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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
FORGED NAMES
TO q Letter Asking the Recorder to
Issue Marriage License to an Is
Year Old Boy and a IL Year
Old Girl.

As told in the LEDGER, Ernest
Crosswhite, aged IS, and Fannie Hick-
ly, aged II, both of les Middle Grove,
Mo-, ran away and were married.
Relative to the matter the following
special correspondence was received
by the LEDGER under the date of Aug.
10: The couple called at the office of
the recorder Tuesday and asked for a
license. The clerk refused to issue
the license without the written con
sent of the girls parents. We'd
nesday morning they returned with a
letter to the clerk, signed by the girls
parents, granting permission to marry
and upon this the recorder issued the
license. A justice of the peace was
soon found and the couple married.
The girls father soon heard of the
marriage, and it was discovered that
the names IN the note had been
forged.
The father of the girl now has her
In charge. The groom is in Paris to
get an order from the Probate Judge
for an immediate investigation in
order that he may secure his wife.
Crosswhite has no money to live on.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
VIM. ]. BRYAN At BUTTE
It Was the Anniversary OF Ills
Notification In New York.
A NOISY WELCOMING DEMONSTRATION.
He Said II Would Take a Liar of Big
Dimension to Declare that He was
In the Enemy's Country on
This Occasion.

BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 1s.-Amid the
screeching Of steam whistles and
shouts of welcome from so. 900 throats,
William j. Bryan was received In
Butte. Housetops sagged under the
weight of thousands, and every win
dow where a view could be obtained
was crowded with faces. The crowd
at the depot was SO dense the police
were unable to cope with It. On reach
ing the hotel Mr.. Bryan responded to
calls for q speech, and made a
brief address. He referred to the fact
that this day was the anniversary Of
the notification and speech of accept
ance at Madison Square garden, New
York.
II hadn't thought" he said, ''of cele-
brating the occasion in this place, but
I am forcibly reminded of the material
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
MISSIONARY COOPERATION.
Programme of Meeting to be Held at
Midway August Is to 20.

Programme Of the seventeenth an.
nual meeting Of the Audrain County
Christian Missionary Cooperation to
be held at Midway church August II
to 20, 1897:
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST Is.
7:45 p. m.-Devotional exercises, A,
W. Paisley.
8p. m~.-Sermon, j. B. Corwin.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10.
$3.50 a. m.-Devotional, @. e. Hill.
$3.50 a. disappointment OF COM
mittees. (a) enrolment, {b) pro-
gramme, (c) ways and means, (d)
auditing, (e) nominations, ~ time
and place, (g) resolutions.
10 a. m.-Enrollment of delegates,
1918 a. m.-Report Of churches.
1920 a. m.-Report OF board.
1880 a. m.--Address, r. d. Chinn,
IL a. m.-Sermon, Fl. r. Davis.
IL m.-Recess.
1:45 p. m.-Song service.
2 p. m.-Scripture reading and
prayer.
2:15 p. m.-Oonference on church
d~iscipineled by J. W. Robbins.
$3.50 p. m.-Address, @. e. Hin.
4p. m.-Adjournment.
7:5 p. m.-Song service.
sp. m.-Serrnon, j. B. Briney.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20.
man.
s:45 a. m.-Reports of committees
and miscellaneous business.
10 q. m.-Cougregational independ-
ence and its abuses, q. A. Hoffman.
IL ;. m.-Sermon, L. n. Slime.
IL m.-Recess.
l:45 p. m.-Song service.
Up. m~.-Sern,on, T. A. Abbott.
2:45 p. m.-Address ont Incorporation,
B. 8. Upton.
7:45 p. m.-Song service.
SIP. m.-Sernaon, A. B. Phillips.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Fine Colt nv Ernest, r

Last Friday in the saddle ring at
the fair, q very magnificent colt OF
Ernest B., 2:27, took first money. We
forget who the colt belongs to but he
lie a fine fellow and a thorough sad
dler, thus showing his sire, who is a
trotter, to be phenomenon. Ernest b.
Is the property of Capt. John Ecker,
Of Stephens Store, Galloway county,
and has gone a trial mile in 2:16. He
is by Hambletonian's Last, by Ham
bletonian 10, 16 hands high and Z years
old, is a uniform breeder, and the
woods down in that section of Cal
laway county are full of his colts, all
good ones.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Twenty Years Ago This Week.

