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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Twisting, Whirling and Shooting Up
wards.

explosion which shook the station
house, the soda parlor and the whole
district. Finger felt something heavy
strike him on the leg, which he iHter
discovered to be a piece of the cars0nic
tank. He also saw the remainder Of
the tank go twisting, whirling and
shooting upwards.
Inside the station Policeman Frank
Hilbert, who was writing at a desk.
was hurled backward from his chair;
John Daugherty, detective, was
knocked from his comfort on a slooD
nearby, and Lieutenant Lenahau was
awakened from a deep sleep.
When the policemen and detectives
picked themselves up after the blast
they found the driver in the road in a
dazed condition. They started in search
Of the missing carbonic tank. They
found it had travelled seven stories
up, knocked a 2O-pound ball from a
fiagpole and, circling over the build
ing in which the station house is sit
uated, had landed three flights down
on a rear fire escape.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Priest Shot by Minister.

Birmingham, Ala.-Rev. Mr.. Steph-
enson, former Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, minister, shot and
killed Father James f.. Coyle of st.
Paul's Catholic church here. 1t was
believed the minister became dement,
ed through worry over the marriage
of his daughter. The priest had per
formed the ceremony. her husband be-
ing a Catholic. Stephenson had been
dropped from the M. E. church. South,
and recently had joined the Methodist
Episcopal church. known in the south
ern states as the Northern Methodist
church.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
INCREASE INCOMES
FOR MARRIED MEN
TAX EXEMPTION RAISED FROM
$4,000 TO $500.
OTHER CHANGES ARE MADE
House Committee Decides TO Cut Man
u~facturers' Levy on Candy
to 3 Per Cent.

Washington, ID. C.-Practically
winding up revision of the levy sec.
tions of the 1918 tax law, house ways
and means republicans voted to in.
crease from $4,000 to $4,000 the ex'
emption allowed married men having
an annual net income Of $4,000 or less.
This change would be retroactive to
January /, 1921, and would be in ad.
dition to the increase OF 5000 in the
exemption for each dependent of a
head OF a family previously decided
upon.
Agreement was also reached, 1t was
said, to decrease the manufacturers
tax on candy from 5 to 3 per cent,
the manufacturers tax on furs from
10 to s per cent, and to repeal all of
the so called luxury levies, including
those ON carpets, rugs, trunks, travel
ing cases, pocket books, books, UNI
brellas and portable lighting fixtures,
as well as those on wearing apparel.
Under present plans Of republican
leaders, the committee draft of the
completed bill, which will be in the
form OF an amendment to the 1918
law, will be presented to a conference
Of house republicans at l p. m. Mon
day, and introduced in the house later
that day. Actual consideration of 1t
there, however, it was said, would go
over until Wednesday in order that
the measure could be formally passed
upon Tuesday by the ways and means
committee with the democratic mem
bers present.
While the question of a special rule
is to be decided by the party confer
ence, some leaders said they ex
pected the majority to adopt a rule
limiting general debate, fixing a time
for a vote and giving priority to com
mittee amendments. They regarded
final action by the house as some
thing more than a probability, but 1t
was emphasized that this was a mat
ter for determination by the party
conference.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
FINDS SNAKE IN BATHROOM
Reptile Discovered by S~even-year.oId
Child Had Climbed Tree and
CrawIed Through Window.

Reading, Pa.-Virginia Funk, seven
years old, daughter Of Oscar A. Funk,
discovered a black snake five feet nine
inches long in the bathroom OF her
home at Esterly. The snake climbed a
tree near the house, dropped on a
rear portico and then crawled in the
bathroom window.
The child closed the bathroom and
called her father, Oscar A. Funk, Il
big game hunter in Canada for sew
eral years. He opened the bathroom
door, threw Il tOwel over the reptile
and carried it to the yard, where
his guest. Wesley +. Conklin Of
Philadelphia shot the snake.
Mrs. COnklin, wife Of the Phila-
delphian, was with the child whea she
entered the bathroom.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Forest Fire Rauinu.

st. John. N. B.-Endangering sum-
mer homes and farm properties. a
great forest fire raced along the st.
John river. Sixty houses are known
to have been Destroyed. Some live,
stock was killed. Many persons had
narrow escapes from death. Motor
boats and automobiles are being used
by the summer campers in fleeing
from the rapidly approaching fires.
People in summer resorts further
down the river were making prepare
tons for moving. The loss in timber
lands will be enormous, it was said.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
GOVERNOR SMALL IS UNDER
ARREST; GIVES BAIL BOND
Governor Gives $50 600 Surety for His
Appearance on Charge Of De-
frauding State.

