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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
From the New York world.

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the mail order system of shopping
pubs the farmers dollars away from
the village store. His wife and daugh-
teri are fully instructed in the latest
fashions: display advertisements OF
the most elaborate character reach the
most distant hamlet by rural delivery.
!t y q the money, the woman on
the farm can buy.
The old barter system of the village
store or the small city within a
reach has passed into desuetude. Eggs
Tor e~ingharns, pigs for silks. potatoes
s0r r~ibbons-all this is over. Cas buys.
THE metropolitan merchant invites the
cash. The tremendous value of cash is
Constantly impressed on the farmers
household. And the piano would have
taKen q number of pigs if barter was
stu In vogue. Unless the publicist has
pee!' intimately Obscrvant Of farm life
OF late he has no idea OF the sharp
s1se III the value of money i'm hand
among farmers.
The theater depopulatcs the farm.
Inc story of the play. it's advertisement
ana attraction. was all unknown to
II New England farmer of the former
generation. Indeed. u Puritanic preju-
dice against theater-going prevailed.
The access so the city was not great,
and rarely did the farmers young folk
visit u theater. The circus and the
county lair supplied all the need. III
nOw the lights of Broadway theaters
SHINE on the hillside. The farmer knows
all o the latest plan. II the charm
oi tile thaater is confcssed!y great
enough to sustain new theaters built
every rev months. thu same charm
neckons tn the hills. All railroads run
the theate; train. and every time the
young couple creep home from such
q city visit they resolve they will move
10 the metropolis as soon rs they pos
sibly can.
TIC days of simple bucolic sports
are over. No spelling matches no
husktng bees. no apple parings. The
ALMOST total Collaboration OF rural
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
Chiefly Prevalent In Tropics

The disease-so named from the yellow
or lemon color of its victims-prevails
chiefly in tropical and warm climates.
When occurring in temperate or colde
zones, it has been imported in the course
of commercial travel. 1t is indigenous
chiefly in the West Indies, the upper.
coasts of South America, the borders of
the Gulf of Mexico, n the southern
United States. 1t occurs in isolated. spor-
adic cases at all seasons in seaports to
which Is has been transported in ships.
Rigid quarantine of all ships coming from
yellow fever localities. and their fumiga-
ton before discriminating passengers and
cargo, have often averted or minimized q
threatened epidemic. Frost or freezing
weather invariably stops the scourge, and
persons who have recovered from an at
tack are thereafter immune.
me negroes of the south, although sus-
ceptlble to malaria, which IN turn is also
a mosquito disease, enjoy a relative i'm
munlty. Yellow fever has no periodicity-
mat Is. alternations of febrile periods and
remlssions. From the onset of the attack
10 ITS remission it is a continuous fever.
1eilow fever usually commences sudden
~, generally in the night or early morn
ing. with a sense of coldness. q ripor or
actual shiver!ng, followed by vascular re-
action. as shown by the heat and dryness
OF the skin. headache. especially over the
eyes. and pain of the eyeballs, which are
su1Iused and have a strange drunk like
aspect. The limbs and loins are painful.
the tongue is loaded and its edges are
RED. There Is a peculiar and characteris-
TIC Hush or suffusion Of the face. occunv.
ing a zone of about an inch above and
below the eyes. Nausea. gastric uneasi-
ness. a tendency to vomit o super-
vene. These symptoms may gradually
lessen. n the patient will then regain
ms ordinary health in "a or Sc hours.
Ihe disease in fatal cases USUALLY ter,n.-
mates on the second or third day. There
Is no specific treatment once the patient
mas developed an attack. Quinine and nth
er anti-malarial remedies do not control
It. No depressing remedies are emploved
in treating 1t. Cold and evaporating ~
lions to the read may prevent brain
symptoms; ice. ~effervescing waters. mr.
champagne IN small quantity, and ther
remedies for comIA...s.g the stomach. arc
valuable. Carbonat. of ammonia NAV
help to o~xygenate the blood. Rnt c,,sat
discreet nursing. warm drinks and h1arE'
eting. and later abundant nutrition AZ.
the most succesxsul means OF cure rhs
mortality varies with the character or the
epademic. the class Of persons II In. ~.
tackled. their hyEienic surroundinv. .ra
the discretion with which cases are tre.t-
ed. Il may be as low a. S or a hish =.
IS per g
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
Cholera

