The Exeter Advocate, 1923-5-24, Page 1THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MAY `24, 1923
SANDERS ei CREECH
Our Corner
.r_..r..
The only goad fly es a dead
Swat •
,t
a Alin?'
It isn't eel than makes a7nation great
but ,elbow grease.
fee. as Money wbuy .everything except
longe and an appetite,,
When, you 'go into the woods to
leicie flowers do rine 'take all ;of ,them,
Y.ntheawi.se these flowers' wdtll become
a'atinct:.
It Els not -generally . knnown tihajt
wringing out a cloth in, hot wateranal'
itvipdng• the furniture. before putting=
furniture cream .vvatet result in a very
high polish that wila not finger -mark.
All persons who wish to vote tat
the appatoaching 'elec'tion should !ex-
amine. the v(oterst ]assts at the !office
of the Clerk of the muncupalityt,and
if your nama de lecke ore, and you have.
the necessary qualifications as given,
in the preveous issue, make appeal on
the proper form 'whech the clerk will
supply tto yore, am,dt dot it between'\,the
fifth and the second day before the
appeal board sits, the dates of which
settings are given in another column.
HALF HOLIDAYS DURING
JUNE, JUDY AND .AUGUST
We, the undersigned, have agreed
to close our places of business each
Wednesday afternoon during the
months of June, July and August,
at 12 o'clock noon:—
Jones & May
J. A. Stewart
Southcott Bros.
Mrs. W. D. Yeo
W. J. Heaman
G. A, Hawkins
B. W. F. Beavers
Bett's Bakery
Dominion Stores.
N. Hockey
W. W. Taman
F. M. Boyle
M. Hodgert
Grigg's Stationary
S. Martin & Son
M. E. Gardiner
R. N. Rowe
G. M. Armstrong
A. Yelland
Exeter Times
,. Exeter Advocate
H. S. Walter
W. J. Beer
Elliott & Johns
H C. 12iseetre
• Kirk Batas.
DR. JOHN WARD ''
CHIROPRACTOR 8i OPTOMETRIST
HAS MOVED TO
MAIN STREET, SOUTH of Y.P,C,A,
EXETER
Phone 70,
Ford
Service
Garage
Being your C,alrs to th..e Ford Ser-
vice Garage foe .
FREE AIR and
FREE BATTERY INSPECTION
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
RIGHT
Chambers Bros.
FORD SERVICE GARAGE.
Foole PolIe
GARAGE
'Having ,taken over the Sanders
Garage on James. Street, we are pre-
pared to give, you service at reason-
able ,rates, and on shortest notice.
EXPERT REPAIRING ON ALL
KINDS OF CARS
AND TRACTORS,
GASOLINE AND OIL FOR SALE.
FREE AIR.
GIVE US A TRIAL.
James -St., Exeter •
Two -dollar bills have been abolish -'-
ed in the Un,ated. States,
When prudeinC•e boats the doer don't
try to crawe in, the. window.
And now the question lis, "Who is
tio, ,be. the U. F. O. ;Caandudatee?'
Now that the. skd,rts are longer the
sil?� hese will get fewerrunners
A village its a plafee where a woman/
can celebrate ] ,r 25th birthday rtnly
olec e,
Another good way to get a million
dollars is to sa:ve,tten, dollars a month
for 8,333 years,
• Job kept his patience but his shoe
Y
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4
lace . dnYt tee ,,_ n a�
u km(at when h.. was
changing to catch a train. •
Every woman, must •experiment flat
with' a few chi dre:n before she learns'
how to manage a husband.
It doesn't matter a darn how many
dresses they have, 'the one they like
best as urn some shop 'window,
Are you old enough to rem•emmbez
when a young main', used to learn the
business froin the bottom. up.
BOGUS BILLS IN CIRCULATION.
The pubic ys wanted to be on the
look -out for a series of: spurious five -
dollar Imperial Banti bills which are
being circulated by three men in
Western Ontario.
Conservative
Candidate is
N. W. Trewartha
The Liberal-C(oanservativ,s Convent -
Lion head in Hensen on Thursday af-
ternoon last chose, Nelson W. Trewar-
tha, farmer and poultry specialist, of
Goderich Township, as their- stand-
ard .beared far the provincial ,election.
