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New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

r,a.t-i that --. v,u,i o. able 20 cover -hr ror0i
"trip from Albany 90 N-v To-l, oui back in 1
dly aui attain a speed u not less taln thirty
miles lu hour But the Helen missed FIRE being
easily beaten by -he Erie and other d-et ones
In yuiIsuuutaer sn, .-trne - grief by running at
fun speed .r,3 ii&r az Castlet'u. where she
lag a wreck
In opposition - ou association - steamboat
owners who had controlled traffic the river.
the N.u-1d and the Emerald went 1u the route
in 1884 unj-r tar auspices Of a new company
II sy1s NIP and .sel, between The oo1ts ~ che
opposition lines ,att summrr 1uI also in lS.;5
The Enar3!d 11J -ae N,rtA American an on the
same schedule. 1nd che -in - Albany ~ Down
% N.w Tori, was usually rrltvened 5y The en-
iaav'rs u Tire captains of the boats % get the
better ,t each pther. hy sa.- means ~ touI
The Emey1lI usually started j few minutes
before IN. North American. AMI II ove-takcn
would t-y % crowd .he N3-th American 1ut Il
,h, channel 1y crossing her bows. ?. was uss-
a'.y the slower boat w-,-,. adopted such tactics
owe ilF ,.e Emerald and 'a- N1r,l American
came together with crash near C1xsackie
Tie N'-.l American v1s disabled while the
Em-s.,ti l,-s'geh crippled, uor1s-i 20 limp On
ahead. ,.opo-1-i,y triumphant. 4 record oc The
fast t-ips Iur.as 50 shows the following -e-
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25
RACING ON THE HUDSON
OLD BOlTS HOT RIVALS.
TooL Desperate Chances in Speeding
Brtgccep .nbany and Nr5c Torh

when Steamboauns Was successfully est1b-
lished tie Hudson River it was natural that
the owners ana shippers of the various crafts
that piled between New YorI, oad Albany should
turn their attention To speed Racing between
boats OF rira! lines soon nrrame u matter Of ai-
most daily occurrence. 50 keen srrw tH" rivalry
t. cut down the time that these contests at
tracted much attention and caused excite
mont equal 10 the famous contests of the
halcyou days of navigation on the Mississippi
While The Hudson River skippers are not
known to have gone tp Tire eX,reme OF keeping
~ nigeer squattne on tie safety value" which
was the rrpu;ci practice OF the reckless Mi-s's-
sippi captains In order To- obtain maximum of
steam pressure. still they sometimes took long
and desperate chances occasionally one boat
would ram another. the furnaces We're crammed
with pitch pine and innammlhIe Substances.
landings Uerr omitted and aplt- frequently lrft
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

THE MAJ! LGvG5 Wb,isSol4n sVsr1
Monday and Ttrgtday. az feU0 s'nis'k
P. H. aai pvOesfaj 10 OiS Feyt Soba2lr &'
tasas corning ssFt ss0r"iTg tiGTsS 81 I'sT
s'c!oek, sHd arvivEJ al CangokarTs 'H 'bs
eUsTi"e exchanges peDssEs'' aUif6 i5s Ill
bsy Gai CSopsreszps EHgG, asS Ibs ssrf
day rstsrs, . OIA Fsrf Schuyler
Fare for pegSngsyg, TqU0 DoALR-T sNaJ
SeDssgsy', Fear Psscs pr Sit; t4I6. Aag
gGgt grGsD ISoqVf. rsisi ths Jazs AZ
PeDsHgsr.
Seats nay 6s hadky applying at tbs PgR-
OGes. W5iIsgea0s, at rbs bOAii Of ths Eab.
sri6sr. OLD FOrf SabyIeT, 81 al CapfAis
RssfHs, CaAstsbaris
JASON PARKER
Assze. i79s. 81
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