Springfield, Ill.-Gov. Len Small, OF
Illinois, after resisting arrest on in
dictments charging embeZZlement and
conspiracy for three weeks on the
plea OF executive immunity or that
the king can do mo wrong" as stated
by his counsel, finally submitted to
Sheriff Mester after the latter had be-
sieged the state capitol with deputies
for several hours.
The governor protested his arrest
until the last, charging persecution
and asserting his innocence. but the
sheriff OF Sangamon county was
adamant and insisted or taking the
governor from the executive mansion
to the courthouse where Abraham
Lincoln practiced law, before accept
ing the bonds. There the governor
gave surety for $4,000 and went his
way to await trial on the charge OF
defrauding the people of the state OF
some $4,000, 900 while state treasurer
through alleged failure to turn over
to the state the proper interest on
state funds.
1t was an intense day in the capital
Of Illinois, and the whole city was at
white heat for hours as the dramatic
climax of the long contest between
governor and county officers drew
near.
When the sheriff went to the CAPT
toll to perform his duties as directed
by Judge Smith. OF the country court,
Governor Small, attended by several
advisers, was in his office and refused
to come out at the sheriff's request,
The sheriff then placed deputies
around the building to block any un'
deferred egress of the governor and
sat down in the lobby to smoke until
the chief officer TO the common
wealth should decide to emerge He
announced that he had the advantage
Of the besieged man, because he had
taken precautions to eat his luncheon
before investing the capitol. and laugh
ingly remarked that he had little else
except the arrest of the governor tC
occupy his time.
The governor finally sent out word
a couple OF hours after the luncheon
hour that the sheriff might come into
his office and serve the warrants. but
the sheriff declined, saying he was in
no hurry and would prefer to make
the arrest outside to avoid any techni
cal charge of interrupting executive
business. This act of the sheriff was
in pursuance of the attitude adopted
from the time the indictments were
returned on July 20.
Crowds gathered around the state
house as the afternoon wore on and
there was a holiday appearance with
in the structure as flashlights doomed
and the high rotunda filled with
smoke. But the governor kept at worl
in his office, sending out two lists Of
appointments during the siege.
AS the shadow of Lincoln's monu
ment in the capital yards grew Ions
under the declining sun the CHIEF
executive finally sent out word tina
he would surrender to the county OF
ficer at the executive mansion at
o'clock. il 1t could be arranged to give
bonds at once.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
U. 8. Prefers Not to Mix.

Paris.-Col. George Harvey declared
that the United States prefers TO stay
aloof frsn strictly European questions
Replying to a question during the al
lied supreme council session. he de-
clar0d that 1t was with a sense Of
relief he saw the Silesian problem
referred to a body with which the
United States is not associated" The
council has just decided to ask the
League OF Nations to solve the Sile.
sian situation. Harvey declared the
same view was held by President
Hardir
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Two Trick Flyers Killed.

Mason City, Law. w. Johnson
and Roy Koch, trick flyers, were in.
stantly killed and Ray McWharters,
pilot, was probably fatally injured in
a crash here. The mishap occurred
when Koch was attempting to climb
from one plane to another in mid-air.
The rope ladder suspended from John
sons plane caught on the machine be.
low and both crashed to earth.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19

Yamagatta, Japan. - Twenty four
persons are reported drowned in seri
Gus floods which are raging through
out the prefecture OF Yamagatta. Five
thousand houses have been submerged
and forty bridges destroyed by tho
floods.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
SODA TANK LEAPS
OVER BUILDING
Carbonic Gas Receptacle Does
Queer Antics When Driver
Treats It Rough.

New YOrk.-POlic"maII Fred flh|er
saw a man drive up to the soda Wh''r
parlor adjoining the station house ahi
start unloading Il ca"bonic gas tank
"Where you goin' with thatE he
asked the driver.
Inside" was the answer.
"Well, have Al care warned Finger.
"You never cal tell
Al precisely that moment Policeman
Fingers words were drowned III an
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Aims Shot at Beauty Contests.