.Mr, 'I'siewlaa'tha is ioine of the out-
stand,ing men, of the county, and was
Warden last year. He has had coni-
sidera.ble Iexperilenc•e in municipal of -
fairs ,in Gtoderich, being clerk seven
years and four years reeve. He taught
school for some years, but his vacation
is agriculture, The Tlownshiip of God-.
exic] has not a dollar of indebtedness
and not a tax unpaid. Mr. Trewartha,
operates two farms in that township:
Those who sat with him in/the County
Council cannot speak too highly of
him in his c,onyduct of the county af-
fairs. ;
In moving that the, choice be unan-
imous Ex -Warden W. R., Elliott
"We have chosen al main, of whom
the whale siding can -be proud" and
the seconder of the motion, W. H.
Donsitt, said;—"He is a candidate
who is a practical farrmer, with good
business ability, tivel'l versed; •un, municie
pal experince, and is a perfect gentle.
matt. 1 veat•ture to say, that a trust re -
ptosed in him well ;never be betrayed.
Others who were nomituated were,
Henry Ei]b•er, ExeleeP.P., Fred E11ar-
i et•on, candida,te. in 1919; J. J, . Mere
ner, Ex-M.P. ; W. H. Lobb, Daviel Can-
telon, Alex, Neeb, H, Harlon, W. Con,_
sitt, W. R. Ellicott. All withdrew, ex-
cept Messrs. Teawartha, Elliptt and
C!ansitt, and on the, first ballot Mr.
Treiwa,rtha had a clear majbritycover
both of 10 votes:, All parts of ;the
aiding were well represented.
On accepting elle nlamena,tion, Mr.
Trewartha, said :-
"I ceatlyy da not know whegher or
net I 'deserve this positioini ' lis said,
after the ,baleating, "'but. 1 wvtU use
every ounce of my 'energy, wd!th your
co-operation, to wirn, South Her -
an, for the Conservative, party at the
coming election,"
Hena•y Eilber, *ha. represented the
Tiding for 21 years, but declined to rust.
four •years ago, was again, a populate
nominee but decided to .stay retired.
He delivered a good fighting speech,
al did aisle, the; other 'nominees,
>VLr. Barnum of Aylmer, presented the
,i oliitical issues of the day in an :ex-
cellent address.
r •e
J. J. "a/exa xtpeed Hon. Howard
Ferguaen els the leader.
Chas. G. Middleton, Goderich Town.-
ship, was re-elected president, George
C. Petty, Hornell, continues as siec
re;ta,ryeereasur•er toe the association.Other officers and represes>!tatives; of
municipalities named,wweee : Honorary
'
presidents, H'y Either and Hennry Hol-
boar,; .audittora, H. ,K. Either; Usborne
Ttownrsb$p, Rich. •Coa(tes` and Thomas
Hunkir s; Stephen, Alex. Neeb and.
Henry Eilber; Hay, W. H. Conivitttand
Harry Neeb; Stanley, D, McNaughton
and John McKinley; Bayfield, Wm.
Stints,an and Robt. McMurray; Goder-
lcb, N.:. W aferewalretn, and Fred. M•icl•-
dl,ton; Tuckeramith, John Moffatt
and Lewas Clan.; Heinlsai1, G. C. Pet-
ty and Rab/. Higgins; Exeter, Wall
Carling and C H, Sanders;
ST. MARYS BOY; 'DROWNS,
St. Marys, May 22.—Charles Sutton,
4-4'yfearr!-jald son of _1{r, and Mrs. Pe
Suttese Water street, was drowned
this m,orneng, .in the/ river here, when
he and another boy of the an age
were plaYe,mg with a jog at the edge
pf ,the river, near the Parkstreet
bri•d•g,e. ,Mies Nettie Feirburm pulled
him ,out, but litt,e 'was exti,njct.
DEATH OF MMES, WILLIAMS. t!
Telephone Man � BIRTHS
Electrocuted
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A shocking accident occurred at the
earner of Main and, Huron Streets; on
Friday morning last about 10 a'cicick
when William Mayidng, combination
man, i,or this destraci for the `B,el1 Tel-
ephone Company, was ,e]tectrocuted.
