Reward for Good Work at National Painters Union
Miss Maggie Seeger, eight years a faithful employe at the national headquarters in Lafayette Indiana, receives notice from the executive committee of the Painters Decorators and Paper-hangers of America that she will be rewarded for her service. After breaking down under duty she is urged to take a vacation and a national fund is being raised to send her to a health venue with contributions already totaling ninety dollars.
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Indianapolis
Lafayette
Ind
Maggie Seeger
America
W Day
Miss Seeger
M. P. Carrick
United States
Executive Council
Sullivan County Hat Loss and Earless Boy Headlines
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports multiple Indiana incidents. In Sullivan County, Joe Wright and Thomas Shirley quarrelled this morning leading Shirley to fire a shotgun. the shot destroyed Wrights hat but caused no injury. In North Judson, thirteen year old Guy Canby was hunting when a brush rabbit caused his shotgun to discharge, resulting in the loss of an ear and severe injury likely to be non recoverable. In Bluffton, Ira Huff accidentally shot his sister in law Ida Starr in Poneto, with Starr likely to die from a throat wound. Huff claims accidental discharge.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Joe Wright
Thomas Shirley
Fairbanks Township
Shirley
Wright
North Judson
Guy
F. M. Canby
Bluffton
Ira Huff
Ida Starr
Poneto
Huff
Miss Starr
Tin Plate Plant Turns Out Nickel and Copper Sheets
ELWOOD Ind Aug 1 The American Tin Plate Company will begin manufacturing sheet nickel and sheet copper at its big plant in Elwood for commercial use. After experiments proving feasibility both products will be produced with one side nickel and the other copper. No new building is needed for now a template will be provided for additional men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
American Tin Plate Company
Wabash Merchants form united Retailers Association
Wabash Indiana August 1 The Retail Merchants Association of Wabash was organized today with nearly every local merchant as a member. The group aims to combat adulterated food and press for proper laws, while uniting dealers for social ties and opposing monopolies in the city. The existing Wabash and butchers association will join to bolster delivery and protection against bad accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Retail Merchants’ Association of Wabash
Wabash
Wabas
Anderson Furniture Firms Unite Under One Name
Two of Anderson's largest furniture firms, Ritchie & Stein and J. M. Canaday, announce a merger to operate as a single firm. They secured a five year lease for a three story block opposite the Union Traction Company's waiting rooms and will begin business there by September 1.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Ritchie & Stein
J. M. Canaday
Union Traction Company
Still at her desk at Southern Hospital for the Insane
Evansville Indiana August 1 Miss Mary T Wilson removed as bookkeeper and supervisor of amusements still remains at the institution claiming to hold her job despite trustees action William Koch appointed to succeed her worked with Wilson in harmony Superintendent Laughlin says trustees and himself recognize Koch as the official pvofee keeper and Wilson acts under advice of attorneys George A Cunningham and A J Clark both Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Mary T. Wilson
Southern Hospital For the
William Koch
Miss Wilson
Harmony
Laughlin
Koch
Alice
Lee
Mina Wilson
George A Cunningham
A. J. Clark
Train in His Sleep and Paralyzing Rail Dispatch
In Washington Indiana a New York traveler, Philip Martin, woke on a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern train at 3 am after sleepwalking from his car and wandering into a weed patch in only night clothes. He claimed he was gathering kindling wood for his wife to start a fire. A separate report from Lafayette notes a Monon northbound engine collision injuring brakeman David Hartnell but not fatally. In Laporte a businessman's mysterious disappearance unsettles the city.
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Washington
Ind
Philip Martin
New York
Little Rock
Ark
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Martin
Agent Johnson
Be & O
Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Monon
Main Street
David Hartnell
Richmond & Northwestern
New Castle
Middletown
Fire Destroys Home. Describes Uncertain Remains
Early this morning a fire consumed a lone resident's house in Richmond, Indiana. Neighbors saw the homeowner at 10 p.m. last night as he prepared to retire. by 4 a.m. the building and its contents burned beyond recognition, leaving the fate of skeletal remains uncertain. The injured scene prompts no further details on Huff.
