Prince Alert Wins Free-for-All Pace at Narragansett
In Narragansett Park action two driver changes did not alter outcomes. Prince Alert beat Anaconda and Connor in three straight heats, with Myron McHenry briefly driving Anaconda and Sallie Simpson, Baron Belt and The Hero also racing. Baron Belt and Matin Bells earned wins in other heats, while The Hero placed second in the 2:15 pace.
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Myron McHenry
Sallie Simpson
Middleton
Baron Belt
Baron Bell
Matin Bells
Terrace Queen
Prince Albert
Crown Prince
Arm TA
Curry
Cece Cece
B. G
Trout
McHenry
Connor
Bik
A. McDonald
Lougas
Creosure
Hayden
Pace
Purse
B. m
Bow — Hank
Baron Jean- Dalliance
Chichester
Ae Orem
Iran
Macey i
Oneonta
Olney
Cineha
Blanchard
the Hero
Berry
Shorty
tRexnolds
Theron
Br. G
Clark
T. Washburn
Warren
Ull Onota
The
Grazer
Clyons
Belle Cannon
Blegs UK
Frank Eee
B. g.Beele
Wits Beauty
Terrace
Alberta
Es Dematy
Hutchings
Ile
Record Run: Eight-Year-Old Little Boy Breaks Wagon Pace Mark
Chicago August 2. F G Jones drives eight year old pacing gelding Little Boy to a new wagon record at Washington Park finishing the mile in 2 00 5. The old mark stood at 2 44 set by K C Billings with Free Bond.
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Chicago
Washington Park
F. G. Jones
Little Boy
K. C. Billings
Nellie Waddell Wins Midsummer Stake At Hawthorne
In Chicago Aug 3 Nellie Waddell upset the field at Hawthorne at 17 to 1 winning by four lengths as Ed Austin favorite finished last in the Midsummer stake. Runners included Landster Federal Corrilio admonition and others. Regional race results and odds from St Louis Saratoga Kinloch Park Fort Erie are listed with multiple upsets and incidents.
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Chicago
Austin
Hawthorne
Nellie Waddell
Landster
Federal
Corrilio
Araregor
Huntress
Wissendine
Zazel
Four Leaf C
Delmar
Court of Criminal Correction
Dickman
Zachritz
Circuit Court
Delmar Jockey Club
Saratoga
N. Y
Saratoga Racing Association
Dublin
Baron Pepper
Chactanunda
Utopian
ST. Louis
Kinloch Park
Joe Collins
Hop Scotch
Lord Quex
Chorus Boy
the Four Hundred
Fort Erie
Ontario
Badge Bell
Patrick
All Baints
Halmetta
Badinage
Racebud
Tows Burning in Des Moines Area Fire Destroys Seventeen Shops
A Scranton, La message received at 1 am reports a blaze in Des Moines that destroyed seventeen business houses and caused about $1,000 in damage. The fire’s extent and cause remain undetermined as investigators assess the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Aus
Scranton
At & Logs
Mrs Austin’s New Dress Described As Fine Silk
A local note highlights Mrs Austin displaying a new dress praised for its fine silk finish. The item reflects fashion attention in social circles.
Races at county fairs drew huge crowds in Muncie
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports 49th anniversary races in Muncie with over 2,000 on site and 16,000 tickets sold. Sag B won the free-for-all trot as Hila L and Ex-Sheriff also claimed wins in other divisions amid a fast track and cool weather. A dangerous dive by Professor Lotto ended with neck injuries.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Association
Sag B
Hila L
Sheriff
Munde Bell
Fred
Bob Evans
Fairmount
Tom Horn
Jim Monrot
Benadum
Celeste
Jolley
Truman
B. S
Bourbon Patchen
Moon
Spot. m
Armaugh
Tucker
John Kerr
B. G
Ryder
Chicago
Rosey Wilkes
B. m
Longnecker
Hane
Horn
Volante
Martin
Crystine
S. m
Adams
Basie
Brown
Lotto
Eason Eases Pittsburg Win In Second Game
Pittsburg split a doubleheader with Chicago as Eason delivered clutch hits in the second game while wild throws from Raymer and Childs aided the win. The opener saw Pittsburg fail to hit Hughes, despite nearby Chicago errors.