He, was up the, pale pulling the , wire
over the hydra wire when in some
manner a Connection of current was
made!, and the insulate:Oa burning oft'
the hydra wire he received the fue
shack of 2200 volts, killing him instant
ly. The, body was held, suspended ov-
er the wire and cross -arm for emolu-
ment, until hie helper, Nicb'>ias Shea
at great personal risk, cl'mbed the pole
end brake the wire, releas;ung the
body. The young mart„ who only wore
leather graves was terribly burned
abut the faces ernes! and hands. The
coroner, Dr. J. W. Browning, was
summoned and after viewing the re-
mains he ordered that they be re-
moved to the undertaking rooms ox
etr, R N. Rowel„ Crown) Arttentey
Sea, er was communicated with byte],
ephone ,aims he ordered, that aninquest
he held. At 6lot?clock the fallowing
jurymen were summoned, W., G. Meda
E. Treble John Rowse; R. N. Creecb
C. C Papa, Hubert Jones, W. E.
Sanders, Paul Ctaates, After being
sworn in they 'viewed the. :meats
anti adjourned to Friday of this week,.
/115 body alas' then released by the
coroner and a St. Thomas undertak-
es, wh:e had an vecl together with the
young man's father and. brother, took
the :remains to. St. Thomas for neer-
meat. The unfortunate young man
ryas about 30 yearns of age, and was
married about sax months ago. He re-
sided in St. Thomas, but had worked
in, the London district for a year ane
a bell. As a combination man helms
shitled in both inside/ and outside work
and was a fa terite with the ctther
workmen and aIU who knew him.
Six years ago, next August a young
Man named Hardy athlete engaged in
similar work on Huron Street suffer-
ed the same fate, alt the circumstances
in connection weal the accident being
about the same as the case on .Friday.
Word leas been received here of
the deathon May 13th of Mrs.—Thomas
Cr. Williams, at Italian Head, Saske,
after out abyss of nearly three !years,
et the age ,of 38 years. Born, urea
Shelbaurne, she was marrited to, Mr,
Williams at Huronvaalte, Seek., in 1905,
shortly after Mr. Wi]iliarrts had mov-
ed to that place from Exeter, On(t,
Tli•ey had lived in Iridian Head one
year. Besides the husband, a daughter
Pearl Margaret, aged 7, survives.
. NARROW ESCAPE.
Mr. Allan McDougall of Usborne had
a narrow escape from serious injury*
or instant' death on Friday afternoon
lest. He was wjorking en the bush
cutting neood. He and he _helper had
cut down a tree end while ,engaged
in trjmni ty; up thq top at dead: over-
hanging limb front another tree fell,
striking him,onithe top and side of the
head, with the result: that a large pore
on, of to scalp
was torn ,aff. He
was immediately rushed, to town where
the wound was dressed by a doctor.
and he is ntaw recovering nicely from
his injury.
I ITCHEN—MARCHAND.
The marriage of Miss Lillian L. Mar-
chand, second daughter of Mr. Arnold
Marchand of Waterford, formerly of
Exeter, t,a Mr, F. Earl Kitchen, son
of Mr, and lairs. T. Kitchen, alsoof
Waterford, was solemnized an Wed-
nesday. May 23, at 11 a.m., the Rev.
J. B, Moore officiating,; The bride,
whe was attired in a natty blue suit;
with hat to match, carried a shower
bouquet of aphelia roses, and was at-
tended. by \iiss Minnie, Walker .nf Paris
gowned in a dress'af navy canton, also
evearing bphelia. roses. The groom was
supp'orted by his brother, "Mack," al
Wnterteerd. After a sumptuous din-
ner at the home. of the brides parents
the young couple left by motor fo?
Exeter, Li7,ndon and Brantford on a
short honeymoon, after which they
will reside in their,new home en Wee!
erford.
A rather pecu'iar incident, told by
one of the ofticia;s of the Bell Tele-
phone Company, occurred in May-
Uing,s life just ablout a week previous
to the fatal accident, He.was driving
his. carr 5n the country where he saw
a h,orrseshoe an the road. After pass-
ing it he stropped the. car, 'went back
several rads for the shoe, and ;on're-
turn,inb stuck it ,on, the, inside of the
da ,or of the car,, stating to his com-
panion that he could _lave nothing,
but good luck air• long as he carried'
this shoe. The shoe still hangs in
the car but it evidenitly did ,not carry
the (good luck the young man attach-
ed ; !o the find.