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Tunia
Huff
Reverend Albert Brown Named President at Wilmington College
Richmond Ind August 1 The Rev Albert J Brown of Indianapolis succeeds James B Unthank as president of the Friends College at Wilmington Ohio Unthank retires to his farm near Richmond Indiana.
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Richmond
Ind
Albert J. Brown
Indianapolis
James B. Unthank
Friends’ College
Wilmington
Sister Itta Kraft Dies In Oldenburg Monastery
In New Albany Indiana on August 1 Sister Itta born Emma Kraft daughter of Ferdinand and Mrs Kraft died at the Oldenburg convent after months of illness. She was thirty one and formerly a popular city figure. Interment is planned for Oldenburg cemetery tomorrow. Virginia Mahaffey 58 dies at De Vors restaurant in Anderson from heart trouble. Polly Myers pioneer of Verne Knox county dies at age eighty in Vincennes on August 1.
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New Albany
Ind
Itta
Emma Kraft
Ferdinand Kraft
Oldenburg
Anderson
Virginia Mahaffey
de Vors
Mahaffey
Vincennes
Polly Myers
Verne
Knox County
Mrs. Ida Guller Arrested in Poison Candy Death Case
In Bunker Hill Newfoundland, Ida Guller, wife of the deposed Union Dairy agent, was arrested on charges of poisoning six year old Edward Checksfield, son of James Checksfield who succeeded her husband. The warrant was read aloud, she reacted emotionally, and the coroner’s jury verdict awaits tomorrow’s disclosure.
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Bunker Hill
Ida Guller
Union Dairy Company
Edward Mears Checksfield
James Checksfield
Guller
Severe Nebraska storm damages towns and claims lives
A statewide Nebraska storm dropped heavy rain exceeding two inches in many areas. Lightning struck Franklin and Wauneta killing Thomas B. Northrup. Near Grand Island wind wrecked homes and barns, uprooted trees, and damaged telephones. a Koepler residence was destroyed, though none inside were harmed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Franklin
Wauneta
Thomas B. Northrup
David City
Grand Island
Oscar Koepler
John Fenner
Amialbe Jerry Says Nay But Matthews Denies Secretary Bid
J A Matthews of Indianapolis private secretary to Senator Fairbanks returned from Delaware Gap. He will travel to Old Point Comfort and Virginia Beach. He says he is not a candidate for Indiana Republican central committee secretaryship and cannot accept if elected. He notes several capable men for the post and praises Whitaker’s work. He plans to return to Indianapolis next week.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
J. A. Matthews
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Delaware Gap
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Beach
Matthews
Indiana Republican Central Committee
Whitaker
John E. Monk
New Counterfeit Five Dollar Note Detected
A new five dollar counterfeit was found on the Fourth National Bank of Boston check letter A series 1882 Tillman register Morgan treasurer. It is a photo graphic production on ordinary bond paper with red silk lines and pen colored numbers.
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Washington
Fourth National Bank of Boston
Tillman Register
Morgan
Mrs Roosevelt Takes Up Axting In Public Notice
Aug 1 Oysterday reports Mrs Roosevelt shows vigor in athletic recreation. She splits wood and cuts up what has been felled, a display of fitness while the President favors outdoor exercise. The stance sets an example for local women toward health, mirroring her capital season.
Crest of Reform Wave Slips Shy of Saloons in Evansville
Evansville wrestles with a reform wave after rioting, as the Board of Public Safety orders police to suppress policy shops and gambling slot machines. Saloons must close by 8 pm Saturdays and be quiet on Sunday mornings. machines to be shipped out. In Jeffersonville, remains of John Tinsley, a Negro murderer, set for burial in the Reformatory cemetery if Vanderburgh Circuit Court approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Board of Public Safety
Henke
Jeffersonville
John Tinsley
Massey
Reformatory
Vanderburg
Coroner Returns Verdict on Evansville Riot Deaths
Evansville Ind Aug 1 Coroner Wailing returned the verdict on the ten deaths from the July 6 riot between a mob and militia. He found how each person died but did not fix blame after hearing about sixty witnesses. Several youths faced charges in separate court actions with decisions postponed.