Cholera
The existence of cholera is practically
coeval with the race. 1t has been always
present in some lands, such as lndla anu
China, while no country is absolutely I'M
mune from epidemic attacks. Its ravages
far out-total those of any other plague.
1t possesses peculiarly deadly symptoms
which differentiate 1t from any other
known disease, and the true Asiatic chol-
era kills more quickly than any other
pest. Now that yellow fever has been
almost entirely stamped out around the
Gulf of Mexico. cholera Is the remaining
great scourge of human life.
The pest always has been peculiar to
tropical countries, in densely peopled To-
calities where the habits of the massed
inhabitants are uncleanly or unhyglenlc.
The famine-stricken districts of India are
hotbeds for cholera. While mild forms OF
the disease, such as cholera morpus. oc-
cur almost every summer and autumn
even in civilized and or in temperate cli-
mates, the more devastating and fatal
type called Asiatic cholera originates peri
odically in India during every hot season.
The great Hindu and Mohammedan re-
ligious festivals and pilgrimages to Be
mares. Delhi. Mecca, etc, occur regularly,
lnOuSN at SllSntIN Varying tllHeS VI eAc
year. yet always during the hotter months.
1t is an historic axiom that had the Mo-
hamlnedan Hegira occurred in cooler
weather. millions of lives would have been
saved to humanity. Cholera usually orig
mates at Mecca. whence it is sometimes
carried TO India. but often the reverse
takes place. Whenever the movab feast
OF the Hegira falls in the hottest months
an outbreak of cholera in it's most viru-
lent and deadly form may be predicted.
From Arabia the pest is p~ropagated by
shipping freight and passengers via the
Red sea and the Mediterranean, while the
great overland caravans, radiating like the
sticks of O. fan. carry the scourge into Tur-
key and Russia. There are two mainland
routes by which this distribution has been
effected. The first Of these is by way Of
Mecca, and thence to the Mediterranean
countries. The second Is by way Of the
Caucasus. the Don. the Dneiper and other
rivers coursinS northward into Russia, to
ST. Petersburg and the Baltic. The latter
route was followed in the severe epidemic
of the summer and fall of 1910, and by the
first route was spread the dreadful cpl
demic of 1885 which fell with especial Sc
verify upon Marseilles and ravaged the
peninsula south of the P%yrennees. AT this
time Spain mad more than a third of a
million sufferers and 100000 deaths.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
Yellow Fever