D. F. McGregor
Liberal Choice
:T). F. .McGregpr, farmer and clerk
of the. Township of Tuckersmitlr, was
the, choice 'al the, South Huron Liber-
als at, a largely attended conren;ti,'on
bels on Hensalt on Friday aftern.00tf
Seven men in all were nominated •;as
passible standard bearers for The rid-
ing, but all withdrew with the .excep-
tion of Richard Sel,don of Exeter, P.
G. Sh•illinglnw ,of Tuckersmith, and D.
F. , dcGregior. iVIr. Shill ngiaw was
retired by the first ballot, and the
candidate had at majority over Mr.
Seldom in the second.
The newly -appointed caadnla'te gave
e ;brief talk in which h•e scored the
Ilrury adminestra'tion for its extrava.
sauce, ,but commended it on the pass -
in; of the Mo hog's.A1,_ow,,s a Act. He
pointed out that the! L.ibeaals in the
Legislature had se.ppes-ed the Deury
Ceo,vernrnent in. all •the goad measures'
which were passed during the term.
Major Tolmie of Windsor was the
principal speaker of the occas:,on, and'
i,n 1i1s address reviewed the.admdinis-
tration of the U. F. O. Governert•ene.
and pointed out the n.ecessety of a
change an the r•eg� e. The delegattes'
present at th•e convention passed a
vete: of confidence; 20 Premier MacKen
zie King and pledged themselves to
s•upnort their chas•en cairididate under
the leadership of W..l!angtain, Hay.
The names of those sainin,at,ed as
prospective 'standard bearers included;
Elarry Smith Hay; Richard Seldem.,-
Exeter ; ID, F. (lfcjG:r,egee, Tucker -1
smith; Miss L. Jeckei1,, Exeter; Owen{
Geiger, Hensel), John Morgan, Exeter;
and P. G. Shiteangeame, Tuekersmiale,
1. News
,Mr. H. 1. Rl iw(e, rec•eined his fine
Federal ,'truck rein Wedrnes•day. ,
The • ibrywlers intend to •open • the/
green with a local tournament on
May 24th '
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Men take away the betees htaarded
wealth aisle, but they don't make him 1
file a. return bet/ore ta,king. ill. i]
Deal) IN. Tab WEST., O
On: May 5Th the death occurred at
Sn"e' Iin g, Main, o f T1no mas . Grant, a
DISTRICT MEETING
The annual District Meeting ,of the
Methodists of the Exeter District met
at Centralia ,on Friday, May 18.. There
,at
some thirteen different charges on
the ,district with one, •minister far eacbait
charge. There are three superannuat-
ed mien, namely, Revs. J. D. -Kesrtle,
T. T George andmRichard Redmond,
Rev S., W. Hill of Parkhill, (who has
served 49 years as a min. s•ter, was
!recommended upon his own. request
for a superannuated relation. There
are! many- .mlo,ves in the District to 'be
I arran:g.ed ,b,y the Stationing Committee
(this year. Revs. G. W. Rivers and
Arthur Sinclair of Centralia were ap-
. pointed members of the Statti,oning
Board. The financial record of the
year as reported was a slight de-
crease, accoum:able for by gene'al`.,usit
ness conditions. The rne.mbership has
been, increased Ion, the district. Messrs
Wesley Cole, !lido Snail and Richard
Hunter will represent the two Exeter
churches at the C',nference.
DIET SUDDENLY.
A very sudden and unexpected •death
occurred at the home of Mrs. AAnn'tlitchell abjout /nine o'clock Tuesday
morndrng, when her daughter, Mrs. Jer-
ry Heaman, Rassed away, at the age
63 years, 9 months and 22 days.
Early en. the spring Mrs. Heaman bad
suffered from an attack of the flu
which weakened her heart,and she
bad been an rather poor health since`.
