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Dr. James Milligan, section 32, Troy Township, was born in Washington County, Pa., May 31, 1816, a son of James Milli-
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gan. He was reared on a farm and received his education, attending a select school in his native county. He began the study of medicine with Dr. James P. Scroggs, and in 1842 removed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and began his practice. In the winter of 1843-'44 he attended the Cleveland Medical College, and then returned to Tuscarawas County and con- tinued his practice till 1853, when he came to De Kalb County and located at Butler, residing there till the fall of 1865, when he settled on his present farm. He continued his practice till about 1879, and since then has given it into younger hands. He owns a fine farm of 240 acres, which is carried on by tenants. He also owns a house and lot in Butler. Dr. Milli- gan was married Oct. 17, 1848, to Margaret Browning, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of John F. Browning. They have had a family of five children, all deceased. Four died in childhood, and one daughter, Inez, died Oct. 10, 1877, at the age of eighteen years.
George Reese, agent for the Wabash Railway at Troy Station, Troy Township, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, March II, 1846, a son of Hambright Reese, a native of Greene County, Pa. His parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., in the fall of 1840 and settled in Troy Township, where he was reared and educated. When he was twelve years of age he began fir- ing a stationary engine, and subsequently partly learned his trade in Butler. He has been in the employ of the railroad since about 1880, and since 1884 has had charge of the office at Troy Station. He was married Aug. 10, 1869, to Mrs. Matilda J. (Long) Whitner, daughter of Rev. Frederick Long, a Meth- odist clergyman, for many years a resident of this county, and widow of J. J. Whitner. To them have been born five chil- dren-Charles H., Margaret E., Martin E., Leona A. and Harry E. Mrs. Reese has two children by her former marriage- Lora E. and Arba W. Mr. Reese is an earnest worker"for the temperance cause, and is one of the prominent citizens of the township.
John Robinett, section 17, Troy Township, is a native of Tus- carawas County, Ohio, born Oct. 22, 1815, a son of James Robinett, who moved to Holmes County, Ohio, when our sub- ject was a child, where he was reared and educated. He re- mained in Holmes County till 1846, and then came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on the farm where he now lives. At
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that time the land was heavily timbered, but he has cleared and improved it, and now has ninety acres of the best land in the township. He was married Oct. 19, 1837, to Mary Swick, daughter of Peter Swick. She is a native of Pennsylvania, and moved with her parents to Stark County, Ohio, when she was a child. To them have been born nine children, but three of whom are living-George, John W. and Theodore. George is a minister of the United Brethren church, and lives at Metz, Steuben County. He married Mary A. Geddis, and has three children-Corintha, John and William. John W. married Maria Anspaugh, and has two children-Mary L. and Hattie B. Theodore married Sarah A. Brunner, and has two chil- dren-George and John R. John and Theodore reside on the old homestead and have charge of the farm. Two of their daughters were married and at their death left families. Han- nah was the wife of Conrad Rench, and left three children- Ida, Etta and John. Harriet was the wife of Robert Geddis, and left nine children-Lillie, Della, John C., Arthur, Hattie, Mary, Jane, Nye and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Robinett are mem- bers of the United Brethren church. He has served his town- ship one year as Trustee.
Talma Rummel, farmer and stock-raiser, section 18, Troy Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1833, and in 1844 moved with his father, Henry Rummel, to Steuben County, Ind., and settled in Otsego Township, where the latter still lives. He received his early education in a small frame school-house, his teacher being Amos Letcher, a cousin of President Garfield. He was also captain of the canal boat on which Garfield worked when a boy. Talma remained at home till manhood, and Jan. 2, 1859, married Lucy M., only child of Roger and Lucy Aldrich. The day of their marriage they settled on the farm in Troy Township where they now live, and have since made it their home. He owns 160 acres of choice land which he has brought under a good state of culti- vation, and has made valuable improvements, his residence and. farm buildings being among the best in the county. He takes an active interest in all public affairs of his township, and has served two terms as Assessor and one term as Trustee. To Mr. and Mrs. Rummel have been born four children-Roger A., Henry E., Ella E. A. and Chauncey S. Roger married Ada C. Jennings, daughter of George Jennings of this township
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and has one child-Elsie A. Mr. and Mrs. Rummel and their son Roger and his wife are members of the Disciples church.