YellOW EeVer-
Thanks to modern sanitary science and
to recent medical discoveries 1t is now al
most possible to write the story OF yellow
fever epidemics In the past tense. A o N
series of Investigations by DR.. George NJ.
~Sternberg. eliminating in 1897, and the
further discoveries by a commission COM
posed of United States army medical Off
GERS. headed by the late DIR. Walter Reed.
resulted in establishing the vital fact that
yellow fever is not caused by a germ or
bacillus. but is uniformly transmitted by
the bite of a mosquito. Stegomyia fasciata
which at least 10 or IL days previously has
fed on the blood of a yellow fever patient
during the first three days Of the attack.
This discovery disposed OF the former
suppositiOn that infection could be car
ried by the clothing. bedding or excreta
of those attacked, and at once raised the
question of how to deal with the mosquito
itself, since it had long been a matter Of
record that the insect was always more
plentifully In evidence during epidemics
than at other times. Hence, since the
year named. all successful efforts for sup
pressing yellow fever nave one to the
fountain-head Of infection and ave been
devoted to destroying the stegomy.a in
Its breeding places-cisterns, stagnant
pools, cutters, etc, in such year-round
fever-haunted cities as Santiago, Vera
Cruz, New Orleans, Havana and Panama.
1t was found that the favorite breeding
places of the yellow fever mosquito were
primarily the uncovered sources of domes-
tic water supply, such as rain barrels, els
terms, or roof tanks. The stegomyia is a
purely domestic mosquito. Further, It
was discovered that the male insect does
not bite. only the female, which lays her
eggs in water in the places named. The
remedy was simple-to effectually screen
every such source Of open water supply
so that the stegomyia could neither gain
access thereto nor lay eggs therein. When
this was done Systematically, as in the
cities named and in others, the yellow
fever scourge disappeared as If by magic.
The flushing and disinfecting Of all gut
ters and catch basins followed as a matter
OF course. In larger and more open spaces,
such as swamps and ponds. which cannot
be screened or drained. crude petroleum or
common kerosene Is sprayed or sprinkled
over the surface. This is Immediately
fatal to the newly-hatched baby stego-
myia. The larvae rise to the surface OF
the water hundreds of times prior to flight,
and a microscopic quantity of the oil is
fatal to the tiny but highly dangerous or
ganism. Since the stegomyia cannot
breed except it be water-borne, the rem.
edy is in the hands of every municipality
not only in the South American and West
Indian homes of yellow fever, but in
American coastwise cities like Key West
Mobile, Charleston, Galveston, Brunswick
Jacksonville. Tampa and Savannah, where
the new prophylactic methods have
stamped out yellow fever.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02

Cholera, Yellow Fever and Leprosy ALI Have Taken Heavy Toll.
eY FREDERIC j. HAsklN.

Cured ON shipping AS far north as Port,
land, Me.
Once the mosquito theory was verified
as a working hypothesis it became q COM.
paratively easy matter TO eliminate the
pest by rigidly cleaning up the cities.
Cutters were swept, all standing pools of
water and nearby swamps were filled up
or sprayed with petroleum, cisterns for
domestic use We're carefully screened, and
the sources of infection thus cut off. Sue
cess was immediate. Cases Of yellow fever,
in Havana. Santiago, New Orleans and in
the anama canal one became compare,
lively rare. and all danger of deadly cpl.
denies was thenceforth averted. The ter
ror Of the American tropics was van
pushed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
Early Epidemics In Europe

In the year 1884. Immediately following
the Mecca pilgrimage of that year, Asiatic
cholera became epidemic in those coun-
tries of southern Europe bordering upon
the Mediterranean. The earliest mention
of it was at Toulon, France, June 4, but
subsequent inquiry showed that the dis
ease had been introduced by a vessel ar
irving at that port via the Red sea.
Toulon had Il population of about 5000.
including Italian laborers. mostly en-
ployed in the harbor, who, with their fam
lilies, numbered {, 1000. These people lived
under circumstance in every way favor
able to the propagation of the cholera
when once introduced. 1t spread rapidly,
and within two weeks was prevalent all
through the city.
Italy suffered far more severely thar
France, the seaports Of Naples and Genoa
being the chief seats of the pestilence. On
July II a steamer arrived at Naples hav-
ing on board 1875 refugees from Toulon. At
Naples again all the conditions were ia
vorable to the spread of cholera when it
had been once introduced. The pestilence
developed rapidly after a week or 10 DAYS.
Up to September II the number of deaths
in this city was 1927. Next after Naples.
Genoa suffered most severely. The dis
ease appeared there simultaneously with
it's manifestation in Naples and was
traceable with equal certainty to refugee
from France. On September s there were
81 cases n 80 deaths and the number did
not vary materially for three weeks. 1t
increased with considerable rapidity in
Genoa after it had sensibly declined in
Naples. The whole number of deaths in
Genoa was not far from 600; or, in propor-
ton to the population, about one-fifth as
many as in Naples. Again. in 1885, the
fscourge raNaged Spain and Italy from
June to October, though not with the vio-
lence of the preceding year. In 1886. dur
ing the spring and summer months, the
scourge again appeared in northern Italy
and in Austria Hungary. It is a matter of
record that cholera ravel quickest by
water routes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
A Famous Leper Colony

