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of acres of land in this county that would yield a handsome profit if planted in apples, pears and plums."
Another source of good returns from the soil of this county, in more recent years, is the cultivation of tobacco, which is successfully grown on both hillsides and valley lands. Here and there up and down the White Water valley may be seen large sheds for drying and curing the tobacco leaves, which are shipped to Cincinnati and other points. This industry, however, has assumed large proportions only within the past few years, but bids fair to become greater. A small piece of land set to tobacco produces good returns, but it improverishes the soil considerably.
ASSESSOR'S RETURN, 1913. -
It is to be regretted that the assessment books of this county for many years have not been correctly kept and that the supposed list of farm products, etc., have not been made up as prescribed by law. In many in- stances there are several townships which have made no attempt at doing this work. In 1913 there were four townships and one incorporation not reported. The remaining townships and corporation gave the following :
Bath township-Number automobiles, 14; horses, 839; cattle, 585; hogs, 2,093.
Springfield township-Automobiles, 23; horses, 592; cattle, 1,144; hogs, 3,850.
Whitewater-Automobiles, 15; horses, 575; cattle, 1, 125; hogs, 1,647. Highland township-Horses, 512; cattle, 966; hogs, 829.
Brookville township-Automobiles, 9; horses, 1,051 ; cattle, 2,043 ; hogs, 3,308.
Fairfield township-Automobiles, 4; horses, 291 ; cattle, 576; hogs, 459.
Blooming Grove township-Automobiles, 6; horses, 390; cattle, 707; hogs, 942.
Laurel township-Horses, 332; cattle, 441 ; hogs, 1,300.
Metamora township-Automobiles, 2; horses, 301 ; cattle, 521; hogs, 846.
Butler township -- Horses, 453; cattle, 781 ; hogs, 684.
Ray township-Automobiles, 2; horses, 504; cattle, 1,034; hogs, 751. Salt Creek township-Horses, 335; cattle, 739; hogs, 621.
Posey township-Automobiles, 6; horses, 293; cattle, 423; hogs, 655.
Mt. Carmel (corporation)-Automobiles, 3; horses, 38; cattle, 4; hogs, 16.
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Oldenburg (corporation)-Horses, 39; cattle, 13; hogs, 27.
Brookville (corporation)-Automobiles, 26; horses, 1,051.
Laurel (corporation)-Automobiles, 3; horses, 45; cattle, 13.
Cedar Grove (corporation)-Automobiles, 3; horses, 21; cattle, 28; hogs, 13.
Total-Automobiles, 116; horses, 7,207; cattle, 13,206; hogs, 21,4II. Value of automobiles in county as listed, $43,270; horses, $655,180; cattle, $381,442 ; hogs, $195,308.
The assessed valuation of all lands in Franklin county in 1895, accord- ing to the county reports, was as follows: Value of all unimproved land in the county, $14.78 per acre, as per assessed valuation report; on all im- proved lands within the county, $17.28 per acre. It is somewhat lower ac- cording to recent reports.
Farmers' institutes have been doing a good work of late years in this county, but the rule is that they are not attended as-they should be or nearly as much interest manifested as in other sections of the state. There is too much of a tendency to plant and cultivate just as was done by "grandpa and great grandpa" scores of years ago. The farmer who does pay attention to modern, scientific agriculture and stock-breeding is the successful farmer of the county.
CHAPTER XI.
PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY-PAST AND PRESENT.
The following is a list of the physicians who have from time to time been in active practice in Franklin county. The county records as to physi- cians do not go back very far, and the incompleteness of the records of the County Medical Society makes it a difficult task to give an absolutely com- plete list, but the subjoined list covers the larger number of the practicing physicians of late years, with a fair percentage of those who were physicians here. in the earlier years of the county's history. The dates denote the years of coming to the county, and, since about 1881, the dates on which they registered in the clerk's office, as prescribed by law :
Averdick, H. G., was here in 1868; regular school; deceased.
Anness, William R., Colter's Corner, 1881; Bath, 1897; eclectic; de- ceased.
Allen, Irwin O., Metamora, 1898.
