Largest photograph printed in London shows Mrs Shaw the whistler
The nine foot high image is touted as the largest photograph ever printed. Other notices mention Deporan Powers of Lansingburg being nearly the oldest banker at ninety nine, green worm texts in Louisiana cotton, a long German word in an official journal, and Congressman O'Neill predicting a major confrontation with John L Sullivan if he runs for office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Deporan Powers
D. Powers
Congressman O'Neill
Boston
John L. Sullivan
Italian student signs in at Yale Law School
For the first time in Yale Law School history an Italian, Signor Paul Russo, joins the student body. He has worked for several years as a court interpreter in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Law School
Signor
Paul Russo
New Haven
Death of S. L. M. Baron Prompted Sale of Estate
S. L. M. Baron died in New York months ago believed worth 2,000,000. It is now found his estate was bankrupt and his grand home will be sold to settle debts. Jay GovLp was offered 50,000 cash plus 40 percent royalty for a reminiscences volume but did not respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. M. Baron
New York
Jay GovLp
Portrait of Washington valued at one thousand dollars
An oil portrait of George Washington, bought for ten dollars at the Barnum’s Hotel sale in Baltimore, is now estimated to be worth about one thousand dollars. Experts declare it to be an original Gilbert Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barnum
Baltimore
Gilbert Co. Stuart
Moon Inhabitation Study By German Scientist
A German scientist plans to determine whether the moon is inhabited by photographing it. The King of Württemberg reportedly ordered top quality photographs of the moon to be enlarged up to a factor of one hundred ninety thousand times for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wurtemburg
Remarkable Betts Hospital dinner honors centenarian matriarch
A Cincinnati Betts Hospital dinner hosted by the sisters featured twenty six inmates, including many seniors with ages over sixty. At the head sat Elizabeth Schulten who is one hundred four, with fifteen residents over sixty and eight over seventy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betts’ Hospital
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Schulten
Beggar-Faced Swindler Sentenced in New York Prison
Max Soloman, a hustling young New Yorker, has begun a city prison term for obtaining money under false pretenses. He led a double life as a beggar and a society man, living in a fashionable boarding house, begging door to door by day and dashing about the Stock Exchange by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Soloman
The
Stock Exchange
Remarkable girl of seventeen with iron jaw gains fame
The friends of Miss Lilian Johan of New York City dub her the remarkable girl of seventeen. She is famed for chewing gum unlike any woman, and for chewing kindling, broom handles, pine knots, and furniture into sawdust. Her hair is so strong she can tie dumbbells to it and whirl them around her head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilian Johan
New York City
Violin With Amati Mark Linked To Pocahontas Lineage
A Richmond Virginia gentleman owns a notable violin tied to early Virginian history. It bears the mark Nicolaus Amati fecit Cremona 1651 and was brought to America by Robert Bollinz wife of Jane Rolfe Pocahontas granddaughter. The piece is famed for tone and has been played by many eminent artists. A Delaware almshouse boiler explosion killed a man named Patrick Grogan, the longtime engineer. Grogan’s estate was valued at ten thousand dollars, and his relatives joined his remains. After a court division of property, Grogan returned alive from a hunting trip in Virginia, revealing a complex tale involving a pauper hired as his substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Nicolaus Amati Fecit
Cremona
Robert Bollinz
Jane Rolfe
Pocahontas
Powhatan
Virnia
Delaware State Almshouse
Patrick Grogan
Institution
Grogan
Virgin
Extraordinary discovery in old chair in Ledz Zeitung
An old arm chair once owned by the present owner's grandfathers was brought from an attic for recovery. Under the seat a large packet contained three 1000-rupee notes, 500 rubles in gold, and a bank receipt dated 1867 for 6,509 rubles. The chair has belonged to the current owner for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ledz Zeitung
Leds
World News Gathers Beefs, Diphtheria and Wariness