The most famous leper COLONY in the
world Is probably hat on Molokai island.
Hawaii which, though now under the do
minion OF the United States, has been in,
eAlslence ior nearly q century. Our gov,
eminent also maintains leper settlements
on an island in the gulf Of Panama and
on Culfon island in h Philippines. In the
iast named possession, where leprosy has,
ragged Tor centuries, the policy Of removing
all iepers from the various islands and,
isolating them in Culion has been begun.
Within the actual borders Of the United.
states tnere Is a third leper colony. the
state Leper Home OF Louisiana. on the
n OF the Mississippi, so miles north Of
New orleans. 1t is stated that leprosy
mas been known in the state named for
nearly q century and q half. The unfortu-
mates, up to 1894. were kept in a pest house
m new Orleans. but public opinion decreed
IT'S removal. It is claimed that there are
.. the present time 5000 lepers in the
United states and probably 100000 in The
world at large.
When the United States assumed control
OF the sthmtan canal zone leprosy was
FOUND to be endemic. For centuries 1t had
existed among the natives. especially those
OF mixed blood. In the process Of cleaning
up policing the canal strip it was seen
tnat the policy pursued In the Philippines
ana 10 Hawaii was the only way to pre-
vent the spread Of the disease, 80 all lep-
ers are now deported to an isolated island
near the Pacific entrance to the canal.
2 regime observed Is Identical at all
three Of these leper settlements. Complete
segregation Of those who are undoubt-
edly suffering from the disease ID rigor-
ous!y insisted upon. Mere suspects arc
Kept under separate surveillance for q
time. the disorder disappears, as
sometimes happens In mild cases. the well
~ e!IoWed to return to their homes and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
Symptoms Are Well Known

The uniform symptoms of ASiatic chol-
era are urging and vomiting, followed
by great prostration and by fatal COL
lapse. The disease is probably of MAS
matte origin fostered by conditions which
favor It's local development. But whether
the disease ought to be called contagious
or not is one of the most warmly dis
puted pointssi in medicine. It is certain
that habitual personal contact with the
sick is often not followed by the disease.
1t is held BY many that the disease is
often ~propaetted by drinking water; by
others. that rs germs are taken up from
the air the patient breathes. 1t is re-
yarded by ,uAny as certain that the dis
Ease Is largely propagated from the dis
should be heated with powerful disin-
fectants. am deposited. II possible. in
places not Aequented by those who are
well. and e&ec.al care should be taken
not to let tlDan be thrown into vaults in
common usGS During an epidemic all
drinking wlfer should be boiled, even
when 1t ID Reasonably certain that the
sources OF @pply are free from contain
In 1910 the4avages OF cholera which had
ragged In RI bsia uninterruptedly for the
previous THE years-carrying off nearly
10000 vict.i2-attracted the attention OF
the entire Sbrld. and was spoken OF In
the press an international menace.
Germsny italy had some cases OF
sholera. an our government began to
take sextra( binary precautions ct the
ports OF emf The epidemic attacked al
most the ed Is Russian empire. The OUT
lying dist q were hotbeds Of the
plague, = 20 helpless was the heath
bureau th It could not keep the epl-
denslc ever 1T OF The capital - other
large cit:es from June 70 October there
we're 3,issa res Ia g. .Petersbprg INA
El,10G Death In MoocoW ALONE Wns the
18TH ~ npent enk1clently oreaniaed
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
Leprosy-

