
North
Cambridge
Mass
Emma Gould
Andover
Kittie Stafford
Eddie Little
Washington
Georgian Train Encounter Sparks Tears Over Blind Family
A Georgia railcar scene unfolds as a refined woman engages a stranger after noticing her child. She praises the babe, then reveals she is blind along with her two other children. The poignant disclosure move listeners to tears, highlighting a sorrowful family future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Chicago Times
Duel Between Virginia Doctors Ends Without Harm
Report notes two physicians in Virginia faced a duel using pistols. No injuries occurred. A warning implied by the source suggests a fatal outcome could have arisen if one had swallowed the other’s medicine, a cautionary contrast highlighted by the New York News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
N. Y
WheelING Woman Ends Life at 87 in Suicide Note
Mrs Mary Bach of Wheeling West Virginia declared she had outlived her time and then killed herself. She was eighty seven years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bach
Wheeling
W. Va
Abolition of Canal Tolls Sparks Surge in NY Trade
The New York Times reports toll removal across the canal system has unleashed a flood of business, boosting shipments and commerce as merchants and shippers note faster transit and lower costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Canals
N. Y. Times
The Old Democratic Ticket and Mr Tildens Prospects
Harper's Weekly analyzes the 1884 presidential prospects of Samuel J. Tilden. It argues the popular belief in his 1876 victory was flawed, notes Democratic miscounts and intimidation, and explains how past reform image and Copperhead associations damaged his current candidacy. It contends reform rhetoric could not revive his chances under changed public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tilden
Mr.Tilden
Meg. Tildén
Tilden
Tillen
Democratic Party
Belknap
New York
Adams
Democratié
Massachusetts
T’lden
Harper’s Weekly
Georgia Confederates Ostracize Mahone Over War Roots
The Detroit Free Press and Tribune quote Southern officials and the Macon Telegraph urging Georgia Confederates to snub Senator Mahone of Virginia for not voting with Bourbons. The piece notes enduring Southern hostility to those who fought for reunion and warns of lingering rancor across the Ohio line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Telegraph
Messenger
Georgia
Senator Mahone
Virginia
Mahone
Billy Mahone
Aruny
South
Ohio
Detroit
Tribune
The Mule in Politics and Democratic Decline
Horace White’s Cobden Club remark on Democrats lacking heroism frames a critique of a party split between Southern purpose and Northern opportunism. The piece argues the South held convictions while the North pursued office, yielding a new alliance akin to a mule in politics. The proposed Democratic path is futile, leading to a barren, factional union and poor governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace White
Greenwich
Atlantic
Democratic Party
North Ars
South
Tammany Hall
New Democracy
Mr. Disraeli
United States
N. S. Tribune
Pardoned Democratic Rascal Ferguson Goes Free in Kentucky
The case involves David Ferguson once Tax Receiver of Louisville who stole about $65,000. He pleaded guilty after jury selection and received five years, then was pardoned by Kentucky Governor Blackburn and released from the penitentiary with a hospital clerkship awaiting. The piece mocks Democratic leniency toward a prominent party thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ferguson
Blackburn
Kentucky
Ferguson
Louisville
A Kentucky hotel encounter with a pistol-wielding bully
An Evansville traveler recalls trouble in Lexington with a violent guest at a first-class hotel. A small clerk defuses the scene by brandishing a revolver, driving the bully away while the narrator keeps calm. The episode ends with the clerk calmly resuming service as the scene closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Kentucky
Lexington
Singer
Danville
Ana
Imie
Prudencé
Tracy
Evansville Argus
Wills and their formalities in Scotland and England
The article compares Scottish and English will laws noting Scotland accepts broader written forms and even word of mouth legacies under certain limits. It explains required witnesses, signatures, and notary roles, with peculiarities for soldiers, page signs, and erasures. It cites Blackstone on disinheritance and the phrase I cut you off with a shilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
England
Blackstone
Chambers’ Journal
Ten year old swimmer crosses harbor to Prospect beach
Miss Jennie Headly, ten, swam from Manhauset House to Prospect beach across Deerin’s harbor while the Atlantic Watch Club fleet lay anchored nearby. The distance was about a mile. She finished unfazed and mused on sharks, feeling she was alone in a vast world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Headly
Manhauset House
Prospect Beach
Deerin’s
Atlantic Watch Club
N. Y. Herald
Lightning damages Taunton house of Peter Fitzpatrick
During a heavy thunderstorm in Taunton Massachusetts lightning struck the house of Peter Fitzpatrick. A wire clothes line attached to the corner of the house conducted the bolt causing significant damage and stunning Mrs Fitzpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Mass
Peter Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Parrot at Poughkeepsie Hotel Shouts Up Boat
A Poughkeepsie hotel keeps a parrot that cries out Up boat or Saba woke as Hudson River boats heave into sight, drawing travelers and locals to hear the quirky coastal warning from the bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
Saba
Hudson River
Clermont Courier Advertising Rates and Policies
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient advertisements priced per square for the first insertion and five cents for each additional insertion. It notes a yearly reduction for advertising and offers business cards up to six lines for six dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Serted
Topics of the Day and City Notes
The item surveys social topics in St Louis and New York City. It notes 1 750 drinking saloons in St Louis and 250 000 summer weekly bath-goers in New York. Boston forms a society to curb musical discussion but won t suppress Sunday concerts for workers. A Boston firm carves for Mr S J Tilden s new New York residence library described as one of the finest rooms in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Boston
S. J. Tilden
New Library
New York
Bucks County society marks Wrightstown site of 1737 walking purchase
The Bucks County Pennsylvania Historical Society resolved to mark the spot in Wrightstown where the famous old chestnut tree stood, the place where the walking purchase of 1737 began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucks County
Wrightstown
Hideous pest caterpillars plague Eastern trees
Caterpillars and other insects attacking shade and fruit trees in the Eastern States this year are said to be of kinds that birds will not touch, an alarming toll on foliage and crops.