their docks before their advertised time If BY
doing they could gain a point on another
boat
Newspapers and citizens inveighed against
racing but with little effect The captains and
owners were out to win. and. far they
cared. the public could go to bIazes. The Rev
Isaac Fidler. an English tourist who made notes
as he went along received a profound shock to
his conservative British tendencies while trav
eIling on a Hudson River boat in 1892. lie de-
scribed it follows:
RAMNiED HIS OPPONENT.
81 embarked on board a steamboat for Al
bany. the capital of New York State. This was
the 10Th of April. Another steamboat. of
greater power and a faster saier left New York
after u.s. and overlook us before we had ascended
the river many miles. The captain of the steam
boat was in boasted manfully that his was in
compaTaby the speedier vessel, and that he
could leave the other at any distance he chose
In short, he only waiting for her arrival in
order 20 give her fair trial by putting on all
his steam. AS she approached. which she did
with an imposing rapIdity. he fOOlishly and un-
fairly crossed her course. that he might hinder
her from passing This maneuvre he repeated,
until the captain Of the other perceiving himself
wilfully obstructed without prOvocation, ordered
his helmsman to direct his Prov against the
DToduSlue OF MS OppOSeF Ihe crash that fol-
lowed was tremendous and carried away the
failwork Of half the side as well as the boat Of
our vessel Bars of iron an inch in thickness
were bent and twisted like slender wires
"a few reproaches of unfairness on the one
hand and few threats of action for damages
on the other terminated this foolish rencOntre
The passengers of the victorious boat gave
ntterance to their sense of the bravery of the
captain and the superiority of their boat then
passed triumphantly before us, and we saw them
no more till our arrival at Albany Some of the
passengers Of our vessel encouraged the captain
TO retaliate but. from prejudice or cowardice, he
heclined"
How some of the citizens received support for
their antagonism to racing is shown by this ex-
tract from Albany paper of the 30's:
"These boats 0he Ohio and the New Phila-
!delphla) left their respective wharves on Mon
day afternoon full twelve minutes before the
stated time of departure the Ohio starting a
few minutes the first leaving behind several
passengers who arrived at the wharf within the
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

Two new boats were brought on The line in
1876 and 1891. the Rochester and the Swallow
Both We're out Cor blood from the beginning. and
their contests afforded food tor a!ons-river gos-
sip Tor several years. by steamins from New
York % Albany On October s 1856. in hours
and II minutes the swallow became the queen
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

