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From March, 1873, to February, 1892, Mr. Armstrong was a clerk in the firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co., and at that time became a partner with Clark, Ward & Co. In 1899 the firm name was changed to George E. Armstrong & Co. in Boston and New York, and Ward, Armstrong & Co. in London, England. Later, in 1901, the name was again changed to Armstrong, Schirmer & Co.
Mr. Armstrong was a member of a large number of societies and clubs in Boston and New York.
A man of attractive personality, big-
hearted, generous and with most amiable traits, quick to think, quick to act, alert, ambitious, energetic and well equipped mentally, he was a forceful and successful business man, and his death, which oc- curred June 10, 1902, was a great loss to the community.
Mr. Armstrong left a widow, who was Miss Angie I. Blaney before her marriage.
JARVIS LAMSON, the well-known hatter of Boston, was born in Hamilton, Mass., May 23, 1855.
Mr. Lamson was educated in the Dum- mer Academy of Byfield, Mass., and came to Boston in 1872 to learn the trade of a hatter. In 1877 he commenced business for himself at 92 Bedford Street under the firm name of Lamson & Hubbard, hatters and furriers.
Mr. Lamson is a member of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons, of Newton Royal Arch Chapter, Gethsemane Commandery, and of the Newton Club.
He married Miss Sarah A. Titus, and they have three children, May, Jarvis and Barbara Lamson. Their home is on Tem- ple Street, West Newton.
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CHRISTOPHER MARSH GOD- DARD, member of the school committee from Ward 6, is a native of Claremont, N. H., where he was born April 16, 1856. His parents were Edward L. and Eliza- beth P. (Marsh) Goddard, and he was educated in the Stevens High School, Claremont, N. H., Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn., and the Chandler School of Sciences ( Dartmouth), '77.
Mr. Goddard's business life includes the teaching of sciences, mathematics and mili- tary tactics, four years in the banking house of Hatch & Foote, five years in electrical construction work at Plainfield, N. J., and twelve years as secretary and electrical en- gineer of the New England Insurance Ex- change, his present occupation.
Mr. Goddard served upon the board of aldermen of Plainfield, N. J., in 1885 and 1886, and as chairman of the Republican city committee of that place from 1885 to 1900. He is a member of the board of consulting engineers of the National Board of Fire Underwriters; of the ex- ecutive committee of the National Fire Protection Association ; secretary of the Underwriters' National Electric Associa-
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tion ; member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers ; of the American Electrochemical Society ; secretary of the Newton Centre Improvement Association ; member of the Newton Club and Dalhou- sie Lodge of Masons ; and attends the First Congregational Church, Newton Centre.
Mr. Goddard married Miss Emilie G. Brandner, and they reside on Beacon Street, Newton Centre.
EBEN THOMPSON, M. D., was a native of Danville, Vt., where he was born Aug. 7, 1848. His parents, Ebenezer and Abigail B. ( Randall ) Thompson, were of a family prominent in Revolutionary history and among the first to settle in that state.
He received his early education in his native town, and later graduated from the University of Vermont, from Dartmouth College and from several medical colleges.
He then settled in Newton Upper Falls, where he rapidly built up a large practice, and was widely known for his generosity to the poor.
He was one of the founders of the Citi- zens' party in municipal politics, and always
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took a prominent part in its campaigns, although a Republican on state and na- tional issues. He represented his ward in the common council in 1883 and 1884 and was an alderman in 1893 and 1894.
He was a member of St. Paul Episco- pal Church of Newton Highlands, of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachu- setts Homeopathic Society, Sons of the American Revolution, the Newton Club, a prominent Mason and a member of vari- ous secret societies.
Dr. Thompson married Miss Mary Wallace Tripp, and resided on Oak Street, Newton Upper Falls, until his death on Dec. 7, 1897.
GEORGE WALKER, son of ex- Congressman Joseph H. and Hannah M. (Kelley) Walker, was born in Worces- ter, Mass., Nov. 1, 1866.
He was educated in the public schools of Worcester, Phillips Exeter Academy, and graduated from Worcester Academy and from Brown University (A. B. 1891).
In 1892 and 1893 Mr. Walker was a member of the Claflin & Kimball corpo- ration (electrical engineers and contractors ),
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ALBERT BRACKETT.
but is now engaged in real estate, with the management of trust properties and office buildings.
Mr. Walker is a member of the First Baptist Church at Newton Centre, of the Villagers' Club of that place, and of the Country Club of Brookline.
He married Miss Pearl L. Menden- hall, and resides on Montvale Road, Newton Centre.
