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Three men, Henry E. Clark and Lambert Steinmetz, of Marysville, and Fred K. Barrett, of Barrett, joined the Twentieth Kansas and served in the Philippines with the late General Funston.
Dr. Fred W. Turner, of Marysville, served as assistant surgeon with rank of captain, and Willard Calkins, of Axtell, as a private in the Twenty- first Regiment.
The following forty-six men served in the Twenty-second Regiment :
Marysville .- John S. Schlax, Rudolph .A. Moser, Dana W. Julian, Gott- frey Riesen. Albert Ross. Arthur Fink.
Waterville .- Bert R. Lane, Ira B. Longbon, Otto A. Olson, Roy J. Stevenson. Fletcher Van Allen, Timothy Welch, George G. Thedick, Frank Van Allen. Thomas B. Armstrong. Roy K. Beecher, William H. Brown, Charles C. Funk, Alfred M. Wilder, Gustav H. Yungeberg, John Summers, William H. Treaster.
Oketo .- Richard Cosgrove, Ben Dolen.
Frankfort .- Robert E. Trosper, Jr., Maurice E. Jilson.
Axtell .- Basil F. West. James O. Miller, Charles F. Iseli, John T. West. Beattie .- Martin Goin, Steven Matson, Henry C. Smith, Eugene I. Totten, Frank D. Walbridge, Frank M. Wilson, Guy T. Helvering.
Blue Rapids .- William Drennen, David L. Reed, Lewis HI. Staples. Walter Barrett.
Herkimer .- George P. Feil, Fred J. Feil.
Irving .- William Puett.
Bremen .- Herman F. Brenneke.
Home City .- James II. Blocker.
During this same period the following Marysville men served : Wilson Bently, in the Fifth United States Coast Artillery: Walter W. Libby, in Company H. Thirty-second United States Volunteers in the Philippines; Rudolph Knuchel, in Company L. Twentieth United States Infantry in the Philippines: Henry J. Kysela, in Company G. Fourteenth United States
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Infantry in the Philippines and China, wounded in action at Pekin, August 15, 1900; died at Tin Tsin, September 5, 1900; Herbert G. Horr, in Con- pany K, Twenty-second United States Infantry in the Philippines, died at Manila, November 28, 1900, of fever. The bodies of both of those boys were brought home and buried in the Marysville cemetery.
It would be impossible in a brief history to tell the full story of Mar- shall county soldiers in active duty. Their story is that of the soldiers of those eventful years. They served their country with sublime courage, magnificent enthusiasm and splendid discipline. The battles in which they engaged stand out prominently in history. Many of the boys "sleep the sleep that knows no waking", but men who fought nobly and gallantly and died heroically, will never be forgotten.
THE WAR OF 1917.
As the history of Marshall county goes to press, the United States is engaged in war with Germany. Preparations are going on all over the country and public meetings are being held in every town to inspire the people with a feeling of patriotism.
Marysville has done herself proud in response to the nation's need for soldiers to participate in the world war and defend the nation's honor in this great conflict. Fifty young men of this city and immediate vicinity have answered the call.
Frederick Allen and Louis McAllister, who joined the National Guards at Lawrence, Kansas, secured five recruits for Battery B. Artillery at Lawrence. Duke Brown, who had joined the National Guards at Man- hattan, accompanied by Sergeant O. W. Reed of Company I, First Kansas Infantry, made a canvass of the city and talked over the proposition with many young men and by evening had secured a dozen or two recruits. C. R. Keller, second lieutenant of the company arrived and relieved Sergeant Reed. The enlistments continued to come in. When Lieutenant Keller and Brown returned to Manhattan they had secured a total of thirty-nine recruits.
Twenty-five recruits went to Manhattan to take the physical examina- tion and all but one of them, William Throm, passed.
Roscoe Meredith enlisted in the hospital corps and left Lillis on Friday, April 6, 1917, to answer his country's call.
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MARYSVILLE'S VOLUNTEER ROSTER.