George W. Smiley was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 25, 1823, a son of George and Jane (Blake) Smiley, his father a native of Somerset County, Pa., and his mother of Susque- hanna County, N. Y. He was reared on a frontier farm, and was obliged to walk two or three miles to school, his brothers carrying him a part of the way the first term. He came to De Kalb County in 1842 and settled in Troy Township, and was elected Constable of the township before he was twenty-one years old. After living in the county four years he returned to Ohio and cared for his parents the rest of their lives, returning to this county six years later. In 1858 he moved to English Prairie, Lagrange County, and from there to Orland, Steuben County, in 1862, remaining there till 1867, and then bought a farm four miles north of Angola and remained there till Sept. 6, 1878, and then ran a saw-mill till 1884; is now engaged in the rail and wire-fence business. He was married Jan. 12, 1841, to Catherine Deaner, a native of Baltimore, Md., daughter of Con- rad Deaner. To them were born eight children, seven of whom are living -- Mary J., Artimesia, David W., Margaret, Shannon O., Maria A. and Ernest E. Mrs. Smiley died Sept. 6, 1878, and two years later Mr. Smiley broke up housekeeping. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since six- teen years of age. He served his township as Justice of the Peace three years and four months. His daughter Mary is an elocutionist and has been a temperance lecturer several years. His Grandmother Smiley was taken a prisoner, with three other children, by the Indians during the Revolutionary war, and two of the children were killed. Her father was an officer in the continental army. Although but seven years of age, she remembered passing a stone against which Judge Wells was leaning, scalped and dead.
Jacob H. Smith, farmer and stock-raiser, section 4, Troy Township, is a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born July 10, 1846. In 1847 his father, Adam Smith, moved with his family to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Franklin Town- ship where he was reared and educated, attending the common schools of the district. He was reared on a farm and has always followed agricultural pursuits, and by his industry and energy has accumulated a good home, owning a farm of seventy-three
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acres, with a comfortable residence and farm buildings. In 1870 Mr. Smith took a trip West, visiting Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin and Minnesota, returning to De Kalb County in the winter of 1872. He was married Oct. 12, 1873, to Mary E. Olds, daughter of Carlisle Olds. Three children have been born to them-William E., Ettie E. and John A.
George B. Souder, farmer and stock-raiser, section 19, Troy Township, was born in Perry County, Ohio, June 30, 1846, a son of John Souder, of Richland County, Ohio. His parents moved to Richland County in 1859, and there he grew to man- hood, receiving his education in the common schools. He was reared a farmer, and since attaining manhood has given his at- tention to agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. He came to De Kalb County in the spring of 1874 and settled on section 24, Franklin Township, and in the spring of 1879 moved across the line into Troy Township. He owns 160 acres of valuable land, and his residence and farm buildings are among the best in the county. He pays special attention to raising Durham cattle and Clydesdale horses, and much credit is due him for his efforts to improve the stock of horses in the county. His horse Cap is five years old, a son of the celebrated Buck Allen, and weighs 1,600 pounds. He is one of the finest horses in the county. Mr. Sonder was the first man to introduce drain tiling in his neigh- borhood. He is an enterprising, progressive citizen, and assists any project and adopts any improvements that promises benefit to his county. He was married Feb. 27, 1868, to Sarah M. Adams, daughter of Andrew Adams, of Richland County, Ohio. To them have been born six children, five of whom are living-Charles M., George M., Ernest C., Jessie M. and Harry L.
CHAPTER XXIII.
UNION TOWNSHIP.