ALBERT BRACKETT, a well- known resident of Newton, was born at Brighton, Mass., April 20, 1828, and is the son of Cephas and Lucy (Livermore) Brackett. He was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Brighton High School.
For many years Mr. Brackett has been the leading coal merchant of Newton, the business having been established in 1850.
He is a member of Channing Church and resides on a fine estate on Sargent Street.
Mr. Brackett married Miss Mary A. Stone, and they have four sons, Albert C., Arthur L., Winthrop S. and Edwin R. Brackett.
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WALTER BACON TROW- BRIDGE, alderman at large from Ward 7, was born in Boston Oct. 30, 1869, and is the son of William Otis and Lucy B. S. (Frost) Trowbridge. His parents came to Newton when he was a child and he has always lived in the city.
He received his education in the New- ton schools, at the West Newton English and Classical School, and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy in 1892.
He taught for a year in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Institute after graduation, and then accepted a posi- tion as mechanical engineer with Westing- house, Church, Kerr & Co. In 1896 he became the treasurer of the Eppler Welt Machine Company, and upon its consolidation in 1899 with the United Shoe Machinery Company he became the purchasing agent of the new con- cern. This position he held until the fall of 1902, when he entered the firm of Hayden, Stone & Co., bankers and brokers, retaining his position as chair- man of the building committee of the United Shoe Machinery Company, which
is erecting a very large factory at Beverly, Mass.
Mr. Trowbridge was elected an alder- man from Ward 7 in 1900, and is com- pleting his third year of service.
He is a member of the Hunnewell Club, the Algonquin and Exchange clubs of Boston, the Hull-Massachusetts Yacht Club, and attends the Eliot Church.
Mr. Trowbridge married Miss Effie M. Hibbard, the daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Hermon E. Hibbard, and with one son, Otis Hibbard Trowbridge, resides on Hunnewell Terrace, Newton.
HENRY WHITMORE was born in Quincy, Ill., Sept. 16, 1867, being the eldest son of Charles E. and the late Ada J. (Holmes) Whitmore. His grandfather of the same name was born in Newton early in the last century, but went to St. Louis when a young man. Graduating at the Newton High School in 1886, after a year's travel he entered newspaper work and for some twelve years was connected with the Boston Herald, in charge of the real estate department. Mr. Whitmore is now a partner in the firm of Meredith
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& Grew, real estate brokers. He mar- ried Miss Edith P. Farley, daughter of the late N. W. Farley, and with a daugh- ter, Ada Holmes, they make their home in West Newton. Mr. Whitmore is a member of the First Unitarian Church, of the Newspaper and Twentieth Century clubs, and vice-president of the Newton Boat Club.
CHARLES FRENCH AVERY, a former member of the school committee, was born in New York City March 25, 1847, and is the son of Elisha L. and Sarah (Coit) Avery. He was educated in the public schools of New York and at New York College, and has been engaged in the wool business all his life.
Mr. Avery is the junior warden of St. John's Church at Newtonville, a member of the Newton Club, the Episcopalian Club, the Commodore Club, the Bosto- nian Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ; is a director in the Wal- tham Street Railway Company and presi- dent of the Albemarle Golf Club of New- tonville and of the Hatherly Club of North Scituate, Mass.
Mr. Avery was a member of the school committee from Ward 2 for six years.
He married Miss Florence A. Top- ping, and they have five children, Elisha L., Charles H., Helen O., Florence G. and Lester H. Avery.
Mr. Avery resides on a fine estate on Crafts Street, Newtonville.
ALFRED LORING BARBOUR was born April 24, 1837, at Cambridge- port, Mass., and is the son of John N. and Susan (Sargent) Barbour, both of whom were natives of Boston. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of Cambridge, and studied for Harvard College, but did not enter on account of ill health.
Mr. Barbour engaged in various kinds of business and manufacturing until 1869, when he accepted the office of assistant as- sessor and deputy collector of internal rev- enue for Cambridge, in the service of the United States, a post he held until 1873. He then became secretary and manager of the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a position which he now holds. Mr. Barbour has been also the secretary
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RESIDENCE, JOHN M. STICKNEY, BIRCH HILL ROAD.
and treasurer of the Massachusetts Fire Mr. Barbour is well known in religious Insurance Union for the last twenty-five circles. He is vice-president of the Bos- ton Baptist Social Union ; was ten years treasurer of the Baptist Vineyard Associa- tion ; trustee of the Baptist Home at Cam- bridge ; clerk of the Lamson Home, Cam- bridge ; and the clerk and chairman of the executive committee of the First Baptist Church of West Newton.
years. He is also president of the Co- lumbian Co-operative Bank of Cambridge ; president of the United States Electric Sig- nal Company of West Newton ; a director in the First National Bank of West New- ton ; and a trustee and clerk of the West Newton Savings Bank.
