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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-12-11
ACREAGE REDUCTION NEG.
ESSARY.
Cotton at, It's Present Price Means
Observation-Disclosures Other
Countries Cannot Compete
With Five Cent Cotton
"A Lot Of Interest.
j ing Facts.
Charlotte Observer.

esting circular letter has been re-
ceived by the Observer from At
wood Violet q Co., New York.
brokers l&stocks, cotton and Grain
and is commended to the consider
alton of readers:
Great Britain, without a pound
of native raw cotton. spins and
weavos II per cent. Of the cotton
goods purchased by other nations.
The United States, producing over
half of all the cotton crown in the
world, supplies less than 5 per
cent. of the manufactured cotton
which other countries buy. Over
95 per cent. Of the worlds trade
IN cotton goods is in the hands of
Great Britain, Germany and
France, neither of which raises a
pound of cotton at home. In
1896 the British consumed 4.16O.-
600 bales of cotton, and So per
cent. of the product of this cotton
was exported. This represented
n consumption of about 3.412.
600 bales of raw cotton. or
about 100000 bales more than
the entire quantity consumed by
the United States mills durinr
the same period.
The daily spot sales at Liver
pool for ths:ast.1S months show
that 80 per cent. Of such sales are
Of American cotton, and the
cheaper the price of American.
the more does it guarantee con
tinuancc of this large excess of
consumption, because prices are
now down to a point to which the
East indies and other countries
cannot successfully compete with
that of American production,
while even at the same price,
American cotton would be given
the preference, on account of the
better staple. 1t would, therefore,
seem that present prices
will largely stimulate the worlds
consumption of cotton grown in
the United States. 1t costs on an
average of 40 cents per hundred
to pick cotton, and it requires an
average of 1900 pounds of seed
cotton to make one bale of 500
pounds Of lint. 1t costs 70 cents
per bale of bagging and ties, net
ting, therefore, but SIS to the
producer out of one bale of 500
pounds of lint at ) cents.
Cotton ut its present price means
bankruptcy, literally, for the
South, and insurcs absolutely Il
reduction of acreage that will pre-
vent recurrence of what is dis
astrous to Southern interests.
1t can be seen how largely de-
pendent the manufacturing world
/ II upon cotton of American growth,
and how greatly it lies within the
power of the American producer
to regulate the price, by avoiding
large crops and planting for those
Of moderate size, with resulting
papid increase in the price all of
which we think will come about
some time during tho next six
months.
The cotton seed, it is now esti
mated, is worth $50, 100000 q
year. 1t has recently been dis.
covered that cotton seed oil, with
the addition of Is per cent. of
crude India rubber, makes an imi-
tation that cannot be distinguished
from genuine rubber.
Yours very truly,
ATWOOD VIoLETT & Go.
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Waverlv, Iowa. Dec : Mi.
Delliah FaIes has c,pfcs.ol l,r
share in the traric death Of Jnro.ne
Kern. The man WAS founl l,,J
in a lonely wood nn tbo ooI ,r
last August and the younr yy.r,,,
now cunfrsscs she fired ,ba b.li.,
that killed him. she wa. fnIi,.nl
today and il is said her ALLEGED
accomplicc before the fact. Kern
son of the victim, will be iplic,-
cd tomorrow.
Miss Falcs charges that when
she was a mere child Of I3 yclr.
the elder Kern betrayed her aud
that ever after he harasycd
her with his attentions. More
than that, he sought by hIackcn
ing her reputation, she states. TO
keep others from paying court to
her. Twice before she became
attached to the murdered mans
son, she had been in Il fair way
to become happily married. but
as many times had jerome Kern,
she declared, poisoned her lovers
against her.
At last when by the same me
thod he sought TO prevent his son
from marrying her, the pcnt ny
hatred Of years yaUutcl itself in
the commission of the crime.
81 killed him with pr"mrdjI-
tion and deliberations. she said.
- prayed God to give me strength
to dot with all the earnc,tucss !
could command, as | Have prayed
hm for forgiveness. ! have >uf-
lcr'd no panGH OF conscience
On the contrary, = resttnl calm
seemed I" come into my life from
'he moment knew Il" war dead.
never slept 50 we'll as | did the
hight aitcr l hred the fatal shot. "
Miss faIcS confession starts
nY teli'ng OF the love affairs of
hersclt ana young Kern and the
opposition OF the father. They
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-12-11