In Battery B. Artillery, National Guards, Lawrence: Frederick Allen. Louis Me. Allister, medical corps : John Leroy, John O. Johnson, Byron Clarke, Joseph Schramm, Don O'Neil and Edward Cooper.
In Company 1. First Kansas Infantry, Manhattan : Duke Brown, Ray- mond L. Smith, William Lowe. Carl Goshorn, Earl Shirkey, Byron Man- rosc. P. F. Wymore. Thomas Parrish, Archie Dexter, Bernard W. Harrison. Melvin J. Scott. Charles E. Reinders, Harold Freeby, Lawrence Meier, Wil- bur Fordyce, Edward Frankenpohl. W. W. Hayes. Charles O. Smith, Maurice Jones, Myles Holloway, Otis E. Chapman, Percy D. Bartley, Paul Mitschler, Virgil Lockard. William Maluy, Dewey F. Lunday, Wallace Wakefield and Cyrus J. Nester.
Edward J. Farrell, John F. Unger. Hugo E. Tangeman, Emil W. Lang- ner and Ralph E. Tangeman, all of Home City.
Charles A. Taylor, of Schroyer
J. R. Larson, Colchester, Illinois.
In the navy: Selmar Reed and George Cottrell.
In the engineer corps; Kale Thomson. S. Parkhurst Mover, Byron Lathrap. Wilbur Watson. Virgil Russell. Floyd Zeek and Everett Dorcas.
Applicants to the officers' training camp at Fort Riley: Emil Carlson. assistant cashier of the Citizens State bank: Carl White, instructor in the Marysville high school: Dr. Chester A. Brooks, optometrist, and Herbert V. Pusch.
.At the outset there was much red tape procedure to be gone through in the matter of acceptance of applications to the training camp which caused great delay, but this was swept away by an order from the Central department at Chicago.
Herbert Pusch, who had military training at Shattuck College. Faribault. Minnesota, was commissioned a first lieutenant in the United States army and joined his command at Fort Riley on May 12.
E. M. Carlson received orders to report at Manhattan to take his pre- liminary examination. He passed the examination and his application was accepted.
Miss May Ruggles joined a unit in the Red Cross branch of the service. This branch of the service will probably be the first to be called out. She has been holling the position of assistant night superintendent of the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago.
This total roster of fifty Marysville young folks who have volunteered to serve the nation in various departments speaks well of their patriotism and shows to the world that Marshall county is no slacker when the occasion demands service.
GUITTARD BROTHERS AND JOSEPH THOMAN.
WEST VIEW OF GUITTARD STATION.
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THE FLAG GOES BY. By Henry Holcombe Bennett.
Hats off ! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky; Hats off ! The flag is passing by!
Blue and crimson and white it shines, Over the steel-tipped. ordered lines. Hats off ! The colors before us fly ; But more than the flag is passing by.
Sea fights, land fights, grim and great, Fought to make and to save the state ;
Weary marches and sinking ships ; Cheers of victory on dying lips :
Days of plenty and years of peace : March of a strong land's swift increase ;
Equal justice, right and law, Stately honor and reverent awe;
Sign of a nation, great and strong To ward her people from foreign wrong ; Pride and glory and honor-all Live in the colors to stand or fall.
Hats off ! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums ; And loyal hearts are beating high ; Hats off ! The flag is passing by.
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CHAPTER XIII.
POLITICAL HISTORY.
REMINISCENCES.
In 1864 Edwin C. Manning published a weekly paper in Marysville called the Big Blue Union. The name of the paper indicated Mr. Manning's politics. Also at the time he was "Colonel" E. C. Manning, commanding Seventeenth Regiment Kansas State Militia.
Colonel Manning carried the name of Abraham Lincoln for President at the head of his editorial page, Andrew Johnson for Vice-President and Sam- uel J. Crawford for governor of Kansas.