Abbott, June, Oak Forest, 1881 ; Whitcomb, 1897; eclectic.
Bush, J. E., 1819, Brookville.
Berry, George, 1832; at Brookville, 1881 ; regular ; deceased.
Bradburn, practicing in 1831; at Laurel, 1882.
Boyd, in 1831.
Boyd, John, Laurel, 1882.
Berry, William H., in practice in 1868; in Brookville, 1831; regular; deceased.
Brenshaw, 1868.
Buckingham, Springfield. 1882, Brookville, 1897; regular.
Bertenshaw, Drewersburg, 1882: eclectic.
Batzner, Martha H., Cedar Grove. 1882; midwife.
Beall, C. H., Clarksburg, 1883 ; regular.
Best, William P., Mt. Carmel, 1888: Brookville, 1899; eclectic.
Cogley, T. J., 1836.
Caster, William, 1847.
Chitwood, George R., at Scipio, 1831 : regular ; deceased.
Cleaver, John, 1882; regular ; deceased.
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Coffee, Bert, Andersonville, 1915; eclectic.
Conner, Thomas H., Metamora, 1881 ; regular ; deceased.
Cupp, Buena Vista, 1881; Metamora, 1882; regular. Clawson, Joseph C., Cedar Grove, 1906; regular. Cramer, Paul, Brookville, 1911; regular.
Crookshank, E. D., 1841. Curtis, F. A., 1840.
Carter, Calvin, Brookville, 1897; regular ; deceased.
Davis, John B., 1839; regular ; deceased.
Donough, O. H., here in 1876; regular ; deceased.
Dillman, Lurton D., Brookville, 1882; regular.
Donough, F. H., Fairfield, 1882; regular ; deceased.
Dillman, at Laurel a short time early.
Derx, J., Brookville, 1882.
Davis, William H., Mt. Carmel, 1884; regular.
Duncan, Isaac, Andersonville, 1895.
Elliott, R. M., Haymond, 1897.
Ferguson, Z., 1868; regular; deceased.
Ford, T. J., 1885.
Fargo, at Laurel early.
Forrey, B. F., Bath, 1897; regular ; deceased.
Gayle, 1820.
Gifford, Thomas, at Laurel, 1882; regular ; deceased.
Garrigues, I. D., Cedar Grove, 1897; regular.
Gifford, S. A., at Laurel, 1915, 1881 ; regular.
Gregory, Henry, at Laurel, 1915 ; at Laurel, 1884; regular. Gillen, early at Andersonville; regular ; deceased.
Gibbs, G. N., here in 1868. Garber, Peter, Blooming Grove, 1899; eclectic; deceased. .
Hinkley, in county in 1831 ; regular ; deceased.
Haymond, Rufus, 1826, Brookville; regular ; deceased.
Hudson, prior to 1831. Hendricks, at Laurel prior to 1882; regular.
Haymond R., member Medical Society, 1868.
Hornsher, D. W., here in 1876, and at Fairfield, 1881 ; eclectic. Hendricks, J. L., Fairfield, 1881 ; regular ; deceased.
Hammond, Mark, Brookville, 1910. Johnson, 1816. John, Jehu, Jr., 1821.
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John, Isaac G., 1824.
Jenkins, E. M., Mt. Carmel, 1822.
James, Louis A., Mt. Carmel, 1907; regular.
Johnson, James H., New Trenton, 1905.
Johnson, - , Colter's Corner ; regular.
Kennedy, Thomas, 1831.
Lewis, T., Mt. Carmel, 1901 ; regular ; deceased.
Logan, R. D., first doctor in Posey township, became circuit judge.
Lovel, at Laurel in 1810.
Linegar, John L., at Fairfield at present; regular.
Lazenby, J. L., New Trenton, 1881.
Murdock, George D., Brookville, 1816.
Moffitt, Brookville, 1820.
Morris, B., 1831.
Marshall, August La Rue, Andersonville, 1905; regular.
Morgan, John O., Springfield, 1897; eclectic ; deceased.
Miller, M. F., practicing in county in 1841.
