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FLAGG, Ernest:
Architect ; born Brooklyn, 1860; entered Ecole des Arts,
Beaux Paris, 1888; architect of St. Luke's Hospital, Morning- side Heights, N. Y. City, Corcoran Gal- lery of Art, Washington, the Naval Acad- emy at Annapolis, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s building, Hartford, Conn .; the Scribner Building, Fifth Ave- nue, N. Y., St. Margaret Memorial Hos-
pital, Pittsburg, Pa., Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C., Naval Hospital, An- napolis, Md., Singer Manufacturing Co.'s buildings, Broadway and Prince Street, and Broadway and Liberty Street, N. Y. City, and many other public buildings and private residences. Wrote articles on the l'Ecole des Beaux Arts published in the Architectural Record. In an arti- cie published in Scribner's Magazine in 1893, entitled : The New York Tenement House Evil and Its Cure, was the first to call attention to the fact that all the worst evils of the tenement house system of New York lay in the plan and the 25 x 100 foot lot. Address, 35 Wall St., N. Y. City.
FLAGLER, Henry M .:
One of the managers of Standard Oil Co .; born Canandaigua, N. Y., about 1830. Early became clerk in store in Orleans Co .; subsequently removed to Saginaw, Mich., and conducted salt works there; later became a resident of Cleveland, and one of the pioneers of the petroleum business there. Upon his association with Messrs. Rockefeller and Andrews, under the firm name of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler, his future in the business was assured; the Standard Oil Co. succeeded the firm of Andrews & Flagier, and he has been prominently identified with its management since its organization; direc- tor in the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry; the Minnesota Iron Co., the Duluth & Iron Range R. R., the Western Union Telegraph Co., the International Bank Note Co., the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Ry., and other companies. He has built about six hundred miles of railroad in the State and otherwise added enor- mously to the taxable property of Flori- da; member of the Union League, Metro- politan, City, Larchmont, New York and American Yacht Clubs and the New Eng- land Society. Address, 26 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FLAGLER, Isaac Van Vleck:
Composer, concert organist and music publisher; born Albany, N. Y., 1848; edu- cated Albany and Kinderhook Academies; musical studies in Germany and Paris; organist and musical lecturer, Chautau- qua Assembly, Chautauqua, N. Y .; or- ganist First Presbyterian Church, Au- burn, N. Y .; composer and editor: Three New Collections of Organ Music; Organ- ists' Treasury; New Collection of Choir Music; New Era of Song; Songs of Praise and Devotion. Address, Auburn, N. Y.
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FLAGLER, John Haldane:
Capitalist; educated at Patterson, N. Y., Academy; interested as officer or director in many corporations including: National Tube Co., American Union Life Insurance Co., National Bank of North America, Assurance Co. of America, Crocker, Wheeler Electric Co., etc .; member: Sons of American Revolution, Chamber of Com- merce, American Institute of Mining En- gineers, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Iron & Steel Institute, London; clubs: Lotos, N. Y. Yacht, American Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Auto, Lawyers and Duquesne (Pittsburgh). Residence, 15 Park Ave .; office, 196 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FLANAGAN, John:
Sculptor; born Newark, N. J .; studied under Augustus St. Gaudens (New York). and Henry Chapu and Alexandre Fal- guière, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; Awarded silver medals, Paris Exposition, 1900, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; represented in French National Col- lection of Living Artists, Luxembourg Museum, Paris; among his more notable works are bronze high relief, Public Li- brary at Newark, N. J., and Monumental Clock in Congressional Library, Washing- ton, D. C .; member: Art Students League, N. Y. Athletic Club. Residence, 23 N. 7th St., Newark, N. J. Studios: 16 Im- passe du Maine, Paris, France, and 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
FLEITMAN, Ewald:
Importer; born Schwerte, Westphalia, Dec. 1, 1846; educated in a college near Cologne, in a Prussian Cadet School, and a mercantile academy in Antwerp. In 1861, he came to N. Y., and established an importation of silks and dry goods ; member of several clubs, and director of several banks; in 1874, married Miss Caesar, of New Brighton. Address, 494 Broome St., N. Y. City.