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Mr. Barbour resided in Cambridge until 1875 and held the office of overseer of the poor during 1872, 1873 and 1874. He removed to Auburndale in 1875, and has resided in that village and in West Newton ever since, his present home being on Perkins Street, West Newton.
Mr. Barbour was twice married, his first wife being Miss Mary N. Crosby of New- ton, by whom he had three children, Lo- ring Crosby, Walter F. and Robert A. Bar-
tered the dry goods business in Boston. He remained in this business until 1867. From 1874 to 1894 Mr. Burr was presi- dent of the National Bank of North America.
Mr. Burr was always deeply interested in the town and city of Newton and was its representative to the General Court in 1875 and 1876. He was one of the three original trustees of the Newton Free Library who had charge of the construc-
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bour. His second wife was Miss Josephine M. Smith, and her children are Mary S., Ethel S. Barbour and Grace J., the wife of John C. Davis of St. Louis, Mo.
ISAAC TUCKER BURR, one of the best known and highly respected men of the city, was born at Leicester, Mass., Aug. 15, 1828, his parents being Heman M. and Nellie (Tucker) Burr.
Mr. Burr received a common school education and at the age of sixteen en-
tion of the present building. He is now treasurer of some of its special funds.
Mr. Burr attends the Channing Church, and was president of the Hunnewell Club in 1900 and 1901.
He married Miss Ann Frances Har- don.
Mr. Burr has resided on Park Street, Newton, for many years, and his large es- tate is practically the only one left un- touched by the development in that part of the city.
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GEORGE HENRY BOND was born at Saxonville, Mass., Jan. 31, 1840, his parents being Phineas and Mary A. (Chickering) Bond.
He received his education in the public and high schools of his native town and was then employed for some years with Luther F. Fuller of that place. Subse- quently he came to Boston and formed a partnership in the grocery business with George F. Winch, which continued suc- cessfully for ten years, after which Mr. Bond continued the same business with marked success. He has now two stores in Boston, and one of the finest stores in this city, located in the Masonic Building in Newtonville.
He was a member of the common council of Boston in 1884 and 1885, served for two years on the Republican state committee, and was a representative from the 14th Suffolk District in the Gen- eral Court in 1879 and 1880 and again in 1890.
Mr. Bond was president of the New England Retail Grocers' Association for four years, and was the general manager of the first three food fairs which were ever
held in Boston. He is on the board of investment of the South Boston Savings Bank, and a director in the Mattapan De- posit and Trust Company.
He is a member of St. Paul Lodge, F. A. M., a member of St. Omer Command- ery, of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Republican Club of Massachusetts and the Newton Club.
Mr. Bond chose West Newton as his residence about 1895, and attends the Unitarian Church of that place.
He married Miss Henrietta Frances Parker of Oakland, Cal., and their family consists of one daughter, Miss Annie Mabel Bond.
AMOS FRANCIS ADAMS was born in Chelmsford, Mass., May 26, 1842, and is the son of Charles and Nancy Adams.
He received his education at the New Ipswich Appleton Academy, and came to Boston in 1862, entering the commission business in 1866 on North Market Street, where he is now located.
Mr. Adams does not care for public of- fice, but is a member of Dalhousie Lodge
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of Masons, of the Royal Arch Chapter, Gethsemane Commandery, and is an at- tendant at the Channing Church.
Mr. Adams lives with his wife, who was formerly Miss Alice J. Wellington, on a fine estate on Park Avenue, Newton.
ALBERT FRANCIS HAYWARD was born at Bridgewater, Mass., Jan. 24, 1840, and was the son of Daniel Leach Hayward and Hannah Fobes. He re- ceived such education as the schools of that town afforded and in early life became identified with the confectionery trade. For over fifty years he served the com- pany of which he was the head, and there were few men in the confectionery business so well known throughout New England and the United States. He served as president of the National Confectioners' Association, was the first president of the New England Confectioners' Club, and at the time of his death was a member of its executive committee and its delegate to the Boston Associated Board of Trade. He was also president of the Puritan Trust Company of Boston, a trustee of the New- ton Centre Savings Bank, vice-president of
Newton Centre Trust Company, and also held many other public offices.
Mr. Hayward was a resident of New- ton Highlands and deeply interested in the welfare of that village and of the city. He was at one time president of the New- ton Highlands Improvement Association and a member of the Republican city com- mittee. In 1897-98 he represented the city in the General Court.