Leprosy has been known and justly
dreaded from the earliest ages, and nc.
country on the face of the globe Is with
out its victims. Because of its incurable,
and lingering nature, and the revolving as
pect of those far gone in its attacks. lep-
rosy has probably excited more shrinking
terror and physical horror than any other
of the great scourges which have swept,
their millions into eternity.
The old and the new testaments con-
tain nearly two-score references to lepers
and leprosy. But there again. as with,
ancient profane writer's, the illusions I'M
doubtedly include other or similar skin dis
orders. Nevertheless enough may be gath
cred from the sacred records to show thai
true leprosy was frightfully prevalent and
one of the human scourges Of those times.
No class or condition was exempt. The
howell and the palace, the shepherd and
the patrician, the agriculturist and the city,
dweller, furnished their quota of true
lepers. Uzziah. the king, was a leper, and
Azariah, we are told. was a leper to his
DEATH" while the story of Naaman, the
Syrian general, and his miraculous cure,
from leprosy by Elisha through the sim,
pie process of bathing seven times in the
River Jordan, forms one of the most dra-,
matte episodes in the Second Book OF
Kings. although some modern commenta-
tors rave questioned whether the man OF
Wdi was d true lepeT. cases OF recovery
from leprosy are mentioned in holy writ.
which would indicate that the afflicted
suffered from some other and simpler dis
order, since we now know that recovery
and cure In true leprosy are impossible.
How great was the dread Of contagion in
bible times and indeed throughout the east
may be judged by the rigor of the Mosaic
laws set forth in Leviticus. 1t is widen
that the ancient belief held that any and
all contact with the leprous was extreme
ly dangerous-a belief, however, with
which modern medicine n pathology is
not entirely in accord. Some Investigators
notably at the great leper colony in the
Hawaiian islands-uphold the ancient be-
lief that the disease is communicated by
personal contact or even by mere associa-
ton. Others hold the direct opposite. But.
the bulk of humanity, from the earliest
times to the present, generally has pre-
ferred to be on the safe side, and to se-
gregate it's lepers in colonies or lazar-
houses far removed from their fellow men.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02
ev ). HAskiN.

to resist the epidemic successfully. me
figures available at the st. Petersburg
sanitary bureau show that during the
epidemic there were 1871. O76 cases with
IS, 7l6r deaths throughout the empire.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-02-02

Pollcemon In Madrid and Barcelona
~ = y . year. while In the other cities
e ena!ns o1oyios range from 3334 down
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-08-15
Cine gnte Battin.
@crifGnonifinmig.

nSier in uni'rer NahbarIdaft min
iid elm 5meiter Sdlaf,ter nteberlai-
len! 3as lit aber audi pirflif elm
9ebiirfniBl"
~ariegen Sic BEL Dem anoern aiG
nihts mebr geplimpt?"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-08-15

5eller, uno uieber iagt feiner mas
am Gid. 0as maht ben 8ranobo-
fer ooaig iider. Sett ioa Die Gene.
ralprobe fommen. 2angiam erbebt
er ieire groBe mdftige Jfefte, bolt
aus uno i6lagt Dem S6iffsmeiiter
cine Sbrieige bin, Die iid) genaiden
bat uno gut fir SDei gelten fam.
Sas mirft.
Sm 9ai fabt Der otde SdiffSmei.
tier Den 9~ranbbofer am aragen, Siebt
i'm iiber ben Gid berein, uno MN
%regnet'S Siebe ailf ben Hiifen uno
Die lehernen tSoien bes Ittentdters.
.0nrt, 2ump, nif)tslrusiger, hung.
riser, bu," ibreit Der Shiffsmeiiter,
lid mia bir's lebren, 5uerit einem
oas Bier megtrinfen, Damn BEL einem
auf'S giicn iteblen geben unO Der.
nod Sum 0anf bafitr nod @ati6en
auStbeilen pollen-ooS mar mir III
Oumml"
llnb nit Dem Sbiffsmeiitcr triif).
aften Die Shiffsfne6te crit oen rlln-
iiftbaren", bis ibnen Die Irme bonn
3nidlogen miioe purbcn. Wfit einem
8uBtritte oes 3orfpirtbes flog Der
8%ranobofer, Dem ean5en Iorfe iidt-
bar. aui Die GbauIiee binaus.
Ger 3aliber mar faiiI gepeien, bas
iab CT iett elm. Zen 6remoen bat er
ME mieber geieben. .Y6cr CT hat mud,
BON oa an fsiu %crlansen mcbr Sa.
nadl seba6t, wnrScrbare Sinse trei.
ben AT fDnncn.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-08-15
Spab mnB aud ieiH.
Ius Dem iuriitiiden Gramcn.