or advising tLe ttiltliiN l.itt 1lt racing -f'J7
O'Clock meous-an earlier hour in the after
noon"
An INDIGNANT CITIZEN
At meeting held in tr. Capitol 5t Albany
in lN:s2 To condemn "tLe practice of steamboat
racing" a highly Indignant citizen. p. Living
stou got up with a grievance and ventilated tt
Racing should be stopped he thought and rae
ing shippers and owners should be restrained.
flr he had been ,1rried n, New York against
h.s VIII Through iucaut.ously boarding a boat
20 BID friend goodby. The boat slipped from
her iock before her time Toy departure. >re-
eariirs AIr I1vnsstou's .n,rrlties 70 ne pu,
ashore \ committee was appointed - report
through tac public papers tile name u tle
steamboat which shall first leave her wharf be-
fore the time set for departure But. Ike 50
many bodies 1rsauiz-d IN Tie lelt ~ civic
anger. r-e ,,u:ol,t-r never made report
The Ohio auI tae Now Philadelphia. mentioned
above wer. boats y .he speed ~ which thHir
owners Dragged ,oud'y In The 3rs Finally the
ohio Nas ies.-iyeIy beaten. ani was not again
a competitor A. first TIE tim" x the boats
was taken from dock % dock. bur at length L
grew into practice 20 deduct ta- time Consumed
20 stopping NJ ,lnI.nss and iisur.as tae actual
running slime This Is shown ay che c',lo~ins
from the newspaper account pC the manner in
which tAe N.v PlI.AiruEil broke thc record Ia
June l>2l
"S.r made 'l- 1ctga. passage !a hours lri
81 minutes Sa- made a@r landings which 5c-
eupied a.t thirteen minutes So tiat the actual
time Ia making tae passage was only hours
and 81 minutes. This Is Oil. quickest passage
ever made. "r 1-..ee. 1e,n-ea ,.- -a, e.t.-7.''
Tile star events ON the river .a l>i2 were The
races 1etN.-r ,ac Nprth American and tae
CHamp.4.u. q news toat ia which tas Nprta
American vas victorious IN t-e.r uaai brush
a pteub-r t-s results y-r-
'Tae N1r'a American i-ft Sew York at
twenty Jad The CHamp,4.a NJ c,r,y-ave seconds
past = d. 10 aui rr..-d 40 Albany .a. former
1T AIS and ta- !;ter 1T 70 p. ul-. w.th
strong head wind ANA Tot favorable eide
through The N,rla American came - and
landed passcag RS NJ N-wbgr-. AMI 1,s, landed
passengers NJ Hudson with her boat. The
Champl1in made no landings. I: Will 5c per-
ceiyed thlt the North American beat Tire cham
plain about eight minutes. exclusive pf the time
occupied in making .he two landings. perform
ing the passage IN hours y minutes and 10
seconds"
Later tho "hampain aid claim 20 4 trip In
the figured time" of hours and 43 minutes
which II true. was 4 record. The Erie. consort
of the Champllin. and the Novelty also wcre
fast boats. IN 1884 there was great i.al Of
talk about what The Helen. Il boat built BY the
Burdens at Troy. "on a new principle would
reveal in the matter Of speed Her owner ex-
New-York tribune., 1909-09-25

usual time We state the fact for the purpose
Of advising the public that ou racing days !
O'Clock meous-an earlier hour in the after
noon"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Reunion Picnic

A reunion of the descendants of
Amhurst Heath vas held in the Hal
lock timber last SUNDAY, at which 60
of his descendants we're present and
partook of a most sumptuous dinner,
the occasion being in honor of Henry
Carpenter and wife of Brownell,
Kansas. Mrs. Carpenter is dangh-
ter of Amour Heath and this is
their first visit to Audubon county
for thirty years. after dinner the
entire group was photographed. This
reunion will long live in the memory
of these who were present.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
FAILED TO MAKE THE SALE.
Sidewalk Merchant Was Badly in
Need of Lesson to Curb Ten
dency to Freshness.

Carey Johnson Ludlam, the southern
philolosist, in the course of lecture
on "Ne0logisms" in Charleston, said:
Another neologism is salesman.
ship. The advertising columns of the
magazines have for several months
abounded in this word. Schools OF
craftsmanship books on salesman.
ship, secrets of salesmanship'-why
one reads of nothing else"
The aged scholar smiled
"And speaking of schools of sales.
manship,' he said, Il hope that the
salesman who accosted me on my way
here this evening will take in one OF
them an eight or nine years course
I'm sure he needs it. This salesman,
a shabby young man, laid his hand on
my arm and said:
Say, friend, femme sell We a box
of this here patent cement
81 shook off his filthy paw.
Cement. | sneered, ANNOYED at
his familiarity. What do / want with
cement?
Why cried che man, in apparent
surprise, amt We broke? Ye look it, Z"
Los Angeles Times
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
DESERVED RAISE IN SALARY.
Theatrical Advance Agent Had Neat
Scheme That Brought Him
Popularity.

