Shaffer Plans Arbitration Standoff in Steel Strike
Pittsburg Aug 22 President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association outlines a strategy to force a settlement by creating a crisis between the steel firms and the union. He says no arbitration is planned though he would accept public man mediators if offered. Meanwhile mills operate unevenly and strikebreakers move in at Monessen and Crescent works.
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Pittsburg
Shaffir
Amalgamated Association
Steel Corporation
Shaffer
Archpishop Ireland
Bishop Potter
Seth Tow
Association
Neo
Demmler
Meleesport
Monessen
Crescent
Cleveland
Carnegie
John Sternsborn
Richmond
Sundy
Alabama
Joe” Carter
Carter
Sternsdorff
Trust talk from H P Martin on Knox reply
Washington Aug 22 H P Martin chairman of the joint committee of the American Anti Trust League and District Assembly 66 Knights of Labor replies to Attorney General Knox. He questions propriety of public address to the chief prosecutor and challenges Knox to offer rewards and aggressive action against trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. P. Martin
American Anti-Trust League
District Assembly
Knights of Labor
Knox
United States
Carnegie Company
Steel Combine
Justice of
Striking Joliet Steel Workers Meet With VP Davis
The Joliet steel workers held a joint conference with Chicago Vice President Davis. Officials gave no details, but rumors say workers may return if notices to resume work are posted, with signs expected by Sunday.
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Joliet
Davis
Chicago
Isidor Sold for 20000 at Saratoga to Sanford
Saratoga August 22. G E Smith of Pittsburg Phil sold stallion Isidor by Amphion out of Imp Isis to Stephen Sanford and Son of the Hurricane stud for about 20000 dollars.
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Saratoga
G. E. Smith
Pittsburg Phil
Stephen Sanford & Son
Hurricane Stud
Isidor
Amphion
Isis
Todd Stuart's Slashes Prices on Sugar Cured Hams and Bacon
Sugar cured hams and bacon are advertised at much lower prices at Todd Stuart's store. The sale highlights marked reductions likely aimed at clearing stock and attracting bargain hunters during a slow market period.
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Todd Stuart
Inexpensive Vacation to Clear Lake by Iowa Central Railway
The Iowa Central Railway offers cheap trips to Clear Lake Iowa from Brighton at 5.50 for a round trip. Tickets are sold August 1 to 10 and valid for travel on sale day with final return by October 31 1901.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Brighton
Kitchener Reports Progress in Boer War Defense
London reports Lord Kitchener stating on July 8 there were about 13 500 Boers under arms. He notes their supply of food sustains a stubborn resistance while operations shrink. Troop losses reduced Boer forces to roughly 11 000 since the dispatch.
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London
Kitchener
Woner
Nebraska Game Shipment Disputed by Elk Point Man
Merman Becker of Elk Point South Dakota faced a federal hearing on interstate game law charges. He admitted receiving 912 quail and 186 prairie chickens from Hartington Nebraska dealers who claimed the birds were shot in Nebraska. The court bound him over for $500 and Chicago sold the seized birds with proceeds to Illinois treasury. Becker contends birds were slain in Nebraska where no shipping law applied.
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Yankton
Merman Becker
Elk Point
United States
Missionerwwe
Becker
Hartington
Neb
Nebraska
Boston
Chicago
Ilinois
Dying Boy Describes Train Assault Linked to Murder
In Chicago on August 22, John Schmacker of Berlinton Ind died after being run over by a Baltimore and Ohio train. He told his father two men robbed him of 80 cents and threw him from the train before dying. Cousin Jacob Secmacker said four men attacked both men.
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Chicago
John Schmacker
Berlinton
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Jacob Secmacker
John
Secret 1900 clandestine marriage revealed in Louisville
The Courier-Journal reports Miss Georgia L. Shallcross wed N. Ward in Jeffersonville on February 19, 1900. The Louisville society girl kept the marriage secret, and Ward is described as a lawyer, clubman, champion amateur athlete, and society favorite. The announcement marks the first public acknowledgment of the union.
Wisconsin Moves to Sue Express Company Over Interstate Game Shipments
Milwaukee Wis Aug 22 The state will sue United States Express Co for violating the interstate commerce act in shipping game through Wisconsin to Chicago Deputy Jame Warden Tracy seized a box of venison on the Milwaukee road Tuesday from Floodwood Mich consigned to Chicago C
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
United States Express Company
Chicago
Jame
Tracy
Milwaukee Road
Floodwood
Mich
Iowa Road Contract Awarded on Kansas City Cut-off
Davenport Iowa August 22 a local construction firm won the contract to build forty four and one half miles of the seventy nine mile track between Muscatine and Ottumwa on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad Kansas City cut off shortening the Chicago Kansas City run by forty miles
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Iowa
Davenport
Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Shreffler Claims Marriage In Abduction Case
In a Joliet letter Arthur Shreffler says he has married Frances Silvers who he is accused of abducting. He claims they traveled to Algona Indiana to start in the theater business with a small company taken out of Chicago Saturday night.