POSITION .- ADVANTAGES. - GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY .- EARLY SETTLERS. - REMINISCENCES. - ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIP .- EARLY JUSTICES, CONSTABLES AND TRUSTEES. -POPULATION .- PROPERTY AND TAXATION. - AGRICULT- URAL STATISTICS .- AUBURN .- ITS EARLY HISTORY .- FIRST MERCHANTS, PROFESSIONAL MEN, BUILDINGS, ETC .- PROG- RESS. - BUSINESS DIRECTORY. - MANUFACTURING. - PRO- FESSIONAL. - NEWSPAPERS. - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING .- CHURCHES. - SOCIETIES. - WATERLOO. - ITS BEGINNING AND GROWTH .- BUSINESS DIRECTORY .- PROFESSIONAL .- BANKS .- RELIGIOUS .- SOCIETIES .- BIOGRAPHICAL.
The township named Union may well be regarded as the most favored one in the county. Central in location, and pos- sessed of excellent railroad facilities, it is also the possessor of two incorporated towns, one being the county seat. It is bounded on the north by Smithfield, on the east by Wilming- ton, on the south by Jackson, and on the west by Keyser and Richland. It is crossed by the Baltimore & Ohio, Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, and the Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Divis- ion of the Michigan Southern railroads, which meet at Auburn Junction, and the air line of the Michigan Southern road crosses the last named at Waterloo. Cedar Creek flows through the township from northeast to southwest.
Taken as a whole, Union is agriculturally a rich township of land. There are, however, several Tamarack swamps that are useless until drained. The northern and western portions of the township are generally rolling and somewhat sandy. The southeastern is more level and clayey. Early settlers in the township on farms were: Kneeland Abbott on the south, David Altenburg and Levi Walsworth on the east, and the Hussel- mans and McEntaffers on the north. Altenburg and Walsworth moved in during November, 1838; James R. Cosper and John Weeks in the spring of 1841 ; and the same year John Somers 812 --
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and Lyman Chidsey settled southeast of Auburn. In the north- east, Rockwell, Lightner and Morringston were the first settlers. Two days were occupied in raising the heavy frame of the Husselman barn, and most of the able-bodied settlers for miles around were engaged in the work.
Union is one of the oldest townships in the county, being but two months younger than Franklin. At the first regular meet- ing of the Board of Commissioners of De Kalb County, Sept. 5, 1837, present Peter Fair, Samuel Widney and A. F. Beecher, it was "ordered that the congressional township 34 north, range 13 east, be organized as a township for judicial (civil) pur- poses, to be known by the name of Union Township, and that townships 34 and 35 north, range 12 east, and townships 33 and 35 north, range 13 east, be attached thereto." It was also ordered "that Wesley Park be appointed Supervisor for the road district No. I, comprising the whole of Union Township; and all the lands residing within said township are allotted to said district." The first election was appointed for the first Monday in December following, and Lanslot Ingman was named as Inspector of Elections.
Among the early Justices of the Peace of Union Township were: Lanslot Ingman, David Altenburg, John Carpenter, W. Griswold, John Davis, G. Wolf, S. W. Russell, J. D. Davis, J. W. Case and William Lessig. Early Constables were: J. O. P. Sherlock, William Shirter, Lyman Chidsey, T. J. Freeman, Isaac Latson, Joseph Garver, John Drury, Z. Tanner, H. Siberts, J. Powlas, H. Jones, L. Weaver, S. Bowman, L. Leasure, Jonathan Hall, A. O. Espy, J. Haun, Zopher Johnson, Jere- miah Plum, William Valeau, Andrew Harsh, J. H. Piles, Emanuel Miller, George Jones and J. B. Howard.
The Trustees prior to 1860 were: J. B. Rockwell, David Altenburg, J. F. Coburn, John Husselman, N. Payne, James C. George, C. Simonds, S. W. Sprott, Aaron Hague, James R. Cosper, T. J. Freeman, Kneeland Abbott, William Middleton, Henry Clay, G. R. Baker, J. E. Hendricks, A. Watkins, T. R. Dickinson, H. Moneysmith, D. Eldridge, J. Hawk, Dr. W. Dancer, Jacob Cupp, J. J. Huffman, John Davis, O. A. Par- sons, O. C. Houghton, John Somers, John Lightner, W. W. Griswold, Adam Stroh, J. K. Hare, John Ralston, S. Sanders, and Jacob McEntaffer. Isaac Kutzner and John C. St. Clair were early Assessors.
