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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-25

hrr william A. hamilton. a. New
Work. relative o. the millionaire
Gould fa~IiJ. who described as a "few
trfes 500 worth ~ goods which the
customs cf Gals informed her they
irte7ced O. c5nfscate unless she
would ply duty on trcm. The "feu
tr f-l consisted a. one GOWN and
wrap. RI gold mesh baq. one ooid
gareI'- care one lore waist sever.
-. DI--r. ~ ccs'f, china and come
.frr art..cs When Nrs. Hamilton
arrived on 're K--rp-.n4css.n ceelio
trr s.rds ~cre seized She can re-.
over i'rm - snc ~I agree % pay
Pee duty c~t7cr~..- the customs Of.
-aHs viii hold them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-25
FATALLY
INJURED
IL LIE GAINESVILLE GIRL
STRUCK BY MOTORCYCLE.
Brought TO Haskins Hospital With
Many Bones Broken-Re-
eoVery improbable.

Mary Stonebreaker. a little Barnes
vile. o., girl was brought TO the
Haskins hospital yesterday suffering
from terrible injuries inflicted by a
motorcycle. Her skull was fractured
and many other bones OF her body
were broken and it was feared last
evening hat she would not survive
the night.
The unfortunate accident occurred
on Wednesday night. The little girl
was playing in the street with some
companions when Forest McE.lfresh
approached on a motorcycle. return.
ing from the teachers institute al
bethesda. The little girl did not see
the machine and il is said that she
ran in front of il. MIR. McElfresh is
almost Frustrated over the tragedy.
The victim is about nine years OF
age.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-25
W0ODMEN HOLD
GREAT OUTING
PROGRAM OF ATHLETIC EVENTS
CARRIED OUT.
Log Rolling Contest Features Big
Ahair-Fifteen Hundred
Persons Attend.

Regardless Of the threatening
heather conditions of Wednesday.
The annua log rolling and outing Of
me Wheeling lodges of the Modern
oodmen OF America was largely at
tended and was a great success. In
The evening % was estimated that
about l5uu members and friends
"erc present. \ special program OF
athletic events. the feature Of which
was "a los rolling contest. was render.
I'd and 90" winners OF the various
contests were awarded casa prizes
with the exception OF "a beautiful
rnch bowl which was awarded as "a
prize ia the Ladies' egg race.
The girls 80 yard dash was won
ly Ida Bruncr and Martha Jones won
tlv .ccoud prize. a 80 yard dash for
little -irls wds held and wa won b,
Elizabeth Hruner while Nellie Sny-
a,r WAS second. Homer Norteman
Won The boys sack race and Harry
lost finished with second honurs.
The c-e race for ladies' was won by
Miss Grace P|r,tfymau and Mrs +. J..
carpenter was second. The loo yard
a.-I for boys was won by Arch
.rowu with August Coleman a close
second. Miss Maudc Chapman won
.he 90 yard dash for ladies and Miss
Mari" Chapman captured second
louors.
The log rolling contest. which was
held on the lake. Was The feature of
'hc program and was Won by William
) oai. Frances NOst wou second
prize and third prize was won by
Harvey PaViik. Logs were placed iu
th" water and 90 % given signal tn,
contestants swan from the bank to
the logs and the first 90 return with
als jog won the prize.
Dancing formed The main diversion
of the evening and corcort music
was rendered by Prof. John Evans
and bis Virginia orchestra The com
Wift'" iu charge wds o. follows Paul
S'idcl. chairman. c. a. liuutsman. D.
D. Carpenter. Albert Zimmerman.
Walter Brown. August KohIman. and
o. H Oates. Amuscmsnts. u. l.
Beech. chairman. vs. -. Baruhart
and Charles ~Earlcywlnc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-25
PARALYZED
FROM FALL
MeMEcHEN MAN is SERIOUSLY
INJURED.
Falls From Bridge and Complications
Develop Into Severe Case Of
Paralysis-May Die.

Joseph Riggs. a well known citizen
OF McMcchcn. is lying al his home on
Marshall street completely paralyze
as the result of a fall from the small
bridge az Eighth street. NcNechen.
on Tuesday evening. Mr.. Riggs was
sitting on the railing OF the bridge
talking 10 some companions when he
lost his balance and fell backwards
into the stream bed. striking his head
on n rock.
Nothing serious was al first anticI-
pated. but later complications set IN
and as "a result he can move neither
hand nor foot. Ills many friends
viii De panied To- hear that the at
tending phy stefan has small hope for
his ultimate recovery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-25
REDMAN IN
The FIGHT
For Republican Nomination for City
TressUrer-Third Ward Coun.
Gilman Announces His
Candidacy.