Crawford was Colonel of the Second Kansas Colored Volunteers and was elected governor that fall. He was the father of Mrs. Arthur Capper, wife of the present governor of Kansas. J. D. Brumbaugh, a son-in-law of T. W. Waterson, of Marysville, was a candidate for attorney-general. Col- onel Manning was himself a candidate for state senator from Marshall, Riley. Washington and Republice counties, and John D. Wells was a candidate for representative from Marshall. Harrison Foster was the candidate for probate judge, and Alexander Campbell for clerk of the district court. Moses T. Bennett was the candidate for superintendent of schools. and W. W. Jerome. for county attorney.
The address of the Republican state central committee to the people of Kansas was printed in full in Manning's paper of October 14. 1864, and one paragraph is sufficient to tell the story of the times :
"This great conflict, inaugurated upon our soil, has under the provi- dence of Almighty God, been transferred to the national arena and today in council and on the battlefield, the purpose of Kansas is the purpose of the nation. If the nation lives-if from the trial of blood she emerges into one indivisible unity, with freedom secured to all-then indeed. this conflict will not have been in vain, and the vast expenditure of life and treasure useless :
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but the future of Kansas will be secured with the future of our common country."
These were prophetic words and we of this later day enjoy their full fruition.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Thomas W. Waterson, Marysville, was made bank commissioner on Feb- ruary 20, 1857.
Waterson's son-in-law, J. D. Brumbaugh, was elected attorney-general in 1864 and served one term.
James Smith, of Marysville, served as secretary of state from January, 1879, to January. 1885; was private secretary to Governor Martin and Governor Humphrey, eight years; quartermaster-general, from 1901 to 1905.
Channing J. Brown, Blue Rapids, was clerk of the supreme court from 1879 to 1897.
William Becker, Marysville, served as brigadier-general from 1883 to 1885.
Charles F. Koester, Marysville, served as commissioner for the revision of tax laws in the year 1872, and in 1876 was commissioner to the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia.
D. E. Ballard. Marysville, was quartermaster-general in 1865 and in 1867 was on the commission to settle Price raid claims.
BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
E. C. Manning, Marysville, 1868 to 1870.
Charles A. Bates, Marysville, from February, 1874, to April, 1874.
William Hunter, Blue Rapids, from 1900 to 1903.
Lapier Williams, Marysville, served. as superintendent of the school for the blind, from 1892 to 1893 and from 1899 to 1906.
August Hohn, Marysville, was a member of the state board of charities, from 1883 to 1885, and T. F. Rhodes. Frankfort, served from 1889 to 1893. G. H. Hollenberg served as emigration agent, Hanover, Germany, from 1873 to 1874.
W. H. Smith, Marysville, served as president of the State Historical Society in 1902 and as secretary of the state board of railroad commissioners, from 1901 to 1903, and on the John Brown park commission, 1909.
John Severance, of Axtell, served on the commission to establish the state industrial reformatory at Hutchinson, 1885 to 1889.
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Ed M. Turner, Marysville, served on the live stock sanitary commission. 1893 to 1896.
Jacob Weisbach. Frankfort. served on the commission to assess railroad property in 1871.
Perry Hutchinson, Marysville, on the same commission in 1873.
Dr. T. I. Hatfield, Marysville, served as president of the state board of dental examiners, 1895 to 1903.
W. S. Glass, Marysville, served on the state tax commission, 1907 to 1911.
MARSHALL COUNTY MEN IN FEDERAL SERVICE.
Marshall county has furnished a number of men for the service of the government. Frederick A. Stocks, chief clerk of the treasury department. served from 1889 to 1893. Mr. Stocks was from Blue Rapids and after his return from Washington, D. C., was elected state senator from Marshall county. He engaged in banking in Blue Rapids and died in that city.
Frederick J. Bates, a native Marysville boy, now hokls a position as examiner of customs and is regarded as the government's leading sugar expert.
Samuel Forter served as a special examiner in the bureau of pensions. resigning to accept the position of postmaster of Marysville.
James G. Shibley now holds the position of chief of the insecticide division, department of agriculture.
Earl J. Butterfield, from the vicinity of Oketo, is now superintendent of plant industry, department of agriculture.
Russell A. Oakley, of Center township, agrostologist. department of agriculture.