Jvovee Kinne Backs Saloon Expansion in Iowa Speech
Democratic candidate Jvovee Kinne declared support for saloon access on every hilltop village and crossroads in a recent Iowa speech. He argued that more public places would be beneficial and welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jvovee Kinne
Iowa
Silent Symphony of a Club on the Prisoner’s Mind
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes that no sound beats the quiet rhythm of a club striking the intellectual board of a refractory prisoner. The description uses a metaphor of a silent symphony to convey the impact of corporal punishment on thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Five years later a patient defies doctors with coffee and cigars
For fifteen years, contrary to physicians orders, Mr. Frank Bird of Massachusetts persisted with strong coffee and cigars. Now healthier than ever, he has watched doctors pass away one by one as they quit the world’s busy scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bird
Massachusetts
Watermelons Shipped From Savannah to Northern Markets
The season total of watermelons shipped by steamer from Savannah to Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Boston markets was 797 101. Freight averaged six cents and the average sale price was twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Ostrich Power for Street Cars Favored by LeDouc
Former Commissioner LeDouc argues domesticated ostriches will beat mules for street car service and, when spent, serve as prime beef. He claims an ostrich fattened on sawdust and scrap iron yields the world’s best beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeDouc
Mystery of Jewish Cholera Advantage Explained
The article explains that Jews' comparative security from cholera and pestilence in the old country stems from habitual self care in eating and drinking guided by religious practice. It notes that discipline in diet and hygiene underpins this resilience amid outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Country
Hermit of Peter's Mountain Aims to Flee Europe Threat
Johnson Terwilliger, a hermit living in a cave on Peter's Mountain in Perry County Pennsylvania, fled a European revolutionary movement to the United States leaving a wife and child unseen since. He sustains himself by locally producing and selling rattlesnake oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Terwilliger
Peter’s Mountain
Perry County
Pennsylvania
Europe
America
Georgia Legislature Debates Prohibitory Liquor Bill
The proposed liquor bill is prohibitory and likely to become law. It allows any county to require an election if one tenth of voters or one fifth of city voters petition separately, with the vote conducted apart from other elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Rival swimmer Bebbl aims Niagara whirlpool challenge
The article urges the Lowpoxers to keep their professional swimmer Bebbl at home as a rival of Captain Webb. Bebbl announces plans to attempt the Niagara whirlpool. It says the United States should not be lectured by London papers if Bebbl drowns, as Webb did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebbl
Captain Webb
United States
London
Webb
Philosopher’s wry sum on life from childhood to old age
A New York Heald philosopher quips life as stages from childhood tooth cutting to youth love pains, manhood dyspepsia, old age fear of death, and the looming fear lawyers will contest your will and take most of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Heald
No Humanity in Piercing Child’s Ear With Jewelry
The Selma Times reports a negro girl tore a ring from the ear of a little white girl playing in Mobile. It criticizes the act as devoid of humanity and warns against exposing children to costly jewelry in streets, reflecting racial tensions in coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Ala
Mobile
Flannel Shirts Gain Ground Over Starched Wear At Resorts
The flannel shirt spreads at summer resorts this season surpassing starched collars and cuffed attachments. The starched shirt with collar and scarf has waned and nearly disappeared. Flannel may soon become standard business attire both winter and summer while "biled linen" recedes to formal wear.
Western farmers urged to diversify crops in Chicago Journal
The Chicago Journal urges Western farmers to diversify labor and crops, warning that bulk grain is the most expensive and least remunerative after transport. Persistent corn cropping could exhaust rich prairie lands, making them as worn out as Virginia's tobacco regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Journal
Virginia
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Texas
Tamatlan
Purcelacan
Mexico
Tampico
Panama
Guatemala
San Dionisio
Oaxaca
Vera Cruz
Clermont Courier
Sr. Pauwchurch
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