E. A. butcher was in Illinois.
Geo. Clark left for Colorado.
Grant and Tilden were in,Europe.
". F. Reed was in Boston buying
goods.
s. ID. Farmer left here to live in
Fulton.
Joe Lockridge, of Seed Tick. was
quite ill.
Miss Ria Rainey died August 10 of
consumption.
The taxable wealth of Boone
ty was s5, 1886.
DIR. 8. N. Russell was qualified cor
oner Of the county.
There was s67O,112 of legal tender
retired during July.
A new fence was put around Har-
din College campus.
Elder Brooks took past oral charge
of the Christian church.
Bob Tureman was cashier of the
Mexico Exchange Bank.
Amos Ladd and Mrs. Helen Hitler
were married in Vandalia on the 18th.
Misses Matte Pearson,o of Louisiana,
and Ella Peterson, made the LEDGER
a call.
Silas Wilson was building an adj
dition to his residence, south of the
railroad.
Seven officers and fifty-three pri-
Yates were killed by the Indians in
Montana.
Miss Leta Richardson, formerly a
teacher in Hardin College,died milan
caster, Mo.
Earl Morris and Miss Barnes were
married August Is by Elder w. r.
Wigginton.
Bennett Treioar went in partner
ship with Stansberry in the restau-
rant business.
The Vandalia ball team wholloped
theMexico team on their own grounds
at the rate of q T. 81.
Squire inc. Ellis paid NJ. N. Gala
way S4.33 for 80 head of LOO pound
graded 3-year-old cattle.
Mrs. 8. 8. Laws, Mrs. Lucy b. Clark
son, Misses Bette Todd, Stella
Dyer, of Columbia, and Mrs. Wool
fork, of Fulton, visited in Mexico.
Tuesday, August IA, G. Leslie Fer
ris and Miss MATTED arrard were mar
rled in the Christian church in Cen
tralia. They came directly to Mexico,
gave a wedding dinner and left for st.
Louis.
The Young Mems Ball Club chal-
lenged the White Stocking Bail Club
to a game of ball. Both teams were
OF Mexico and composed of the fol-
lowing: The Young Mems Club
7. ]. Marshall, Henry Williams, Henry
K~eeton, Tony Lakeland, T. T. Shoot
man, Chas. Ward, Gideon Gaines, Will
liam West, and William Harper.
The White Stocking Club-Herbert
Tucker, Charlie CardweIl, HenryReed,
Will Swallow, John Marmaduke, How
ard Buckley, Wallace Carson, JoeLup-
ton and Ben Phillip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
MATTRESSES SAVED THEM.
A Mob From Russell GuIch, Col, Cheated
of Their Prey.

A Mob From Russell Guich, Col, Cheated
of Their Prey.
DENVER, Col, Aug. Ira special to
the Times from Central City says that
at 2 a. m. a mob from Russell Gulch,
armed and masked. broke into the
Central City Jail, by affecting
an entrance through a door
In the rear, and demanded
the keys of the steel cell from the
jailor. In this cell were confined four
prisoners, held on suspicion of the muir
der Of Alex. Goddard. an American
miner, who was stabbed during a
saloon row with Austrians last Mon
day night. The mob was after Dom
inic Rohr, believed to be guilty of
the murder. The jailer refused to
give up the keys, whereupon the mob
fred through the bars into the cage.
The four prisoners escaped death by
hiding behind the mattresses and bed
ding in their cell. The mob, supposing
it had killed all four, left the Jail.
Four leaders have been arrested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19


difference between the two cities. /
said on going to New York that 1 was
going to the enemy's country. 1t would
take a liar of big dimension
to declare that 1 was in the enemy's
country on this occasion. l am pleased
to meet my friends, and especially to
meet people who were so enthusiastic-
ally on our side during our last cam
paign."
Later in the day Mr.. Bryan went to
Walkerville, a suburb of Butte, where
a monster demonstration took place.
He spoke at the race track.
The track has been under the
ban of labor unions because
of a difference with the carpenters.
Mr.. Bryan declined to speak there until
the boycott was declared off, for this
occasion.
Mrs. Bryan, who is a guest Of Mrs.
Charles w. Clark, held a reception to
the ladies in the McDermott hotel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
CELLUlOSE.
4 Preparation That May Take the Pisc<
Of Celluloid.