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Evansville
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
John Alvis
Walter Wilson
Robert Burns
Mattison
Albert Merkel
John Hawkins
Merkel
Arrests, troop movements, and social tension in Danville
Danville reports an arrest of laborer John Robinson after he attacked the jail site, claiming he was searching for his son. Troop rotation is rumored with Chicago forces possibly leaving for Monday and an Arcola company to follow, while saloons impose higher prices and enforce segregated drinking at the bar. Adjutant General orders sending Seventh Infantry units home to Arcola and Fourth Infantry Company to Danville, to report to Sheriff Whitlock.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
John Robinson
Oaklawn
Clansby
Chicago
Arcola
Springfield
Ill
Scott
James H. Chaffee Dead Hero of Bret Harte Tale
JAMES H. CHAFFEE died in Oakland at eighty. He and his partner Cham berlain shared fifty years of mining and friendship without shadow. Born in Worcester Mass, Chaffee was known as a frontier pioneer who visited Yosemite and drew praise from Bret Harte.
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San Francisco
James H. Chaffee
Bret Harte
Tennessee
Oakland
Chamberlain
Chafee
Second Garrote
Yosemite
Chaffee
Worcester
Mass
Trial of Jett and White Continues in Cynthiana
The second trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas White for the murder of J B Marcum has lasted a week with prosecutors still calling witnesses. Henry Freeman, who fled to the mountains, testified again about his Jackson area saloon that had and served.
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Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
J. B. Marcum
Jackson
Henry Freeman
Whisky talk and confessions emerge after Marcum shooting
Freeman testifies about Jett’s boast to outpace Marcum and White’s remark that Marcum fell after his own courthouse episode. Other Jackson witnesses repeat statements. Joedloe Combs, prosecution witness in the Jett and White case, dies of appendicitis at Mrs. McKinley’s boarding house. once sentenced for life for a Clay City murder but pardoned after years.
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Marcum
Freeman
Jett
Jett and White
Preachers Live Long Three Score and Ten Years
Princeton report from the Theological Seminary Alumni Association notes pastors death data over the past year. Among forty-one deceased ministers, one lived 96 years 8 months, two reached 90, five 80s, fourteen 70s, six 60s. youngest died at 29. Average age at death was 68.
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Princeton
N. J
The
Théological Seminary Alumni Association
J. H. Dukes
New Co-Operative Store at Elkhart and Local Incidents
General Indiana news reports a new Home Supply Co operative store in Elkhart with 5 000 in shares and stockholders to receive goods at cost. Other items note Guy Dorsey home from military service, Ohio Falls Holiness camp meetings near New Albany, bass record at Lake Manitou, and Hancock County horse thefts with multiple victims.
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Jeffersonville
Guy Dorsey
J. Ira Dorsey
Philippines
Japan
New Albany
Ohio Falls Holiness Association
Silver Heights
D. F. Brooks
Germany
C. W. Ruth
Indianapolis
C. E. Cornell
Cleveland
Mattie Wines
White
J. M. Harris
Evanston, Ill
Peru
Frank Emerick
Lake Manitou
Rochester
Charles de Haven
Miami
Howard
Miami County
Elkhart
Home Supply Company
Paoli
Howard Scott
Rome City
Carl Roberts
Chicago
Clark Boulton
Boulton
Mr. Boulton
Cuban Claims Total Fifty-One Million Dollars
Havana reports that the total claims of revolutionary soldiers and civilians for services during the recent Cuban revolution amount to 51,589,000 pesos. The auditing commission will cut many claims and some will be disallowed.
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Havana
Cuba
Auditing Commission
Notre Dame University Ad Offers Free Catalogue and Details
Notre Dame University at Notre Dame Ind invites prospective students and families to request a free catalogue plus terms and course details. The advert highlights private rooms for upperclassmen, a preparatory school, a business course, and St Edwards Hall for younger boys, stressing thorough, devoted instruction and sixty years of educational service.