Mayfield, C. H., at Laurel in 1882 ; regular.
Mull, P. L., at Oldenburg at present ; regular.
Miller, Michael, early at Fairfield.
Mann, E. B., Oldenburg, 1882; regular.
Maddox, F. S., Fairfield, 1884; regular.
McElmee, J., Colter's Corner, 1881 ; regular ; deceased.
McGuire, W. W., Metamora, 1897.
McCammon, J. W., Brookville, 1901 ; regular ; now at Indianapolis.
Martin, Lafayette, Metamora, 1897; eclectic; now at Batesville.
Metcalf, Henry P., Andersonville, 1900; Laurel, 1913; regular ; now at New Salem, Indiana.
Monroe, George H., Mt. Carmel, 1905 ; regular.
Mayfield, Charles C., Cedar Grove, 1912; regular.
McGuire, W. H., member Medical Society, 1868; regular.
Newton, in Laurel township, 1815.
Newton, Dr., at Mt. Carmel; regular; deceased; member of House of Representatives 1897.
Noble, B. S., Brookville, 1830.
Orr, J. P., Andersonville, in the seventies ; eclectic.
Oliver, David, 1816, at Brookville.
Owens, Robert J., Cedar Grove, 1881; regular ; deceased.
Patterson, E. L., Metamora, 1881; at Brookville, 1897; regular.
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Preston, A. L .; Fairfield, 1915; regular.
Price, Joseph, 1839.
Quick, John H., Brookville, 1840; member Medical Society in 1868; Brookville, 1882; was county auditor ; regular ; deceased.
Rehme, William H., Blooming Grove, 1881; regular. Rayburn, 1. M., Andersonville, 1881 ; regular.
Rhea, James C., Mixerville, 1902.
Rhodey, D. C., Brookville, 1904; regular.
Roark, Charles H., Brookville, 1908; regular. Southers, at Laurel in 1882.
St. John, early at Fairfield.
Spillman, Andersonville, 1882; regular; deceased.
Schum, Charles A., St. Peter's, 1882; regular ; deceased.
Seal, Frank E., Whitcomb, 1882; Mt. Carmel, 1897; eclectic. Squires, George E., Brookville, 1882; eclectic.
Simmons, E., Brookville, 1883: eclectic.
Spillman, Frank J., Jr., Andersonville, 1897; regular. Smith, Lula M., Metamora, 1897; eclectic.
Smith, Andrew J., Metamora, 1897; eclectic.
Stoddard, S. P., Brookville, 1907; eclectic.
Shoemaker, David M., Brookville, 1904; eclectic; deceased. Singhorse, Mary, Laurel, 1882 ; midwife.
Sturdivant, at Laurel, 1882.
Smith, early at Fairfield.
Shockey, Doctor, at Hamburg, in the eighties ; regular.
Smith, J. W., 184I. Ticen, W. T., Laurel.
Timmermann, Huntersville, 1882; regular.
Voght, S. William, Oldenburg, 1898; regular.
Watson, H., member of Medical Society in 1868.
Wallace, John P., member of Medical Society in 1868; regular; de- ceased.
West, James F., Brookville, 1897; regular. Whitsitt, S. A., Metamora, 1897.
Williams, Charles F., Laurel, 1898. Westfall, Virgil F., Laurel, 1889.
Young, T. Philip, Oldenburg, 1898; regular. Zoumer, Elbert P., Fairfield, 1899; regular.
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PRESENT PRACTICING PHYSICIANS.
The following is a list of the physicians practicing in Franklin county in the spring of 1915:
Name. School of Medicine.
Residence.
Patterson, E. L.,
Regular,
Brookville.
Bertenshaw,
Regular,
Drewersburg.
Buckingham,
Regular,
Brookville.
West, J. F.,
Regular,
Brookville.
Garrigues, I. D.,
Regular,
Brookville.
Glaser, E. M.,
Regular,
Brookville.
Lucas, J. W.,
Regular,
Brookville.
Seals, Frank E.,
Eclectic,
Brookville.
Squiers, George,
Eclectic,
Brookville.