d Preparation That May Take the Placa
of Celluloid.
The Cantor lectures on cellulose
recently delivered before the Soci-
ETY. Of Arts by G. F. Cross have
served to call public attention to the
remarkable discoveries recently
made in connection with this ma
terial by Mr.. Cross and his partner,
2. j. Bevan. Up till recently there
were several methods known Of OBJ
tanning cellulose in a soluble form.
Zinc chloride, both in neutral and
acid solution, and also cuprous am
monia, have the property Of form
ing soluble saline compounds with
cellulose, and the first mentioned
solvent has been largely applied In
dustrially in preparing the fla
ments for incandescent lamps. The
cost Of all these solvents Is, however,
very high. Another method of get
ting cellulose into solution consists
In nitrifying 1t, when it becomes
soluble In alcohol ether, forming the
collodion of the photographer and
the basis of the different celluloids
and xylonites now so common.
The production of artificial silk,
an industry of much commercial i'm
portance, Is also based on this nitri-
fed cellulose, though the nitrogen is
removed from the product before 1t
is finally woven. The above meth
DDS Of dissolv1ng cellulose are all
old, but some little time ago Messrs.
Cross and Bevan discovered another
method of dissolving the substance,
giving a solution having truly re-
properties.
"Mercerized" cellulose is treated
with bisulphide of carbon; a sulpho-
carbonate of cellulose is produced
which is soluble in water, forming q
remarkably viscous solution, which
has been named "viscose." Onl
this sulpho-carbonate de-
composes again. cellulose being de-
posted In a dense, textureless con-
Added to the pulpit a paper
beater, the quality of the product is
remarkably improved, its wet
in particular being i'm
mensely increased. Flowed over
glass, the viscose, on drying, sets to
tough, t~extureless film of cellulose,
which can be rendered quite pure by
washing.
The cartridge belts used for the
maxim gun r now treated with Wis
,ose to render them weatherproof,
shrinkage of the woven fabric being
'hus absolutely prevented. By suit
able methods the viscose can be
made to deposit its cellulose in dense
cylinders Specific gravity 1.5l,
can be turned like ivory and
made into buttons, billiard balls and
all similar articles for which cellu-
old is now used. In addition to
Messrs. Cross and Bevan
have discovered quite another meth
ID of getting cellulose into solution.
This they have accomplished by
forming cellulose acetate, which in
many respects resembles the cellu.
lose nitrates hitherto known, but
has the advantage of being unin.
aammable. Spread over glass, like
,ollodion, 1t gives a perfectly trans
parent and textureless film, while,
IS 1t is fusible at about 23o degrees
), 1t should prove well adapted for
he preparation of nodded articles
low commonly made of celluloid.-
Engineering.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
DEATH BEFORE DISGRACE.
Attempted Suicide of a Man Suspected Of

Attempted Suicide of a Man Suspected Of
Murder.
BELLEFoNrAINE, o., Aug. 18.-Lewis
Deerwester, who was arrested Tuesday
on suspicion Of being implicated in the
DERRICK double murder. was found on
his wife's grave in an unconscious con.
dition. He had attempted suicide by
cutting his throat. The following note
was found near him:
DEAR FRIENDs-You are accusing me of q
deed 1 did not do. and rather than disgrace my
people / will take my life. So good by to all
dear friends forever. God forgive me for this.
I would rather die than be disgraced have
harmed nobody. have no one to live for. III
that were dear to me are gone. Farewell to all.
LEWIS r. DEERwEsTER.
Deerwester is still unconscious, and
slight hopes are held for his recovery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
AUDRAIN COURTS.

CIRCUIT CoURT-3d Monday in jan
airy, list Monday in June, Sd Monday
in September.
COUNTY CoURT-1st Monday in Feb
ruary, LIST Monday in May, list Monday
in August, LIST Monday in November.
PROBATE CoURT-2d Monday in Jan
uary, I'd Monday in March, I'd Monday
in May, I'd Monday in September.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
The MayfieId Sanitarium,
el2 Taylor Avenue or Southeast Corner
Taylor and Belle Avenues. st. Louis, Mo.

Home and hospital established and controlled
~ baptfsts, but admits of sick and afflicted of
All denominations or OF ne denomination, THE
medical stan is ompose Of some OF the kesf
known. physicians of the city and who are
recognized authority In their special lines of
work. Any physician OF good staudinc esn
treat his own patients in this sanitarium and
patients can choose their own physician n thew
so desire. 1t has q NURSES training school ana
2 woman's board OF charity. The location ~
the sanitarfum IL good and with its many cther
superior advantages, without a doubt. makes IL
one OF the most attractive and deefrable tnstf.
Lutions OF its kind in the West, and there sre
nundreds OF patients who need treatment and
YET tney hesitate to come because they are mt
acquainted with sanitarfum methods 10 All
sucn we viii say that the Mayfeld Sanitarinm
~ Cnr1stian Home and you viii feel that Won
are with friends; win be tenderly cared for nv
framed nurses and win receive euch skiiIed
meoicsi and surgical treatment as each fndi-
yionaI case may require, and we solicit your
pasronage Elegant accommodation furnished
~ y, "a, 80 and S4 per week. Nursing n ~ n,
70 70 per week. Medical and surgical servicas
Our aims In this new sanitariuin
2ust tine same rs when we first entered tire
Eork twelve ll2l years ago. As in the rsst.
nlInistefs OF all denominations and their fami,
mes receive free professional treatment. Also
40 charges for professional sery ices repdered
inofgent persons whose board and purse hfiIs
are paid By churches, lodges, &C.
FOR further Information address
u. MAYFIELD, NJ. D..
hayneh banftarfum. st. Louis, Mo,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
knew What He Wanted.