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Notre Dame University
West
St. Edward's Hall
Assembly at Pine Lake: Negro Question in Focus
LaPorte Indiana August 1 The Pine Lake Assembly devoted the afternoon to a heated discussion on the education and status of African Americans. Prof H H Smith of Roger Williams University urged fair treatment and education as key to national progress.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Pine Lake Assembly
H. H. Smith
A. M
Roger Williams University
Baptist Negro Institution
Nashville, Tenn
South
Smith
Minneapolis
Battle Ground Camp Ends With Final Day Services
Lafayette Ind Aug 1 Final sessions of the twenty ninth Battle Ground camp meeting are held in the tabernacle with cottagers returning to western cities. The stockholders voted to keep evangelism at the camp and form a permanent committee to explore Bible study next year. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met with Mrs W P McKensey presiding. Dr E D West spoke on missions in India. Tomorrow Dr Clark of Ohio will lecture Two Visions and a Baptism.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Tabernacle
W. W. Wood
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
W. P. McKensey
W. N. Dunn
C. W. Tinsley
Centenary
Terre Haute
E. D. West
India
H. Anderson
Oshkosh
Wis
Frederick Willis
Omaha, Neb
Dr. Clark
Ohio
Swedish Lutheran mission meeting in Laporte district
In LaPorte Indiana the Laporte district mission meeting of the Swedish Lutheran Church meets at Zion Church Michigan City. The first session included addresses by visiting pastors and a discussion on methods to engage youth in church work. Tomorrow speakers, including Rev. George A. Johnson, will address the Sunday school. The fifth annual Luther League convention opens at 3 pm with about 300 delegates, featuring talks, officer elections, and planning for future youth work.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Swedish Lutheran Church
Zion Church
Michigan City
Cleen
George A. Johnson
Chesterton
The
Luther League of
Seventh-day Adventist Camp Meeting Opens in Peru Grove
In Peru Indiana the State conference and camp meeting of Seventh-day Adventists operates at Brownell's grove with up to five hundred expected residents in tents by early next week. Rev J J Hawkins of Indianapolis leads daily prayers and Bible study with events for youths and children, public services, and free admission. A hygienic restaurant offers health foods at low prices. Also in Richmond Indiana the Wayne County Epworth League holds its eighth annual convention August 12 and 13 with a lineup of speakers and attendees from multiple towns.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Seventh-day Adventists
Brownell’s Grove
J. J. Hawkins
Indianapolis
Richmond
Wayne County Epworth League
Edwin Jones
Chester
Curtis Lantz
Hagerstown
Fiossie Neff
Greensfork
W. D. Trout
Cambridge City
E. Trippeer
Fannie Martin
Thad Frazier
Mary Baker
Centerville
M. Marble
J. P. Chamness
Snes
Lydia Mayrick
Alice Towle
Elizabeth Henderson
Bible Conference at Earlham College Highlights
A strong program at the Friends' Bible Conference in Richmond Indiana featured Ezekiel topics by Prof. Elbert Russell and the Laws of Hammurabi and Moses by Prof. Ira M. Price. Rev Robert E Prettow discussed The Question of the Supper. Lectures were illustrated with stereopticon views.
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Indianapolis
Richmond
Ind
Friends’ Bible Conference
Earlham College
Hzekiel
Elbert Russell
Ira M. Price
Chicago
Robert E. Prettow
Wilmington
Ezekiel
Russell
Assyria
Price
Transport Sheridan Sails for Manila Route
San Francisco August 1 United States army transport Sheridan sailed today for Manila via Honolulu and Guam. It carries about 100 saloon passengers including Col J B Kerr and five other general staff officers, 286 men of the Twelfth Cavalry, twenty six hospital corps men, five casuals, one gunner for Guam, two actormen for Honolulu and six signal men.
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SAN_ FRANCISCO
United States Army
Sheridan
Manila
Honolulu
Guam
Col
J. B. Kerr
General Staff of the Philippines
Twelfth Cavalry
Tarbell vows appeal over Wisconsin surplus ruling
Vice President Gage E Tarbell of Equitable Life Assurance says an appeal will be filed against Insurance Commissioner Host of Wisconsin finding mutual life companies must distribute surplus to policy holders at least once every five years. He calls the decision unsound and bladder policyholder preferences. If sustained, it would force annual or five year dividend payments contrary to existing policies and practices since 1870.