A digest of incidents includes U S export values for beef hogs and dairy, tariff talks in Congress, rising business failures, labor meetings on the eight hour question, a New York widow's poisoning death and a grave desecration at Emerson’s Sleepy Hollow plot. Reports detail coastal storms, a boy saved from a river fall, rough Atlantic voyage aboard the Ems, church naming debates, smallpox on Pelee Island, Loyal Legion leadership, a standard prayer book effort, Quincy church anniversary, a fatal boiler explosion near Crystal Lake, and stock and baseball news including Maggie Mitchell’s Boston marriage and a Villard plan bond issue. Barbed wire and wire nail price hikes are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
Lecy Eppy
New York
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sleepy Hollow
Concord
Mass
Gallatzin
Massachusetts
Chatham
Vineyard Haven
Nantucket
Boston
Pittsburgh
J. M. Deely
Ems
Sandy Hook
Episcopal Convention
Protestant Episcopal
Pelee Island
Lake Erie
Canada
Presment Hayes
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Huntington
First Unitarian Church
Quincy
John Hancock
Riverberg
Crystal Lake
Papur
John F. Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Norristown
Montgomery County
Preferr Vp
Northern Pacific
Maggie Mitchell
Charles Abbott
Brooklyn
New Yor
Committee On Canons
Railroad precinct count alters Montana election result
Canvassers discarded the Silver Bow County railroad precinct on the 14th impacting the Legislature toward Republicans while Toole's governor race margin remains. Democrats plan court appeal. Nearby notes report Nebraska Republicans nominating G L Laws, indictments in Chicago, robberies in Charlotte, North Carolina, and various criminal cases across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow County
Mont
Toole
Nebraska
Hastings
G. L Laws
Congressman Laird
Chicago
John Graham
A . Trude
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
American Base Ball Association
G. W. Adams
Kansas City
H. D. Gregg
General Sheridan
Omaha
Neb
Mercer Electric Street Railway
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Consolidated Company
Thomas Brooks
Council Bluffs, Jr
Frank de Goode
Asiep Braves
Freiburg & Workum
Lynchburg
Dothen
Henry County
Ala
Farmers Alliance
Mount Auburn
Cincinnati
Indiana Midland Road
Lebanon
Jud
Sherman Moon
National Board of Trade
Louisville
Haupy
Lamson
Lamison
Hardy
Semsion
Minneapoke
Minn
Knights of Labor
Charles Heldenreteh
Hisself
Corryville
Murderous family tragedy and other regional news recap
A California mother and her two young children were found dead with throats cut. the mother killed the children and attempted suicide. Reports cover a string of 1880s incidents including hangings in Placerville, train wrecks near Gibson Nebraska, conventions in Denver and Louisville, droughts in Minnesota, wildfires in North Dakota and Minnesota, political shifts in South Dakota, and the death of Dr Ira Hawley Bartholomew, ex mayor of Lansing, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errin L Schons
Banta Ana
Cal
Scholl
Joan Orson
Willian Drager
Placerville
Col
John Lowell
Denver
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arthur
Gibson
Neb
Louisville
Henry Watterson
South Dakota
Messrs. Moody
Pettigrew
Fort Wayne
Ind
Murray City
George Washington
Georger Hazeton
Congress
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Wriniam Waterman
Grand Rapids
Wis
Minnesota
CoLtorapo
Cronin
Chicago
Charles Zander
Coughlin
O'Sullivan
Milwaukee
Fred Summerfield
Fritz Seeger
Howell
Kan
Jonathan Drake
Rockford, IL
New Orleans
Princeton
Bridgeman
Minn
Greenbush
Hiram Whittier
Purvis
Miss
Ira Hawley Bartholomew
Lansing
Mich
Rowing Victory On Thames Ends In Narrow Margin
In a Thames course rowing match on the 14th Neil Matterson defeated George Bubear by eight lengths to win £400. The event followed a busy day of reports including the death of Sir Daniel Gooch born 1SL5 and various industrial and political incidents across Europe and North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Neil Matterson
George Bubear
Matterson
Daniel Gooch
London
Bentilee
Longton
France
Ottawa
Ont
George Dagg
Hippolyte
Hayti
Morocco
Madrid
Multiple Disparate 19th Century World News Snippets
An assortment of brief items reports violent crime in Greenville Alabama where a white man died after a gasoline attack and a rival suspect escaped. indictments in Edgewood and Chicago. a high school class orator honor for a colored student. a pension commissioner appointment. Portugal’s King Luis death. fires near Superior Wisconsin. typhoid cases in Johnstown. boiler explosion in Indiana. strikes in Lens France. rail plant sale in Rochester NY. sugar trust resistance claims. Warrington oil well boom. a Boston firm creditor settlement. famine and cannibalism remarks from Labrador to Quebec. infant death after infant medical procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenvile
Ala
Roberts
Ain
Wester E Xins
Edgewood
Cronin
Chicago
Hanvann Co
Eor
Boston
Clement Garrett Morgan
Greenat Green B. Bates
Illinois
Harrison
Corporal Tanner
King Luis
Portugal
Lisbon
Duke Braganza
Washington
Superior
Wis
Ith
Johnstown
Andersen
Ind
Lens
France
Rochester City
Brighton Street
Roochester