Metcalf, Carter,
Allopath,
Andersonville.
Mull, P. L.,
Regular,
Oldenburg.
Voght, S. William,
Regular,
Oldenburg.
Gifford, Samuel A.,
Regular,
Laurel.
Gregory, Henry,
Regular,
Laurel.
Ticen, W. T.,
Regular,
Laurel.
Linegar, John L.,
Regular,
Fairfield.
Preston, A. L.,
Regular,
Fairfield.
Cramer, Paul,
Regular,
Cedar Grove.
Johnson,
Regular,
Colter's Corner.
Coffee, Bert,
Eclectic,
Andersonville.
Here, as in many counties in every state in the Union, there have been medical societies organized, conducted for a time, gone down and re- organized, lasted for several years and then again gone down, to rise no more. In Franklin county there have been several such attempts at county medical societies, but at this time there is none.
DENTISTS.
The oldest dentist in Brookville is Dr. M. C. Armstrong, who came to this town in 1875 and has been in continual practice in the county for the
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past forty years. The next oldest dentist in point of service is Dr. J. E. Morton, who was superintendent of the town schools from 1876 to 1881. Doctor Morton has been practicing his profession in Brookville since 1884. Dr. C. E. Case is next in point of service here. The youngest dentist in the town is Dr. Charles S. Glaser, who has been in Brookville since July, 1914. The only other dentist in Franklin county is Doctor Ross, of Ander- sonville. Among other dentists who have practiced in the county are Drs. John Keeley, Frank Fay, John Herron, P. H. Hutchinson and Gray.
CHAPTER XII.
MILITARY HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
There were seven counties organized in Indiana Territory at the time the War of 1812 opened, namely: Knox, Clark, Dearborn, Harrison, Jeffer- son, Wayne and Franklin. It is fair to presume that there were enlistments from each county in the War of 1812, but, unfortunately, Franklin county has retained no record of the men who went from this county. There were in the county at that time a number of Revolutionary soldiers, but whether any of them served in the War of 1812 is not known. In fact, the military history of Franklin county up to the time of the Mexican War is more or less obscure, due to the fact that public records, as well as newspapers, are not available.
The Indians were still sufficiently numerous in 1812 to give much un- easiness to the settlers of Franklin county, and, in order to protect them- selves from possible attacks, the citizens erected at least twelve blockhouses at different points in the county. In addition to the blockhouses, there were many of the early log cabins built with the idea of making them easy to de- fend. Overjetting upper stories and portholes were provided, but, so far as local history records, there was never any occasion for the Franklin county settlers to use either their blockhouses or fortified cabins. However, there are undisputed instances where the Indians murdered early settlers in the county. Undoubtedly the best account of these early troubles with the In- dians is to be found in an account written by the late William McClure (died June 24, 1882), an early settler of the county and a man who had the ability to observe things and write graphically of what he saw. The historian is glad to avail himself of Mr. McClure's account, which, with a few altera- tions, is given as he wrote it :
"When the White Water valley was first settled the Indians were peace- ably disposed, and many an Indian traded his pelts at the thriving little vil- lages of New Trenton and Brookville as late as 1816. At the opening of the War of 1812 the Indians began to be hostile and committed several depre- dations upon the settlers, with the result that the people began to build block- houses and prepare their cabins for defense. There was a blockhouse about one-half mile above Johnson's Fork and another. built by Conrad Saylor,
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three miles and a half below Brookville, on White Water, one-half mile east of where the Little Cedar church stands. There were several others erected on the West Fork of White Water, a few on the East Fork, as well as one or two on Pipe and Salt creeks. The settlers near Metamora built a block- house known as the Mount blockhouse. There is an old house on my farm (two and one-half miles north of Brookville, on the East Fork of White Water) which has two portholes in it, made by Benjamin McCarty, who owned and lived on the place at that time. I suppose if an Indian had come in range of his gun he would have been in danger, for he was a dead shot of a deer. There were five blockhouses in Laurel township and three in Salt Creek township.