FLEMING, Edwin:
Journalist; born Dec. 11, 1847, West Lebanon, Ind .; was graduated from Uni- versity of Michigan, 1870; reporter for Michigan newspapers until 1873; went abroad for eighteen months; Washington correspondent; editor Buffalo Courier, 1885-97; secretary to the mayor of Buffalo, 1898; secretary of Pan American Expo- sition, 1899-1902 ; editor Buffalo Chronicle, 1903, 1904 ; married, Apr. 20, 1881, Harriet L. Stone of Kalamazoo, Mich. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
FLEMING, William Hansell:
Author, editor, lecturer; born Philadel- phia, Aug. 23, 1844; educated in public schools of Philadelphia, was graduated from Central High School; studied at. Princeton University, from which he re- ceived the honorary degree of A. M., 1900; author : A Bibliography of First Folios (Shakespeare) in N. Y. City, published in Shakespeariana; The Division of Shake- speare's Plays into Acts; The Shake- spearian Dramas, and other magazine articles published in Werner's Magazine; How to Study Shakespeare, (Vol. I., 1897; Vol. II., 1899; Vol. III., 1903; Vol. IV., 1904, published by Doubleday, Page & Co.); Shakespeare's Plots: A Study in Dramatic Construction, published, 1902, Putnam; editor Looker-On Magazine two years; lecturer for Board of Education, Greater New York. Address, 60 West 38th St., N. Y. City.
FLETCHER, Austin Barclay:
Lawyer; born Mendon, Mass., March 13, 1852; was graduated from Tufts College, 1876, A. B., LL. D., Tufts College; A. M., LL. B., Boston University; married, 1882, Hortense M. Follett; professor oratory, Boston University, and Brown University, 1878-81; and since in practice of the law; interested as officer or director in bank- ing, railway and other corporations ; pres- ident Fletcher Family Union; trustee Bos- ton University ; author : Advanced Read- ings and Recitations; clubs Metropolitan, Union League, N. Y. Athletic, Brown Uni- versity, Lawyers, New England Society. Residence, Plaza Hotel; office, 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
FLETCHER. STEVENSON Whitcomb:
Educator; was graduated from Massa- chusetts Agricultural College, B. Sc., 1896, and Cornell University, M. S. in Agricul- ture, 1898, and Ph. D., 1900; assistant professor of extension teaching in agri- culture in Cornell University. Address,
804 E. State St., Ithaca, N. Y.
FLICK, Alexander Clarence:
Educator; born Galion, O., Aug. 18, 1869; preliminary education in public schools of Leesville, Crawford County, O .; prepared for college at Otterbein Prepara- tory School, Westerville, O .; attended col- lege at Heidelberg College, Tiffin. O., and Otterbein University, Westerville, O .; was graduated from the latter institution with the degree of A. B., 1894, and received A. M., 1897; attended Columbia University, 1894-95, and 1895-96 as Fellow in history, and received Ph. D. from that institution; Syracuse University, 1896-97, as instructor
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in history; made associate professor 1898, the American Academy of Medicine; mem- and full professor of European history, 1900; married Laura T. Page, 1899; 1902- 03, in Europe, studying in Jena, Berlin, Paris, Rome and London; has written: History of Loyalism in N. Y. during the Revolution, (Macmillan, 1901); Short His- tory of N. Y. State, (Maynard, Merrill & Co.); History in Rhymes and Jingles, (Saalfield Publishing Co.) and many mag- azine and newspaper articles; 1904, re- ceived Litt. D. from Otterbein University; member of various social and educational societies; has lectured extensively on historical subjects. Address, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.