Two Young Women Drowned in Maquoketa River
In Maquoketa Iowa on Tuesday Bessie Reeve aged 22 and Hazel Reeve aged 15 daughters of W S Reeve were drowned when a skiff overturned on the Maquoketa river. Their bodies were recovered two hours later locked in each other's embrace.
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Maquoketa
Bessie
Hazel Reeve
W. S. Reeve
Maquoteka
Illinois college alumni raise fund for Beecher Hall repair
Jacksonville August 22 Students and alumni of Illinois college in this city plan a subscription fund to repair and preserve Beecher Hall erected in 1829 the college’s first permanent building and the oldest in the state.
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Jacksonville
Als
Illinois College
Beecher Hall
McKinley Grants Pardons and Clemency in Justice Dept
President McKinley returned several clemency cases to the department of justice. He granted seven pardons outright commuted three sentences and denied five applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKinley
Department of Justice
World Nations Invited to Louisiana Purchase Exposition
The proclamation signed by President McKinley invites nations to participate in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 2003.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
McKinley
St. Louis
Shoemakers Make an Assignment in Belfast Plant
Critchett Sibley Co boot and shoe makers of Boston assigned for creditors yesterday. They run a large factory at Belfast Missouri and filed the assignment as a debt settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Critchett, Sibley & Co
Belfast
Swisher Announces Candidacy for County Treasurer
I will be a candidate for nomination to the office of County Treasurer subject to the action of the Republican convention of Washington County 29 126 E. Swisher.
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Washington County
E. W. Swisher
Your Rest at Clear Lake Iowa by Iowa Central Railway
A compact travel notice invites the clerk to rest at Clear Lake Iowa offering fishing sailing and bathing. It highlights low tourist rates via the Iowa Central Railway and advises asking the ticket agent for details and a booklet.
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Clear Lake
Lowa
Iowa Central Railway
Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy Claims World Wide Fame
The ad touts Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as having a world wide reputation for cures. It emphasizes reliability and safety and notes Vale by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook and Sherman.
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Chamberlain
Vale
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Not Guilty in Alleged Bogus Dental Diplomas Case
Testimony in Chicago reports that Dr. Jacob di Smyser not guilty of forging Emil Gumpoldt diploma and certificate. Handwriting experts Touman and Drake find Gumpoldt papers written by single forger and Smyser’s signature forged on Igney certificate. They also note misnumbering of Ay Winley not by Smyser’s hand.
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Chicago
Jacob di Sthyser
State Dental Board
Emil Gumpoldt
J. I. Worman
Henry J.touman
Warren A Drake
Gumpoldt
Ay Winley
Smyser
Man in Michigan Ends Escalating Attack by Drowning
Jacob Hense of Fenton fired three shots at his wife Mon day wounding her slightly before leaping into Long lake. He swam out and sank, drowning after a failed plea for help. He was 40, described as insane, leaving a widow and daughter.
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Fenton
Mich
Jacob Hense
Long Lake
Hense
Holly
Pearl Bananza Discovered Near Adamsboro
Will Sample and Jay Batchelor found a mussel bed along the Eel river near Adamsboro containing pearls of exceptional size and luster. They sent samples to Smith & Flynn for evaluation in New York, prompting local excitement and demand for the bed's location.
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Logansport
Ind
Will Sample
Jay Batchelor
Eel River
Adamsboro
Smith & Flynn
New York
Batchelor
Sample
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
Chicago reports extensive results with multiple leagues noting Cincinnati 9 Chicago 1 and St Louis 4 Pittsburg 3. American League games include Philadelphia games with Cleveland 7 3 and Boston 8 5, plus Baltimore 0 Detroit forfeit amid umpire dispute. Western Association results show Dayton 8 Toledo 0 and Wheeling 10 Grand Rapids 1.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
New York
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Western Association
Toledo
Dayton
Wheeling
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Matthews
Barron Horseman Hurt In Runaway Accident
Barron Wisconsin August 22 Colonel T Pettit a renowned horseman was badly injured while attempting to stop a runaway team He was run over and suffered a broken arm and leg a wagon pole pierced his thigh and his condition is listed as critical.
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Barron, Wis
T. Pettit
Negro kills wife with axe near Raymond Mississippi
A Jackson dispatch reports George Gordon, a Black man, killed his wife with an axe near Raymond, Mississippi, and hacked the body into an unrecognizable mass. Gordon fled but is pursued by a sheriff's posse.
