Saloon Shootings in Rush County Leave Two Wounded
In Rushville Indiana Tom Beach shot Wil McGeeson in the legs during a hunting quarrel. Beach, about twenty, fled after wounding the 35 year old man who is badly wounded. Philips, a man with a wife and four children, was involved in earlier gunfire in another incident at Grant and is now jailed in uncertain condition.
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Ing
Phillips
Markin
Grant
Nde Poe Philips
Merkin
Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Tom Beach
Wil McGeeson
Beach
Con
McGeeson
Shot Dead While Hunting Near Bedford Ind
Lawrence County man Joseph Brown ing aged twenty five was killed while hunting six miles west of Bedford. Browning with two friends freed a squirrel and the cocked guns were set down. One boy called to Browning for the gun, he picked it up and the trigger caught on a limb. The entire load struck his breast and killed him instantly. His body was brought to his home in Bedford early this morning.
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Bedford
Ind
Jozeph Browning
Browning
Dutch local hoodoo haunts Panhandle freight train report
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Elwood Indiana on December 3 describes a deadly six week span for the Logansport to Middletown freight train known as the Dutch local. Three people killed and a dozen injured including Conductor Bert Case in Middletown and a hay-wagon party in Kokomo with one man dead and three girls hurt. Windfall buggy collision kills horse and injures the occupant. Miss Jennie Shaw among the dead. Also reports from Evansville of Al Wildering losing a left hand to a small cannon and other accidents.
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Indixhapeolis
Elwood
Ind
Panhandle
Logansport
Middletown
Bert Case
Kokomo
Jennie Shawere
Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
al Wildering
Christmas Quiet at Jeffersonville Reformatory
Jeffersonville Ind Dec 3 Christmas passed quietly with early church services and suspended business Inmates at the reformatory were given a day off and at noon enjoyed a roast lamb dinner with many delicacies The morning program included free time in the inner court.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Christmas observance and charity in Crawfordsville churches
Christmas was observed at all churches in Crawfordsville this year. This afternoon the Elks Lodge held a tree at Music Hall distributing clothing sleds candy tops and dolls to 30 poor children of the community.
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Indianapolis Journal
Crawfordsville
Ind
Elks Lodge
Music Hall
Indiana State Normal to Install Electric Light System
Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute expects electric lighting to be ready at the start of next term after holidays. Wiring nears completion and a 75 horsepower dynamo will power 80 lights with a subsidiary 50-light unit. The boiler house furnace has a self feeding arrangement and the smokestock will emit little smoke. Gymnastics changes place basketball goals per new rules.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Normal
Weather Forecast for Thursday and Friday in Midwest
Forecast for Thursday and Friday calls for fair weather in Ohio with increasing cloudiness and possible rain along the lakes, while Indiana and Michigan expect fair skies. Winds shift from light southwest to light south or southwest, with temperatures around 37 high and 34 low. Blythe notes mean temperature departures and precipitation totals through December.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Miinels
R.H
W. T. Blythe
Movements of Steamers on December Arrival
New York December 5 reports arrivals including Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown Bolivian liner Lig for Genes and Naples Baia afterland for Antwerp via Cher pain der Boutee a Betasmoss Philadelphia
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York
Majestic
Liverpool
Queenstown
Bolivia
Lig
Genes
Naples
Baia
Terland
Antwerp
Cherpain der Boutee
Betasmoss
Philadel
Planned basketball schedule for Normal with Purdue and others
A basketball schedule emerges for the Normal team to face Purdue Indianapolis Manual Training School and Indiana University with the first game slated around January 2. Interclass play narrows to seniors versus freshmen on the first Saturday in January. the loser exits the championship race. The school team also faces Terre Haute High School on Friday, January 3, as winter term begins January 2. Meanwhile, many students and teachers attend the State Teachers Association meeting in Indianapolis where President Parsons is expected to join sessions after lecturing in Pennsylvania.