Washington, d. CA bill aimed at
newspaper beauty contests was intro
duced in the house by Representative
Herrick, republican, of Oklahoma, who
declared women of today were think.
ing more of their looks than their
homes. An editor attempting such a
contest would face a jail sentence
pnder the plan.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Fifteen Hoboes Die in Wreck.

Houston. TexxCFifteen men. un'
authorized PERSONS aboard. were
burned to death in the wreck of Gulf
Coast line freight train No. 80. east
bound, near DeQuincy. La, according
to advices received i'm he. general OF
frees OF the railroad company at
Houston.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
To Consider Debs Pardon.

Washington. ID. C.-Problems under
consideration in connection with a
pardon for Eugene V. Debs. impris.
oned socialist leader. are to be taken
up shortly with President Harding.
Attorney General D%augherty said.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19

Washington.-No action will be
taken by the war department On the
effer Of Henry Ford for the Muscle
Shoals nitrate plant until 3 another
bid, expected within a few days Is
received, Secretary Of War Weeks in
Termed Representative Almon, Ala.
bama.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
"Stolen" Gems Found Under Mattress

Wilkes-Barre. Pa.-Mrs. Thomas
Lewis, has found the jewels upon tho
quest Of which she had set officers of
three cities. Mrs. Lewis left the
gems under a mattress in a Philadel-
phia hotel and forgot all about them
until she had returned home. Then
she didn't remember having left them
Mt the hotel. and decided she had been
robbed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19

Milwaukee. Wis.-Milwaukee during
July had almost as many jobs Offered
as there were applicants for work.
according to the monthly review OF
the federal employment bureau. The
report shows that there were 1858 ap-
plicatisns for work at the employment
office and 3,53S calls for workers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Farmer Showered With
Burning Whisky Dies

Wilkes-Barre. Pa.-The ex-
plosiOR OF a private still in his
cellar resulted In the death Of
Joseph A, Fryer Of Parsons.
near here, who was showere,i
with the burning whisky, 1t be-
came known here today through
q physicians report.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Exn,oslon Kills or Injuries goo.

Tokio.--An explosion in the Hino'
shima artillery magazine is reported
20 have killed or injured over 200 per.
sons
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
cracksmen at Cedar RAPIDS.

Cedar Rapids, Ia.--Cracksmen
forced entrance into the Newark shoe
store, broke open the safe and got
away with $500 in cash.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-08-19
Surgeons Close Safety Pin in Stomach

VS. pncas, Okla.-An open safety pin
swallowed by the eight-mOnth-oM son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Jacquires, was
removed from the baby's stomach
without an operation. Physicians
closed the pin by the use of instru-
ments and then lifted it out through
the child's mouth.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-19
La session de aver en- Ia Camara

A las iez media de la mafiana de
aver Sc declare alberta la session bajo IA
presidencia del sefior Coll y Cuchi El
Secretario paso lista. Sc da lectura las
peticiones n:smoriales recibidos.
Sc aprueba en- tercera lectura Ell prt
yecto del Senado nunero 35. Ell pro-
yecto de la Camara 1o2 sobre aparceria
Y la resoluci6n conjunta sobre pensio-
nes de lnaestros fueron derrotados v So
licitada su reconsideration quedaron 50
bre la mesa.
La resoluci6n conjunta nimero % fue
aprobada asi como la resoluci6n conjun
ia de la camara y las del senado s
v 9.
Sc da cuenta a Ia Camera de haber
sido disuelto con ennienda por ell Sc
rado ell proyecto de la Camara ndmero
121 sobre una asignaci6n de 125, 900 pa
ra ell barrio obrero, consistiendo dicha
enmienda en- que EN- lugar de casas de
campa1a Sc constituyen en- ca
SOS de emergencia casas de MADEIRA pro-
visionales. Ell doctor Romani solicita que
la camara concurra con La enmienda. e
senior Tizol autor del proyecto Sc opone
A mocion del seilor Santoni es derrota.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-19