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New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
George Gordon
Raymond
Gordon
Various 1900s Dispatches From Across the World
The state department reports Conger arrives in Peking. Labor leader J W McArthur of Houston dies by own hand. Captain Walter of the Dallas Morning News staff dies. he served under Stonewall Jackson. France breaks relations with the Porte over debt promises. A Spanish hurricane at Villarogo-Jilota destroys 40 buildings and kills 6. Hay visits Canton for two hours with the president. Mrs Governor Beckham, new mother, is critically ill. U.S. census year deaths total 1,089,004. Colonel Bryan buys a Wyoming oil claim. Jack Winters gets 15 years for bullion theft near San Francisco. W A Larned wins the national lawn tennis title at Newport. U S transport Thomas arrives at Manila with 600 teachers aboard. Cassius M Clay loses his second sight. St Louis exposition plans cost $25,000,000.
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State Department
Conger
Peking
J. W. McArthur
Houston
Tex
Walter
Dallas
Spain
Hay
Canton
Beckham
United States
William J. Bryan
Wyoming
Jack Winters
Selby
San Francisco
W. A. Larned
Newport
Thomas
Manila
Cassius M. Clay
White Hall
St. Louis Exposition
Notice on subscription wood and cure claims
The Journal announces a subscription offer for a few cords of wood and advertises Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as a guaranteed remedy. The notice asserts a druggist refund if a bottle does not satisfy after use.
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Vnlive
Smith
Democrats Nominate Phillips for Governor in Silver Question Battle
Des Moines Iowa August 22 Governor Thomas J. Phillips of Ottumwa and Lt. Governor G E Ferguson of Logan head the Democratic ticket with John Shortley Dallas County as superintendent and W E P Johnson Carroll County as railway commissioner A C Brice Bedford also listed The platform endorses the national Kansas City platform with new tax reform and local option Heens liquor law repeal and other matters The convention wrestled over the platform with anti silver forces leading the committee fight and the roll call ending 66 to 14 in favor of the first majority report
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Des Moines
Thomas J. Phillips
Ottumwa
G. E. Ferguson
Logan
Supreme Court
John Shortley
Dallas County
W. E P. Johnson
Carroll County
A. C. Brice
O. Bedford
Democrats of
Iowa
Kansas City
Democratic State Platform Pledges Taxation Equality
The Democratic convention reaffirmed national platform principles and urged state focus on taxation equality and economy. It called for laws to tax corporate and individual property alike, local option, and abolition of state printers. Officers and permanent chairman were appointed after brief addresses by Mayor Redmond.
Appleton Doctor Plans Milwaukee School Denying Smallpox Contagion
Milwaukee, Aug 22. Dr Matthew J Rodermund the Appleton physician who drew public attention for denying smallpox contagion and opposing quarantine plans to found a Milwaukee school. He aims to educate the public that smallpox contagion does not exist and that vaccination is a crime.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Matthew J. Rodermund
Appleton
Berlin craftsman completes imperial epergne for King Edward
Berlin instructor Herr Otto Rohl off at the Arts and Crafts School has finished a magnificent epergne designed by Emperor William. The work, lauded as the most artistic Berlin piece since the eighteenth century, is to be presented to King Edward.
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Berlin
Otto Rohloff
Arts and Crafts School
William
Edward
Missionary Day Draws Largest Winona Bible Conference Crowd
Warsaw Indiana August 22 Yesterday was Missionary day at the Winona Bible conference. Attendance surpassed prior records with over 3000 ministers and Bible students gathering on the assembly grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Winona Bible Conference
Effort to Cut Wages at Wall River Cloth Mills Fails
A thorough canvass from Wall River Massachusetts on August 22 suggests the plan to cut mill operatives wages by 15 percent starting September 5 will fail as a majority of local corporations refuse to agree.
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Wall River
Mass
Hotel Colenso shines with Dave Keltner at parlor
Local note highlights Dave Keltner as proprietor of the Hotel Colenso shoe shining parlor offering reliable shines. The piece emphasizes friendly service and convenient location for travelers and guests seeking fresh footwear care.