FLINT, Austin, M. D., LL. D .:
Consulting physician; born March 28, 1836, Northampton, Mass .; entered Har- vard University, 1852; honorable demit from Harvard in 1853; began study of medicine in the office of Dr. Frank H. Hamilton, Buffalo, N. Y., 1854; attended lectures in the medical department of the University of Louisville, Ky .; began prac- tice, Buffalo, N. Y., in 1857; editor of the Buffalo Medical Journal, 1857-60; profes- sor of physiology, medical department,
University of Buffalo, 1858-59; visiting surgeon, Buffalo General Hospital, 1858; removed to City of N. Y., in 1859; pro- fessor of physiology, N. Y. Medical Col- lege, 1859-60; professor of physiology, New Orleans School of Medicine, 1860-61. Act- ing assistant surgeon, U. S. Army. U. S. General Hospital, City of N. Y., 1862-65. Married, Dec. 23, 1862, Elizabeth B. Mc- Master of Ballston, Spa, N. Y. Professor of physiology, etc., and one of the found- ers of the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege of the City of N. Y., 1861-98; profes- sor of physiology, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1862-68; pro- fessor of physiology in Cornell University Medical College, 1898; visiting physician to Bellevue Hospital, 1869, and consulting physician, 1896; consulting physician to class of nervous diseases, Bellevue Hos- pital Dispensary, 1866; surgeon-general, State of N. Y., 1874-78; examining phy- sician, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., New York office, 1871-86; editor of the first volume of transactions of the New York State Medical Association, 1885; LL. D., Jefferson Medical College, 1885. Member of the American Medical Asso- ciation; Fellow of the N. Y. State Medi- cal Association; correspondent of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- phia, Pa .; member of the American Phil- osophical Society; honorary member of
ber of the American Medico-Psychological Association; Fellow of the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Sci- ence, etc .; decoration of the Third Class- Order of the Bust of the Liberator (Boli- var), Republic of Venezuela, 1891. Visit- ing physician, insane pavilion, Bellevue Hospital, 1896; consulting physician, Man- hattan State Hospital for the Insane, 1896; president of the Consulting Board, 1899; president of N. Y. State Medical As- sociation, 1895; president of the Medical Association of the Greater City of N. Y., 1899; member of the executive committee of the N. Y. Prison Association, 1896. Address, 60 East 34th St., N. Y. City.
FLINT, Austin, Jr., M. D .:
Physician ; born N. Y .; was graduated from Medical College, N. Y. City, 1889; professor of obstetrics and clinical gynae- cology in same ; visiting physician Bellevue Hospital ; consulting physician N. Y. Ma- ternity Hospital; attending physician Hos- pital Ruptured and Crippled, and Emer- gency Hospitals. Member of N. Y. State Medical Association ; N. Y. Obstetrical So- ciety; N. Y. County Medical Association; Medical Association of Greater N. Y .; Physicians Medical Aid Association, and Fellow N. Y. Academy of Medicine. Ad- dress, 34 E. 54th St., N. Y. City.
FLINT, Charles Ranlett:
Merchant; born Thomaston, Me., Jan- uary 24, 1850; educated in the public schools of his native town, those of Brooklyn, N. Y., and at the school of Warren Johnson, Topsham, Me .; 1868 was graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; 1871, organized the firm of Gilchrist, Flint & Co., ship-chandlers; 1872, with W. R. Grace, established the firm of W. R. Grace & Co., transacting a general shipping and commission bus- iness with the west coast of South Am- erica; was a member of the firms of Grace & Co., of Peru, Chili, and San Francisco, and in 1876, was appointed consul in N. Y. City for the Republic of Chili; later appointed Consul of Nicaragua in N. Y. City, and represented Nicaragua in ne- gotiations with the parties who became the concessionaires of the Nicaragua Canal; delegate of the U. S. to the Inter- national American Conference (held in Washington, '89-'90), to which he was appointed by President Harrison owing to his knowledge of the resources and con- ditions in South American countries and his intimate acquaintance with the Latin- American trade; in that conference he