do la melon de concurrencia del seiior
Romani y Sc nombra una comisi6n com
puesta de los sefiores Sa1ltori, Bird y
Pilot psra que conferenciaran con otra
comision del Senado hasta yer de llsgar
a un acnerdo satisfactorio en- ese respec-
to
Durante ell debate que Sc suscitara con
este !rotivo Sc puso de relieve por ell Sc.
nor T1zol el gesto del seficr Enrique
Bird, representante por Fajardo, que
ofrec:o gratuitamente cien casas de cam
pafia para que fueran utilizadas por e.
Gobierno en- Ell case de que Sc hiciera
necesario Ell traslado Immediate de las
familias pobres que habitsn EN- los ba-
rrios de Hoyo Frfo sal-si-puedes.
FL proyecto de la Camara IS es apro-
bado en- segunda lectura con enmien.
dRs
Sc levanta Ia comision total y la ca
mara aprueba los informes de la misma
FL Speaker Coll Cuchi solici.a y
lie fue concedida una licencia hasta e.
viernes 25, con ell prop6sito de trasladal
Sc les baiios de Coamo.
Sc levan.o la session, no habiendo min
gun otro asunto en- la orden del dia
hasta ell lunes las ocho de la noche.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-19
A SAN JUAN NO LLEGA cARGA

Del extranjero, exceptuando la que
viene de los Estados Unidos, no nega
a San Juan ninguna otra carga.
Ahora Ponce es Ell puerto que Sc We
favorecido con la vista de los barcos
extranjeros. ALI dejan toda, la carga
con destino a San Juan, la cual sc
trae luego aqu1 por ell ferrocarril
Para ayudar los inspectores de la
Aduana de Ponce ha salido uno de la
de esta ciudad
Mientras no Sc declare LIMPIo el
puerto de San Juan los barcos segui-
ran yendo descargar Ponce.
Entire los tlltimos que han llegado a
la ciudad del Sur esta Ell 'Guantana-
mo- Ell Barcelona.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-19
UN Trio PoR LA BocA

Inforna la policia de Isabella q. EuI
ses Pellot Sc suicide, disparandose un
tiro de revolver por la boca.
segdn dice la familia de Pellot, este
tenia perturbadas sus facultades men,
tales Ell hecho 10 consumi6 el suicida
en- medic de una piesa de caua. como
a 200 metros ode distances de su re-
sidencia.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-03-19
cARGANDo AzUcAR

Ell tsan Lorenzo sali6 aver para
la isla coger un cargamento de azu-
car.
Ell pr6ximo microbes saldra para Nue
va York
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09
OXFORD CIRCUS,
LONDON, MISSES
GAZING PERIL

London.-This city has just mar
rowly escaped a great peril. the
possible caving in of Oxford Circus,
the shopping center of the West
End, says a story circulated by
news agency. The danger of the
disaster was known to contractors
and workers underground. They
were altering an exit from the Ok
ford Circus tube station so as to
make an entrance into business
Building when the contractors dis
covered a bed of a little unknown
tributary of the Thames river
which was covered over when Re-
gent street was made
They also found to their amaze
ment and CONSERVATION that they
were meeting the direct lines of
vibration" of the two underground
tubes. the Central London and the
Bakerloo.
The news agency says that they
realized that if the excavations
continued the whole of Oxford
Circus might be literally precipi-
lated underground. There were
perllous days and laborious nights
occupied in underpinning the build
lngs above ground and overcoming
me side pressure which was being
felt
In place OF the shifting sands of
me Old river bed there was con-
eructed a retaining wall of ce-
met which, it is declared, has
made the great shopping center
more secure than at any time
since the river flowed down the
slopes OF the present Regent street.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09
CONNIE GLEASON
| STANDING TRIAL.
Nearing I'm Peoria on Charge Of
confidence Game-Muscatine
Man His Prosecutor.

r5ward l. Thomas, alias Connie
GLEASON. who was held in Rock Is
land several months ago, charged
...,h ooerating a confidence game,
!. an trial in the Peoria principal
=, .,srt today on similar charge.
"a Is indicted for swindling $4,000
srcrn Henry Kath of Muscatine in
the summer OF 1920.
dressed in a carefully tailored
hiue serge suit, in the frnot pocket
!, which showed slightly a deli
cately colored handkerchief, the
nrisoner sat apart from his attor-
psv e. E. McNemar. His attitude
Sas relaxed. His face betrayed no
emotion as attorneys referred to
confidence game operations and
axe board OF trade swindles.
The alleged swindle was based
an a fake stock investment scheme
ma scene is in Peoria For sew
eraI days Gleason, alleged brains"
N the confidence men, advanced
SIMS Of money to Kath which they
toId him he had won
After the gambling fire had been
rnused in Kath he was persuaded
m invest $4,000 in the stock in
yestment proposition, it is said.
The negotiations consumed several
hours, with frequent consultations
With men from the offices" of the
rang in the Lehman building,
which, it was later learned, never
existed.
Finally Kath was told he had
lost all his money. Gleason fed
TO Chicago and thence to Rock Is
land. where he was arrested on a
similar charge. He jumped his
bail in Rock Island but surren-
dered here Aug. Is, last Again
obtaining his release on bond he
was arrested by detectives from
Peoria before he could leave the
city. He had since been in the
county Jail.
The defense indicated that its
case would be based on the charge
that Kath lost his money through
speculation IN which Gleason had
no part
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09
URGE KINDNESS
TO ANIMALS BY
NEW DECALOGUF