The value of the ability to know
faces and the names that go with them
Is recognizable asset among sales
men and all people who have dealings
with large number of persons. An
advance agent of theatrical concern,
andlng that he was not gifted that
way, hit upon new scheme for help
Ing matters along. Immediately after
leaving a town he card-indeXed every
man with whom he came in contact
reporters, hotel men, managers and
merchants. He wrote a short descrip-
ton OF their facial appearance, to-
gether with some incident which oc-
Cured while he was with them. The
next year, while on the train, he would
study the cards relating to the people
Of the next town he was to visit. The
result was that whenever he met a
man he saw the year before he would
say something like this:
Why, hello Jackson, The last time
| saw YOU we We're still laughing over
that fellow who slipped on the ice with
pail of milk in his hands have
thought OF it a thousand times since"
A raise in salary greeted the adj
vance agent the next year, for he had
every town his way long before the
show reached it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20

A great many people who have
trified with Indigestion, have been
sorry for it-when nervous or
chronic dyspepsia resulted, and
they have not been able to cure it..
Use Kodol and prevent having
Dyspepsia.
Everyone is subject to indiges-
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stomach abuse, just as naturally
and just as surely as a sound and
healthy stomach results upon the
taking of Kodol.
When you experience sourness
of stomach, belching of gas and
nauseating fluid, bloated sensation,
gnawing pain in the pit of the
stomach, heart burn (so-called),
diarrhoea, headaches, dullness or
chronic tired feeling-you need 10
dol. And then the quicker you take
Kodol-the better. Eat what you
want, let Kodol digest it.
Ordinary pepsin dyspepsia tab
let's" physics, ETC., are not likely
to be of much benefit to you, in
digestive ailments. Pepsin is only
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Edison's New Wirelass

About seventeen years ago Thomas
A. Edison startled the world by carry
ing on Geographic communication be-
tween a moving train and stations
along the railroad without any wire
connection herewith. The system
employed was to mount board COW
cred with tinfoil edgewise on the car
roof. The tinfoil formed part of a
local telegraph circuit, which induct-
lively affected the telegraph wires
that paralleled the track. and in this
way the messages We're made to
leap" from the train to the telegraph
lines. The recent experiments on q
well-known railroad where messages
We're exchanged between an operator
on fast-moving train and operators
in Toledo, Ellkhart and Chicago We're
Of different character. The HertZian
waves We're used, which transmitted
the messages directly to the receiving
stations. and not To the telegraph
wires along the track.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Loo Far Underground.

Wood 404 feet underground iii per-
feet state of preservation was found
at the Alabang stock farm While bor-
ing for the second artesian we'll there.
The drill had penetrated to depth of
400 feet and had just been drilling
hard rock when it suddenly struck a
log which was five feet in diameter
and in perfect state of preservation.
How the log could be so far under
ground and underneath a ledge Of
rock in perfect condition is question
that is puzzling the officials OF the bu-
reau of agriculture.-Ma Manila Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Lived 152 Years

VIM. Parr- England's oldest man
married the third time at 120, worked
in the fields till 1872 and lived 20 years
longer. People should be youthful at so.
James Wright of Spurlock, Ky, shows
how to remain young. II feel just like a
l5-year old boy,n he writes, after TAX
ing six bottles of Electric Bitters For
thirty years Kidney trouble made life a
burden, but the first bottle of this Won
derful medicine convinced me | had
found the greatest cure on earth" They
are a godsend to weak, sckly run do wn
or old people. Try them SOC at Nick
Doilng.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Chinese Women Educated.

Ii Ping Shu, president of the town
council of Shanghai, has provided
funds for the last three years for the
Medical School for Women of that
place. Recently six diplomas were
granted women. There are 80 stu
dents, and the principal is a Chinese
woman who has had the higher educa-
ton hersef Two of the six graduates
read essays in English and the rest in
their native language.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20