If igno ance is bliss, more igno-
rance is blister.
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MCKINLEY TO CONGRESS.
President $ Message Read In House
and Senate on Monday.

lengthy document: but entirely
devoid of sensation. indeed, all
Of the more important features of
it had leaked out several DAYS be
fore the reading, and there was
nothing left in it to occasion sur
prise.
The first question taken up is
that of currency reform. The
president goes into an exhaustive
review of the different bond issues
that have been made, and rs a re
mcdy recommends that as soon as
the receipts of the government are
quite sufficient to pay expenses of
the government, that when any
United States notes are presented
for redemption in gold and are re
deemed in gold, such notes shall
be kept and set apart and only
paid out in exchange for gold.
"lt the holder of the United
States notes prefers the gold and
gets it from the government, hc
should not receive back from the
government United States note
without paying gold in exchange
for it.
The president is in favor OF
what Is known aS the GHtc nation-
al bank scheme. On this subject.
among other things, he SAYS:
- concIr with the secretary of
the TREASURY in his recommends
alton that national banks be all
/ lowed ta ,rissue. notes to the face
value OF the bonds which they
have deposited for circulation, and
that the tax on circulating notes
secured by deposit of such bonds
he reduced TO one half of one per
cent per annum. | also join him
In recommending that authority
be given for the establishment of
national banks with minimum
capital of S25, 900. This will en-
ahie the smaller villages and agri-
cultural regions of the country
10 DC supplied with currency to
meet their needs. | recommend
that the issue of national bank
notes be restricted to the denomin
atlon or $40 and upwards. If the
suggestions haye herein made
snail nave the approval of con-
gress, then l would recommend
tnat national banks he required to
reueem their notes IN goId.'
Next 'here Is a lengthy discus
SION Oh Ihe war IN CUBA as the re-
Su'' OF "hlch he concludes:
~ regard the recognition of
'ne oe''iSerehcH or Caoan insur-
genus rs no" uh"lSe; ana, there
io'e' i""oI''''Slo'e. 0ho"id that
''eP nere"iter DE deemed wlSe' as
" 'H"''eF OF r'ght ana dNty' the
'>''"'''' VIII '""' H. vi lhe
''''''''' a''on '"'lcy OF cyier,
/ nc says: "lt mas utterly failed as
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The best thing for those Ameri-
can prisoners released from Cuban
dungeons to do is to register
VOW never to 90 there again.
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SOUTH RYEGATE.

Miss Emma Hill started last Thurs
day for Minnesota where she intends
to spend the winter.
A sociable was held at the home of
Frank b. McColl last Friday evening.
Quite a number were present and all
enjoyed the evening very much.
John Rogers, who has been visiting
friends in town for the past month,
went back to his home in Massachus-
etts last Thursday.
A large, nice baby boy weighing ten
pounds was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Robin the first of LAST week.
Robert Farquharson is doing some
granite business at WOodsville, n. II.
The First Presbyterian church held
their annual meeting in the vestry last
Tuesday. The Ladies Aid society had
in their possession the note which they
had taken up on the parsonage and de-
livered it to the Trustees of the
church, leaving the parsonage free
from debt. Much credit is due the
ladies who have raised this money.
Rev. j. J. Hall attended the Presby-
terry at Boston last week of which he
is a member.
John G.. McLoud and Miss Mary n.
Morrison were married at the home of
Robert FarquharsOn last Tuesday,
Rev. j. j. Hall officiating: They left
on the afternoon train for Canada
where they will spend their honey
moon with friends.
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Women Need not be Discouraged.

The nervous tension under which
most of our women constantly live
affects the female organization serious
ly. Heavy household burdens, social
gayeties work in some commercial es-
adjustment, any Of these duties seem
impossible to women who are i'll and
yet keep up for time under pressure
of the demands upon them. When
they do break down the advice and
treatment they receive from their fam
lily physician don't 90 to the root of the
trouble and they get no better. They
are discouraged, worn out, tired of
life. The great specialist in women's
diseases, DR.. Greene, of Nervura fame,
81 Temple Place, Boston, Mass, has
shown thousands of women who
thought themselves hopeless invalids
the way to health. His office is open
to all women for free consultation and
advice, or if you will write him about
your case, he will advise you by mail
absolutely free of all cost and confden-
TALLY. The glorious remedies discov-
cred by this profound physician are an
invaluable boon to women. 1t costs
nothing to be put on the road to
health, and all ailing women should
write DR.. Greene at once.
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THETFORD CENTER,