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represented the U. S. on the Committee FLINT, Wm. Benj .: on Banking, and suggested the idea of organizing the International American Bank; the conference unanimously recom- mended the organization of such a bank, which was endorsed by Secretary Blaine, and by President Harrison, both in a special message and in his annual mes- sage to Congress; Mr. Flint represented the U. S. on the Committee of Customs Regulations, and proposed the organiza- tion of the Bureau of American Republics; by request of Secretary Blaine, he acted as confidential agent of the Department of State in negotiating with the Brazilian Minister the first Reciprocity Treaty un- der the Aldrich Amendment. To him was entrusted the drafting and presenting of the terms accepted by Brazil. During the Da Gama Rebellion in Brazil, Mr. Flint became the agent of President Piexoto in the purchase of vessels and munitions of war; in 1894, during the progress of the China-Japan War, his firm sold and de- livered to the Government of Japan, the Esmeraldi, the crack cruiser of the Chilian Navy; this is the only instance in the history of the world where an important war vessel has been sold and delivered to a nation actually engaged in hostilities; Mr. Flint rendered valuable services to the U. S. Government, in the purchase of vessels and munitions of war during the Spanish war; he gave the Government the first information of the sailing of the Spanish fleet from Cape Verde, and also advised the Government of the sailing of colliers to the rendezvous with the Span- ish fleet off the coast of Venezuela; dur- ing the past few years Mr. Flint has de- voted himself chiefly to the consolidation of industrials; a few of the companies or- ganized by him are: The American Chicle Co., the National Starch Co., Sloss Shef- field Steel & Iron Co., American Bobbin & Shuttle Co., American Caramel Co., Rubber Goods Mfg. Co., and the Com- puting Scale Co. of America; was one of the syndicate which built the Vigilant, which successfully defended America's cup against the Valkyrie; married E. Kate Simmons of Troy, N. Y., in 1883; Mrs. Flint is an accomplished musician and the proceeds of the sale of some of her musical compositions have endowed a bed in St. Luke's Hospital, besides aiding many other deserving charities; Mr. Flint is a member of the Century and Union Clubs of New York and of the St. Stephens Club of London. Address, 4 E. 36th St., N. Y. City.
Shipping merchant; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1863; educated at Polytechnic and Collegiate Institute, and began his business career as an office boy for his father; in 1888, was admitted to partner- ship, and is still in the firm; he has been consul of Uraguay in N. Y., and director of the Maritime Exchange. Residence, Hotel Majestic ; office, 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
FLOOD, Henry, M. D .:
Physician; born 1853, Lodi, N. Y .; was graduated from Elmira Free Academy, 1871, and Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege, 1874; studied in Vienna, Austria, 1878-79, and at College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y. City, 1889-90; medical ex- aminer, Niagara University, Buffalo, N. Y .; consulting physician, Arnot-Ogden Hospital; surgeon, Erie and Lackawanna R. Roads; member Chemung Co., and State Medical Societies; medical writer; inventor; mayor of City of Elmira, 1884- 85; post-master since 1889; surgeon, 110th Battalion, N. G., N. Y .; married, Jan. 1, 1881, Miss Seeley. Address, Elmira, N. Y.
FLOOD-KEYES, Regina:
Physician and surgeon; born Elmira, N. Y., April 18, 1870; grand-daughter of Dr. P. H. Flood, surgeon of the One Hundred and Seventh, N. Y. Volunteers, with rank of lieutenant-colonel; was graduated from University of Buffalo, medical department, 1896; now clinical instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at University of Buffalo; physician in charge of University of Buffalo Dispen- sary; attending physician at Erie County Hospital in obstetrics; gynecologist to Buffalo General Hospital. Address, 181 Allen St., Buffalo, N. Y.
FLOOD, Thomas S .:
Capitalist; born April 12, 1844, Lodi, N. Y .; educated Elmira Free Academy; druggist; married, 1870. Frances Miller of Elmira; founder of the City of Du Bois, Pa .; Alderman, Elmira, 1882; member of Congress, 1887-91; treasurer and superin- tendent, Chemung County Agricultural Society. Address, Elmira, N. Y.