Delightful Breezes At Clear Lake Resort
Advertisement for Clear Lake Iowa summer resort highlighting breezes, fishing, sailing, bathing and very low rates for single travelers or groups. Directs readers to ask ticket agents or write Geo. Batty Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Batty
Marshalltown
Lowa
Thought to Be a Thug One of Those Who Get Left in
John W. Brown a machinist from Auburn Indiana was arrested by Indiana state authorities in connection with the Baltimore and Ohio express train robbery at Miller’s Station on July St He was taken to Crown Point jail after a preliminary hearing and bond set at 10000 The trial date is fixed for Aug 26 Brown had a good local reputation and denies involvement Aurora police and Sheriff Lawrence report tense exchanges as officers seek a confession
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Chicago
John W. Brown
Auburn
Ind
Indiana
Neet Miller's Station
Auoura
Crown Point
Herestofore Brown
Aurora
Sherif Lawrence
Milwaukes
Scholes
Philippines
Wingate
Six Men Lost Their Lives in Rail Wreck Near Jacksonville
Six men died when the Chicago and Alton hummer crashed head on into a way freight twelve miles east of Jacksonville Illinois. The engineer and fireman of the passenger train were among the dead with four unknown men on the tender. Injured include Robert Wiley of Jacksonville and others from Bloomington St Louis Stuttgart and Lomeda with multiple wounds. No passengers were hurt. The cause remains unknown.
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St. Louis
Chicago and Alton
Perth
Jacksonville
His
al Om
Sheehan
John Adames
Freman
Robert Wiley
W. Hewatt
Bloomington
Charles Marshall
Charles Simms
Lomedale
Tris
Jim Mason
Stuttgart
Ark
A. L. Wood
Morning News Sold to Star News Owner in Consolidation
Muncie Indiana August 22 The Muncie Morning News owned by Heath Bros and others was sold by Receiver Claypool to George F Mc Calloch owner of The Morning Star for seven thousand dollars in cash The papers will be consolidated as The Star News.
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Muncie, Ind
Muncie
Groceryman Robbed at Huntley Store in Daytime Hold Up
Winnebago City Minnesota August 22 M V Zecor a Huntley groceryman five miles west of here was held up in his store at 3 p m and robbed of early cash. The robber wore a mask and carried a revolver in each hand.
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Winnebago City
Minn
M. V. Zecor
Huntley
Here
Fire destroys East Elma business block. $75,000 loss
Fire broke out yesterday in the rear of Charles D. Speed's restaurant in Elma Ja. and within two hours a solid block of East Elma's business buildings lay in ruins. Estimated loss was $75,000. Local fire squads fought the blaze.
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Elma, Ja
Charles D. Speed
East Elma
Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Hogs receipts 82 000 with pigs buyers paying 3.25 to 6.30 and most at 5.90 to 6.05. Cattle receipts 25 000 with steer quotes from 4.35 to 5.85 and assorted ranges for other grades. Sheep and lambs receipts 18 000 with westerns 2.75 to 3.90 and natives 2.65 to 5.30. East Buffalo quotes show hogs steady to firm and calves weaker. Nearby grain markets in St Louis and Milwaukee show mixed gains and declines across wheat corn and oats.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Mast Buffalo
St. Louis
Board of Trade
Ohio
Smallpox Fears Prompt Measures Across Midwest Camps
Milwaukee reports warn that a more malignant smallpox strain could sweep the Midwest unless prompt action is taken. Dr Uranus O Wingate and other officials urge vaccination, detention of infected workers, and removal of infected lumber camps to halt spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Middle West
Uranus O. Bo Wingate
State Board of Health
Solon Marks
BF. OM. Schulz
Caldas's yellow fever serum tested despite deaths in Havana
Dr Caldas defends his serum experiments as Major Havard directs a final test in Havana with infected mosquitoes after two volunteer deaths. Stealth Officer Doty says the work is conservative and for mankind, noting immunity after one infection and the necessity of human testing despite risks.
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Travana
Caldas
Major Havard
Havana
Havard
Carro
Campo
New York
Doty
United States
A Summer Outing Clear Lake Iowa Vacation Ad
Plan a cool summer trip to Clear Lake Iowa with easy access via Iowa Central Route offering low round trip rates. Inquire at ticket offices for details or contact Geo. S Batty G P and T A Marshalstown Iowa for a booklet and address.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central
Geo. S
Batty
Marshalstown
Lowa
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Democratic Party
EF. M. Sharon
Scott County
H. A. Nash
Reading
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Cedar Rapids
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Heath
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Johnson
Harwood
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Rsmington,owa
H. Knecht
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Ora ‘Snatore
Marsh W. Bailey
Pfrior
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
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Klein’s Clothing
Cor Sq
Ashington
Lowe
Dr. Caldas and
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W. D. Lowry
Den
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W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Lila Whitmore
Hotel Allen
Ulty ‘Tus
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H. . Kevinson
Evans Stewart
J, Henderson
W. RK. Jeffrey
A Aaderson
Capital
J.T. Anderson
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Osteopathy
E. Townsend
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Columbian School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
M. Lombardo
Charley
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Malliva
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Smayle
Letet
Columbus Junction
Muscat
California
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Peoria
Indianapolis
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Mason City Mall
Sun
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Peoria Express
Peoria Mail
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