Mr. Hayward was also a deacon and member of the Newton Highlands Con- gregational Church and for many years su- perintendent of the Sunday school.
He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Julia F. Stearns of Boston, by whom he had one son, Fred R. Hayward. His second wife was Miss Sarah J. Hale of Portland, Me.
Mr. Hayward died May 2, 1899.
CHARLES HENRY WARD- WELL, ex-alderman from Ward 5, was born in Gorham, N. H., Feb. 28, 1862, and is a son of Dr. Henry F. and Almira (Head) Wardwell. He obtained his edu- cation in the public schools of Gorham and Berlin, N. H., Bridgeton, Me., Academy,
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and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1885.
He was assistant master in the Bath, Me., High School until 1889, master of the Bridgeton High School until 1892, and in 1893 entered the law office of Hon. R. N. Chamberlin of Berlin, N. H. He later entered the law school of Boston University, from which he graduated in 1895, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in the same year. He then became con- nected with the law office of Major Henry Winn, but in 1896 entered the office of J. Otis Wardwell.
Mr. Wardwell was elected a member of the Newton board of aldermen in 1900 and 1901, and is a member of the Theta Delta Chi Society and the Blue Lodge of Masons.
He married Miss L. Belle Morgan, and with three children, Katherine M., Sybil H. and Charles H., Jr., resides on Plain- field Street, Waban.
FREDERICK CLINTON PERRY, a resident of Newtonville for thirty-five years, was born at Bangor, Me., Sept. 28, 1845.
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EDWARD B. BOWEN.
In business Mr. Perry is a director in the Arnold Print Works of North Adams, Mass.
He is a member of the Merchants' Club of New York, and resides on Court Street, Newtonville.
EDWARD BEECHER BOWEN, alderman from Ward 6, was born at Alls- ton, Mass., June 24, 1863, and is the son of Edward B. and Frances Elizabeth Bowen.
He was educated in the Newton gram- mar and high schools, and also attended the West Newton English and Classical School for two years.
Mr. Bowen started in the boot and shoe business at the age of nineteen and trav- elled to the Pacific coast twice a year for ten years. He then entered his present business as a commission merchant, and is also a member of the firm of D. J. Green & Co., wholesale willow and wooden ware.
Mr. Bowen is a member of the First Baptist Church of Newton Centre, of Dal- housie Lodge of Masons, and of the New- ton Club.
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He married Miss Pamelia Dana Whit- ney of Ellsworth, Me., and they have one child, Edward Kidder Bowen.
Mr. Bowen was elected an alderman from Ward 6 to succeed the late John M. Kimball.
He resides on Sumner Street, Newton Centre.
HENRY WOODWARD KENDAL was born in South Framingham, Mass., June 17, 1841, his parents being Samuel W. Kendal and Jane E. Brigham.
He was educated at the academy in Bol- ton, Mass., and then entered the wholesale dry goods business and was subsequently a partner of the well-known firms of Jack- son, Mandell & Daniell and of Chatman, Kendal & Daniell. He is now the New England selling agent of the Arnold Print Works.
Mr. Kendal has resided in Newton for many years and is an attendant at the Channing Church, a member of the Mas- sachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, New- ton Royal Arch Chapter, of Gethsemane Commandery, the Hunnewell Club and
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JOHN A. GOULD).
the Channing Unitarian clubs of Newton and Boston.
Mr. Kendal has been twice married, his first wife having been Miss Isadore E. Marcy, daughter of Rev. Thomas Marcy of Northampton, Mass. With his second wife, who was Mary Josephine Osgood, daughter of Joseph Sweetser Osgood of Boston, Mr. Kendal resides on Park Street, Newton.
JOHN ALLEN GOULD is a native of Newton, having been born at Newton Upper Falls Dec. 14, 1852. His parents were John Allen Gould, one of the best- known men in the town fifty years ago, and Nancy Paine Hartshorn.
He received his education in the New- ton schools, and is a graduate of the high school.
He adopted the profession of a civil en- gineer, and was employed in the engineer- ing department of the city of Boston from 1873 to 1893. He was engineer of the Brookline Gaslight Company until 1896, engineer of the distribution department of the Boston, Brookline, Roxbury, Dorches- ter and South Boston Gas companies from
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1896 to 1901, and is now the chief en- gineer of the Brookline, Dorchester and Massachusetts Pipe Line Gas companies.
Mr. Gould attends the Upper Falls Methodist Church, and is a member of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, New England Waterworks Association, New England Association of Gas Engineers, American Gaslight Association, and Guild of Gas Managers. He is treasurer of the Quinobequin Association, of the Upper Falls Improvement Society, and a director of the Merchants' Co-operative Bank.