FLORIO, Caryl (William J. Robjohn) :
Musician, composer; born Tavistock,
Devonshire, England, Nov. 2, 1843; where he was educated; first boy soloist Trinity Church, N. Y. City, 1858-60; went on the stage in 1861; re- turned to New York, 1869; as teacher, pianist, conductor, organist, composer; conducted opera troupe, Havana, Cuba, 1878; appeared in concerts of own com-
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position with orchestra. Composer of Un- and was graduated from Albany Law cle Tom (opera); organized Palestrina School, 1871; special county judge of Ti- Chcir, chorus of 100 voices for production oga County; member of Assembly, 1889; bank director; Republican; married, Aug. 14, 1861, Matilda H. Snyder, of Scranton, Pa. Address, Waverly, N. Y. of Mediaeval music, 1SS6; musical direc- tor, Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., 1889- 91; in charge of musical functions at Biltmore, N. C., for Geo. W. Vanderbilt, FLYNT, Josiah : 1896-1901. Address, Asheville, N. C.
FLOWER, Anson R .:
Banker; succeeded his brother, former Governor Roswell P. Flower, as head of the great banking house, No. 45 Broad- way, N. Y. City; born Theresa, N. Y., June 20, 1843; member of the Manhattan, Metropolitan, Riding, Democratic, and Church Clubs; Ardsley Casino (of Ards- ley-on-Hudson), and of the American Museum of Natural History, Metropoli- tan Museum of Art, New England Socie- ty; American Fine Art Society; director Amalgamated Copper Co., Brooklyn
Rapid Transit R.
R. Co., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co., Nassau Electric R. R. Co., Colonial Trust Co .. Internation- al Paper Co. and the People's Gas Light & Coke Co. Residence, 601 Fifth Ave .; office, 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FLOY, Henry :
Consulting electrical and mechanical engineer; born Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 19, 1866; son of James Floy, and grandson of the Rev. James Floy, a noted aboli- tionist; was graduated A. B., from Wes- leyan University, 1899; M. E., Cornell University, 1891; M. A. Wesleyan Uni- versity, 1892; with the Westinghouse Elec- tric and Manufacturing Co., as engineer In Pittsburg until 1896; Chicago, until 1897; Minneapolis, 1898; associated with Professor R. C. Carpenter, of Cornell Uni- versity, in consulting engineering in N. Y. City, 1898 to 1901; gained internation- al reputation by reason of first installing really high tension electric transmission underground, namely, 25,000 volts; writer for engineering publications; married Al- ice Van Benschoten, East Orange, N. J., 1895; member of the Engineers Club, Am- erican Institute of Electrical Engineers, Crescent Athletic Club, Republican Club of East Orange, Cornell University Club, Wesleyan University Alumni Association, Psi Upsilon Fraternity ; director Orange Y. M. C. A .; president Henry Floy Co., the National Consolidated Co., N. Y. City ; sec- retary of Neversink Light & Power Co., Middletown, N. Y. Address, 220 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
FLOYD, Jacob B .:
Lawyer; born April 26, 1839, Chemung, N. Y,; prepared at Wyoming Seminary
Author; (literary pseudonym of Josiah Flynt Willard) ; born Appleton, Wis., 1869; educated at Berlin University, and resided in the German capital for five years; has been a frequent contributor to some of the leading periodicals in the U. S. and England, and has published a number of volumes, including: Tramp- ing with Tramps, and Notes of an Itin- erant Policeman. Address, Briarcliffe Manor, N. Y.
FOGARTY, Thomas:
Artist, illustrator; born N. Y. City, 1873; took scientific course at De La Salle In- stitute, N. Y. City ; entered the publishing house of Chas. Scribner's Sons; studied art at Art Students' League; began illustrating on Harper's Young People in 1893; also published a few drawings in Life; drew for school books and histories for the American Book Co .; his work leans toward character and realism; books illustrated by him: Riis' The Mak- ing of an American (1901); Battle With the Slum (1902) ; The Meloon Farm : The Blazed Trail; The Merry Anne and The Forest, the latter work being the re- sult of a canoe trip into the Canadian wilderness with the author; is on the staff of McClure's, Colliers and Outlook, and contributes to the other leading period- icals; has illustrated for Harper's Weekly, Saturday Evening Post, Youths' Com- panion, Century, Scribner's and McClure's Magazines; member of the Society of Il- lustrators and of Players Club.