A Swede went into a lawyers Of
flee at Sigourney the other day to
get him to make out a conveyance
for some land which he had pur-
chased. He said he wanted a mort
gage, but the lawyer said he should
have a warranty deed. NO." re-
Piled the Swede. 81 once had a war
ranty deed to a farm, but another
man held a mortgage and got the
land. want a mortgage."-Well-
man (Ia.) Advance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Solved the DimcultY.

In some of the farming districts
of China pigs are harnessed to small
wagons and made to draw them.
The well known tendency CT the pig
to go in a different direction from
that in which it is desired to have
him go is overcome by his driver
wishing him to go in a direction in
which the driver doesn't really
want him to go. At least that is the
way the matter is explained by a
recent traveller, who certainly ought
to be an Irishman, If he isn't-New
York Tribune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

1t heals everything except a broken
heart, may be said of De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve. Piles and rectal diseases,
cuts, burns, bruises, letter, eczema and
all skin troubles may be cured by it
quickly and permanently. For sale
by Woodbridge & Purdy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Return of Arohbishop Kesns.

New YORK, Aug. 13.-Archbish or
John J. Keane left at 10 o'clock on the
Pennsylvania road for Washington.
He arrived from Rome Thursday and
expects to sped a few months In this
country. He will attend the meeting
Of the board of directors Of the Catho-
lie university at Washington.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Bombs and Explosives and Incriminatlna
Documents Seized.
LONDON, Aug. ia special dispatch
from Milan says that three anarchists
have been arrested there, and that the
police seized a number of documents,
bombs and explosives. The documents
captured by the police, It is
further stated, included letters from
Caesa Caesario Santos, the assassin
of President Carnot, and Pietro Acciari.
to. who attempted to assassinate King
Humbert in April last Other arrests
are expected to follow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
i n Tnckar a. Snn

j. d. Tucker & Son will write insur-
ance against fire and lightning on good
dwelling houses in old reliable Eng
lish and American companies for 35 to
80 cents on each 800. viii give you
a paid up policy for three years. All
other preferred insurance written at
greatly reduced rates. d&w Inn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Misses Frances Nowlin, Lucy Now
lin, Myrtle Clark and Messrs. Lane
Nowlin and Christy Clark, all Of Mont
gomery City, were the guests of Miss
Gertrude Barker Wednesday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Took an Overdose of Choral.

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. l3.-Rev. w. T.
Howe, son-in-law of Bishop Hugh Mil.
Ter Thompson. Of the Episcopal church,
took an overdose of choral at the resi-.
dence of the bishop In this city Thurs.
day night, and died from its effects
shortly after.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
To Arrange the JeliIco Scale.

JELLIco, Tenn, Aug. I3.-The opera
tors and miners of this district met
here and appointed a committee to ar
range a scale for the district. 1t liz be.
lieved a settlement will be reached be.
fore final adjournment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Mexico a Great Horse Center,

The Mexico Fair is In progress and
everybody in Audrain county is talk
ing "hoss," except Bob White. There
was a time, however, when Bob was
the most enthusiastic horseman in
that neck of the woods.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

The Auxvasse (Mo.) Revieao says:
Rev. Cooper, of Mexico, Presiding
Elder, came out Thursday morning
and, in company with Rev. E. w.
Renoids, made some pastoral visits In
the neighborhood of Hickory Grove.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Butter and the Ancients

The Roman writers on agriculture
allude to butter only in the most
incidental way, and there is reason
to believe that even in the third and
fourth centuries 1t vas used solely
as an ointment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
FOR WIFE

Peter Monohan, Aged Seventy-Four
Hanged at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Md, Aug. 13.-Peter
Monohan, "a years old, was hanged
here for the murder of his wife. The
crime was committed on May %. 1897,
and Monohan was convicted and sem
fenced on June II. The drop fell at
$3.50.
Monohan displayed remarkable
nerve, and met his fate without q
tremor. He made no confession or
statement of any kind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Mrs. Warden win re-commence her
class in piano music at the public
schools Sept. Z, 1897. For particulars
write or call on her at her home, 1117
South Jefferson street, Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Rev. James Madison, colored, the
State missionary from this point, is
conducting a camp meeting at Tuck
er's grove, near Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
ANARCHISTS NOT WANTED.