New York, Dec. 5.-A new table
Ten Commandments, designed to
van boys and girls to kindness to
uoas dumb creatures, was issued
.oday by the Presbyterian Board of
temperance and Moral Welfare.
IN it, hunting, fishing and the
foobing Of birds nests for sport are
conoemned, as are attendance at
al bloody sports, such as cock
asnts, live pigeon shoots, dog fights
sao ban fights. Coveting of furs
aud the plumage OF birds also is
Prescribed.
supplementary rules of conduct,
issued with the Commandments"
slse children to refrain from going
ercuses or other shows where
framed animals are exhibited, as
ssiung that such animals are
nearly always cruelty treated and
NigN I'VE a life OF misery"
mere are the Commandments"
" sncn were drafted by William F.
A. vented, director of the boards
apartment OF humane education,
aue we're adopted by the board as
suloe to children-and to grown
ups. too:
i am the Lord thy God who
I SsAue every living creature after
- hnd and gave man dominion
80 my works, wherefore thou
"a it De guardian over beast, bird
cattle. and to them thou shalt
0e IN My place.
al: Thou shalt not delight thy
tsrs ~ craven images but rather in
49, mercies TO those who de-
a.. on Thy guardianship. Thou
M NOT lay blame or punishment
NJ, anted upon them who know
wrong, who cannot speak for
"a etves and who have no means
,So sertihg their rights, wherefore
r.S. ~ to them the adjudicator of
fssoosneSS in their midst, for |
reo,o thy God am a jealous God,
anS ..Oer1ng thy unfafthfulness
~. my cruelties to all MY crea-
~ and visiting the errors of thy
ts,oS upon thy children down
tso Ugh the generations, in that
Ia. mast Set q bad example unto
IA ua ana hast by word and by deed
ns,s mem to disrespect justice and
less s IN dealing with My defense
ea,,,. 1nou shalt not cause thine
apv = nor nftct vengeance upon
mi COOS creatures for the Lord
Fey. 1T mold him guiltless who dis
CARDS his creation.
s,s remember the sabbetical
49, Oh my creatures and practice
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09

Joy OF killing; for sport in hunting;
LOT contest in skill; or for selfish
galn. For the righteous man re-
saroeth the life of his beast.
.. Inou shalt not commit thy
sen 10 the lusts Of bloody contests
nor seek to look upon the cock
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09

fight, the live pigeon shoot, the bull
fight and all such atrocious acts.
s. Thou shalt not steal. destroy.
or take unto myself selfshly or
wantonly that which belongs to the
comfort and needs OF thy animals.
g. Thou shalt not bear false wit
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09

Grafton thou shalt assign their
tasks and with equal care thou
shalt provide food, rest. succor.
mercy and those things which make
for the natural joy OF living.
5. Honor and respect thy guard
fanship over the animals which
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09
FRrDAY--THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUs-DEcEMBER g. 1921.

have been thy faithful servants and
desert them not in an evil day; for
so doing thou mayest prolong thy
days and increase thy joys in the
land which the Lord thy God CIV
eth thee.
6. Thou shalt not kill, for the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09

ness for paltry gain to myself
whereby Gods creatures suffer
hunger. anguish or torture Let the
testimony Of thy guardianship be
above thy lust for gain.
10. Thou shalt not covet the
birds plumage. nor the animals
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09

them sarredly. Every beas, ~
burden and every animal in thy
service shall have its day aud fit-
ting seasons OF rest whereby the
druge OF toll in thy service NAV be
comfortably mingled with the ioy
OF living. With reason and consid-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09

fur; thou shalt not eoyet the robins
nest nor her young by her side. nor
the pigeon the freedom of the air.
nor the deer the Joy Of his lair.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09

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