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Claus Branckens
Pugar Trust
Toon
Warrington
Merion County
Wva
Vierewellen & Co
Labrador
Quebec
Can
Commissioner Tanner’s Pension Report Highlights Veteran Support
Extracts from Commissioner Tanner’s 1888 pension report show 489,720 pensioners at year end, 51,921 new additions, 1,754 restored, and a net roll increase of 37,168. Average pension value was 131.18 with total annual pensions at 4,246,552.56 and year payments of 88,275,113.28. The document urges Congress to broaden pension eligibility, extend benefits to widows of pre 1861 service, include navy veterans, and address injustices in widow and minor child pensions, plus pensions for disabled veterans and army nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Washin Gon
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Congress
United States
Army of the
Act of Congress
Baye
Why Secretary Noble Dispensed with Tanner's Services
Secretary Noble released his July letter disputing Tanner's authority over Pension Office actions and detailing ten office employees who were re rated at salaries from 1600 to 2000 yearly, totaling 17000 in arrears. He ordered an investigation to uncover Pension Office methods. Four sudden deaths are reported in Easton with four fatalities including a 16 year old boy in a factory mishap and a cart accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble
Tanner
Pensions
Pension Office
Secretary of the Interior
Cxtenco
Joseph Bazel
Taylor
Clinton Street
Fred Sober
Loimbard
Mary Davis
West Jackson Street
Engine Company No. 18
Isaac Levi
Union
Maxwell Streets
Rule of Anarchy in Crete Sparks Mutiny Reach
A report from ArHENS Oct 19 notes spreading mutiny among Turkish troops in Crete with Crete’s Canea besieged by rebellious soldiers who beat and disregard officers. Chakis Pasha, governor of the island, is helpless as troops refuse orders, signaling imminent anarchy. An unrelated indictment in Cook County accuses Robert Ruskell and Edward Foy of Druggist Clarke murder in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arhens
Crete
Canea
Chakis Pasha
Isle
Careaco
Cook County Gram
Robert Ruskell
Edward Foy
Clarke
Famine at Esquimaux Point Amid Fisheries Collapse
A messenger from Bishop Vosse reports the Labrador coast fisheries have failed at Esquimaux Point, leaving over a hundred families starving. Local authorities pledge prompt food relief to address urgent needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Vosse
Labrador Coast
Esquimaux Point
Actress Maggie Mitchell Marries Charles Abbott in June
Maggie Mitchell admits marriage to leading man Charles Abbott of her company. The ceremony occurred June 14 at her Long Branch summer home before a European summer trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostos
Maggie Mitchell
Charles Abbott
Europe
Long Branch
Jury Bribery Probe Expands in Chicago Court
In Chicago grand jury actions seized new indictments for jury bribery and conspiracy involving Mark Solomon John Graham Thomas Kavanaugh Fred Smith Jeremiah O Donnell Alexander L Hanks Joseph Konen. Stoltenberg Alexander Sullivan's clerk testified briefly while others faced questioning about the Cronin murder case and related schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoltenberg
Chcaco
Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Henry N. Stoltenberg
Alexander Sullivan
Dr. Cronin
Kelly
John Graham
Thomas Kavanaugh
Fred Smith
Jeremiah O’donnell
Alexander L. Hanks
Joseph Konen
Longenecker
Baker
Graham
McArdle
Opera House
Tom Kavanaugh
Senator Kennedy
Wisconsin
Winnipeg
Toronto
William O. Dahl
Dahl
Otto C. Ericson
Ericson
Jevne
Hanks
Solomon
Schuettler
Smith
Cronin
Lake View
Prize fighters arrested and police chief charged in Wisconsin
In Ashland Wisconsin on October 18 eleven people including fugitives were jailed or bailed on October 21 for involvement in a prize fight at the Casino Theater between George Curtis and Charles Kimmick. The chief of police, who joined the fray, was arrested for aiding and abetting, amid a governor directed crackdown. A separate Alabama note reports a $36,000 express robbery at Millsport Lamar County with suspect Walter Abercrombie, who is in custody after a daring nighttime heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashlane
Wis
Casino Theater
George Curtis
Charles Kimmick
Governor Hoard
Brawincuam
Ala
Alabama
Millsport
Lamar County
Walter Abercrombie
Milsport
Five Apache Indians sentenced to hang for murders
A Florence dispatch reports five Apache Indians convicted of murder by a United States Court were sentenced to death. Three defendants were charged with Diehl's murder two years ago and two with Jones's murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
A. T
Florence
Diehl
Jones
Grand Rapids man dies at 114 years old