Mrs. Henry Hansen and Miss
Muriel Koob were shopping in Allan
tic Saturday.
Miss Vivian Bartlett of Atlantic
spent Sunday with her parents south
west of town.
Edwin Delahoyde of the Exchange
Bank in Extra visited at the Brayton
Bank Tuesday.
Ralph Goodwin attended the At
lantic VS. Omaha ball game in Attain
tic last Sunday.
There is to be ball game Sunday
afternoon between the Elk Horn aud
Brayto teams.
Miss Anua Anderson returned
home after a weeks visit with her sis
ter in Elk Horn.
The Misses Mae Powers and Puma
Freeman did their shopping in At
lantic last Saturday.
Jens Christot1ersen and wife of At
lantic arrived here Saturday on few
days visit with friends.
Charley Freeman is again in the
post office having nearly recovered
from his recent illness.
John w. Cannon reports the ship
ment of two cars of hogs the past
week for McGovern & Co.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Will Koob are doing
a very fair business in their restaur-
ant and confectionery store.
Squire Aldrich and wife of Allan
tic were in Brayton Sunday and at
tended the Heath reunion picnic.
T. j. Essinrton is still unable to
attend to the stock buying business
but hopes to come to town soon.
Miss Esther Petersen returned from
Chas. Jenkins last week after com
plotting her work for Mrs. Jenkins.
Miss Lutte Freeman of Audubon
visited over Saturday and Sunday
with her parents, Geo. Freeman and
wife.
Jas. Cannon is now the regular car
rier on Rural Rt. out of this town
his father having resigned several
weeks ago.
Ms Larsen has neat porch made
in front of his meat maaket to break
off the sunshine from the interior oil
the building.
| Mr.. Louie Goodwin and Mr.. Clar.
ence Foster of Wiota visited in BRAY.
ton over Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Goodwin.
Mrs. Conllling returned from De-
| Moines, where she has made severa
large purchases of exquisite Mid.
Summer Hats. In these lots are til,
very newest modes in semi dress
modes and street hatsare to be seen
| Frank and c. L.. Heath Mr. ant
Mrs. Mitt Parrott, Mrs. Gearhearr
and Ellner Heath and Mr.. aud Mrs
Henry Carpenter went to Audubon
Tuesday and had q group picture o
the Heath family taken by ansartis
there
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Oal<field and BraytorN

Mrs. Solen Petersen is i'll with La
Grippe.
Ed Wood was in Brayton Monday
on business.
Mrs. George Doyle shopped in At
lantic Monday.
d. w. Powers started Tuesday for
Calgary, Canada,
Mr.. Anton Boose is i'll with an at
tack Of bronchitis.
Albert Bintner had business in Au-
dubon last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson have
the care of two children i'll with lung
fever.
The llamlin Shooting Club will
hold a premium shoot at llamlin,
May 31st.
Chris Nelson went to Omaha last
THURSDAY with car of cattle for S.
c.. Nelson.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
When Women Are Included.

Miss Crystal Mcmillan, NJ. A., B. Sc,
explained to the women at a recent
suffrage meeting in Scotland that
women We're only the people" when
there We're taxes 10 pay or they com
mitted crimes. When there was only
voting to do the people" means only
men. A university woman suffrage
union has been formed in Scotland.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
| ocatino the Blame.

you sometimes make mistakes in
the weather.
Not l." replied the eXpest. My
methods are strictly scientific. can't
help it il the climate insists on being
a nature faker. Exchange
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20

Mrs. L. r. Miller was an Atlantic
shopper Tuesday.
Miss Daisy Heath went to Atlantic
Tuesday to visit relatives.
Born on Friday May IL to Mr.. and
Mrs. Chris j. Peteraen, girl.
ID. y. Beers has very swollen
hand and arm caused by rheumatism.
There is to be a moving picture
show here May 2lst, illustrating bat
tie scenes.
G. X. Hallock went to Avoca Mon
day to attend the funeral of John
Horton. an uncle.
Born to MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Heath
of Greeley, one day last week, girl
of the usual rs and weight.
Mrs. j w. Cannon and Mrs. Hugh
Bowen were called to Des Moines
last Thur-day on account of the death
of relative, returning Tuesday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
His Role.