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Pittsburg
Hughes
Eason
Raymer
Childs
Chicago
Doheny
Yager
Kahoe
Minor League Plans Discussed by Hickey in Chicago
Mr. Hickey, who has long corresponded with the minor league organizations, says better action is desired and the clubs will be held in Chicago. The statement outlines ongoing discussions aimed at improving coordination and prospects for the leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hickey
Milwaukee Sells No Milwaukee Franchise Yet
Milwaukee owners reject a 42100 offer from a Cincinnati syndicate led by Manager McPhee for the American League club and vow to keep the Milwaukee franchise in business in the city.
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Milwaukee
Wis
the Sentinel
Cincinnati
McPhee
Major Taylor Wins at Grand Circuit Meet in Springfield
Springfield crowd witnesses a top night of sprinting led by Major Taylor who claimed first money in the one third mile national championship. Frank Kramer placed second as the ten mile open featured strong finishes with W E Fenn of Bristol winning and McFarland close behind. Additional notes mention Glen View golf in Chicago, a new amateur course record by Bruce Smith, and a football league opening with officers and four member cities.
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Springfield
Mass
Coliseum
Taylor
Frank Kramer
Fenn
Bristol
McFarland
Chicago
Glen View
Bruce Smith
Ontwentsia
Phelps Hoyt
W. J. Holabird, Jr
Glence
Hoyt
Europe's Danger Spot as Austria Warns Russia on Balkans
In London Aug 30 1900 Roumanian Premier Sturdza met with Count Goluchowski and Gen. Von Beck in Vienna to discuss Balkan tensions. Hungarian papers warn Russia of meddling and massing troops on the Roumanian frontier while an 1897 status quo pact is questioned. Daily Mail cites Ali Nouri Bey on Armenian massacres as part of a system of extermination.
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London
M. Sturdza
Vienna
Count Goluchowski
Balkans
Gen
von Beck
Russia
Berlin
Austria
Manchuria
The
Daily Mail
Ali Nouri Bey
Rotterdam
Europe
Three named for fusion mayor race in Greater New York
The Citizens' Union conference committee chose George Foster Peabody, Bird S. Coler, and Seth Low as the three candidates from six for the fusion nomination for mayor of Greater New York. The trio includes a banker independent Democrat, a Democrat city controller, and the Republican Columbia University president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Citizens’ Union Tonight
Anti- Tammany Organization
Greater
George Foster Peabody
Bird
S. Coler
Seth Low
Columbia University
Twenty Missing In Capitol Accident Concludes
A Capitol accident left twenty injured, one with a dislocated arm. The injured are all colored. A tour group viewing the Capitol had just left the courtroom a minute earlier when the incident happened.
Copper Plant Accident Kills Two Workers in Ducktown
A converter at the Tennessee Copper Company plant in Ducktown overturned spilling several tons of molten copper. Worker Allen Richards died from burns, while George Fortner and Samuel Ray suffered fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Times
Ducktown
Tennessee Copper Company
Allen Richards
George Fortner
Samuel Ray
Miserable infield costs Kennedy as Boston wins
Boston defeats Brooklyn 6 to 1 in a game where Brooklyn’s sloppy infield play aided the home team. Willis and Kittredge teamed for Boston while Kennedy, Farrell and Ahearn handled the Battery work for Brooklyn.
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Boston
Kennedy
Brooklyn
Willis and
Kittredge
Farrell and Ahearn
Two Arkansas Girls Seek Death Pact Ends in Suicide
In Clarendon Arkansas on August 23 Rosa Pride and Minnie Smith both eighteen agreed to commit suicide over love disappointment. Pride drank laudanum and died while Smith did not complete the pact.