Councilman 70 T. Rsdmar. ~ tho
Third ward. announces bis card.lacv
for the Republican nomination f.r
city Treasurer Nr Hedmau i- ono
% the olde-. and most experienced
councilmcn in Wheeling Ife r.rf.
scented The Third ward in fho F.rr
and Second branches for eight or fou
years. and has always been active i.
local political affairs ffa . prob
ably as veil F'r od in Oh. hI..n,
Affairs ~ The cI'y as auy other of
tho members ~ council ana b. we'll
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-25
Another Great Discovery

Or. Woods Hutchison says old age
is "A natural condition. II beats an
how much tho doctors are finding out
lately.-Watcrbury Republic.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17
STATE MOVE FOR GOOD ROADS
Omaha Men Return from Convention
HELD At LincOIR--RecOmm enda-
SiOna to ne Made.


George Mcbride, county surveyor and ].
w. Bedford, chairman Of the county COM
missioners, returned Thursday from Linz
coin, where they were in attendance with
the Joint committee Of the house ana SEN
ate, looking into the question ,of good roads
About sixty members OF the States Good
Roads association we're present. including
Dan v. Stevens, president.
Three questions which It L. hoped may be
Incorporated into bills were taken up.
First II IL desired that a county high
way commissioner be appointed who would
have entire charge Of ali roads, bridges and
bitches In the county.
Second. efforts will be made 10 hava a
state highway commissioner appointed who
would appoint a state engineer who would
act in an advisory capacity to any county
In the state desiring his assistance
Third. state aid road bill ia wanted
making levy of one-fourth Of a mill To
which be added a state automobile tax
TO be used In state aid for the building ~
good roads throughout the state.
According to AIR. Mcbride, the Joint cam
mittee was favoraby impressed with these
ideas and asked the good roads oommis-
sioners 70 prepare a bill containing these
ideas, which could be used In a bin which
the Joint committee will probably drs
covering these subjects
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17
NEW SEWER FOR THE BOTTOMS
Plans Are Drawn and Will Be Sent to
the City Council.
DEPENDS ON THE CHARTER BILL
II Biu Does Not Pass the Legislators
the sewer viii Not he BuiIt This
Year on Account of Lack
of Funda.

Tentative plans and specifications for a
sewer 10 drain what 10 known as the
bottoms are being drawn by the city
engineer and win be sent to the council
Tuesday night for approval.
The plans as they viii be presented will
can for a rectangular sewer ten feet wide
and four and a half feet high. The ter
minus win be In the neighborhood OF
Eleventh and Webster streets, where the
sewer viii discharge into the open creek.
which now receives the discharge from
the south Omaha sewer.
The sewer will drain all that part OF
Omaha east OF sherman avenue and lying
between Webster street on the south and
Pratt street on the north,
The proposed course Of the sewer is
south Of Eleventh street from Grace to
Seward streets. east on seward to Eighth
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17

street and south on Eighth street to either
Webster or California streets.
The sewer will cost in the neighborhood
OF 10000 The approval OF the plans and
the beginning OF construction work de-
Ponds on the fate OF the charter revision
Dill II the charter bill passes the city will
have an extra 100000 available for sewer
construction. Should the bill fail TO pass
IL would be impossible to begin work be-
fore next year, as the present aDpropria-
ton Of 100000 will be exhausted IN the
construction OF the southwest Omaha
sewer and the Burt street sewer, both OF
which have been ordered by the city council
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17
UNIQUE PLEA FALLS THROUGH
AlEood Gets Ten Days In spite Of
His Version OF the

A. W Allgood' charged with assault and
battery on the person OF Joe Smith, a
restaurant man at COG North sixteenth
street. early Thursday morning, had an in
senious plea to offer Judge Crawford in
police court.
We we're just rowing" he said. "and
Smith offered to bet me a dollar that he
VAS going 20 throw me out. took him
up and we placed the stakes on the eounter
smith wasn't the man he thought he was
and claimed my stakes. IIo wouldn,t LEI
me have them and called the cook Both o,
them put me out They beat me up \
wasn't to blame putting in a few ticks IN
reply
However. the story did not match with
the other evidence and profited AllRood
nothing, for the Judge gave him ten DAYS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17
RETAILERS TO COME in FORCE
Commercial Ciub Plans Entertain
Hent for Thsm at Their COnven-
tiOR Neat month.