The actor of the stranded troupe
protested at the prospect OF footing the
ties.
Quit your kicking said the man
ager, impatiently you signed as
walking gentleman, didn't you?D
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Better Not Get
Dyspepsia
If you can help it. Kodcl prevents Dyspepsia, by
effectually helping Nature to Relieve Indigestion.
But don't trifle with Indigestion

partial digester-and physics are
not digesters at all.
Kodol is a perfect digester. If
you could see Kodol digesting every
particle of food, of all kinds, in the
glass test-tubes in our laboratories,
you would know this just as we'll
as we do.
Nature and Kodol will always
cure a sick stomach-but in order
to be cured, the stomach must rest.
That is what Kodol does-rests the
stomach, while the stomach gets
well. just as simple as A, B, G..
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-20
Our Guarantee

lar bottle. Then after you have used the
entire contents of the bottle if you can
honestly say, that it has not done you any
good, return the bottle to the druggist and
he Will refund your money without ques-
ton or delay. We will then pay the drug
gist for the bottle. Don't hesitate, all
druggists know that our guarantee is good.
This offer applies to the large bottle only
and to but one in a family. The large bot
tie contains 2a times as much as the fifty
cent bottle.
Kodol is prepared at the labora-
tories of E. C. Dewitt & Co., Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28

leads a life of incessant bluff. While very
tiny, 1t looks just like an ant. THAT
funny brown thing with the awful jaws
and straggly long legs can't possibly be
a caterpillar" LIS what its enemies think
as they pass it by.
Later in life, when 1t Is too big to
pretend to be an ant any longer, it takes
to sitting on leaves with its hideous
brown head and its bullying tail stuck up
right over its back, and its front legs
projected forward in such an attitude of
menace that spiders and ichneumons dare
dare not venture near
THAT must be a dragon" they would
say If they could speak. IF go near it,
1t will surely tear me to pieces" Yet. IL
they had the sense to look little more
closely, they would discover that it was
a defenseless caterpillar capable only of
wriggling when attacked
The caterpillar of the common moth is
another master of the art of bluff When
born 1t looks like a tiny scorpion, and no
respectable spider or ichneumon attempts
to attack 1t. AS 1t grows bigger 1t devel-
ops a violet saddle down its back and
decoration round its face something like
monks cowl. Out Of its tail proceeds
two long horns When approached by an
enemy or touched by human hands 1t in
stantly sits bolt upright turns its dread
ful-looking face on It's tormenter and
shoots out Of the top of each horn a wav-
ing scarlet, stng-like thread.
AS a rule the enemy retreats in great
fright, believing 1t is about to be bounced
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28

upon, bitten and stung to death. Yet, in
sober truth the artful caterpillar is prac-
ticing bluff Its terrible face is a false
alarm" for it cannot bite or strike hard
enough to inf1ict wound and the two
sting-like scarlet threads wave about in
the air without ejecting any poison.
The thousand-leg Is another defenseless
creature that relies on bluff In this case
all the bluff is in it's ugly legs. Considered
as legs, they are weak, ungainly limbs,
easily broken and frequently in the crea-
lures way when it tries to crawl through
crevces.
But all the world is afraid of those legs.
Girls and boys run away from them, and
every insect thinks that 1t must be an I'M
commonly ferocious and terrible bug 10
have such frightful limbs.
Many moths and butterflies deceive their
enemies by pretending to be withered
leaves or flowers, but, of course, large
number of insects are quite destitute OF
the art of bluff. Perhaps the most prom-
nent of these is the house fly, who may
be described as the very pattern of foolish
honesty.
One honest insect makes another's din
ner, is the rule of the insect world, and
in his ignorance of bluff the common
house-fy is more widely caught and de-
voured by spiders, wasps and birds than
almost any other insect.
Bluff Is a useful art. Mind you it is not
hypocrisy or deceit. There is nothing ma
licious or harmful In true bluff. 1t is sim
ply "a means Of self-protection against the
sings and arrows of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28

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Infants Long Slips Bishop Yoke style, Doc
Pettcoats Long, Soc
Nainsook Gowns ruaed neck sleeves, SOC
Infants Kmonos of anneete and outing cloth extra special for 5Oc
Chdrens French Dresses good lawn and embroidery
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