Roland A. McKee, scientific assistant, plant industry, department of agriculture.
EARLY ELECTIONS.
The first election was held in Marysville on March 31. 1855. The right to vote had been conferred by the Kansas-Nebraska act upon every inhabi- tant, otherwise qualified, who should be an actual resident. No period of time was required. A liberal construction was put on the law, and an organ- ized band of men came to Marysville with wagons, horses, tents, camping equipment and provisions.
No opposition was offered them, as there were only two Free-State men in the county, John D. Wells and G. H. Hollenberg. Marshall was elected delegate to the Territorial Legislature.
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In October, 1857, at an election of the Territorial Legislature, James White cast the only Free-State vote in the county. Andreas' "History of Kansas" says: "At Marysville, on the Overland trail, a little colony of Southerners had congregated, ostensibly for the purpose of building up the town, but in reality to work in the interest of the pro-slavery party. Mar- shall operated his ferry under a charter from the Territorial Legislature, which allowed him to charge the gold seekers and all other Western pilgrims the sum of five dollars per wagon for crossing the river. There were per- haps some half-dozen log cabins on the river bank near where R. Y. Shibley's residence now stands.
"This was Marysville, the county seat of Marshall county and the home of the candidate for governor of Kansas.
VOTING BY "BALLOT."
"On December 21, 1857, a vote was taken in one of the upper rooms of one of the log cabins. The polls were opened for the vote on the adoption of the Lecompton constitution, 'with slavery' or 'without slavery.' A soap box was placed on the head of a whiskey barrel as a receptacle for the ballots. As soon as this was filled, another box was to be substituted. A narrow staircase led to a hole in the ceiling through which the voter would thrust his hand, holding a ticket, and yell out his name or any name he happened to think of at the time.
"He would then descend to make room for the next voter, imbibe all the 'red eye' he could, conjure up a new name and await his opportunity to vote again.
"Old Shanghai, or 'Shang,' as he was called, was a character from Sun- ner, Atchison county, who came out with 'the gang,' to run the election. 'Shang' was pretty well 'corned' before the day had passed and, becoming excited, sprang upon a whiskey barrel and offered to bet one hundred dollars that he had voted more times than anyone present.
"His challenge was accepted and upon investigation it was found that another member of the crowd had exceeded 'Shang.' This enterprising citi- zen had in his possession a St. Louis directory and was voting right through the 'A's.'
"According to the census, one hundred thirteen illegal votes were cast on that day. It was some years before it was possible to convince the voters that a 'free ballot and a fair count' meant that a man had but one vote, which was to be counted but once."
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"SOME VOTING."
In January and February, 1855, a census of Marshall county was taken by B. H. Twombley. His returns showed : Males, 33; females. 3; voters, 24 : minors, 5 : natives of United States, 30: foreign born, 6.
On March 30. 1855, an election was held for the purpose of electing one representative and one member of the territorial council. At this election F. J. Marshall received three hundred twenty-eight votes for representative and John Donaldson received three hundred twenty-eight votes for member of the council. Needless to say, these votes were pro-slavery, and with a voting population only twenty-four in the county, this was "some voting."
Marshall served at Pawnee at the first meeting of the Territorial Legis- lature, and Donaldson served in the council. Donaldson resigning, Marshall was appointed to serve in the council.
POLITICAL PARTIES.
The two great parties, Republican and Democratic, have always had strong adherents in Marshall county. But the electors have always mani- fested a spirit of independence. The Greenback, Populist and Progressive parties have had supporters, and have been able at times to elect members of their respective political faith to office. In the campaign of 1916 party lines were closely drawn and the victory at the polls went to the Republican party.
Marshall was one of the few counties in Kansas which gave Hughes a majority for President. T. P. O'Neill, county commissioner for the First district, is the only representative of the Democratic party holding an elective county office. He was elected at a prior election.