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Clarendon, Ark
Rosa Pride
Minnie Smith
Miss Pride
Miss Smith
United Mine Workers Endorse Written Contracts and Enforcement
Hazleton Pa Aug 2 The United Mine Workers adopt a resolutions report urging written contracts with coal companies and strict compliance. Officers may declare a strike if agreements are not honored and a joint conference on card inspection is ordered. Employed men claim reassignments and wage changes violated prior notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Committee On
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Evance
Delaware & Hudson
Scranton
Explosion Kills Miner at Scott Shaft in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN Pa Aug 2 One miner was killed and seven injured by a dynamite explosion at the Scott shaft near Shamokin John Shenasky of Shamokin was 80 badly injured and died the others will recover The blast was caused when a drill ran into a dynamite charge.
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Shamokin
Scott Shaft
Here
John Shenasky
Johnson County fair races draw large crowd in Franklin
At Franklin Indiana on August 29 large crowds attended the Johnson County fair with strong racing. C M Dickerson of Madison served as starter. Highlights include 2:50 Pace won by Wilson Girl, and 2: Trot won by Pat Agan with heats in 2:22 to 2:24. Also noted were races at Oakland City Frankfort and Rushville fairs with winners such as Sly Medium Carnation Ozar Rube Johnson and Daisy F. Plenty of attendees included Governor Durbin and Indianapolis notables awaiting tomorrow’s Indianapolis day.
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Toledo
My J
Ing
Rene
Davis
Thers
Martinet
Monta
Miss Hopkins
Eldorado
Gai Itichien
Bills Bell
Harry Woodbine
Guenneit
Indianapolis Journal
Franklin
Ind
Johnson County Fair
C. M. Dickerson
Madison
Wilson Girl
Robert D
Little Nell
Edd W
Baramont
Ella Bond
Marion C
Mary Tudor
Minnie L
Oakland City
Sly Medium
Silver Sam
Black Diamond
Herman Wilson
Carnation
Ottones
Miller Green
Cumberland Gap
B. Reed
V. Randolph
Peggy Howard
Outline
Getaway Belle
Bermuda
C. M. BP
Frankfort
Rube Johnson
Rose Bud
Shadel
Harry
Muskovite
Lady Colee
Ozar
Liberty Beil
Beetel
Adelaide
A. He
American Bell
Reward Girl
Bertie Gimlet
Rushville
Miss Leach
Tane
Os Firma
Daisy F
Maple G
R. Ee “Ar T
Dilety
Western Association routs Fort Wayne in Marion defeat
Marion, Ind Aug 29 Fort Wayne fell to Marion in a prettily played game as Lance Byers Mullen and Fuller starred for the winners while Toledo and other teams posted varying scores in recent regional action across Indiana and Illinois venues.
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Western Association
Marion
Fort Wayne
Wheeling
Toledo
Grand Rapids
Columbus
National League
Ind
Lance and
City Officials Deposed In Pittsburg Shakeup
Recorder A M Brown deposed three city officials and named successors. J O Brown to be replaced by Andrew Fulton, Clarence Burleigh by William K B Rodgers, and Robert Ostermaier by William B Hays. United States Senator Quay visited. Brown returned from the mountains. No explanation given beyond improving city government.
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Pittsburg
A. M. Brown
J. O. Brown
Andrew Fulton
Clarence Burleigh
Wiliam KB. Rodgers
Robert Ostermaier
William B. Hays
United States
Quay
Beaver
Recorder Brown
Recorder
Woman Wears A Star In St Paul For Humane Work
Mrs. C. A. Severance wife of the late Senator C. K. Davis law partner is named a special police officer with authority to arrest malefactors. A leading St Paul society figure she joins the Humane Society push to improve animal welfare and will inspect wholesale districts to stop heavy loads on horses, making arrests herself.
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ST. Paul
C. A. Severance
C. K. Davis
Severance
Humane Society
Botanical science meeting in Denver weighing Porto Rico lab
The American Association for the Advancement of Science held meetings in Denver with papers read in the botanical section led by Prof. M. L. Underwood on establishing a botanical research laboratory in Porto Rico and linking it to the federal agricultural experiment station. Resolutions urged development. Dr. E. B. Bassey of Lincoln noted neglect of the national herbarium at the National Museum in Washington and the need to classify and preserve hundreds of rare specimens.