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Purdue
Indianapolis Manual Training School
Indiana University
Terre Haute High School
State Teachers’ Association
Indianapolis
Parsons
Pennsylvania
Fire destroys Mesker foundry in Evansville
A fire at 11 o clock tonight gutted the Mesker foundry in Evansville Indiana causing an estimated loss of 60000 with 3000 insured. The blaze started in the engine room and water works failure near the site left lower city blocks menaced. Mesker previously suffered a 190000 fire loss a year earlier.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansvile
Ind
Mesker Foundry
Mesker
Fire wipes out four Hartford City businesses at Cooley corner
Hartford City Indiana fire yesterday destroyed four two story frame businesses at the old Cooley corner. George Bashara fruit house James Cronin shoe shop Mrs Lizzie Bashara notion store and W B Cooley restaurant and bakery suffered losses with Cooley uninsured Cronin stock $1 Bashara estimated losses $0 with limited insurance. The 60 year old timbered building burned from a gas jet. Cooley plans a three story brick block on the site. Brownstown News reports separate fire destroying Brownstown telephones plant owned by O H Cooley editor with about 900 loss and similar building loss to A J Hamilton with minor damage to nearby properties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Old Cooley Corner
George Bashara
James Cronin
Lizzie Bashara
Notion
W. B. Cooley
Cooley
Cronin
Hartford
Connecticut
Niagara and
Phoenix
Brownstown
Brownstown Telephone
O. H. Cooley
A. J. Hamilton
Death notices from Richmond and Marion regions
Richmond and Marion briefs report the deaths of Mrs. Gillilan in California, wife of Richmon d newspaper man W. Gillilan, and Major Hugh R. Belknap of the U S A. whose funeral will be held in Washington with Arlington burial. Cadet George W. Steele Jr will accompany the body from Manila and report to the Navy Department after the funeral. The Noble funeral in Richmond lists many attendees and notes interment at Earlham Cemetery with visitors from Chicago Centerville Winchester and Manapolis.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
S. W. Gillilan
Wells
Riverside
Cal
Marion
Steele
Pennsylvania
Washington
Hugh R. Belknap
Philippines
Arlington Cemetery
George W. Steele, Jr
Asiatic Squadron
William T. Noble
Isaac Jenkinson
Walter Coyle
Albert Rost
Holloway
A. L. Study
Thomas L. Study
Earlham Cemetery
W. W. Thornton
E. W. Nicholson
Worth M. Tippy
John K. Jones
Manapolis
C. C. Peelle
Winchester
R. W. P. Noble
Chicago
Martha L. Peelle
Emma King
Centerville
Death of Col. G. M. Taylor in Vincennes
Blood poisoning from a toe infection, worsened by surgical removal, caused the death of Col. G. M. Taylor traveling passenger agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Vincennes. He will be buried in Baltimore, his birthplace.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
G. M. Taylor
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Deaths in Indiana Farmers and Residents
WARREN Peter Gundy a prominent farmer of Jefferson township died today aged seventy leaving a widow and four children. RICHMOND Mrs Anna Elman aged eighty seven longtime German resident died yesterday at her daughter Mrs Christian Lammert’s home. ELWOOD W H Cliffe aged sixty died at his daughter Mrs George Jenkins home from a paralytic stroke, native of England.