Plans for the entertainment OF the Fed
GRAFTON OF Nebraska Retailers on their
convention In this city March Z. and 9.
formed the business OF the iobbInE trade
committee OF the Commercial club in its
meeting Thursday. The COMMITTEES out
lined number OF dinners. theater parties
and other diversions for the retailers.
G, r. Pickens. chairman Of the commit
tee. has received word that from 800 10 sao
retailers Will be in attendance at the CON
yention. and that about $50 women also
viii attend the affair.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17
OMAHANs TO SOUTH AMERICA
Several 20 Leave Saturday ON an EK-
tended TRIP, IneIudiRE the
West ladies.

party OF prominent omahans will leave
Saturday on an extended trip through
South America and the West Indies. Those
who form the party are c. n. Pickens and
wife and daughter. r. Z. Bruce and daugh-
ter and Joseph Hayden and niece, Miss
Ophclia
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17
FOOD FOR
NERVES

FOOD FOR M:sn ma ss' ,S .;y SSs.1 me; :
MEDUEC work and youthful VtgoH
MN Id some as a result % over
9orh or mental oKortton shpulo take
Nill make ~ eat ana aloSp snd ~ =
g.an aGhin.
gI Box. . Boxes tz.Bd ~ Mail.
gMERMAN d McCoMNELL DmUo 90.
Cor. 18th and DodGe 8trseta
OWL DBU0 CoGRANH,
coE. lGtA ana HGFnAT uts- onaahA zee
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17

Feleys Honey and Tar Tor all coughs and
colds for Group. bronchlus. hoarseness and
Tor rseking lagriPpe eouBns No opiates.
Refuse substitutes Sold BY all druggists.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-17

and arrested by Or. Kings New Life Pills,
bilious headache quits and liver and bowels
act right sc. For sale by Beaten Drug Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
WHY PONTIAC VOTED WET
Women Preferred That ] heir
Husbands Do Their Drink.
ing at Home

81 can tell you something you won't
believe, but It's a fact-the women
made Pontiac so wet" said S. Charl-
ton, OF Detroit, Mich, to little
group of ex-Miehiganders at the lone
today He went ON to explain that
when the county and city. Oakland
aad Po tac, Mich. went dry three
years ago very largely due to the ac-
uyity Of the women. the men develop
ed a lot OF business in Detroit, which
is only about thirty miles away. by
trolley. Il became SO hard to keep
a Pontiac man at home that the wom-
en- rose up In wrath and swung the
county wet by 4 bic majority. De-
troit business took an immediate
slump when the swinging doors in
Pontiac a hefty city Of 20.000 or
more commenced swinging again.
The men were rescued from the
snares Of the great city
Mr Charlton IS disposed to believe
taat this Is the only case in which
the woplen OF a community deliberate
lyi boosted the wet ticket ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22

New York, Jan. 21-City Cham
herlain Charles H Hyde returned 70
New York on the very night taat the
authority Of the legislative inyesh-
gotlng committee to examine him eX-
pired. The committee wanted Hyde
to testif. about sworn statements
aiming to establish that he cooper
aied with August Belmont, Harry
Payne Whitney, r. T. Wilson and
other millionaires In raising a blibe
fund 10 kill tha anti race track bills
at Albany In 1908. These men and
others denied before the committee
that they had participated IN any
bribery plot. lHyde, however, left the
city and mystbriously disappeared for
more than a month Later he was
discovered on houseboat In Florida
waters. He defies any one to show
that he was in any conspiracy as al.
legged and says that New York city
moneys endangered by bank failures
during his absence win not be lost
HYDE laughs and refuses TO paw at.
tention to demands that he resign and
says he will continue to serve the
city faithfully Petition has been
Made to Mayor Gaynor to remove
Hyde.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
BOY ONLY g
ACCUSED Of
P0LYGAMY
LRp Asnnclatnd Preas. 81

Muskogee, Okla., Jan. 2l.-Betause
he is so handsome and dasang that
despite he has only passed twenty
three SUNNI rs, he has already led
three brides to the altar, a middle
aged woman confronted Assistant
County Attorney Garrett with the
striking assertion tnat the law mu 81
take hand In the matter at once
Or else the aforesaid youth will have
eed All OF the girls in Eastern okla
bona
Questioned further. the woman, who
refused 10 disclose her Identity
aud was Q stranger to those in the
attorney office at the time. declared
that the young man was guilty o.
polygamy on the grounds that he has
ever secur q 2 divorce from his irst
Aife.
He was altogether TOO much in a
bury 10 marry the second girl. with
whom he appeared 10 fall in love
al FIRST sigAt, 10 await such mere
detail as the f0rmality OF decree,
she said, so he left his wife In San.
tiago. Cuba where they had been
uONti uluOHiuS lul u year, anu SVihS
to another town on the island, met
his new attraction and thu pair came
to this country They were married
in Oklahoma, but only lived together
for -four months when she obtained
a divorce.
And do you know that ten days
after he met and successfully w0oAd
wife number three. They are now
living AT Tulsa and | Just learned
through friend that he is making
ardent love TO Miss Smith in Paw
huska"
When informed that Tulsa is out
OF the jurisdiction Of the office, the
woman appeared to be crestfallen.
Further queried, she admitted that
he was tall handsome, stylish
dresser and had such winning ways"
She refused To diyulge her own iden-
llty, but said she resided In Musko-
gee, having recently moved here from
Tulsa
Attorney Garrett said he was sure
from what he had heard that the
Romeo In question was just full of
winning ways
We'll, III go to Tulsa II necessary
10 have him arrested" aud the woman
surriedly left the Office, while the
assistant prosecuting attorney nearly
lapsed into Inconsistencies
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22