Commissioner Powderly VIII See That
They Do Not Land.
New YORK, Aug. 1a.-Commissioner
General of immigration Powdely has
requested the treasury department
to cable to United States con-
suls In Europe, and principally to
those in Spain, France, Italy and
Germany, requesting them to keep a
sharp lookout for anarchist emigrants
to America, and to notify him by cable
when any of them embark for the
United States. They will be deported
as asst as they arrive.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

John K. Green, clerk of the Su-
preme Court at Jefferson City, passed
through Mexico Friday en- route to st.
Louis,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
O 3 Storr wrltaa the LEnaER from

@ f Storr writes the LEDGER from
Deca'ur, H., that he and his family
are = 'rf to remain in Mexico and the
repor hat they expected to remove
to Decatur, ILL.,, is a mistake. He al
80 VS. that Decatur, ILL.,, has q
"good many miles Of street paving
and it .osts but little more than mac
ADAM
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Miss Clara Hilbert, after q visit
with her sister, Mrs. H. E. O. Tucker,
returned to her home in Montgomery
City Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

The Catholics will give a picnic and
large dinner In Crigier's grove, near
Martinsburg, on Wednesday, Sept. 1.
A large crowd viii go down from here,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Miss Maude Jamison, OF Lincoln
county, was the guest of her uncle,
Mr.. ]. 81. MCGEE, a prominent farmer
Of Audrain county, last week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

DR.. and Mrs. D. B. Mayes, of Gem
tralia, were attendants at the fair
Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

MADRID. Aug. 18.-The Epocs denies
that the minister for the interior, Senior
y Gos-Cayon, contemplates resigning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

The Misses Buokner, of Paris, after
a visit to relatives in this city, left
Friday for a visit In Marshall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

In all likelihood a military company
viii be formed in Centralia. N, r.
Bell IL comforting with a. Rodemyer.
editor Of the Guard, on the prospects.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

VIM. E. West again won the prize
offered for the finest beets. VIII and
his father, deceased. have carried off
this prize regularly for about Is years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Piano Music.

W. d. Mckinney, of Mt. Carmel,
Mo-, is very much pleased with the
Mexico fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Westminster COLLEGE, Fulton, Mo.

En- Departments Offering elective courses Of study for three Baccalaureate
business life. Able Faculty; Unsurpassed Social Moral and Religious Inau-
also the seat Of the Synodical Female College and several State institutions.
Der {, 1897. For Catalogue address E. q. MARQUESS, SEcRErARy-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Misses Mary and Mamie Fish, of
Stephens Store, who have been visit
ing Mrs. P. NJ. Morris, returned home
Friday accompanied by Roy Morris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Z. d. Cullen viii deliver an address
on the topics of the day at q Catholic
picnict TO be held in Meeks' grove, two
miles west OF Montgomery City, on
Wednesday, Aug. rs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Mrs. Joseph Botkin went to Mont
gomery City on a visit Friday morn
ing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Ellis Mann was over from Illinois to
attend the fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Col. Davault, of the Farber Forum,
is very much pleased with the Mexico
Fair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
Is Heltar-Skalter a Yonnpster2

Mr.. Till Baum, the driver of Heller
Shelter In the 2:1S pace Thursday,
claims the LEDGER did his horse an
injustice when the sporting reporter
said he was not worth n dollar and a
half al q a Q horse. II Heller Shelter
is q three year old, as the driver
claims, he did not deserve the deal.
There Is alwaysa chance for a young
ster and this horse has a world of
speed. II he lie six or seven years old,
rs some Of the horse men claim, he is
not now nor never will be a race
horse, for he cannot stay the route.
He did about the same thing, we are
told, ut Quincy and Kirksville this
year that he did here. II this horse is
q three year old he may develop into
. race horse and we hope he win. We
never want to do q good horse an In
justice.
Mics Mortie McKim, Of Fulton, who
has been the guest Of Miss Louella
White for several days, left Friday for
Benton City.
Rorn. IN Mr. AMI Nfpa - Hicks
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Born, TO Mr.. aud Mrs. T. o. Hicks
Of near BENTON, . IL pound ION.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19

Geo. Edmonston has accepted a
position with Moore & Coil, hardware
merchants of Perry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-08-19
COneoe
&AND CONSERVATORY.%

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Make room for 200
resident students.
Faculty of twenty
four Professors.
Alumni II Colleges
and Universities.
Specialists in all of
the Departments.
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