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George Jenkins
England
Case or Rathbun ruling and Indiana marriage notice
Journal correspondent reports Superintendent Hert at Indiana Reformatory declined judging Rathbun case citing lack of official sources. He says Rathbun convicted of manslaughter with a maximum 21 year sentence. parole on minimum term is not customary. Hert favors longer confinement for premeditated killing. Also notes Miss Ethelyn Tracy and Dr John M Phipps marriage in Franklin Indiana on December 5.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Journal
Hert
Indiana Reformatory
Newell v. Rathbun
Rathbun
Board of Managers
Franklin, Ind
Ethelyn Tracy
John M. Phipps
Whiteland Bride Daughter Of Wealthy Farmer In County News
NEW ALBANY Ind Dec 35 Thomas M McCulloch and Miss Anna L Reno were married this afternoon by Rev Charles Hutchinson McCulloch has been city clerk of New Albany for the past eight days The bride is a daughter of Mr L Reno Dr Phipps recently returned from two years in the Philippines where he served as international secretary of the Y M C A for the navy
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Whiteland
Counny
L. F. Racy
Republican County Committee
Phipps
Philippines
Navy
New Albany
Ind
Thomas M. McCulloch
Anna L. Reno
Charles Hutchinson
Richmond Shovel and Tool Company Comes Under Outside Control
The Richmond Shovel and Tool Company, formed by local capitalists months ago, has moved under outside ownership and may join the Shovel Association. The plant was bought outright and the new company is led by Charles H. Myers of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania as president, William J. Alford of Anderson Indiana as vice president, and Samuel S. Early of Terre Haute as secretary and treasurer. The business will operate under the same name.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Richmond Shovel and Tool Company
G. Hibberd
S. W. Gear
The
Shovel Association
Charles H. Myers
Beaver Falls
William J. Alford
Anderson
Samuel S. Early
Terre Haute
Tod Sloan Not Penniless Says Report In Paris
The claim that Tod Sloan is penniless after spending 300000 is false. He seeks reinstatement as services are in demand by American and English jockeys for the next season. Sloan, then in Paris, sent Christmas gifts including 80 cash to his foster parents and relatives. He is not financially ruined, with at least 100000 left in property and stocks.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Tod Sloan
Tod
Paris
D. G. Blanser
Bloomington educator Glascock in fatal relapse from fever
Prof. W H Glascock superintendent of Bloomington schools and former Institute for the Blind head has relapsed from typhoid fever and is not expected to live through the night. He had been ill five weeks and could walk at home before a renewed collapse.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
W. H. Glascock
Institute For the Blind
Barn scaffold collapse injures six near Kokomo
A scaffold collapse at a new barn construction on the William Sampsell farm six miles northwest of Kokomo injures six carpenters. Alonzo Mattox suffers a broken leg and spinal injuries while others are hurt. Reverend E A Allen leaves Kokomo for Decatur after resigning from the local Presbyterian church. In Angola, Frank Morse sells his electric lighting office to National Mills Water Light and Power Co. Peters burg plans $5,000 county bonds for rock roads and a Petersburg town bonds issue of $5,000. In Greencastle, Will Kelly loses his right hand while hunting.
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Kokomo
William Sampsell
Here
Alonzo Mattox
E. A. Allen
Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Allen
Indianapolis
Angola
Frank D. Morse
National Mills, Water, Light and Power Company
National Mill Company
Angola Water Works System
Petersburg
Pike County
Washington Township
Greencastle
Will Kelly
Fillmore
Gage Plans Time for Banking Reform and Missionary Work
Washington dispatch notes speculation on Secretary Lyman J. Gage after treasury departure. He favors a federal banking system with small county units linking to state centers and a large central bank, while adviser A B Stickney backs a central authority dominating branch banks. Gage seeks reform via public opinion rather than rapid executive action.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Gage
Treasury
Chicago
the Treasury
Executive Department
The
BH. Stickney
Mr. Gage
Mr. Stickney
General Miles praised as gallant fighter despite rebuke
The Washington Post weighs General Nelson A Miles, praising his wartime gallantry while noting a recent presidential rebuke over his public endorsement of the navy head. It argues the public would rebuke Miles yet largely endorse his fighting record and stance on the military issue.
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Washington Post
the Post
Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Gen. Miles
United States Navy
Change Asked by Italy Under Present System
The Italian government presses Washington to extend federal statutes to protect foreigners in state jurisdiction, seeking a federal remedy for lynchings of Italians in states like Louisiana, Colorado, and Mississippi. Signor Mayor Des Flanches notes treaty guarantees exist but federal limits hinder enforcement, urging a nationwide system rather than case by case indemnities.