thy Leased Nlffl
New YORK, Jan. 2i.-lIere are two
new ones In the suffragette lexicon:
'iIusLdndette"
"Suifragent"
Miss Vida Sutton. actress, play
wright and suifragette Is responsible
lur them, and yon may be sure all
the plump ballot chasers clapped
their hands when she sprung them
firsl at meeting OF the eject also
ihe scrawny variety.
Husband ID ettr (pronounoed with
I'd" slent). feeble, futile, terrified
and helpless thing, sometimes wrong.
ly thought to be Synonymous with
man. Found IN small and neon.
spieuous corners. Use, to pass tea
and pay taxes.
THE husbaudette Is Simply an ac-
cessory husband says Miss Sutton.
One whose wife is infinitely strong
er than himself He Is affaird of ay.
erything, even including her
The majority OF American women
are developed intellectually and NOR
ally more than their husbands
Through their cubs social and politl-
cal interests they are fast becomif &
creatures Of another sphere from
their husbands.
The husbandette Is tragically com
mon and hopeless. II Is her own
fault il a woman marrles a husband
cite. He should be relegated to the
divorce court II real husband comes
along
"A woman seeks strength-and yet
she loves to feel necessary to some
one. She will bliad herself to almost
anything in man If he conyinces her
that he needs her help, her pity. her
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
NEW OKLAHOMA COURT
Creation OF Additional Federal Dis
trict is now Contemplated.
Special to Daily l.eansr.

Special TO Daily i,eaueT.
Washington, ID g., Jan. 2l.-The
members OF the Oklahoma delegation
are trying to come together on a
plan for the creation of an additional
federal district in the state. The
principal hitch lies in agreeing on
counties which are to be embraced
il the dis rict, there being no serious
difference OF opinion as TO the adyis-
ahiity OF creating the additional Of
lices appertainirg 8 thereunto Even
Nth complete agreement it Is hard
to see how the bin could be put
through in what is left Of the pres
ent session.
The bill cOntemplates the creation
Of the following counties to be TAX
en- from the Western and Eastern
districts: Ottawa. Delaware, Adair.
Seqoyah, Craig, Mayer. Cherokee,
Wagner Washington Tulsa, Ollmul-
gee. Usage, CreeN, Oktuskee, SemiH-
ole ana Pottawatomie aud that part Of
hughes county lying north OF the Can.
adam river ald that part OF MuskO-
gee lying north and east OF the AT
kansas riycr. The bill Won d fix the
court places 3or cthe5 PROPOSED aiea
district at Tulsa Vinita IIoMenyille-
Pawhuska and WagCler The act al
aounderakes TO say that the marshal
for the Eastern district shall be the
marshal for the proposed Northern
district until tho president appoints
his successor
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
He GETS
RESULT IS
FRONPROBE