William Waterman of Grand Rapids Wisconsin died aged 114. He was married twice. his first wife lived to 7 and his second wife he wed in his 100th year. She died a few years ago. He used tobacco but kept temperate habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapips
Wis
William Waterman
Murdered Farm-Hand Slain by Fellow Employee Confesses
In Bristol Station Wisconsin farm two miles south of the station and thirteen miles west of Kenosha Eugene L Sullivan 19 was killed by William Gaines 25 a Laplander and fellow farm hand. Gaines confessed saying Sullivan would beat him out of his job. He dragged Sullivan from behind and stabbed him seven times. Sullivan came from Chicago. Gaines is held after an inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L. Sullivan
Bristol Station
Wis
William Gaines
Kenosna
George Shields
Mr. Shields
Gaines
Sullivan
Littl
Bristol
New York
Chicago
Socialists near split after convention close in Cuicano
The Socialist Labor party wrapped up its convention on Thursday and delegates then visited Turner Hall to decorate anarchists' graves. A derisive reaction to the U S flag prompted a resolution denouncing hecklers as fools or police spies. Brooklyn, Boston, and New York chosen as seats for party organs, signaling a likely Schevitch faction split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
Socialist Labor Party
Walaheim
Turner Hall
Brooklyn
Boston
Board of Appeals
New York
Schevitch
Chicago
Will electricity kill in the Kemmler case appeal
Rochester N Y Oct 19 Bourke Cochran argued the appeal in the Kemmler case before the general term Friday morning. He urged that citizens rights under the state constitution be protected against experiments of so called scientific men. He called doubt that death would occur in all cases from electricity and cited shocks stronger than the machine’s voltage. He noted experts say death within a minute would carbonize or mummify the body and referenced the Feeks New York lineman autopsy. Deputy Attorney General Poste argued for the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Bourke Cochran
Kemmler
New York
Feeks
Poste
UTE INDIANS OFF RESERVATION IN COLORADO AND WASHINGTON
The Interior Secretary reports a telegram from Colorado’s acting governor alleging Southern Utes roam off their West Dolores reservation in Southwestern Colorado. They kill numerous deer for hides, against state law, risking serious trouble. Indian Agent Bartholomew ordered immediate action to stop the slaughter. Meanwhile Pullman Palace Car Co elects directors anew and approves a quarterly dividend of two dollars per share payable November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
West Dolores
Belt
Bartholomew
St. Ignacio
Pullman Car Company
Curiaco
Pullman Palace Car Company
PERSONALITIES OF WRITERS AND LITERARY FIGURES
Emit Zona nears fifty with parched face and sheepish look while Grones Esers the Egyptologist is an invalid who rarely leaves his chair yet works. Katherine Tynan, a blonde Irish poet, is a medium height beauty with golden hair and small hands. EvGar Fawcett, a small clean shaven novelist, heads the Union Club and laments fat. Grace King, 27, New Orleans novelist, is stately with brown eyes and connects to a proud Creole family. Mrs John Strange Winter Arnhur Stannard, 33, tall and elegant, dresses in velvets and silks and frequents London society. Lord Lytton, minister to France, resembles his father the novelist in looks and has long faced, sad eyes, beard, and nose. diplomacy defines his career with a $60,000 salary and a Paris palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grones Esers
Katherine Tynan
EvGar Fawcett
Union Club
Grace King
New Orleans
Miss King
Cable
Arnhuur Stannard
John Strange Winter
London
Lord Lytton
France
Europe
India
Spook Disturbances Across Ontario Household Fires and Mysterious Shifts
In Clarendon Ontario neighbors report supernatural mischief at the Dagg home following the dismissal of a helper named Dean. Doors and windows trembled, fires started but were put out, objects moved of their own accord, and a spinning wheel disassembled and relocated. Dean was detained but later freed after Dagg sought counsel from Plum Hollow. The old woman claimed a woman and two children using black art are behind the acts, promising an end in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayg
Ottawa
Dagg
Mr. Dagg
Dean
Plumb Hollow
Plum Hollow
Mr. Olmstead
Litchfield
Dawg
Tariff priority in Congress under Blaine forecast
Washington report cites Blaine saying Republicans will push a tariff bill first in the coming session while a federal election law to curb ballot fraud and black vote suppression could wait. The piece notes President views on internal revenue officers and Reed’s Speakership ambitions, with Blaine’s aim to align administration support for a favorable Speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Washteron
Washington Press
Congress
South
Reed
Torrey Bankrupt Bill Endorsed by National Board of Trade