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Washington
Louisiana
Colorado
Mississippi
Baron Fava
Signor Mayor Des Flanches
Erwin
Miss
Signor Mayor
Italy
United States
Nobel Prizes Awarded In Stockholm And Christiana
United States Minister Thomas reports that on December 10 in Stockholm and Christiana the first Nobel prizes were awarded. The laureates include Wilhelm Roentgen for physics, Jacobus van Hoff for chemistry, Emil von Behring for medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and the peace prize shared by Frederick Passy and Henri Dunant.<|vq_12572|>
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Washington
United States
Thomas
State Department
Stockholm
Christiana
Alfred Nobel
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
University of Munich
Roentgen
Jacobus Henricus van Hoff
University of Berlin
Emil von Behring
Halle
Sully Prudhomme
French Academy
Frederick Passy
France
Henri Dunant
Switzerland
Red Cross
Storthing
Sully- Prudhomme
Navy training ship Prairie to sail from Tompkinsville to Trinidad
The Navy Department received a telegram stating the training ship Prairie will leave Tompkinsville at daylight for Hampton Roads and then proceed directly to Port of Spain on Trinidad, off the north coast of Venezuela.
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Washington
Navy Department
Prairie
Tompkinsville
Hampton Roads
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Venegue
Fatal Fire In Philadelphia Home Claims Child
A house fire on Wryatusing avenue in Philadelphia tonight killed four year old Mary Connelly and left her parents seriously injured along with two other young children who sustained minor injuries. Fire crews extinguished the flames and investigators began work on the cause.
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Philadelphia
James H. Connelly
Wryatusing Avenue
Mary Connelly
Fires Roar Across Cities Hit by Major Losses
A string of late December fires cripples Shreveport, Florence, Progresso, and Rochester. Jackson A Bros. furniture in Shreveport destroyed with 60 000 in stock and 15 000 in building. Florence cotton oil mill plant of Virginia Carolina Chemical Co burns with stock and products valued around 26 000,000. Progresso warehouse blaze destroys ten thousand bales of Jeniquen and spans Merida Railway facilities, total losses near 1 000 000. G S S Graham Machine Co factory in Rochester razed, three firemen injured but no fatalities. overall damage substantial and insurance withdrawals noted in Shreveport.
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New Orleans
Shreveport
Jackson A Bros
Florence
8. C
Merida
Yucatan
Progresso
Eshanove Bros
Gabriel Escalante
Rochester
N. Y
G. S&s. Grahamm Machine Company
Tourists Face Higher Duty at New York Port
New York December 5 tourists arriving at the port of New York will encounter more stringent exactions. Details indicate increased duties and stricter checks as part of ongoing border control measures.
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New York
Tourists to Pay Full Duty on Nonlisted Goods
A customs official says travelers entering the country will be required to pay full duties on all items not on the official list. Tourists will not be favored at the expense of importers.
Planters Upset by Roosevelt Message and Trade Hopes
Honolulu reports President Roosevelt’s message disappoints Hawaiian planters as it opposes further Chinese immigration and stirs doubt over Cuba Philippines and Porto Rico sugar imports. Sugar stocks stay firm while Attorney General Dole heads to Washington to appeal on jury indictment legality under Hawaiian law. Several ships remain overdue, including the S. D. Carleton from Tacoma.
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Honolulu
Victoria
B. C
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
Dole
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Pacific Coast
S. D. Carleton
Tacoma
New Protocol Signed Averts War Chile and Argentina
The new protocol between Chile and Argentina dispels immediate war danger. Both nations press military prep as fortifications rise at Talcahuano and Punta Arenas. Argentina orders two 8 000 ton warships in Italy. Chile seeks defense loan of 315 million. Officials confirm the agreement ends the conflict for now.
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Buenos Ayres
Chile
Argentina
Talcahuano
Punta Arenas
Diario
Comuneo
Italy
Santiago de Chile
Tocoral
Chamber of Deputies
Riesco
Yanez
Senor Portela
Portela Postpones Departure In Chile Latin Talks
Santiago de Chile reports Argentine Minister to Chile Portela has postponed his departure. Officials announce a protocol will formalize a modus vivendi between Argentina and Chile. Public sentiment expects quick resolution of questions at issue pleasing both nations.
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Santiago DE Chile
Senor Portela
Chile
Peru Bolivian Boundary Treaty Not Sanctioned by Congress
Lima dispatches report Congress did not sanction the arbitration treaty on the Peru Bolivia boundary. Secret sessions approved a contract with a London based Bolivian company to lease Acre territory.