"I will try to describe the fort at the mouth of Little Cedar, where we freqently had to go on the alarm of Indians. It was a square, containing from a quarter to half an acre, and with a blockhouse at each corner. The outsides of the blockhouses, at a distance of seven feet from the ground, pro- jected about three feet farther than the under part of the buildings. The upper story had a platform on which to stand, with portholes above and be- low for rifles. The building was well chinked with wood so as to be bullet- proof. There was a ditch about three feet deep dug from one blockhouse to another and puncheons, ten or twelve feet long, well set in the ditch so as to break the joints. A strong door in this enclosed palisade completed a struc- ture which was capable of holding at least five hundred people, as well as a considerable amount of live stock.
"During the progress of the War of 1812 the people around this block- house fled to it more than once upon hearing that the Indians were in the vicinity. Probably the recognized strength of the palisade was such that the Indians felt that it would be useless to attack it; at least, the Indians never ventured to make an assault on the sturdy little fort. However, there were several persons killed by the Indians up and down the White Water during the War of 1812. Just how many met their death in Franklin county there is no means of ascertaining. Two men, by the name of Stafford and Toone, were killed one night while burning brush on Salt creek. It happened that there were some turkey hunters on West Fork, who brought the news back to Brookville, and were so excited that they reported the Indians had broken loose and were killing everybody in the western part of the county. By the time the news got down to the neighborhood around the blockhouse at the mouth of Little Cedar, it had undoubtedly been distorted until the frightened settlers were ready to believe that all the Indians in the Mississippi valley were about to make a descent upon them.
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"Our neighborhood was soon collected in the Little Cedar blockhouse, and John Clayton and one or two more volunteered to go to Brookville that night and ascertain the truth about the report. They returned in the morning with word that it was a false alarm.
THE KILLING OF BILL KILLBUCK.
"The murder of Stafford and Toone led to the killing of Killbuck, an Indian, who was a prominent figure in Laurel and Salt Creek townships for many years. The firewater of the palefaces was sufficient to put the Indian in a bellicose mood, and at such times he was liable to cause trouble. About 1817 Killbuck was at the town of Somersett and had imbibed rather freely of whisky. About the time he got warmed up properly he met Hugh Brison, and, stepping up to him, gave him a resounding whack on his back and said : 'Damn you, Brison, I could have caught you by the moccasin string when you were running through the tall grass.' In saying this, Killbuck was referring to the time immediately following the killing of Stafford and Toone. Kill- buck was one of the three Indians who was implicated in this dastardly deed. The other two Indians were killed by the whites who set out after them, and this statement of Killbuck's was the first intimation that the settlers had which connected Killbuck with the deed.
"Killbuck, however, was destined to live a while longer. By 1820 all the Indians were gone from this section of the state except Killbuck, who lingered around his old haunts in the Brison neighborhood in Laurel town- ship. One day the old Indian urged Hugh Brison to accompany him to an adjoining farm south of the Brison farm. Brison made several excuses, but finally consented, and the two started off. Meanwhile, John Brison's father had overheard the whole conversation and resolved to keep watch of their movements. They soon reached a piece of woods and Killbuck began pick- ing a quarrel with Brison and made a movement to take the gun from his shoulder and shoot. The elder Brison rushed up, jerked the weapon from the Indian's hand and knocked him down with the butt of it; they then took away his knife and tomahawk and turned him adrift, while they returned home. Killbuck started off in another direction through the woods, and, after traveling some distance, sat down on a log at the foot of the hill to mature new plans for revenge.
"Cornelius Brison, still another member of the family, had followed the party later, and he resolved to put an end to the trouble by beginning at the root. He took a course which he thought would bring him across the Indian's path and followed it to the top of the hill, expecting to see the Indian come
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in sight. He placed himself behind a tree and waited a short time, when he chanced to look down one side of the hill, and there sat old Killbuck on a log. A moment later, and the Indian tumbled off 'with a grin.' He was buried the following day on the spot where he was killed, and no doubt the community rested easier with the old savage under the sod.