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The population of Union Township, exclusive of Auburn and Waterloo, is 1,200, or 35 to the square mile. The assessed val- uation averages $624.44 per capita. In 1884 the acres of land assessed numbered 20,985.12 ; value of same, $617,829; value of improvements, $79,494; value of lands and improvements, $697, 323 ; value of lots, $5,035 ; value of improvements, $9,015 ; total, $14,050; value of personal property, $124,075 ; total tax- ables, $835,448 ; rate of taxation, $1.46; number of polls, 226; poll-tax, $1.00 ; total amount of taxation, $12,567.17.
The following statistics of staple crops are for the year 1881 : Number of acres in wheat, 2,845 ; product of same, at 8 bushels per acre, 22,760 bushels ; acres in corn, 1,757; product of same, 20 bushels per acre of upland, and 40 bushels per acre of low- land, or 37,000 bushels ; acres in oats, 946 ; product of same, 35 bushels per acre, or 33,110 bushels; acres in meadow land, 1,054; product of same, at a ton and a half per acre, 1,581 tons of hay; acres in Irish potatoes, 104; product of same, 125 bushels per acre, or 13,000 bushels.
AUBURN.
" Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain."-Goldsmith.
In the chapter of "Early Incidents," Wesley Park's narra- tive describes the trip of that pioneer, and his purpose in coming here. He had in view from the very first the founding of a county seat. His selection was finally adopted in prefer- ence to the rival site of "Centerville," in the geographical center of the county. Mr. Park doubtless had in view little more than a central position, easy of access, and level in sur- face. He laid out two parallel streets north and south, known as Main and Jackson streets, and these were intersected by numerous cross streets. Many of these were for a long time useful only as affording pasturage for the live stock kept by the villagers. Park gave a lot to each settler who would build thereon, and by this and other public-spirited measures he hastened the growth of the village. He and a man named Ogden built a saw-mill in 1837, and he had the sat- isfaction of seeing steady improvement take place. L. Ingman built the second cabin in Auburn, and John F. Coburn, first County Clerk, put up the third. He set out some fruit trees, one of which, prominent for its size, still stands on the place. Riley Jacobs and Thomas Freeman were also early settlers.
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The first store was opened by a man named Comstock, whose stock was valued at $170, and whose license to sell was 85 cents. Freeman opened a store in a frame building which stood on the southwest corner of Fourth and Cedar streets, and a source of profit was the revenue from the sale of liquor to the Indian and settler. Nelson Payne formed a partnership with Freeman. Then Payne and Jefferson Wallace kept a store in the front room of a house just completed by Payne. Next the firm was Payne & Ralston. Samuel Ralston is still in trade here, and is the oldest merchant in the county. O. A. Parsons had in the meantime opened a store-tavern in what was called the " Parsons' Rookery," north of Rant's. Hart's saloon stood near the site of Davis' hardware store. Following the lead of those given, stores and groceries were opened and ran their brief career-some long and others short-and there are but few in business to-day of Auburn's merchants, even from 1865.
The first hotel, intended as such, was kept by Freeman, who some years afterward built what has been variously known as the Franklin, Griswold, and now the Auburn House. J. O. P. Sherlock, Sr., opened a hotel in the house which was after- ward long the home of Sheriff Miller. Nelson Payne had an ashery on Main street ; he was an early blacksmith, and later a merchant and judge. Henry Moneysmith was also a pioneer blacksmith. The first physician was Dr. Ross; then followed Drs. Haynes, Cooper, Pritchard, Oliver & Roe. Succeeding these were Dr. Hendricks, prominent as a physician, mathema- tician, farmer and teacher ; Dr. J. H. Ford, still a resident ; and Dr. W. B. Dancer, who died in 1853, and was buried in the old cemetery.