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Lima
Peru
Lapaz
Bolivia
Congress
London
Acre
Notable 19th Century Figures Die Across Cities
Reports from Denver Chicago San Antonio Kansas City Guthrie Paris and New York announce the deaths of prominent figures including C G Bangs a Colorado pioneer guide and Indian fighter aged 74 Dunlap Smith a Chicago financier Col R E Renfro Texas politician Dewitt House longtime traveling salesman Alfred S Dewitt U S commissioner Jacques Fouquier publicist and George B Swain New Jersey state treasurer. The obituaries note their careers and, in Bangs case, surviving children and counties of origin.
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Denver
Col
C. G. Bangs
Kit Carson
Colorado
Altona
Boulder County
Perry H. Smith
Chicago
Dunlap Smith
San Antonio
Tex
R. E. Renfro
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Brazos
Santiago
Harrison
Kansas City
Dewitt Clinton
United States
Guthrie
Okla
Alfred
Dewitt
Montreal
Can
Paris
Jacques Francois Henri Fouquier
Chamber of Deputies
New York
George B. Swain
New Jersey
Newark
Schley Should Be Satisfied, Pittsburg Gazette
Admiral Schley records strong objections to the court of inquiry findings. Dewey credits him with the Santiago victory, while Miles offers support. Schley appears content with the current outcome and position.
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Pittsburg
Admiral Schley
Court of Inquiry
Admiral Dewey
Santiago
Miles
Inaccurate Survey Halts McAlester Building Work
Government officials acted on Interior Department orders to stop all building and improvement work at McAlester I T until a schedule of values for all property is prepared by the town site committee. A prior survey schedule was found false and the secretary of the interior intervened.
Unsanitary jest from the Boston boy to Santa Claus
In the Detroit Free Press cartoon a child tells his mother he refused Santa’s gifts this year. He cites his belief that Santa’s fur coat is infested with pernicious microbes after long wear, prompting the comic’s satirical line about sanitation.
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Detroit Free Press
Boston
Santa Claus
Indorsement Applauded for Lebanon Safe Incident
Baltimore Herald notes burglars in Lebanon Indiana attempted to blow open a safe but failed and left an indorsement card reading O. K. The anonymous gesture is seen as highly appreciated by safe manufacturers.
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Baltimore Herald
Lebanon
Ind
O. K
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
A vintage patent medicine advertisement claims one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It asserts every bottle is backed by a refund guarantee with W. Grove’s signature on each package.
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W. Grove
Marconis achievement opens route to interplanetary talk
Bayonne New Jersey letter in the Philadelphia Press quotes William E Eddy a scientist and kite experiments advocate who says wireless telegraphy could cover oceans with signal stations and even reach interplanetary space. He cites kite-based links to Marconi and outlines plans from Labrador to Cape Horn and beyond with daily tests and potential shipboard use.
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Bayonne
N. J
Philadelphia
Globe
Marconi
William E. Eddy
Eddy
New York
Mr. Eddy
Signal Service Bureau
Atlantic Coast Line
Government Weather Bureau
Patagonia
Cape Town
mid-Atlantic
Preece
Marconti
Gulf of Space
Edison
Tesla
Pupin
Marcon
Delicate instruments key to future wireless telegraphy
The author argues that transmitting messages through space requires immense power but even more crucial is instrument delicacy. He cites Milne’s seismograph and Langly’s bolometer, envisioning a mast and coil based reflector where a tiny base movement could send light across long distances. He urges Marconi to improve a finer coherer and envisions vast potential in highly sensitive apparatus.
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Mars
John Milne
Isle of Wight
United States
P. Langly
Rosebery’s Astuteness and Liberal Prospects
The speech marks a shift in British politics with Rosebery urging vigorous war continuation and reform. He avoids condemning the war but criticizes certain moves and Chamberlain while offering cautious Liberal leadership. The piece questions whether Liberals will rally, and if Rosebery can unify factions and guide the party to power.
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Washington Star
Lord Rosebery
Rosebery
Hieles
Mr. Chamberlain
Britain
Liberal Party
House of Lords
House of Commons
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