"We had men of those days who did not run worth a cent. Among them were Abel and David Webb, Samuel Logan, Stephen Goble, John Staf- ford, John Clayton, Elliott and Arch Herndon, Ben and Patrick McCarty, Isaac Fuller and some others whom I do not remember. These men were old hunters and were always on the alert for marauding Indians. Several companies of soldiers were sent by the territorial government to attack the Indians in the central part of the state, and by 1813 the territorial authorities had the Indians so cowed that they gave the settlers little trouble after that year.
"It has already been mentioned that there were no definite records show- ing the part that Franklin county settlers took in the War of 1812. It is known, however, that Elliott Herndon had command of a rifle company, which was frequently called out and did good service. A company of mounted rangers was raised on Whitewater and enlisted by the government for two years' service. This company of rangers was used for defense against the Indians in the White Water valley and was under the command of Frederick Shultz ..
"I recollect witnessing several drafts, which were done by some move- ment while the men were in line or platoon. The lucky ones would go out and serve a tour, which scarcely ever exceeded a week, and then they were exempt until the company had all served a tour. (The historian presumes that Mr. McClure means that the "some movement" refers to the selection of the men by lot. )
"The last Indian I ever saw in the county was in about 1819 or 1820. William West, James Stucky and myself had been to Brookville and when we got as far as Riley Woodworth's we met two Indians there wanting to see Woodworth about a horse trade he had made with them. They alleged that he had cheated them, but Woodworth was not to be found. Mrs. Wood- worth and the children were dreadfully frightened and had sent to her father, Henry Newkirk, a heavy-set man about sixty years of age, who lived near Woodworth's, on the hill. We soon saw him coming down the hill as fast as he could. He had on a pair of heavy stogy boots-about the first there had been in the country. I thought he ran very strong, but not fast, and made a great deal of noise with his boots, and was out of wind. He walked right into
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one of the Indians, without any ceremony, and down went Mr. Indian. The latter soon got out of the old man's clutches and was up and drew a large knife and flourished it about. West and Stucky interfered to prevent blood being spilled on the occasion. The Indians soon left, and I never heard whether they got the trade back with Woodworth or not.
"There are numerous stories of Indians and their relations to the white settlers during the early history of the county, but many of them are of a doubtful or uncertain character. Such stories are common to every locality on the old frontier line, and Franklin county, having two Indian boundary lines running through it, possessed its share of Indian stories."
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
It is impossible to know how many Revolutionary soldiers have lived in Franklin county at one time or another, although a report, published some time between 1834 and 1840, of the pensioners of that war who were residents of the county, shows that there were thirty-two living here at that time. How long they had lived here and where they were living at the time of their death the historian has been unable to discover. The list of thirty- two is given as it appears, although there is reason to believe that there were other Revolutionary soldiers living in the county at the time. It does not, of course, include those who had lived and died in the county :
Name.
Pension.
State.
Date Pensioned. Age.
Alley, Samuel
$ 20.00
Virginia
March 4, 1831 74
Amburn, Samuel
40.00
Virginia
March 4, 1831 80
Brees, Timothy
96.00
New Jersey
March 4, 1818 75
Brown, Timothy
96.00
New Jersey
June 2, 1818 72
Burchfield, John
52.66
No. Carolina
March 4, 1831 69
Colyer, John
Virginia
March 4, 1831 78
Cooksey, Zachariah 1
22.33
Virginia
March 4, 1831 74
Cotton, William
60.00
No. Carolina
March 4, 1831 86
Curry, Thomas
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80.00
Virginia
March 4, 1831 73
Deakins, James
20.00
Virginia
March 4, 1831 81
Dickinson, John
96.00
Virginia
Dec. 15, 1829 80
Eads, Henry
80.00
Maryland
March 4, 1831 80
Floyd, Abraham
35.55
New Jersey
March 4, 1831
91
Fordyce, Henry
80.00
New Jersey
March 4, 1831 72
Fordyce, James
23.33
Virginia
- March 4, 1831 72
Griner, Peter
1 26.66
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Name.
Pension.
State.
Date Pensioned. Age.
Guffy, James
I36.66
Pennsylvania
March 4, 183I 86
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