Among the stanch Democrats in the county in days past, will be remen- bered, H. H. Lourey, Cal. T. Mann, J. S. Magill. John A. Broughton, R. Y. Shibley, A. G. Barrett, D. C. Auld. M. L. Duncan, George S. Emmert, A. J. Traveluite. W. E. Lee. Stephen Stout and T. W. Waterson.
The more active members of the party in recent years are: C. W. Brandenburg. Andrew Shearer. W. W. Redmond, O. P. Rosenkranz. J. D. Flannery, W. H. Dexter, W. D. Patterson. William Bommer. P. J. Schu- macher. G. H. Nelson, George Van Vliet. Clarence Coulter. Ed Hanna, Lu Helvern, M. M. Schmitt, Frank Thomann, M. M. Haskins, H. M. Brod- erick. I. R. Broderick, John Kramer, the Doctors Wilson, James Sullivan and Michael Nestor.
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The standard-bearer of the Democratic party in the county is Hon. G. T. Helvering, the present member of Congress from the Fifth congressional district of Kansas. Mr. Helvering grew to manhood in the town of Beattie where his parents now reside. He is a graduate of the Beattie schools and also of the University of Kansas. He finished a course in law at Ann Arbor and was elected county attorney of this county serving two terms. He de- feated R. R. Rees, a Progressive, for Congress and is now serving his third term.
Mr. Helvering is a man of fine appearance and pleasing personality and soon won distinction in Congress and is at present a member of the ways and means committee. His wife is a daughter of C. F. Koester, a prominent pioneer of the county. Mrs. Helvering, who is an estimable woman, is a member of the round table reading circle. Mr. and Mrs. Helvering have a large circle of friends in Marshall county.
POPULIST POLITICS.
In the year 1892 Kansas went populist in politics and elections and the Legislature of 1903 passed an omnibus bill repealing a number of Kansas laws. Among the number was the act creating the twenty-first judicial dis- trict. As Marshall, Riley and Clay counties comprised this district, the conse- quence was that Marshall county was "no man's land," judicially.
Doubts were expressed as to the validity of legal transactions and a newspaper discussion took place between Richard Hawkins, a member of the Marshall county bar, and Ed. Hutchinson.
Finally the supreme court came to the rescue and put the district once more into the "stern hands of the law."
One of the old settlers of the county who will be remembered by many friends, was W. T. Pulleine, who served as probate judge for five terms. Judge Pulleine was of English birth and came to Marshall county in 1870, settled on a homestead. near Home City, where he resided until 1895, when he came to Marysville, making this city his home until his death in September, I9II.
KANSAS TERRITORIAL COUNCIL.
1855-John Donaldson. 1858-Andrew J. Mead. 1857-Francis J. Marshall, to fill va- 1859-Andrew J. Mead. cancy caused by resignation 1860-Luther R. Palmer. of John Donaldson. 1861-Luther R. Palmer.
1857-Special-Andrew J. Mead.
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MEMBERS OF KANSAS LEGISLATURE.
1855-Francis J. Marshall.
1856-J. P. Miller.
1857-W. H. Jenkins.
1858-J. P. Miller.
T. F.
1859-T. S. Vaile.
1860-J. S. Magill.
1861-George G. Pierce.
1861-D. C. Auld.
1862-Harrison Foster.
1863-J. Weisbach.
1864-J. D. Brumbaugh.
1865-John D. Wells.
1866-James Smith.
1867-J. D. Wells. 1868-A. G. Patrick.
18(9-W. H. Smith.
1870-J. D. Wells.
1871-W. H. Smith.
1872-Alvinza Jeffers.
1873-I. C. Legere.
1874-Alien Reed.
1875-C. J. Brown.
1876-J. D. Brumbaugh.
1877-John Lockwood and W. W. Smith. 1878-W. W. Smith.
1879-L. P. Hamilton. 1880-W. W. Smith.
1881-George W. Kelley.
1897-Richard B. Moore. 1898-Special session, Richard B. Moore. 1890-M. M. Haskin, Richard B. Moore. 1901-L. V. McKee, Fred Pralle. 1903-L. V. MeKee. Fred Pralle.
1905-J. M. Rhodes, Fred Pralle.