Born Oct. 9th, son to Rev. and Mrs
A. II. Baker.
Miss Ellen Burr of Manchester is
caring for Mrs. Baker.
Mrs. A. @. Turner is very sick at
present writing.
A. B. Porter and wife started on
western tour this week. They will
visit at Washington, d. c.. and Cleve-
land, Ohio, and intend to be gone
several weeks.
The harvest supper and entertain
ment the Sth was a success. The pro-
gram was interesting and well carried
out. The singing of the hymn in the
language of India, rendered by four
little Misses, was a creditable perfOr-
nance. Mr.. fuckers solos were loud
ly encOred as usual. The marriage
ceremony performed by Capt. H. E.
Brown who used the new pOetical
ritual for up to date marriages written
by himself for the occasion, was
laughable production comforting great
privileges on the gentler sex, who
with all respect to contracting parties)
we must pronounce to be the bride
groom in this case, his claim to femi-
nine grace and appearance far out
rivalling the buXOm brides. Never
Jheless their united efforts brought in
a large delegation from adjoining vii
lagos and to them must be attributed
in a great measure the success of the
occasion. The proceeds amounted to
S37 40
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WELLS RIVER.

H. w. Adams is confined to his bed
with the grippe.
P. J. Haley has moved into Mrs. S.
A. MOOre's house.
Geo. Adams of Waltham, Mass, was
in town over Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel Moore has gone to st.
Paul, Mimi, to spend the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. Charles JOY.
Mr.. Longstaff of Franconia, N. H.,
has moved into John Stevens tene-
ment.
r. n. Smith went to Montpelier
Monday to take his examination for
admission to the bar. Smith q Sloane
have engaged him for the coming year.
C. E. Leslie of Hillsborough, N. H.,
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. B. Leslie.
A. NJ. Whitelaw and wife are visit
ing in Manchester and Boston.
Norris Marshall. of Lowell, Mass, is
in town.
Walter Butson moved to Lisbon,
Wednesday.
Henry Lamphere moved Monday to
Lisbon, n. H.
Frank w. George offers for sale at
auction next Wednesday, Oct. goth, a
large lot of personal property such as
farming tools, % cows, so tons of hay,
400 bushels corn, household goods, etc.
Col E. Baldwin and DR.. H. H. Lee
and Mrs. Lee left on Tuesday with the
Governors party for the Nashville,
Tenn, Exposition. They expect to
return about the 23d of October
Rev. Wesley C. Haskell of Auburn,
R. l., has accepted call from this
church.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Miss Elsie, eldest daughter of D. R.
Allison of this place, and Mr.. Carl
Morse of Jersey City, n. j., next
evening, Oct. Goth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bailey will cele-
brate the 50th anniversary of their
next Thursday. A large
number of friends from South Ryegate
and Jefferson Hill have been invited
in the day time and the village people
n the evening.
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COPPFRFTFTD

Ollie Cove has closed his labors with
F. W. Farnham and gone to West
Fairlee to work in the store of George
q Dudley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Diamond visited in
Barre city last week.
Frank Alderman of Winchendon.
Mass, visited il town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Asbury visited at
Barre last week.
Prof. Bibikov was in West Rumney,
n. H., and Newbury last week.
Clarence Moore and William Ham
mOnd have returned from DIR. Bixby's
mica mine, Mr.. Coad and Chas. Dovle
are still working.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chynoweth are in East
Barre.
Ray Titus has finished work for Mr..
Diamond and returned home.
Miss Abbie Johnson's school has
closed for three months on account of
the measles having twenty-three ON
the sick list at once.
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EAST THETFORD.
DEFERRED ITEMS.


Forty tickets were sold at this sta
ton Wednesday for the White Noun
tain excursion.
Miss Ida Stevens and Miss Edith
McDuffee visited Maud Sanborn this
week.
Annie Stone of Someryille, Mass. is
at II. Cadwelps.
The Hayes family, who lost their
house by fire, are living in the house
formerly occupied by Hastings across
the river.
The roads have received much need
ed repairs.
Our school house has been supplied
with new comfortable chairs for the
pupils.
Farmers are following the pillow this
favorable weather.
Hotel arrivals at Turner's: w. A.
Fellows, Edwin Davis, j. p. Gibson,
White River Junction; James Martin,
Bellows Falls; C. S. Albee. Rutland;
c. W. Preston, Barton: j. NJ. Atwood,
Randolph; Geo. l.. Morse, New York:
j. S. KenersOn, Barnet; E. J. Scott,
Chicago; L. H. Everest Syracuse: F.
O. Stafford, East Wallingfcrd; J. F.
Dutton, Montpelier; W. Rossiter,
Windsor; a. S. Ormsby, E w. Orms-
by, Boston; G. P. Kavanaugh, Keene;
LesteI Blake, Oxford; DR.. J. Thomas,
Wells River; L. c. and Miss Sadie
Morrison, South StraHord.
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WEST FAIRLEE CENTER.