He married Miss Frances Taylor Sabin, and with a family of six children, Gardner S., Allen A., Richard H., Prescott W., Howard and Margaret S. Gould, resides on part of the family homestead on Boyl- ston Street, Newton Upper Falls.
EDWARD PORTER MAY, one of the younger business men of the city, was born Feb. 8, 1865, at Woodstock, Conn., and is the son of William and Anna M. May.
He was educated in the Roxbury Latin School and graduated in 1884. He then entered the employ of Williams & Co-
burn, wool dealers, and upon the retire- ment of Mr. Coburn in 1892 was ad- mitted to the firm of Jeremiah Williams & Co. as a partner.
He is a member of the Algonquin, Exchange, Newton, Montana ( Helena, Mont.) and Grosvenor (London, Eng- land) clubs.
HENRY LINCOLN WHITTLE- SEY, clerk of the police court, was born in Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 30, 1862, and is the son of Corydon M. and Maria L. Whittlesey.
He was educated in the Morgan School, Clinton, Conn., the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn., and gradu- ated from Yale University in 1884 with the degree of B. A., and from the Boston University Law School in 1886. Since his admission to the bar Mr. Whittlesey has practised his profession, with law of- fices in Boston.
He was elected to the common council in 1897 and to the board of aldermen under the new charter in 1898 for two years. In 1890 he was appointed by
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Governor Brackett as clerk of the police court, a position which he still holds.
He is a member of the Newton and Neighborhood clubs, and attends the Sec- ond Congregational Church, West New- ton.
Mr. Whittlesey married Miss Lillian Eddy, daughter of Mr. Caleb F. Eddy, and with his family of four children, John E., Emilie, Winifred and Catherine C. Whittlesey, resides on Regent Street, West Newton.
GEORGE HENRY MORGAN, postmaster of the city, was born in West Dedham, Mass., May 14, 1850, and is the son of John and Caroline ( Dean) Mor- gan.
He was educated in the public schools of Dedham and at Locke's Academy. He then was employed for six years on the Boston & Albany Railroad.
This experience was followed by eleven years as a reporter for the Boston Herald in the Newton district, until his appoint- ment as postmaster at Newton by Presi- dent Cleveland. This position he held by successive reappointments until the con-
solidation of all the offices of the city in 1897 under the Newton Centre office, when he became the superintendent of the Newton office, of which he had been the former postmaster. This superintendency was held by Mr. Morgan until 1901, when he was appointed the postmaster at New- ton Centre with the postal district of nearly the whole city under his charge.
Mr. Morgan is a member of Nonantum Colony of Pilgrim Fathers, of Newton Lodge of Odd Fellows, of the Massachu- setts Society of Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Channing Unita- rian Club.
Mr. Morgan married Miss S. Annie Cartwright, and they have three children, May F., Elizabeth C. and Miriam Mor- gan. He resides on Everett Street, New- ton Centre.
FREDERIC LUTHER FELTON, a prominent merchant of Boston, was born in Boston Sept. 9, 1848, and is the son of Luther H. and Sarah P. ( Withinton) Felton.
He was educated in the public schools of Boston and at Wilbraham Academy,
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and after a few years' office work among strangers, entered the distilling business of his father. At the present time Mr. Fel- ton is the sole member of the firm of Felton & Son, distillers, Boston.
Mr. Felton never accepted public office, but is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of Adelphi Lodge, St. Matthew Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, St. Omar Commandery of Knights Templar, all of Boston, and is also a member of the New- ton Club, Neighborhood Club and Boston Merchants' Association.
Mr. Felton married Miss Laura B. Woodworth of West Newton, and resides on a large old-fashioned estate on West Newton hill.
His family consists of three children, Herbert L., Walter E. and Grace Felton.
WILLIAM ALVAN KNOWL- TON, president of the board of aldermen in 1899 and a prominent citizen of Au- burndale, was born in Nashville, Tenn., on June 24, 1855. His parents were Will- iam W. and Martha E. Knowlton.
He fitted for college at Phillips Acad- emy of Andover, attended Amherst Col-
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lege and Boston University Law School, and is now established as a lawyer, with of- fices in Boston.
During a residence in Natick Mr. Knowlton served as a trustee of the Na- tick Savings Bank, as trustee of the Natick Library for five years, and on the Natick school committee from 1889 to 1893.
On removing to Auburndale he became at once interested in local affairs and served his ward in the board of aldermen in 1897, 1898 and 1899, being elected vice-president in 1898 and president in 1899. In 1902 he was elected a member of the school committee for the term of three years.
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