Special to the Daily Leader
Washington. Jan 2l.-"My fate hai
been the common fate Of every maj
who Is forced to make disclosure
such as ] fit compelled to make
to the senate. know that all tha
malice and money could do to dis
credit me would be done, and the re
suits have Justified my anticipauons
yes silence on my part would have
cost the indians OF oklahoma mil
lions OF dollars and | believe the In
dams have been saved at least three
or four ialllion dollars"
The above statement was made be
fore the special congressional lnyes
tigatioh. by Senator Gore Of Okla
homa. whose charges thQl an attempt
had been made to hribe him in con
nAction with The McMurray contracts,
startled the world i.ist June. and was
made after the evidence bad all been
submitted
While Senator Gore took desperate
political chances in making his start
ling disclosures, yet his position has
apparently bee nvindicaied as already
three eood results directly growing
out Of the Gore charge, have been
accomplished
Two OF these results are attlfbut-
able 10 Republican sources and one
10 Democratic. Il will be remembered
that the dag congress convened Chair
man Burke of the house committee
on Indian affairs, introduced bill
providing that hereafter no contracts
With Indian tribes should be valid
without the approval OF congress.
This was step ia The right dlrec.
ti0 nan dill II had been passed years
aga wohld ave saved the lndlam
df Oklahoma alone. many millions OF
collars, which were paid ont ~ Tees
10 ambitious. and ~ times, not overly
conscientious attorneys. who Thought
no morka OF blking a nlndian than
watchful mother would have taken
candy from 4 sick child.
Tie second result accomplished was
the passage by the senate and house
of tho Gore bill, cutting out the yalu-
able Rowell allotment, near Lawton,
Okla, after both branches OF con
gress had already passed bin grant.
ing the allotment.
The third result. is the Introduction
OF the resolution OF Representative
Miller, which calls for a sweeping in
yestigation OF the mannerof appraisal,
sale and purchase OF Creek nation
town lots. and which, ii II takes place,
viii bring out the part taken in the
scheduling and sale Of town lots at
.duskogee, Wagner, y ecotah, OK
mulgee, Sapulpa, Tulsa and other
towns IN the Creek nation, by the
agents OF the government who were
supposed TO see to il that the Indians
We're fully protected This is exactly
such an investigation as Ex-Governor
Haskell 1Smanded more than year
ago and which for some reason, was
never made
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
REVENUE LID FOR DRrs' AID
snecial to the Daily leader.

Special to the Daily Leader.
Washington, d. c., Jan. 2l.-Repre-
sentative Lively Of Texas, a new mem
Der, elected to succeed Gordon Rus
sell when the latter as appointed
United States Judge, tomorrow will
introduce bill which he declares
will make local option and prohibition
laws effective. He would accomplish
this result by amending section 1898
OF the revised statutes TO prohibit
the issuance OF internal revenue tax
receipts in dry territory.
Liyely's bin requires written appli.
cation for a tax receipt to be sworn
to in person by the applicant and to
contain the affirmative statement
that the retail liquor business is not
proh.Dlted by state or local law at
the place designated by the applicant
II further provides that internal rev
enue collectors shall not issue any
receipt, liceEse or other authority
permitting any one to engage in the
vusintss VI misunderstanding y rsuil.ns
distilled or fermentel liquors in any
locality II such business is prohibit
Ell by state or local laws.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
MURRAY is DRAFTING BILL GUARDIAN DENIED CHILD
Girl, Heir to $500, 900 Estate,
Given to Foster
Parents
SnecIal To the Daily Leader.

Special to the Daily Leader.
Tulsa, Okla, Jan 2l.--A long and
bitter contest for the possession OF
Sarah Ann Perryman, years old aud
heir to an estate OF 100000, was set
lied by Judge l.. NJ. Poe Of the district
court, VIII. denied a writ of habeas
corpus to Mrs Texanna Brunnett,
famed as guardian Of the little girl
IN the viii OF her father, and gave
the child to Peter and Emma Snyder
who have been her foster parents
since the little girl was but a few
days cid.
The child clung to the Snyders, who
are The only parents she has ever
known. Mrs, Brunnett may take an
appeal, This was the second habeas
corpus case for the possession OF
orpan children heard IN the district
court this week
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
He Declares Present House
Nj e a SUI C is
Inadequate
Special to Daily Leader.


Oklahoma City, Jan. 2l.-ln an eff
fort to ascertain just what reception
viii be given the nonpartisan election
III which he win present to the legis-
lature within few daYs, William II.
Murray n spending the day in ONia-
homa City, The bll is being drawn
and will be presented next week. II
is favored by leading representatives
of the Republican, Socialist and the
Murray element OF the Democratic
parties, rs we'll as the Prohibitionists
and labor people
An election bin has already been
introduced in the house. II proposes
some changes, but Murray steadily
maintains that 1t Is not only bill
OF the Democratic machine element
hut affords no change to existing evils
whatever. In his bin he proposes
sweeping changes and would remove
the election machinery entirely from
the hands OF the chief executive oI
any other department.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-22
SAVES TWO LIVES.

Neither my sister nor myself
might be living TO-DAY, IL II had not
been for DR.. Kings New Discovery"
writes A. d. Mcdonald OF Fayette-
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both had frightful coughs that no
other remedy could help. We were
told my sister had consumption She
was very weak and had night sweats
but your wonderful medlclone com.
pletely cured us both. It's the best
ever used or heard Of" For sore
lungs, coughs, colds, hemorrhage,
lagrippe, asthma, hay fever. Group,
whoopng cough, h,-all- bronchial troli.
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zoe and $l.O0. Guaranteed by drug
gists.