On Tuesday morning she arose from
her ;bed and after dressing went .out
in, the house and salt on the sofa, when
she was suddenly overtaken with a
/veal spell, avid without scarcely e
moment's warning passed away. Mrs.
Heaman was a daughter of the late
John! .and Ann :1Titch:e-ll and was born
in Stephen Township, and her whole
life was spent! in this neighl�I,nxhood.
was as a kind neighbor and true
friend. Besides her husbain,d and
releaser she is survived by threethreebroth-
ers and five sisters—Williarn„•tof -lo-loam.;Wesley, of British Columbia, and Mark
of London; Mrs. Rau, of Credieon;
Mrs. Wilson Andersen, Stephen; Mrs.
Herh. M.iltchell, London; Mrs. John
Morley, of town and Mrs. Frank Sweet
of Sarnia. •
DIET) IN CALGARY.
Word was received here by rela-
tives Tuesday mpnntjteg of the death
;,f Jennie ,Dwncan,. wife of Mr, William
Mc'aiteith a foamier well-known resit -
dent of Thames Road, Usbosine, she
bayingvin; ,died dnt Calgary, en Monday, at
the age of 61 years, after fan illxvess
of several months' duration. Last fall
she ,suffered from an attack of flu,
which developed into heart trouble
Fund sJi had be,einj ire 'very poor health
up to the, time of her death. Mrs.
Mpnteith was balm/ ii Usborne Town-
ship,
own
ship, boring a daughter of the late
AlexanderAlexanderDuncan, amid her whole life
was :spent en that ta,wm,ship tial gor:,ng
West fiourteeai years ago. The de-
ceased possessed many ,e
axcellen(valet ale
ities and was eeeeemed and respected
by a very large circle friends, wile. will
deeply (regret to` learn! of her demise.
>3esides her 'huslbautai she is survived
by five daugghters and twvta sons, ally of
whom reside in the West, ,excepting
Mrs. Wm. Passmore of town,. She also
eaves three brothers, John of Usborne
David, of High River, Alta.; Thomas,
of Winnipeg; Mrs, Robb; of Allenldale,
Ont ; Mrs: John, McKenzie, of near' Ft.
William, and Mrs, Abe Musser, Regina.
7.lre remains were interred at Cal-
rg-
ed '48 years. :Dec•eased •teas the hus-
gaxy.
hand of a former 'Exeter girl,, Veda
Handfeed, daughter of the late Isaac Mrs. Coombs of Bawnnanviileis the
Handford of Exeter, He :had beenill gut, t ,of alas. and Miss Shapton.
of lune trouble foe a long time. Be filr. W. W. Taman/ and fancily, 5v -ere
sides the :wilife he, is survived by e an .Bly-tb ,cn Sunday atteµnceng the fun,
s(on and daughter, . eral 91 tivLr. T,amatl's, aunt.
Stya,nake—In Stephen, on May 13, to
r a
nd 'Mrs. x
Silas Sta
o
w�,l eke , a eon
R.uon—In Hay Tp., Goshen, Line, on
May 14, to Mr, and Airs. Samuel
Rupp, e. daughter.
MARRIAGES
Kitchen--Marchand—In Waterford, on
May 23, by Rev. J. B. Moore, F. ?ctrl
Kdtche.n, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Kitchen of Waterford, to M°ss Lily
Nan L,, second daughter of Mr. A.
Marchand of Waterford, formerly of
Exeter.
DEATHS
Neentei t.b—In Calgary, Alta., on May
al ebeloved Jennie Duncan,. 'wife
William Monteith, formerly of the
Thames Peeled, Usborne, aged 61
years.
EsanCsery.d 21 days..a--In C,e�ntrallaged
, ion Maly 21, Irene
Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.
Essery19 years, .3 tnunths'
Hodgins--A:t Con. 4, Biddubph2 Towt
shin, .near Luca,n, on May 21, Manr-
garet Armitage, widow of the late
Samuel D. Hodgins,. Funeral on
Wednesday at St. James, Clandeboye
Heaman—an Exeter, ton May 22, Mary
Jane Mitchell, wife of Mr, Jerry
Hearne% aged 63 years, 9 mfantths"
and 22 days.
Spend Your Summer Days at
Blue Water Beach
On Lake Huron's Shore
One Mile South of Goderich, Ontario
An Ideal Place for Summer Homes.