Samuel Reed, a young, energetic and talented man, was the first minister in Auburn, and represented the Methodist Epis- copal denomination. The Presbyterians were supplied about 1845 by James T. Bliss, the first of that denomination to come here, and a pious, earnest preacher.
The first resident carpenter was James R. Cosper, now a farmer in the township. Next came Samuel Ralston, Amos Hutchinson and O. C. Houghton. The first cabinet-makers were J. O. P. Sherlock and L. Ingman. The first gunsmith was Isaac Savage; soon after came Charles Stimely. The first wagon-maker was Jonathan Hall, who occupied as a residence the place afterward refitted by George H. K. Moss, on South
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Main street. Philip Fluke was the first and only tanner. He continued the business until the demands of trade required his lots for building sites, when he retired from business and con- verted his tannery into a harness shop, on the corner of Seventh and Jackson streets. The first shoemakers, in order of time, were Cyrus Smith, A. Forshe and S. Latson. Messrs. Bolinger & Carpenter made fanning-mills. William Albright was the first saddle and harness maker. Isaac Jones, Sr., introduced the first tinshop, followed by Abram Bass. Harrison Jones, Tri- dell and J. D. Davis, followed the business of hatters.
In October, 1841, Auburn had a population of 72, and almost all the inhabitants were prostrated by sickness. Judge Mott, the pioneer lawyer who came in 1843, found Main street full of logs. He lived in a cabin put up by James Cooper, where A. J. Ralston's dwelling stands, and could chop his firewood in the forest but a few rods distant. In 1849 the town contained about 50 houses, all of wood, and 300 inhabitants. For years it gained slowly, and, being without railroad communication, became tributary to the rival and thriving town of Waterloo, and was threatened with a loss of the county seat. An Auburn Repub- lican, of date Sept. 26, 1856, affords a glimpse of the time when Wesley Park was receiving new goods; S. W. Widney dealt in books ; Ralston & Gross in ashes; T. Boldock kept hotel; G. W. Stahl conducted the "Emporium of Fashion ;" L. Bowers had a grocery and variety store, and J. W. Rickel dealt in boots and shoes. At the close of the civil war Auburn was a quiet, re- tired village of some six or seven hundred inhabitants, its prin- cipal features being two long, tree-lined, handsome streets, the court-house just completed, the woolen factory and the acad- emy. The last two have been destroyed by fire. The octag- onal brick building, then the home of A. Wheelock, but now of Alonzo Lockwood, marked the western limit of dwellings. Where now stands the Fort Wayne & Saginaw station, was then the original forest. In the cool shade of the towering beech and maple trees, the celebrations were held. There speeches were made, glee clubs sang, flags waved, drums beat and cannon roared; but the ax has done its work and the grove exists no longer.