NhS VIA JaitPtiujSH St"h't"t ?
: .@as wiiien Sic bon Der 9iirg.
ibait?~
Die 9iirgiGaft lit ELM @eoi9t bon
Sbiler, III Dem elm seipiiier MoroS
NIT Dem Gold I'M @eruanoe bcrunl'
i6leidt."
Die ltriade.
Sic: Sest iinb Die nellen Sano.
idube, Die Oh geitern gum criten Wtal
angebabt, i6on 5erriiiei!
@r: 50? Sa miiiien Die 2aus.
6ltben lpieber 8Iasiherben auf 0as
Srottoir seuorfen babenl
y y =
???
Ge:6eirat6eter (por Dem beiltgen
9lbeno 5u ieinem Sreunoe): Sbr
SunggeieQen babt es gan5 idon-
a6er bait am beiligen Mben6, oa leto
i9r bo6 reft libel bran!
YEA, unb ibr gerbeiratbeten bait
Die iibrigen 1854 Gage!
- = y
3ueierlei anifaHnng.
Game: Sic piiien bod audi,
Srau Berger, pie iebr es cine Miitter
ihmer5t, menn lie elm Sinh itrafen
muB.
@Giterin: ga, oh ids peeB.
Ho6 bette obiit mir Der Irm neb
pom Der Saue. Die if porgeitern mel.
uem gengel pera6rei6t babe.
&xS
Satal.
rSerr @irtb, mir iinb 8epatternl"
.@ieio2"
n4ls Sic geitern gan5 aaein in
9brem Seller pareu, oa bin i6 5u-
faaig Sbr - Saui5euge ge%Doroen!"
y y ~
Tentltdj.
Serr (ber einem 9ettler 5 Big.
gibt): Sic baben iriiber aud BET.
iere 3eiten gefannt?"
gettler: ,@emib, friiber boben
Die Serrifaften mebr gegeben."
~ - y
S%renmolider @nnid.
.Sn @orisbofen iiebt man Serren
uno 9amen barfuB in ben @ieien
berumipa5ieren."
Shuiter: ia ioleu bod gleih
lauter 9rennneiieln mafien."
x4X
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-08-15

nit ieinen iiseuge6liebenen aamera.
ben. Ser fromme @eieQe. Der aufge-
iprunsen mar, Dem Sunb nah3uei.
len, mar Der ein5ige, Der iiliueriebrt
'geblieben mar, Der Spotter aber nit
ben anoeren ifrper perlest.
Sm 0nten sciagt.
Gin Bauer pfliigt lem Selo. seiu
Sdie lit nod ipeuig geiibt I'M 3ieben.
3uerit miro Die Wittelfurd)e ge5ogen,
Die aber pouitGroig miBlingt. aim
@nbe ieines Stiides ongefommen,
meubet Der Bauer ieinen Shieu, 5eigt
ibm Oas Gunitperf uno iprid)t: .Gf,l
gif bi an, mate ba meooer gemoft
belt. Dat mite 90 Doq niht globen,
bit bott 10 wieoer9dbn ioQ."-
n9uffaiten."
aus if6nc GGp.
Gas ifonite edo iei habit Der 4lm,
lleber3eugt Der Sdger ifmort
Sbnobl man ielbit BON etnem Sfub
Gort faum einen @ioerball bort.
aber trosoem bat er lrnret)t nid,t
Ter ihmufe Saaersmann;
9enn uenn er bort MIR .Mir5l"
ihreit,
Dangt's oben 81 iiid5en an.
y -
Cine grte Satin.
~@teine Srau tit pirfli6 auimerf.
Jam! 4ls iie nerilif mGbreno mel.
ner augenfranfbeit BON Slr3t borte,
baB Die crime 6arbe ben augen 10
Dobltbueno lei, oa bot Tie iid gleid,
Elm neues grimes &oitiim anse.
i6afft."
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