Write for Descriptive Booklet
GODERICH DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
P. 0. Box 157 Goderich
Seeds for Sale !
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We have a Large Stock of Specially Selected Field Seeds of high Ger- .
urination and Govenrunent Standard Quality for Sale,
OUR. S''O ( CONS!S''' i AS FOLLOWS—
No. 1 Rea Clover, Alsike, White -znd Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover.
Huban Annual Sweet Clover, Alsike and Timothy Mixed,
Kentucky Blue and Orchard Grass Ontario Grown and' Imp. Timothy Seed'
Millett, Seed Beans, Seed Corn, Sorghum, Mengel and Turnip Seed
Lawn Grass and Garden Seeds Etc.
We have a limited quantity of Ontario Grown Variegated Alfalfa Seed
No. 1, Purity Test This is one of the most hardy varieties, and is part
of the production, of a field that has rgrow.n, seed for ten Consecutive years.
This leaves it thoroughly climatized, Anyone intending to sow a field of
this variety should place their order early.
We have also a stack of American Grown Alfalfa, a hardy variety that
in previous years has, proven successful here. Our price $15,00 per bus.
WE are buyers of Beans, Clover and Timothy Seed, Dutch Setts,, and
all kinds of Farm Products at the ,Highest Market Prices.
We have a large stock of Spring Merchandise. For Quality, Style,
and Prices our values cannot be beaten. A real good selection .in all lines.
C. ZWICKER,
General Merchant, Crediton.
A CALL SOLICITED. THE STORE WITH THE LARGE STOCK
PHONE 16 PHONE 16
FOR SERVICE FOR SERVICE
STEWAR 'S
WHERE SERVICE IS A PLEASURE
AND
YOUR PATRONAGE IS APPRECIATED.
HOSIERY SPECIALS
25c. A PAIR OR 4 PAIR FOR 95c.
Black Cotton Stockings fin Ribbed and P:la;°i n—All sizes -
lrlom Children's to Ladies'—Tbese, are good black, and are well
were-) the money -25c or 4 pair for 95c.
SILK -LISLE CLOCKED STOCKINGS 75c.
An;outstanding value, in a silk -lisle stocking with double soles
!reels and toes—these come in Black and Beige, and have fancy
clocks—Priced for quick selling at 75c. a pair.
SILK-LISLE-RIBB.E!,D STOCKINGS 85c.
These Stockings have the p ptear wide rib irri a silk and
lisle nnixtue.e, and wee have them in the doe-gaey and beige
shades, which are ackuvowledg,ea this season's best colors.
Sizes 8 1-2 to 10—all priced at 85c, a pair, .
PURE SILK STOCKINGS—FANCY RIBBED $1.75
Pure Thread Silk with fancy atib,bed effect and re•-.infon-c,
ed soles. All sizes in brown!, beige, dove -grey and black. This
line es node 'ta, retail at $2.0.0 a pair, but we have. priced them
as a bargain at $L75 a pair.
SOX FOR MEN
HOLEPROOF INTERWQVEN . WEARWELL
WE HAVE THE RANGE ,
FROM PLAIN COTTON TO FANCY RIBBED PURE SILK
ALL THE POPULAR. SHADES,..
PRICED FROM 25c. TO ,$1.25 PER TAItR.
Quality Groceries Priced. to. Save You Money
6 lbs.. Oatmeal 25c.
3 Bottles Extract 25c.
Royal Yeast. Sc.
Choice Seedless Raisins 15c.
Cbristie's Soda Wafers ... 15c.
Grape. Nuts 17c.
7 ,Bars any Laundry,Spap 48c,
7 ,Bars Castile Soap, 25c.
2
psi Sunnnaid SeededRaisiias 35c
75c, Salada Tea .,..• 65c.
Special Blend Tea .. 55c.
1 Pitot Jar Olives, 48c.
Lux , ....... 11c.
3 15c. Saxes 1Vla!tches ... 37c.
3 Kellogg's Coen Flakes .:29c,
6 Rtolls Toilet paper 25C..
3 pks. Jelly Powder 25c.
2 Targe! Tins NO. 3 Peas .... 25c.
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