Louisville October session of the National Board of Trade endorsed the Torrey Bankrupt bill and adopted a memorial urging Congress to enact it. Resolutions called for a common coinage unit for the Americas, river and harbor improvements, a naval reserve, and measures to support a merchant marine. Henry Watterson spoke on tariffs and national finance outlining tax and wartime costs and urging prudent spending amid reform. A Mount Auburn inclined plane accident inquiry cited a stray iron fragment lodging in a cut-off valve as the cause of six deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watterson
Louisvill
National Board of Trade
Congress
Pan- American Congress
Watterson
New South
Orxermall
James M. Doherty
Mount Auburn
Vote count narrows Montana contest to Silver Bow area
In NA Montana on October 18 the statewide tally is nearly complete with only Silver Bow County contest unresolved. Democrats hold a joint-ballot majority on the Legislature if Tunnel precinct is excluded, while Republicans could gain if the canvassing-board’s precinct rejection stands. A hearing is scheduled for November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mont
Silver Bow
Maggie Mitchell Married Again In Secret Boston Record
Boston Oct 18 Maggie Mitchell the actress reportedly remarried after a secret ceremony. An entry at Brockton hotel during her engagement listed Charles Abbott wife and maid, confirming the union with Abbott who had been her leading man. She had divorced Henry T Paddock in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Maggie Mitchell
Brockton
Charles Abbott
Maggie
Henry T. Paddock
Charles Zander Will Aid the State in the Cronin Case
Charles Vander an Austrian mechanic who spoke with the State's Attorney for two hours Thursday evening will be a key Cronin Case witness. He knows Coughlin O'Sullivan and Martin Burke and recounted conversations about the Cronin murder in Con Sullivan's Riverside stable. He later said Burke would help hide the body, while O'Sullivan feared discovery. Zander's reliability is pursued as officers track Coughlin and O'Sullivan to the Gage farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zander
Cronin
Chcaco
Charles Vander
Zander
Coughlin
O'Sullivan
Martin Burke
Burke
Lake View
Tme
Don Sullivan
Father Burke
Lyons
St. Peter's
Polk Street
Chief Hubbard
Broderick
Gage Farm
Hough
Winnipeg
Henry M. Stoltenberg
Stoltenberg
Palmer
Central Station
Triangler
Twenty Persons Drowned as Flood Sweeps Bodyguard
Maparip Oct 19 A Moroccan sultan's party attempted a river crossing after an interior excursion. The sultan crossed safely but twenty of his bodyguard, who swam the swollen river on horseback, were swept away and drowned by the flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maparip
Morocco
Fez
Forest fires threaten towns as deaths occur in Minnesota
Reports from Princeton and Bridgeman say fires along the corridor are destroying thousands of dollars in property. In Greenbush Mrs. Hiram Whittier, helping fight the blaze, collapsed from exhaustion and died. In Kansas City a gang of youths called Captain Kidd's Pets was arrested for setting several small fires, bound by oaths and using blood writing on orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pawn
Minn
Princeton
Bridgeman
Greenbush
Hiram Whittier
Kansas City
Themeneclyes
Captain Kidd
Tried to Wreck a Train Near Maiden Rock Wisconsin
An attempt to wreck the east bound Chicago Burlington Northern vestibule train near Maiden Rock Wisconsin was thwarted when steamboat men on the river spotted a pile of ties placed on the track and flagged the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maprson
Wis
Maiden Rock
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Indicted for Forgery in New Orleans High Profile Case
New Orleans October 19 grand jury returned five indictments. Three target Major FE A Burke and Maurice Hart for publishing forged bonds as true. Two indictments accuse forgery and one embezzlement. Burke ex-Treasurer and Hart, a prominent capitalist and broker, were arrested and given bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Grand
FE. A. Burke
Maurice Hart
Burke
Hart
New Bishop for Michigan Consecrated in St Pauls Church
Rev. Dr. Thoma Frederick Davies was consecrated Bishop of the Episcopal dioceses of Eastern Michigan in St. Pauls Church. He has long served as pastor in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Thoma Frederick Davies
St. Paul's Church
Davies
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Pan Wert Sulletin
Jonn A
Pants Green
Louisiana
Official Journal of Commissions
West Virginia
Miss Allaphore McCoy
Ellison Mounts
Julia Ann McCoy
the News of
Brainy
Foreign Intelligence
Uncle Sa’'M
Pensione
SIS
Neron's
Concoup
Rockford
Socialists
Mischief
Spooks
Ontario
Iran
Montana
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