The vicinity of Cedar Creek and the clearing of heavy tim- ber from surrounding lands caused miasmatic fogs, subjecting residents to attacks of fever and ague, from which there were
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few exemptions. The roads in an early day leading from town were execrable. Hacks run to Waterloo and to Fort Wayne, making a halt at Huntertown. Teamsters hauled grain and goods over roads which for chuck-holes defied comparison. An effort was made to change the location of the county seat to Waterloo, but this proved unsuccessful on accout of rail- road privileges secured by the Fort Wayne & Jackson road, constructed in the county by local aid. Again in 1874 an ef- fort was made in behalf of Waterloo as the county seat, and this for a time bade fair to be successful. At this crisis Auburn joined hands with Butler to complete the Eel River road, and quashed the movement.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
The following list of business firms in Auburn is believed to be complete, and it shows that the town is second to few in number and character of its business men, while the diversity of enterprise is conducive to the independence of the place :
Christopher Asherman, grocery; Austin Bros., boots and shoes; John Aber, photographer; Joseph Albright, jeweler; Englebert Ashlee, wagon shop; Fred Behringer, tailor; Ephraim Berry, machine shop; Fred Bass, tobacco and con- fectionery; Brown & Culbertson, musical instruments and sewing-machines ; James A. Barnes, Courier paper; I. O. Bah- tell, Eagle mills; Beugnot & Ober, stave factory ; John Burke, blacksmith; J. Beuret, hardware; I. N. Cool, wagon shop; James O. Clifton, broom factory ; Casebeer & Matheny, livery stable; Humphrey Chilcoat, Central House; Casebeer & Ma- theny, drug store; Miss Cass, hair dresser; J. L. Davis, boots and shoes; F. E. Davenport, drug store; Dickinson & McMil- len, meat market; William Edgerton, barber; Edward E]- dridge, saloon; Ensley & Harter, dry goods and millinery ; George Ensley, agricultural implements; Farmers' Bank ; First National Bank; Grush Bros., flouring-mill and hoop fac- tory; J. H. Gugerli, merchant tailor; G. W. Gordon, post- office; Phineas Gibson, bakery and grocery ; Ben. Goodman, hardware and tin shop; Mitchell Huston, saloon; J. C. Henry, drug store; F. A. Hoff, grocery; Sherman Hollister, restau- rant; Heberling & Lewis, farm implements; Houser & Hoising- ton, Republican paper; Hebel Bros., grocery; Mrs. Jones & Son, dry goods and millinery: John Kreger, ashery; John
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Knoder, blacksmith; W. H. Kiblinger, hardware; Peter Lotz- enhizer, saloon; Mrs. Little, millinery ; Long & Trout, livery stable; Lewis & Widney, lumber; Jacob Mitchell, saw-mill and hoop factory ; Morell Bros., foundry and machine shop; John R. Moody, Auburn House; McQuiston & Long, dry goods and groceries; M. Myers, general store; W. L. Meese, insur- ance; B. Miller, grocery and bakery; J. N. Myers, agricult- ural implements; John Otto, grocery and shoe shop; Charles Pommart, barber; J. A. Potter, boots and shoes; S. Pommart & Co., barbers; G. A. Porter, Auburn Woolen Mills; Sylvester Rogers, brewery; Rodenbaugh & Coleman, millinery and dressmaking; Rainier & Headley, meat market; C. Raut & Sons, boots and shoes ; S. C. Ralston, grocery ; Harry Rush, harness shop; W. E. Rush, confectionery ; Charles Ressegee, saloon; A. J. Ralston, grocery; C. C. Shafer, furniture ; Thomas Summers, saloon; Smith & Madden, Auburn Marble Works; Steele & Son, painters; Augustus Stutz, saloon; Schaab & Beugnot, groceries, dry goods and clothing; Frank Slayball, grocery; L. Spitler, grocery; J. W. Shafer, wagon shop; S. W. Swineford, Swineford House; George Stahl, tailor; William Sheffer, harness shop; William Snyder, black- smith; John Stondecker, scroll factory; Sibely & Co., oar factory; Snyder, McClellan & Best, Auburn Wagon Works; Shearer & Wilson, church furnishing company ; S. U. Tarney, meat market; James Umber, grocery; Veley & Husselman, saw-mill; George Wagner, blacksmith; Joseph Williamson, sa- loon; M. S. Willis, books and stationery, Peter Young, mer- chant tailor; J. H. Yesbera, merchant tailor; Zimmerman & Co., Monitor Windmill Company.
MANUFACTURING.
Auburn possesses several manufacturing establishments, which, though unpretentious, yet do a very respectable busi- ness, and give employment to a goodly number of people. Among them should be mentioned : The Auburn Marble Works of Smith & Madden, wagon and carriage factory of I. N. Cool, the broom factory of James A. Clifton, wagon shop of J. W. Shafer, Eagle Mills of I. O. Bahtel, Auburn Woolen Mills of G. A. Porter, saw-mill of Veley & Husselman, cooper shop of George Wagner, Jr., stave factory of Beugnot & Ober, Moni- tor Windmill Company of Zimmerman & Co. (also manufact-
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