Ad- dress, 38 East 22d St., N. Y. City.
FOLEY, Samuel J .:
Democratic State Senator, representing the Twelfth Senate District; born Quebec, July 10, 1862; educated at the public and night schools of N. Y. City; since 1876 he has been a buyer of dry goods for export with the house of E. D. Cordes & Co .; elected to Assembly in 1890, '91, '92; in the session of the Assembly in 1892 he was the author of a general bill codifying the ex- cise laws of the State, which later became a law; also introduced a bill making the term of office of the Aldermen of New York two years; this was passed by the Assembly; in 1895 he was elected to the Senate; re-elected in 1898. 1900, '02 and '04; in 1893 was appointed a member of
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the following Senate committees: nance, Taxation, and Retrenchment, Banks, and Public Health. Address, care E. D. Cordes & Co., 16 Exchange Place, N. Y. City.
FOLGER, Mathew H .:
Vice and deputy consul; born Cape Vin- cent, N. Y., March 22, 1842; member of the banking house of Folger Brothers; director of the Kingston & Pembroke R. R., and president of the Thousand Is- lands Steamboat Co .; appointed vice and deputy consul in 1874, at Kingston, Can- ada.
FOLKS, Homer:
Secretary of the State Charities Aid Association; born Michigan, 1867; was graduated from Albion College, Mich., 1889, and from Harvard University in 1890, receiving the degree of B. A .; 1890, became general superintendent of the Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania; in this position he gained an intimate knowledge of the care of destitute, neg- lected and delinquent children, and es- pecially of the plan of caring for them in families, and he is probably best known as one of the leading experts in the U. S. in this field; in Feb., 1893, he resigned this position to accept the secretaryship of the N. Y. State Charities Aid Asso- ciation, which is an unofficial organiza- tion working for the improvement in all practical ways of public charities of all kinds; as secretary and chief executive officer of this association, he took a lead- ing part in all the organized movements for the improvement of public charitable institutions in the city and State of N. Y .; through his activity in these lines he gained a good working knowledge of the actual operations of municipal and State administration ; his participation in local politics resulted in his election. in 1897, as a member of the first municipal Assem- bly of Greater New York for a term of two years; he resigned from the Muni- cipal Assembly in the fall of 1899 to ac- cept the Republican nomination for the Assembly; in 1900, at the request of Gen- eral Leonard Wood, military governor of Cuba, he spent six weeks in Cuba study- ing the public relief of that island; he prepared a charities law, which was enacted in July, 1900, creating an Insular Department of Charities, establishing State institutions for destitute and delin- quent children, and the insane, and a bureau for placing children in families; this bureau was organized under his per- sonal direction; he has been for several
Fi- years an assistant editor of the Char- ities Review, a member of the American Economic Association and of the Amer- ican Statistical Association; in the Na- tional Conference of Charities and Cor- rection he has been chairman of the sec- tion on the insane, the section on child- saving work, and the section on munici- pal and county charities; as chairman of the latter section he submitted, in 1898, a report showing the actual methods of administration of charity by each of the seventy largest cities in the U. S .; in May, 1901, he was elected general secretary of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, which position he resigned when he was appointed Commissioner of Charities of N. Y. City by Mayor Low in January 1902. Residence,, 19 East 88th St. ; office, 105 East 22nd St., N. Y. City.
FOLSOM, Benjamin:
Lawyer; born Dec. 5, 1847, Folsomdale, N. Y .; was graduated from University of Rochester, 1871; newspaper correspond- ent, 1871-72; admitted to the Bar, 1875; U. S. Consul at Sheffield, Eng., 1886-93; married, Oct. 11, 1893, Ella Blanchard Howard, of Rochester, N. Y. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
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