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Denver
Col
American Association For the Advancement of Science
M. L. Underwood
Porto Rico
Co. EB. Bassey
Lincoln
Neb
National Herbarium
National Museum
Washington
Batteries and crews listed across cities in late scorecard
In the roundup of battery crews and teams, entries show movements between Little Rock Birmingham Shreveport Omaha and other cities. The notes mention players Wilhelm Culver Fisher McGuire and Roth among others, with scores or markers like 1¢ and 2 indicating game or booklet annotations. The final line notes a game called at end of eleventh due to darkness.
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Little Rock
Ark
Chattanooga
Allemany and Lynch
Clayton and Roth
Birmingham
Ala
Shreveport
Wilhelm and Culver
Fisher and McGuire
Omaha
St.oooneon
New Moines
Isas City
Iweifth
Colorado Springs
Minneapolis
Chicago Woman Arrested After Erie Train Incident
Dr Nellie Poor of Chicago, who inspired a Corning train scare by claiming no murder conspiracy, was arrested in Buffalo with her two sons. Police surgeon Dr Fowler held them pending arrival of a responsible person to take them to Chicago.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nellie Poor
Chicago
Erie
Corning
Fowler
Smiths to Hold Convention in Guthrie Oklahoma
Guthrie August 3 190? a call was issued for a convention in Guthrie October 12 to organize an annual Smith reunion for all Oklahoma Smiths. It is estimated there are about 2000 Smiths in the Territory.
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Guthrie
O. T
Oklahoma
Smith
Bainbridge player dies after being hit by pitch
Elmore Silvers of Bainbridge baseball team was struck on the head by a pitched ball in a Quincy game. He finished the game but suffered hemorrhages and died a few hours later. Silvers had previously lived in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Elmore Silvers
Bainbridge
Silvers
Terre Haute
Teething remedy and skin treatment advertised on old label
An old advertisement touts a teething salve and sulphur face product from Glenn’s Mills Hale and W Dye. It claims which soothes teething pain, softens gums, relieves wind colic, regulates bowels, and treats diarrhoea, with claims of skin healing and complexion improvement. The text references a bottle and wholesale sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Hale
President Hickey Calls Western League Meeting Tonight
ST JOSEPH MO Aug 3 President Hickey of the Western Baseball League issued a call for a meeting of all members to discuss league affairs and future schedules in a late evening dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mo
Hickey
Western Baseball League
Fires destroy Tyconderoga steamer on Lake George
Miscellaneous items report the Champlain Transportation Co steamer Tyconderoga burned at Rogers rock dock while on Lake George Baldwin to Caldwell service. no lives lost. Also notes the death of Houston & Texas Central Railroad official George A Quinlan in Houston after a long illness. The Right Rev Edgar L Jacob bishop of Newcastle England rode the steamer Germanic to New York. An unidentified 18 year old boy found dead on a Lake Shore train near Cleveland after a head wound. Health officials dispute sending Chinese leprosy patient Dong Gong to Molokai and seek options. Former Auditor James H Burns arrested in St Paul on grand larceny charge tied to tax certificate frauds. Ohio sues to oust Cleveland based Ohio Building and Loan Association. Counterfeiting gear seized on Snake River in Oregon. Northwestern Life settlement reaches bid by Walter Hi Lee in Chicago. Reports discuss Seventh National Bank vice presidency rumor. Minnesota Attorney General suggests public elevators tied to railroads fall under state rules. Montana Supreme Court denies extra bond for Minnie Healy mine case. work resumes.