1907-J. M. Rhodes. E. L. Willson. 1908-Special session, J. M. Rhodes, E. L. Willson. 1909-J. M. Rhodes, John Kuoni. 1911-Andrew Shearer, E. L. Will- son. Sr. 1913-J. J. Tilley, N. S. Kerschen. 1915-S. F. Paul, M. M. Schmidt.
Since' 1885 Marshall has had two representatives in the lower house. excepting the years 1893. 1895. 1897 and 1898.
STATE SENATORS.
1861-62-Samuel Lappin. 1863-64-T. II. Baker. 1865-66-E. C. Manning.
1867-68-J. M. Harvey. 1869-70-A. A. Carnahan. 1871-72 -- Philip Rockfeller.
1882-S. W. Ilazen. 1883-J. D. Wells. 1884-W. S. Glass.
1885-James Billingsley. Rhodes. 1887-W. S. Glass, T. F. Rhodes.
1889-Wellington Doty, Fred A. Stocks. 1891-Wellington Doty, Marion Pat- terson. 1893-William Raemer, Jr. 1895-William Raemer, Jr.
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1873-74-Frank Schmidt. 1877-80-C. J. Brown. 1881-84-Perry Hutchinson. 1885-87-W. W. Smith.
1889-91-E. A. Berry. 1893-95-James Shearer.
1897-99-Fred A. Stocks. 1901-07-E. R. Fulton.
1909-II-W. P. Brown.
1913-15-R. S. Pauley.
1917-F. G. Bergen.
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CHAPTER XIV.
SCHOOLS OF MARSHALL COUNTY.
Kansans are justly proud of their common schools, as well as of the state institutions of learning, and of the excellence of the teachers. Marshall county has no state institutions for higher education, but the high schools of the towns, as well as the rural and parochial schools, maintain a standard which is not surpassed in the state. The presence of substantial school houses in the districts and the fine high school buildings in the towns, tell the story of progress along educational lines. But it is the duty of the historian to hark back to early days and early teachers, and to recall the difficult path of the teacher of more than sixty years ago.
Up to 1859 there was not a school house in Marshall county, and to four men, then bachelors, belongs the credit of putting up the first school house in the county. These young pioneers were Eli Puntney, D. M. Leavitt. A. M. Bell and Henry Ret, of Barrett, Vermillion township.
FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
School district No. 1, Barrett, was the first legally organized district in Marshall county. This was in 1859, and the school house built by the boys was fourteen by twenty-four feet. The lumber was given by A. G. Barrett and the work was donated. Andreas states that John Crawford was the first teacher, but Eli Puntney, the only survivor of the building committee. asserts that there was no real school held for two years and gives a good and valid reason : "Bless you, there were no children." Mr. Puntney says that W. S. Blackburn was the first teacher in 1860-61. As the records show that Mr. Blackburn was the county superintendent during those years, it is evident his duties were not pressing, as at that time there were but two organized school districts in the county.
The cause of education was not entirely neglected, since a number of private, or "select" schools were kept. Miss Jennie Robb taught a select school in Marysville in a frame house, which stood on the site of the old "Sullivan House." Miss Kate Weber also had a small private school. These schools were continued until 1861, when district No. 4 was legally organized, and a small frame school house was erected at a cost of seven hundred dollars. A. S. Newell and P. O. Robins were among the first teachers.
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Schools were taught in the various settlements in the county, wherever there were children. Rev. Samuel Walker, a Methodist minister, taught school in 1858, in a cabin at the mouth of Fawn creek. In 1859 Lucy Thomp- son Palmer taught a small school near where Blue Rapids now stands : Emma Thompson taught in a house on the Little Blue near where the gypsum mill now stands, and continued this school in 1864-65. Fanny Jeffers taught in a log cabin at the mouth of Coon creek in 1861. Mrs. Whitmore, Mrs. Choate and E. A. Berry were teachers before the railroad was built. These were all private schools, not supported by state or county. There was no Waterville before 1868 and no Blue Rapids before 1870.
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