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New York
Gage E. Tarbell
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Host
Wisconsin
Tarbell
Freight wreck at Coopersville bridge kills fireman
A Delaware and Hudson freight plunged through an open draw bridge at Coopersville on August 1 killing fireman Ed Braw and badly injuring engineer Homer Eliott of Whitehall New York. Eight of twelve cars carried livestock and were drowned. the bridge was struck as a yacht passed under supervision of James Averill Jr. S. The incident followed a separate Wa bash Railroad derailment at Pony Creek crossing in Council Bluffs Iowa, killing four men and injuring a tramp when a train hit a cow exiting the track.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Ed Braw
Homer El-iott
Whitehall
Chasey River
Coopersville
James Averill, Jr
First National Bank of Champlain
Council Bluffs
Pony Creek Crossing
Carter
Moore
Rural free delivery to Pike County begins Sept 1
Rural free delivery is ordered for Indiana county with seven routes in Coe Litties Petersburg Stendal Union Velpen Winston. Carriers and substitutes are appointed in Bedford Fort Ritner Mitchell Williams Greencastle and other towns. John E Monk signs the notice.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Indiana
Coe
Pike County
Littie’s
Tweny
Petersburg
Stendal
Earl McPheeters
Bedford
Isaac H. Crim
James McKinley
Donl R. Bowden
Charles F. Goodrich
Willliam E. Butler
Harvey Fox
Fort Ritner
Alfred §. Lee
Anderson E. Lee
Mitchell
George Z. Wood
Grace A. Wood
Ailbert R. McBride
Edward Busick
John Mead
Raymond Mead
Willams
Maurice E. Witsman
Kent Witsman
Greencastle
James L. Wells
Sidney Wolfe
Floods drive Dominican retreat residents from St. Joseph's
Three hundred Dominican sisters and priests from New York and Brooklyn have been driven from the St. Joseph's retreat and sanatorium twenty miles north of Port Jervis by a cloudburst. The flood swept pipes and heavy equipment downstream. one valley side was washed away while the buildings stayed intact and no lives were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
St. Joseph's
Port Jervis
N.Y
Two Successful Negroes Reid Brothers At Tuskegee Farm Pioneers
Frank and Don Reid, after leaving Tuskegee in 1888 and 1891, purchased 22 acres and 2.5 acres of land with no money and paid $1,700 for the first plot. They built a thriving plantation network with 17 horses, 30 cows, 50 hogs, poultry, and modern Deering implements. Their well-shed storage and organized machinery reflect careful stewardship on a 32 to 40 acre-scale operation, as they anticipate completing the second payment and expanding their holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Frank
Don L. Reid
Tuskegee
Don
Reid Brothers
Reidthers
American plays and international stars stage lineup announced
Theatrical agent George C. Tyler reports Eleanor Robson will star in La Valliere and Merely Mary Ann with Salvini, plus a Salmanic Italian repertoire. Salvini to perform in major cities, Robson’s season opens in Merely Mary Ann, with Edwin Arden and her company, then Garden, New York. Herman Sudermann completes Socrates and His Hotspur Companion for Lessing Theater in Berlin.
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New York
George C. Tyler
Eleanor Robson
Bataille
la Valliere
Ingomar
Miss Robson
Mary Ann
New York City
Miss
Colca
Ermete Novell
Mme. Rejane
Bessie Abbott
Paris Opera
Mr. Tyler
Sir Doyle
Brigadier
James Ong
Berlin
Herman Sudermann
Socrates
Hotspur
Oret
Lessing Theater
Heinrich Couried
Metropolitan Opera House
Madame Gadski
Brunnhilide
Edith Walker
Vienna Court Opera
Couried
Royal Opera Tin
Sistine Chapel Roof Repair Plans Reported
The London Standard notes the Pope ordered urgent work on Rome's Sistine Chapel roof before illness, with wooden vault supports to be replaced by iron cross-bars. It recalls Michelangelo's daunting task, earlier scaffolding failures, and the chapel's role as a monumental art testament within the Vatican.
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London Standard
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Prinetti
Sixtus V
Michael Angelo
Julius I
Aroia
Bramante
Siblys
Patriarch
Angelo
Vatican
Sistine
Paul V
Hell
Mme. de Stael
Siblus
Detecting Counterfeit Silver With Blue Vitriol Stone
In a Philadelphia Record item a grocery clerk demonstrates a quick test for counterfeit silver using blue vitriol stone. He rubs a silver quarter with the stone and wets it, causing genuine coins to retain color while counterfeit ones turn black. The method is presented as a rapid, simple detector.
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Philadelphia
Patrog
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