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Tyconderoga
Champlain Transportation Company
Baldwin
Caldwell
Lake George
Yesterrae
Rogers Rock
George A. Quinlan
Houston & Texas Central Railroad
Houston
Railroad Service
Texas
Chicago & Northwestern
Edgar L. Jacob
Newcastle
England
New York
Liverpool
Episcopal Church
San Francisco
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Cleveland
Elma
N. Y
Buffalo & Allegheny
Wyman
Starkloff
St. Louis
Dong Gong
Molokai
Hawaiian Islands
Louisiana
James H. Burns
St. Paul
Metzdorff
Burns
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Ohio Building and Loan Association of
Superior-street Savings and Banking Company
Shauck
Oregon
Snake River
United States
A. A. Roberts
Portland
Secret Service
Treasury Department
E. E. Coon
Butts
Northwestern Life Assurance Company
Chetlain
Chicago
Walter Hi. Lee
Lee
New York Commercial Advertiser
Seventh National Bank
Seventh National
R. W. Jones
National Bank of Kansas City
Douglas
Minnesota
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Supreme Court of Montana
Boston and Montana Company
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
Pennsylvania
F. A. Heinze
Minnie Healy
Harney
Chicago Justice Rules Picket Arrests In Interference Case
Justice Doyle rules that union pickets may be arrested without warrants and held for the Criminal Court for unlawful interference if they touch a nonunion worker and ask to speak. The decision names James Brown and Herman Voglesang of the Iron Molders Union of North America, tied to an Aug. 22 incident with Anton Neilsen.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
Dunner
Justice Doyle
James Brown
Herman Voglesang
Iron Molders’ Union of North America
Anton Neilsen
Guards for Nonunionists in Kansas Coal Mines
Fort Scott Kansas August 2 In anticipation of a serious strike at the Big Four coal mines in southeastern Kansas companies have representatives here employing guards to protect nonunion men or those who refuse to strike. The mood is that a majority of the four thousand men in the district will go out on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas
AFL Grants First Porto Rico Charter as Island Branch
The American Federation of Labor with headquarters in this city issues the first charter for a general branch in Porto Rico. The Porto Rico organization is treated as a normal state-level affiliate within the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Porto Rico
Delegates Choose Officers Ahead of Home Departure
In Detroit Michigan delegates gathered for the Fraternal Congress in session. With many planning to depart this evening, the election of officers was set as the afternoon's special order of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
National Referees Discuss Bankruptcy Act Amendments
At today's National Association of Referees session the executive committee was instructed to report to the House judiciary committee on proposed bankruptcy act amendments. The report should contain no guidance on Section 77G as construed by the Supreme Court, which holds that partial payments to creditors before a debt matures are preferred and must be returned to the court to be distributed among creditors.
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Buffala
National Association of Referees
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
United States Supreme Court
Wwanment
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Prince Alert
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Say B
Johnson Cot
NTY Fair
Thut
CAS
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Townsend and
Jacklitsch
Grand Eee
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Dayton
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Boston St. Louis Ory
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Baltimor
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T.S. Andrews
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O'Connell
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O'Connells
Peabody
Color
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Winters
Criger
Siever and McAllister
Batterlee
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Mercer and Clarke
Misa Smith
Kirk
Jap Rose
Lima, Indiana
Hugh T. Reed
Indianapolis
J. H. McKenzie
Hotel English
Anthracite Miners
Miner
Gover
Durbin
Mayor Taggart
Business Men's Driving Club
Toney Wilson
E. P. Clark
Charles Donson
Pattie H. L
Dr. McKechnie
Joe Jefferson
C. R. Webber
le McGinty
H. C. Sharpless
J. C
J. Unroe
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Dutch Mary
H. H. Gates
Echo Chief
Sam
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G. G
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Shover
Ozett
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Rhe Toledo
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Locke
Rock Island
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Milton
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Decatur
Rockford
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Shannon
Owens and Thiery
Police
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Southern Association
Stern League
Smiths
Mrs. Winslow
Marcy
Washington St
Central Printing CO
H. A. Warner
Topeka
Knights and Ladies of Security
Joseph&. Datt
Royal Arcanum
M. W. Sackett
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Carrie Nation
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Elks’ Lodge
Ev Hall
Mrs. Nation
Newie
Sylice
Murphy
John L. Sullivan
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Wich
Sne
Nation
Cronin
Jordan
Union Station
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