Mr.. Warren Norcross of Wellesley
Hills Mass, who has been spending a
week here in hopes of finding improv-
ed health, has returned to his home
but little benefited.
Misses Hubbard and Perry spent the
week after Wednesday at home as the
teachers at Bradford Academy were
awIy attending the institute.
Mr.. 5. b. Morse is skidding 10000
feet of pealed hemlock on the old
Comstock farm.
II. II. Soutnworth is loading cars at
Ely Station with hemlock lumber cut
at the old Stearns mill.
B. Hurst is drawing in lumber for
W. B. Kimball who is building a new
shed.
The work of church repairing ''hangs
fire"
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WEST NEWBURY.

George Page has sold his pasture
bought of Warren Bailey to Albert
Fuller.
Mrs. Haseltine has purchased the J.
B. Wilson farm.
Amos Clark Of Wentworth, N. H., is
at j. b. G. Tyler's.
phone from So. Newbury to Tyler's
store.
Mrs. G. c. Corliss, Mrs. S. S. Tux
bury, Mrs. Tyler and j. Sawyer are all
on the sick list.
Newbury creamery paid its patrons
20c. for September butter.
Dudley Carleton is having his new
barn painted.
Mrs. Tyler is repairing the house oc-
upied by Give Bailey.
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that con.

Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that con-
tain Mercury,
as mercury will destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly de
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by F. J. Cheney IL Co., To-
ledo, o., contains no mercury, and is tax
en- internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the $, stem.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. 1t is taken inter
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists, price Zoe. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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SOUTH NEWRURY.

j. G. Shepard has moved into the
tenement over the creamery. a--.
Mrs. Small returned to New Bedford
on Tuesday.
Irving Jesseman and wife of Nashua
are stopping with Fred LaFrance.
Mrs. Adams of Boston visited at w.
w. Brooks last week Friday and Sat
urday.
Miss Ida Towne has returned to J.
a. Brooks after long vacation.
Miss Mary E. Smith attended the
State Teachers Association at Wood
stock this week.
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THERE Is NOTHING so coon

There is nothing just as good as DIR.
Kings New Discovery for CONSERVATION.
Coughs, and Colds, SO demand ii and do
not let the dealer sell you some substitute.
but in order to make more profit he may
claim something else to be lust as GOOD
Uou want Or. Kings New Discovery be-
cause you know it to be safe and reliable
and guaranteed to do good or money re-
funded. For Coughs, Colds. CoDsumntion
and for all affections of Throat Chest and
Lungs, there Is nothing so good as is DIR.
Kings New Discovery. Trial hottie free
at L. 4. Wadleigh's Drug Store Regnlar
size soc and Sl.OO
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A reception will be given to the. old
people, by the Epworth League Of the
Methodist church on Friday evening,
Oct. 22d, at the home of Mrs. E. NJ
Brown. A literary program will be
given in the honor of old age at 7.30.
Refreshments will be served to all for
1Oc., but all those over sixty years may
leave their pocket books at home and
come as specially invited guests.
If you want anything in the line of
watches, clocks, jewelry or silverware
go to j. H. Tilton, he also has solid sill,
yer souvenir spoons of Newbury.
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Ms. divided as follow:

One each in Arlington, Barre, Bristol,
Brighton, Chester, Clarendon, Derby, Fay
etteville, Isle La Motto, Hinesburgh, Hyde
Park, johnson. Lyndon, Sharon, SwantOn,
West Charleston, WesttOrd, Wilmington.
Montpelier having been for over ninety
wears the state capital where most of the
public documents of the state were print
ed or published, naturally leads the list of
towns as respects number of impTints.
Burlington would probably more nearly
approach the capital, in number of titles,
if the Burlington imprints were as fully
given as the Montpelier ones
This list gives Newbury the honor of
having published fourteen books. Look
over your books carefully and see if
YOU can't find copies which you are
willing to donate to the TenneY Mem
orial Library, or in fact any book pub
lished in Vermont. Every public Ii
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AN OPEN LETTER
From Miss Sachner, Of Columbus,
O., to Ailing Women.

To all women who are ill;-It af-
fords me great pleasure to tell you OF
the benefit | have derived from talk
ing Lydia E. Piulham's Vegetable
Compound. l can hardly find words to
express my gratitude for the boon
given to suffering women in that ex-
cellent remedy. Before taking the
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HygisgH
- 80 q n
For Sale!


The farm known as the John S.
George farm, situated ! t-3 miles
south of Wells River village, con-
Sisting of g acres of fine meadow
land and about 300 acres of pasture
wood and timber. This farm cuts
about 80 tons of hay, besides filling
a 100 ton si1o and about 30 tons
of other fodder.
The house is two-story 24x36, with L, barn
42x100, horse barn 28x32; barns are equip
ped with horse pitch-fork, running water at
house and barn; house has 9 rooms and has
been shingled and painted lately. For terms
and further particulars apply to
F. w. GEORGE,
soft Wells River, Vt.
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NOTICE

Is hereby given that certificate No. 399 for
four a. shares of the capital stock of the
National Bank of Newbury, Wells River,
Vt, standing in the name of Luther Farm
ham late of Boston, Mass, deceased, is
lost and the owner makes application for
a new certificate of said stock the same
being the property of said deceased.
Andrew FiSke, ! Executors of
Charles H. Farnum, the will of
Sibylla Bailey Crane, Luther Farnham
Boston, Mass, Sept 81, 1897. 5l-3
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brary in Vermont ought to have a shelf
of Vermont books. Who will be the
first to donate?
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NOTICE.

The West Fairee, ThetfOrd and Fairlee
TELEPHONE and Telegraph Company having
sold their Plant and good will in business
and surrendered their Charter, will pay
final dividend on all stock surrendered to
the Treasurer, on or before Dec. l, 1897.
II. p. CUMMINGS, Treas.
No. Thetford. Vt. 51-1
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sicians and gradually grew worse.
About year ago l was advised by a
friend to try Mrs. Pinkham's Ganative
Wash and Vegetable Compound. which
l did After using three bottles of
the Vegetable Compound and one pack
age of Sanative Wash, | am now enjoy
ing better health than l ever did, and
attribute the same to your wonderful
remedies. I cannot find words to ex-
press what a Godsend they have been
to me.
Whenever begin to feelnervousand
i'll, know l have a never-failing phy-
sician at hand. 1t would afford me
pleasure to know that my words had
directed some suffering sister to health
and strength through those most ex-
cellent remedies. MAY SACHNER,
s4S11 E. Rich St., Columbus, o.
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HUNTS
CASH
STORE!!

The more you read about, the more
you all talk about, the acknowledged
leader in variety and low prices.
We have just received a large line
of trimming silks and velvets.
A good silk velvet, 50 cents per yard,
China silks, % cents per yard, Fancy
trimming silks, 40 cents per yard, also
all the novelties in stamped goods,
embroidery and crochet silks, down pill
lows, table spreads, etc.
A new line of ribbons to arrive.
Look at our new umbrellas. Now
is the time to commence your fancy
work for christmas.
In buying we use cash and expert
ence, in selling small profits and no
misrepresentation
We are still taking orders for ladies
suits, skirts and wrappers and have a
good assortment of skirts and wrap
pers in the store all the time.
Your commands, little or large will
have our prompt attention.
Yours anxious to please,
J. E. HUNT.
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ED-TRUSTWORTHY AND ACT.
w I'VE gentlemen or ladies to travel for re-
sponsiole, established house in Vermont. Month.
lv S65.oo and expenses Position steady Refer
ence. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope
The Dominion Company Dept. Y, Chicago. A.
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You had rather
have what you want


than to haze to take what you can
get when it costs you just as mHch,
hadn't you? Taking it for granted
that you had, why not look where
there is the largest variety to Sc
lect from?
/ have the largest and best as
sortment of Ladies' Furnishings,
Infants and Childrens Clothing,
Ferris Waists for Children and the
Oneita Union Suits in fleece lined,
wool and part wool, that | have
ever carried
| shall be pleased to give you my
attention in regard to
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Compound
| was thin,
sallow,and
nervous. |
was trou-
bled with
leucOr-
rhoea, and
my men
strual pc
RODS were
very irreg-
ular. l
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